Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 30, 2022

” (The use of the term “basics” is usually code for the implementation of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) to improve order-to-cash and procure-to-pay.). End-to-End Definition Implementation of enterprise data architectures to improve order-to-cash and procure-to-pay. Background. Investment in control towers.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Several customers addressed those questions in excellent case study presentations: Dr. Bernhard Herzog, Oxea GmbH – “Business Impact of a Supply Chain Operating Network”. Herman Woltjes, Shell Chemicals – “Logistics Execution”. What benefits are they achieving? SCON: A Key Enabler of Business Process Management.

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Material Handling & Logistics

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

Interconnected global supply chains, heavy dependence on chemical products and the lack of sub-tier visibility are key factors affecting recovery timelines. Second, Texas’ chemical industry is a foundational block of the interconnected global supply chain.

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DELMIA Quintiq

JULY 16, 2014

We are seeing many developments in the chemical industry. At the Chemical Logistics Forum, held by the German Logistics Association (BVL) in the Höchst district of Frankfurt, participants got a first-hand look at current trends in the chemical logistics field. Production facilities can thus be scaled back.

Optimal Sourcing 120

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Check out Procurement Report Card: Most Executives Think Procurement Isn’t Strategic Enough! Looking back on the training process, our research, strategy, implementation and evaluation methods closely mirrored supplier relationship management and procurement management. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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SCMDOJO

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

They do not relate to any overall company procurement goals and objectives. Figure 1: SPM Project Stages (Gordon Sherry R, 2008) This organization has created a Procurement Steering Committee with management participation to leverage procurement as a tool to improve business performance. Three key elements are suggested.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 12, 2020

I struggled to manage myself as I settled in elbow-to-elbow with the group to listen to the presentation. During the presentation, I squirmed uncomfortably in my seat. The topic of the meeting was the logistics to launch of the AMR Research Top 25. Putting all companies in a spreadsheet and shaking them up made no sense to me.

Gartner 235

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Supply Chain View from the Field

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

I was in Houston yesterday evening, speaking to a large group of procurement executives at a roundtable held by KPMG’s Procurement Advisory Group, at the fabulous Brennan’s restaurant on Smith Street. The event was well attended, with over 40 executives present.

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EcoVadis

APRIL 14, 2016

What an immense showing of commitment to sustainable procurement we witnessed Tuesday for Sustain16! Over 350 participants and speakers from almost every industry from chemicals to film production to air transportation to FMCG and everything in between. Collaboration is the high-yield Investment.

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EcoVadis

OCTOBER 17, 2016

The sustainability leaders in the railway industry gathered in Vienna last week at the 13th UIC (International Union of Railways) Sustainability Conference to present the latest developments in sustainability and exchange ideas. EcoVadis joined the panel on day two “ Sustainable procurement in the rail sector: taking larger strides and.

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EcoVadis

JULY 11, 2016

This workshop brought together Global Compact LEAD companies and other members convened to define and bring urgency to sustainable procurement, and to discuss how they can motivate and mobilize their companies to address this next frontier in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) progress.

Procurement Analytics 40

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Precoro

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Jeremy Beauchamp , operations manager at Bright Peak Therapeutics, has kindly agreed to share his team’s experience setting up a procurement management process from scratch using Precoro. Bright Peak’s Procurement Background. As a new start-up, Bright Peak didn’t have a procurement system in place.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 14, 2013

Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) and chemical companies are close behind, but they are having difficulty “taking the hill.” In parallel, when supply chain concepts are well-integrated into the design of trading partner relationships by both sales and procurement, there is an acceleration of value. Aligning metrics matters.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 30, 2022

Of the many supply chain digital transformation presentations and perspectives that this supply chain industry analyst has viewed and evaluated, surely that of P&G and its planning, analytics and business continuity teams have undertaken is a clear benchmark.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

My answer to this question for shippers procuring long-distance (outside of a given metropolitan area) dry van transportation, for both truckload and less than truckload (LTL), is that approximately 25,000 truck drivers are needed. How many more truck drivers are needed to balance demand for truck transportation with the supply of capacity?

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Resilinc

OCTOBER 11, 2022

There are a lot of hard-headed realists in the procurement and supply chain profession. This presents a huge opportunity for young and rising middle-class workers in Latin America and Mexico in particular, who historically have found themselves constrained by a lack of high-wage and productive employment.

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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

The list is presented in the order the responses were received in: 1) Andreas Wieland , Assistant Professor at Copenhagen Business School Successful supply chain management means that organizations are well-orchestrated in an end-to-end value network.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

I had the opportunity to present at a hearing in Washington last week – this was a public meeting of the Biomass Research and Development Technical Sub-Committee. I presented the results of the study we completed this past spring for the USDA on the Economic Impact of the Biobased Sector.

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Requis

OCTOBER 31, 2019

The following article is a sample from Loic Coyot’s presentation, “Insights on New Technologies Across Industries,” that he will be presenting at the 2020 Conference and Trade Show in Scottsdale, AZ , April 19 – 22. __. In this issue, we get up close and personal on how AI can boost productivity and ROI for IR professionals.

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Requis

OCTOBER 31, 2019

The following article is a sample from Loic Coyot’s presentation, “Insights on New Technologies Across Industries,” that he will be presenting at the 2020 Conference and Trade Show in Scottsdale, AZ , April 19 – 22. __. In this issue, we get up close and personal on how AI can boost productivity and ROI for IR professionals.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 13, 2022

By Q4, major European manufacturers were exploring alternative sources to produce energy-intensive products such as chemicals and fertilizers, with the U.S. The consumer goods demand that was experienced in 2021 clearly shifted by the mid-year mark and has presented continuing inventory challenges for retailers and businesses.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

They predict the fast-evolving technology will revamp or replace work now done up and down the corporate ladder in industries ranging from technology to chemicals.” Specifically noted: “ That includes managerial roles, many of which might never come back, the corporate executives and consultants say.

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EcoVadis

OCTOBER 16, 2017

For Bekaert’s Chief Procurement Officer Ton Geurts , the continuity and benefits from sustainable development can only be guaranteed when it becomes more integrated into business. “ Sustainability is business, and business is sustainability ”, he said during his keynote in the CSR Day. Here are a few highlights of the event: .

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Precoro

AUGUST 2, 2021

Every step of the way, the fabrics and wearables undergo countless mechanical and chemical tests before landing in our favorite stores. Fabienne Bouffé, Digital Project Manager at TESTEX In this study, you’ll find out how and why Fabienne’s team has chosen Precoro as a solution for procurement process automation.

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NC State SCRC

OCTOBER 3, 2016

When compared to the 2013 results (presented in the previous study), the direct value added contribution of the biobased products industry grew by 0.2 NC State recently hosted Mark Costa the CEO of Eastman Chemical who spoke at Wells Fargo series, and I had an opportunity to ask Mr. Costa about the biobased sector.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 11, 2018

One of the reasons for the confusion is that most of the presentations from solution providers sound the same. Ariba for procurement, GT Nexus for transportation/trade finance, E2open for High-tech, Elemica for the chemical industry, Exostar for A&D, SupplyOn for consumer durables/ discrete manufacturing.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 11, 2014

A similar race is on to expand beyond the usual set of industries — namely, Automotive, High Tech, Retail, and CPG — and establish a leading presence in historically underserved and underpenetrated vertical industries, such as Oil & Gas and Chemical. Number one on his list was “‘Non-Zero’ Supply Chains Win.”

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Requis

JANUARY 22, 2021

I’m a chemical engineer. I was focused on our operations only at that time from a chemical engineering viewpoint. I tried to create a standardized way to collect information from many different systems to present a more unified view of our operations. ENVision presents a unified view of environmental monitoring.

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Unleashed

MARCH 9, 2021

What is procurement? In simple terms business procurement is the process of locating and acquiring goods and services from external sources for the business to use. Procurement activities include planning, sourcing, and negotiation, along with risk management, legal and value analysis. Procurement in 2021 and beyond.

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DynaSys

JANUARY 13, 2021

Large scale chemical plant explosions have caused revenue-impacting delays globally several times in recent years. Sudden capital & cash shortfalls caused service levels to plummet and procurement and operations to scramble for alternatives. Companies can then manage disruption with a Resilient Supply Chain.

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AFFLINK

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Errors in commercial food packaging present a significant health risk to consumers, ranging from allergic reactions to illnesses caused by contaminants. If that ink comes into contact with the food surface, there’s a potential for chemicals and odors to be transferred to the food. But the risks don’t stop there.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 17, 2018

We achieved recognition both internally and externally for our sourcing and procurement accomplishments in the spend management area. It’s exciting to solve a consumer goods need with something that worked for a chemical company. We dug that company out of terrible financial difficulty after the “internet bubble” burst in 2001.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

MARCH 11, 2013

Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. Due to some unavoidable circumstances, our marketing team was not present at the booth, hence we ourselves -Aditya, Kiran, Dheeraj and I, setup the booth with all the banners, posters etc and it came out pretty well.

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ThroughPut

MAY 20, 2019

We borrowed our key approaches from Chemical Process Engineering and Biotechnology, where our team has spent decades dealing with a) bad physical process samples and unit operations b) lots of DNA/Data code that is pretty much unknown/useless to what we know about the operation. If the answer is yes, it’s time to get procurement involved.

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EcoVadis

DECEMBER 28, 2016

From California to Connecticut, and Novi to New Orleans, EcoVadis was on the ground contributing to the advancement of sustainable procurement and CSR/sustainability practices in global supply chains during our most active year on record in the US. AIAG Corporate Responsibility Summit (Novi, MI).

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Precoro

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

After all, a clear picture of the company's procurement process is necessary to develop a sustainable future strategy and to avoid pitfalls that hold your business back. Spend analysis involves spend visibility , spending review , and procurement process improvement. The answer is simple: spend analysis.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 1, 2019

Tara MacLachlan, vice-president for industrial IoT at Inmarsat Enterprise, explains, “While Industrial IoT presents immensely exciting possibilities for Enterprises across the global supply chain, it also increases the risk that they will face cybersecurity issues, and our research suggests that they are unprepared for these risks.”[5]

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