Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

In a recent survey by Procurement Leaders , 54% of the CPOs reported that they have regular touchpoints with the CEO and are considered a key stakeholder. In conjunction with the new product launches, phasing out existing products and components is another area where supply chain and procurement need to work together.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 15, 2022

GEP and the North Carolina State University (NCSU) Supply Chain Resource Cooperative surveyed supply chain, procurement and IT professionals across a range of industries to gain insight into their priorities and strategies regarding supply chain resilience and optimization. Procurement solutions are often updated with purchased information.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Inventories in the chemical industry are at record lows: a forerunner of bad days ahead. The health of all sectors is dependent on the chemical industry.) Especially grievous are the gaps between finance and operations, manufacturing and procurement, and the operations and commercial teams. Time For Action. We are to blame.”

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Freightos

APRIL 23, 2025

Home Introducing Freightos Enterprise: End-to-End Procurement, Benchmarking, and Management Freightos Enterprise unifies market intelligence, tender management, and shipment operations into one solution, enhancing logistics efficiency for large import-export businesses.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

The GCC chemical industry is second largest manufacturing industry in value add, after refining. 2017 Facts and Figures report by Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Association (GPCA), the chemical industry accounts for 3.1 Following COVID-19 the global chemical supply chain market reported a severe decline in output.

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ivalua

JULY 21, 2020

The Hackett Group report recommendations on IT & Procurement collaboration and how it can benefit your organization in the time of Covid-19 and beyond. This study includes input from a range of industries via interviews conducted with pairs of IT and Procurement leaders.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 31, 2024

R 2 Operating Margin and Inventory Turns Regression Analysis to Market Capitalization/Employee R 2 Cost of Goods Sold and Inventory Turns Regression Analysis to Market Capitalization/Employee Food 0.464 0.170 Pharmaceuticals 0.532 0.361 Chemical 0.601 0.349 Work with Georgia Tech on regression analysis by industry.

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Precoro

MAY 19, 2025

Companies often push aside procurement compliance to focus on more pressing issues. No wonder—procurement often gets tedious and burdened with time-consuming processes. However, ignoring procurement compliance is like ignoring a ticking time bomb. Scroll down to find out: What is procurement compliance?

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 31, 2023

Within the increased desire to gain end-to-end supply chain visibility, overall I see cross-functional collaboration across supply chain, procurement, and finance picking up steam and digital investments geared towards accomplishing such collaboration. Supply chain is a team sport and will increasingly be so! He received his Ph.D.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 3, 2013

In the height of the e-commerce craze, the marketplace offerings started with a focus on e-procurement. The widely-held view was that the e-procurement market would fuel the next generation of marketplace applications. The rebirth of marketplace offerings is not on the back of e-procurement or ERP. The debates were heated.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 13, 2024

A scenario where procurement and consumers directly order a product from the network becomes feasible in this configuration. Valentijn has extensive experience in best management practices in process industries, including chemical, polymer, metals, energy, food, pharmaceutical, and petroleum manufacturing.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 13, 2022

Technology will bridge the digital divide between Procurement and Supply Chain: The need to build optionality and the increased regulatory and ESG mandates will result in a more dynamic supplier mix. Design Centers of Excellence will aid such frequent assessments and executing on design decisions. He received his Ph.D.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 22, 2021

Ensuring Sourcing and Supply Chain are tightly integrated ensures avoidance of any surprises that adversely affect customer service and fill rates, by being proactive about launching sourcing events.Beyond addressing these sourcing needs, Procurement needs to have a seat at the table. He received his Ph.D.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Herman Woltjes, Shell Chemicals – “Logistics Execution”. Specifically, the company deployed a Vendor Interaction Portal (VIP) powered by Elemica to exchange documents like purchase orders and invoices with suppliers (for direct procurement). Bernhard Herzog, Oxea GmbH – “Business Impact of a Supply Chain Operating Network”.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Founded in 2000 by a group Global Process Industries, Elemica is a Supply Chain Operating Network enabling business-to-business commerce primarily in the chemical and rubber industries. Coupa is well funded and performed well in the indirect procurement software market. Then I talked with Rob, the Coupa CEO.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 29, 2022

I am the most worried about the chemical sector. The cash-to-cash impact for debt-laden chemical companies with 2% growth and 4% margins offers little room for error. The cash-to-cash impact for debt-laden chemical companies with 2% growth and 4% margins offers little room for error.

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SCM Research

DECEMBER 26, 2013

Practice Procurement Relationship Supply Chain Integration Supply Chain Management Supply Chain Risk Management Triad' The case has confused consumers and influenced their shopping behaviors in the important winter season. It demonstrates that reputation is a strategic asset and reputational dependencies exist in the supply chain.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 7, 2022

You will need to engage your procurement, sourcing, and finance teams as part of such an effort. in chemical engineering from the University of Florida and his bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology at Madras. Create a Baseline for your Cost-to-Serve. He received his Ph.D.

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Jaggaer

AUGUST 18, 2020

From early on in the Covid-19 pandemic , and for pretty obvious reasons , procurement in healthcare and pharmaceuticals has been in the spotlight like never before. In fact, the European Fine Chemicals Group (EFCG) estimates that upward of 80% of chemicals used to make drugs sold in Europe now originate from China and India. .

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SCM Research

JANUARY 13, 2013

Practice Africa Award Corporate Social Responsibility Procurement Relationship Supply Chain Management Supply Chain Sustainability' This initiative demonstrates how social responsibility, environmental protection, and business success can go hand in hand.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

in chemical engineering from the University of Florida and his bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology at Madras. He received his Ph.D. The post Why Digitalizing Sourcing is a Must for Supply Chain Resilience appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 9, 2022

For example, retail has very specific needs depending on the products and the time for a slot to unload or load, while chemical companies have constraints such as what materials drivers can carry, what materials can be loaded or unloaded near other materials, and other regulations around the equipment that is used.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Note the elongation of the cash-to-cash cycle in the chemical industry of 38 additional days when comparing the 2014-2019 averages to the pre-recession period of 2004-2006. While touted as a digital procurement provider, it took the Company nine days to onboard me as a vendor, and two weeks to process a Purchase Order.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 29, 2024

For example, in the chemical industry don’t forget the importance of envelopes, material balances, reverse bill of materials, grades, etc. Don’t run a selection process through procurement or finance. Avoid superlative discussions like end-to-end planning, or digital transformation. Avoid pitfalls. Listen and learn.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 9, 2017

In a study conducted by Accenture in 2015 of chemical companies, results showed that 94 percent expect to boost their investment in digital capabilities in the next three years to embrace a competitive advantage. Historically, chemical companies buy from and sell to nearly every industry in the world, adding special demands for connectivity.

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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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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 12, 2022

In September of 2020, the company hired Jeff Baker to be their Vice President of Procurement and Integrated Supply Chain. Mr. Baker spent over 34 years leading procurement teams at The Dow Chemical Company. At Dow, Mr. Baker had Purchasing experience in raw materials, and logistics for their plastics supply chain.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Inventories in the chemical industry are at record lows: a forerunner of bad days ahead. The health of all sectors is dependent on the chemical industry.) Especially grievous are the gaps between finance and operations, manufacturing and procurement, and the operations and commercial teams. Time For Action. We are to blame.”

Supply Chain Design Software 195

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Inventories in the chemical industry are at record lows: a forerunner of bad days ahead. The health of all sectors is dependent on the chemical industry.) Especially grievous are the gaps between finance and operations, manufacturing and procurement, and the operations and commercial teams. Time For Action. We are to blame.”

Supply Chain Design Software 195

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

So the potential to combine the services of scrap waste management and raw material procurement could be something that marketplace designers can work on. He has also managed the supply chains for both bulk and consumer chemical companies. Tim has crafted delivery solutions for many e-commerce and freight forwarding clients.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

The ends of the supply chain–both in customer and procurement– are fragile. Last month, I was at a chemical manufacturer, and the Chief Supply Chain Officer walked me to the elevator. It believe that it will become part of the existing processes of order-to-cash and procure-to-pay. Would social listening have helped?

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 8, 2022

Last year, large American manufacturers solicited chemicals, produce, construction materials, and other goods from six times as many suppliers based in Mexico as they did in 2020, according to procurement software firm Jaggaer.

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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.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 8, 2014

He is responsible for manufacturing, procurement, supply chain planning, logistics, quality, social responsibility and final product engineering. Prior to joining Starbucks, he worked at the executive leadership level in Europe, Latin America and North America at ICI, a global chemical company.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 29, 2021

Refractories are products that have been chemically engineered to resist high temperatures. Order promising, based on an accurate bill of materials, allows procurement of the necessary raw materials to be kicked off automatically. This closed loop procurement in turn helps ensure products are made on schedule.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 10, 2021

SAP Ariba started as an indirect procurement network and lagged the market in developing multi-tier process definition.) For example, Elemica is focused on the chemical and rubber markets but does not manage upstream (consumer products/food & beverage) or downstream flows (oil/gas). Authoritative Identifiers and Use of Standards.

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Procurement Director. Jian works as a Director of Procurement at Fannie Mae. She leads a team that is tasked with identifying, designing, and implementing best practices and innovative solutions in support of corporate procurement’s delivery of business objectives and performance excellence. REGISTER NOW. Jian Xu, Ph.D.,CSCP.

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