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Does the finance chalice pass SCM by?

Global Trade Management

From its initial inception and sourcing of materials to the procurement process and subsequent management within the supply chain, every step is intrinsically linked to financial considerations. Beyond a mere supporting function, finance is intricately interwoven throughout the entire lifecycle of a product.

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Defining visibility

Cathy Roberson

Add to that sustainability visibility. Supply Chain @Mr_Supply_Chain Deep customs insights, landed cost analysis, customs delays, ports, product level analysis Chris rubio @cm_rubio Transparency Complete transparency of Available To Promise Date, Landed Cost, and ESG metrics for the entire Procure-To-Pay lifecycle at the piece level.

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Experts Discuss How to Streamline Global Supply Chain

Supply Chain Opz

To improve operational efficiency successfully and in a sustainable way, people across the entire business need to have a shared understanding of the supply chain goals and also what their individual roles are in achieving them. That might mean diverting from Los Angeles/Long Beach to Canada or Mexico.

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Elastic Logistics is a more flexible approach to meet the client’s needs

Procurement Academy

The Elastic Logistics approach has become an appropriate response recently when Supply Chain Management (SCM) found the challenges of persistently tracking an enormous variety of items and suppliers and the need to fulfill ever-growing client’s personalized demands and expectations. Is your company customer-centric?

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Top 10 supply chain trends for 2020

Requis

Another example from fulfillment might involve things like faster alternate transportation route planning in case of the unexpected, or monitoring cargo temperature for shipments of perishable food or medicines. In business to consumer markets, there has been a rising trend towards sustainable and ethical sourcing. Further out….

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The Year Ahead: CTL Research Goals Highlight Top Supply Chain Challenges

MIT Supply Chain

Alexis Bateman, Director, MIT Sustainable Supply Chains Better understand the state of supply chain sustainability amidst the Covid-19 pandemic and an emerging recession. Explore the value of using carbon insets approaches to sustainability within the supply chain. Determine how unmanned aerial vehicles?—?from

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10 Freight Management Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

Logistics Bureau

5: The Mistake of Spurning Digital Transportation Technology Few corporate leaders today would deny that digital technology is essential for end-to-end supply chain management (SCM or ERP systems) or even for a specific logistics function such as warehousing (WMS).