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How Locally Grown Products are Disrupting F&B Manufacturing

QAD

Sustainability is another increasing concern, and procuring food products from local farms, growers, merchants and manufacturers encourages sustainability programs and environmental protection. And as sales and profits gradually decline, manufacturers will have to come up with new strategies to get back some of those lost dollars.

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Podcast: VC Brian Aoaeh on the Future of Supply Chain Investment

Requis

A supply chain is really any network of organizations that work in collaboration to aid the procurement, production and movement of goods from producers to suppliers. For any company that wants to improve its profit margins, there are two strategies they can take: A marketing-driven approach, to increase demand.

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A Year In Events: Looking Back At 2016 (US Edition)

EcoVadis

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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What the Department of Education’s Guidance Means for Higher Ed Procurement Teams

Jaggaer

As the Department of Education, along with state education departments around the country, begin issuing recommendations for return to school plans , procurement teams are left asking what’s next for them. Each school is left making complex decisions, and the impacts on procurement planning are constant. Full Return to Campus.

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7 Mini Case Studies: Successful Supply Chain Cost Reduction and Management

Logistics Bureau

The Path to Cost Reduction: Intel decided to try what was considered an unlikely supply chain strategy for the semiconductor industry: make to order. Procurement analysis. Intel had to shift an entire supply chain to a new and previously unheard of strategy in its sector. Supplier communication. Supply and demand planning.