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The procurement Summit 2016

Supply Chain Movement

The procurement Summit 2016. Building on the huge success of eWorld Procurement & Supply – which has been running bi-annually in London since 2001 – the new Procurement Summit will bring together 150 purchasing and finance professionals from across the commercial, public and third sectors. Procurement Automation.

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10 Must-Read Supply Chain Analytics Books for 2023

SCMDOJO

It includes real-world examples from companies like Amazon and Starbucks, case study discussion questions, computer-assisted exercises, and programming projects, making it an ideal choice for anyone looking to learn about supply chain management and the analytics involved.

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The IoT Reality Check

C3 Solutions

For an in-depth look at IoT and the "endless opportunities" it was offering a few years ago, see our Whitepaper, The Internet of Things and the Modern Supply Chain. We hear of solutions in R&D labs but we do not see the case studies of success stories implemented at scale. Where's the ROI?

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Building a Triple A Supply Chain: Ten Tactics That Work

Supply Chain Shaman

The advancements in analytics–open-source, cloud, internet-of-things (IOT), and cognitive computing–are very promising. Companies that outsource procurement and focus on transactional supplier management are less agile and struggle to be adaptable. Maturity in Analytics. Supplier Development. Supply Chain Planning.

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Are You Active in the Digital Transformation Drinking Game?

Supply Chain Shaman

Then the packed halls had a lot of business user case study presentations. Internet of Things: the use of machine-to-machine streaming data to improve supply chain outcomes. It has always been more valuable to me than Sapphire. I yearn for the years when the SAP Insider conference was larger and full of energy.

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No Easter Bunny?

Supply Chain Shaman

The traditional supply chain is inside-out, triggering processes on the back of order-to-cash and procure-to-pay financial processes. Or is it the use of the Internet of Things to transform manufacturing or reduce issues with counterfeiting? This section will be a rich sharing of case studies. Barrier #1.

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Four Strategies To Deploy As Supply Chain Hits Main Street

Supply Chain Shaman

I wish this was not the case, but it is. Despite rapid advancements of technologies—machine learning, cognitive computing, relational search, sentiment mining, blockchain, Internet of Things—the consultants working at large companies are largely putting new wrappers on old pigs. Pigs in the blanket of sorts…. The event focus?