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The Power of the Network: ERP vs. Spend Management

Logistics Viewpoints

There are several hold types, but in Oracle the setting ‘Hold all new purchasing documents’ stops the ability to release any new purchase orders to a specific supplier site. We do work in the pharmaceutical and chemical industry, Mr. Bureau explained. “If For benchmarking metrics to be valid, they need to be based on a large sample.

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Don’t Perpetuate the Hoax of the Gartner Top 25

Supply Chain Shaman

Inventory Turns (15%) (based on 2014 results). As a result, when the spreadsheet is sorted, a chemical company is stack-ranked against a retail player, and a high-tech company against a food distributor. Supply chain leaders manage a complex system of non-linear, but very inter-connected metrics. Why Do I Think This? .

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Control Towers: If Only There Was A Clear Definition

Supply Chain Shaman

The focus is on functional metrics, but are unable to get to overall supply chain metrics. For example, only 29% of manufacturing companies can access total cost data and 31% struggle to see the impact of business decisions on inventory. Pictures, images, text, email, sentiment, contracts, documents are all areas of opportunity.

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Additive Manufacturing and ERP: Enhancing Efficiency and Integration

OptiProERP

This process builds melted material layer by layer as the nozzle moves horizontally and the bed moves vertically, with layer adherence facilitated through temperature control or chemical bonding agents.

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Corporate Risk and the Growing Case for Sustainable Chemical Management

EHS Sustainability Knowledge at Work

With more than 70,000 chemicals currently in common use – and 1,000 new chemicals coming into use every year – maintaining and managing their effective, appropriate and responsible use is a challenging task. Cost, process, regulatory and safety issues converge to making chemical management a critical, complex and cumbersome activity.

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Supply Chain Best Practices: Preparing for the Worst

Elementum

Well-documented ~ Your contingency plan is of little value unless all relevant stakeholders are trained on it and prepared to jump into action when a disruption does occur. Establish appropriate metrics that correspond with the steps outlined in your contingency plan. Tips for an Effective Contingency Plan.

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Supply Chain Best Practices: Preparing for the Worst

Elementum

Well-documented ~ Your contingency plan is of little value unless all relevant stakeholders are trained on it and prepared to jump into action when a disruption does occur. Establish appropriate metrics that correspond with the steps outlined in your contingency plan. Tips for an Effective Contingency Plan.