Logistics Bureau

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

The best way to understand the difference between procurement and purchasing in a business is to consider the process involved in buying a car, says Logistics Bureau’s procurement specialist, Trent Morris. Procurement First, Purchasing Follows. The first part, where you are doing research into the industry, that’s procurement.

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Unleashed

DECEMBER 15, 2019

It’s easy to oversimplify the differences between sourcing for parts locally or internationally. When considering where to purchase from, the prevailing idea seems to be that domestic sourcing allows for better control and shorter lead time, but international sourcing is more cost-effective. International Sourcing.

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ToolsGroup

JULY 6, 2023

ToolsGroup won the award for its deep supply chain planning expertise and cloud-based solutions for retail, manufacturing, distribution, consumer goods, aftermarket parts, and telecom industries. “We I’m delighted to be recognized along with so many other impressive women leaders,” said Kuznetsova. Read the press release here.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 7, 2025

The consumer goods sector was contrasted with output rising for the seventeenth consecutive month. The implication is that global supply chains are primarily being driven by supporting domestic or nearshored consumer products demand. Both are key indicators to future supply chain momentum or growth. and thus 2024 provided a 0.8

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QAD

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

For 58 years, food and beverage and consumer goods manufacturers have battled for dominance, from chips and wings to soda, beer, party supplies, and even aluminum foil for food storage and DIY trophies. That takes a data-driven approach to forecasting, procurement and distribution.

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 17, 2021

Michael has been particularly instrumental in the past 12 months working closely with companies in the fast-moving consumer goods industry on COVID-19 response and recovery. About Supply & Demand Chain Executive. Go to www.SDCExec.com.

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ToolsGroup

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Sarah Voorhees has spent the last 12 years of her career in supply chain leadership roles, where she’s reimagined demand and supply planning and inventory management practices at consumer goods and distribution companies. About Supply & Demand Chain Executive. Go to www.SDCExec.com.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 6, 2019

7 KPIs Your Procurement Team May Be Ignoring! Organizations are ‘going carbon neutral by 2025’, and ‘implementing Artificially Intelligent business systems’ and ‘sourcing form solely environmentally friendly suppliers’. Procurement is a business function that has undergone a lot of change in the last few years. Subscribe Here!

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 21, 2025

It combines tariff-specific inputs, sourcing logic, pricing levers, and demand modeling so companies can assess margin risk, teat strategies, and evaluate trade-off in seconds, not days or weeks. According to the announcement , Kinaxis Tariff Response builds on the foundation with a focused solution for trade disruption.

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QAD

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

In today’s rapidly evolving consumer landscape, the way products are packaged plays a pivotal role in the success of consumer goods manufacturing and the overall supply chain. Packaging changes have impacted the procurement, manufacturing and distribution processes of organizations. It still is.

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ivalua

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Customer demand for a wide range of consumer goods has abruptly shifted. Chaos from the coronavirus has made clear that procurement & supply chain practices need to get smarter. Supply chains have been badly disrupted. And yet the worst of the pandemic may still lie ahead. .

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Bristlecone

DECEMBER 17, 2024

We believe our inclusion in both of these Gartner Market Guides is validation that Bristlecones consulting-led, AI-first supply chain transformations are empowering our customers and driving meaningful outcomes across planning, procurement, and operations, said Jennifer Chew, Vice President, Solutions and Consulting at Bristlecone.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 19, 2018

After all, you can’t source, make, move, store, deliver, measure or improve what you can’t see. Source: GEODIS. Consolidation simplifies the customer relationship by having fewer partners (sometimes only one) but having the right partners, who may do everything from procurement and operations to IT and invoicing and payment.

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SCMDOJO

MAY 7, 2024

For example, one production company mapped their second tier of suppliers and realized that all of their strategic suppliers for a particular direct material sourced some components from a single production site, making them dependent on one source. It demonstrates due diligence and accountability in the supply chain.

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Precoro

MARCH 31, 2023

March 21 was the second annual iteration of World Sustainable Procurement Day , an online event organized by the Sustainable Procurement Pledge team, SPP Chapters, SPP Champions, and partners to raise awareness about the importance of ethical procurement and to share the best sustainability practices with organizations worldwide.

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Synovos

AUGUST 9, 2023

RS Integrated Supply’s Costanza Campi to speak at World Procurement Excellence Summit WARRINGTON, UK / RADNOR, PA 8 AUGUST 2023 – Costanza Campi, Senior Vice President of Global Procurement for RS Integrated Supply, has been selected to present at the upcoming World Procurement Excellence Summit in Cologne, Germany.

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ToolsGroup

DECEMBER 10, 2019

They drive benefits such as improved business planning and improved sourcing, procurement and supplier management. However, with blockchain companies can validate the provenance of raw material in the food, medicine or consumer goods supply chain.

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HICX Solutions

DECEMBER 21, 2020

An Interview with Peter Smith on ‘Bad Buying’ and ‘Procurement with a Purpose’. HICX was pleased to welcome Peter recently to our interview series on data in Procurement, in which we asked him more about his book, as well as his other project, ‘Procurement with a Purpose.’ Procurement with a Purpose. Audio only.

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Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 21, 2021

He writes, “Global supply chains were clearly in trouble before COVID-19 arrived on the scene, but when it did, the weakness of our time-honored strategies for procurement, production and delivery became shockingly evident. 7] Lisa Terry, “ Enabling a Future-Proof Supply Chain ,” Consumer Goods Technology, 31 August 2021. [8]

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 25, 2022

Restoring More Direct Control in Materials Sourcing. Prediction Two of this year predictions indicated the following: Restoring More Direct Control in Strategic and Tactical Direct Material Sourcing Will be the Driving Force for Businesses and their Supply Chain Management Teams in the Coming Year. Mid-Year Assessment.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

Source: Dictionary.com. I find that in this world of the global multi-national that procurement processes have become convoluted and increasingly complex. (In In my opinion, we have made procurement increasingly complex without adding value. During the year, I go to a lot of conferences.

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QAD

OCTOBER 5, 2021

New enhancements are comprised of the following: Based on QAD’s acquisition of Allocation Network , QAD SRM (Supplier Relationship Management) is a new solution that provides manufacturers and their suppliers a single point of entry to facilitate real-time communication, improve procurement processes and reduce inbound supply risks.

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Oracle SCM

AUGUST 1, 2018

ROI for collaboration and visibility projects can be defined in many areas of the supply chain, and by way of example (real projects) I can more easily share the value: A large grocery retailer had negotiated complex, long term, vendor managed inventory (VMI) agreements with several consumer goods suppliers.

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RFgen

MAY 13, 2024

From the leftover Ben & Jerry’s in your freezer to the travel-size Dove lotion abandoned somewhere at the bottom of your toiletry bag, the business responsible for these familiar household staples is the multinational consumer goods company, Unilever. This insight helps Unilever understand who’s sourcing from whom.

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ivalua

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

Ivalua, a global leader in spend management , today announced that Tchibo, one of the largest coffee roasters in the world, has chosen Ivalua and its partner Capgemini to digitize Source-to-Contract (S2C) for its indirect purchasing of goods and services. Founded in 1949, the company today has a turnover of €3.2 ivalua.com.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

CombineNet and Transplace Extend Partnership in Delivering Advanced Transportation Procurement Solution to North America. Transplace delivered more than 50 customer solutions in 2012 using the CombineNet sourcing technology, in industries including consumer goods, chemicals, manufacturing, and retail.

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Kinaxis

NOVEMBER 27, 2015

First of all, the world is becoming more global, and the ability to manage a diversity of manufacturers and suppliers is a source of competitive advantage. As our interviewee and Procurement guru Wael Safwat put it a few months ago , “it’s no longer the organizations that are competing. Why is this?

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DynaSys

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Some publications focus on the recycling aspect, others on carbon emissions and others on sustainable sourcing. Sustainable Sourcing. Chronologically, raw material sourcing is a logical starting point in the circular supply chain discussion. Sourcing and procurement decision-makers are confronting a perfect storm.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 17, 2015

Source: “The Future of Natural Gas: An Interdisciplinary MIT Study,” [link]. The bottom line is that many oil and gas companies find themselves today where food and beverage, consumer goods, and other companies found themselves years ago: as laggards in adopting transportation management technology and best practices.

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Proxima

AUGUST 25, 2022

From technology to retail, there is a high chance that many of the consumer goods to be found in the average household have come from or through a Chinese port. The threat of sudden lockdowns continues to loom over procurement teams. China’s lockdowns have been a contributing factor to us hurtling towards a global recession.

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SupplyShift

JULY 23, 2021

Procurement and Supply Chain. Aim-Progress : This forum of Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) manufacturers and suppliers promotes responsible sourcing practices and sustainable supply chains. Sustainable Procurement Pledge (SPP). For more info, join their Sustainable Procurement Ambassadors LinkedIn group.

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SupplyShift

JULY 23, 2021

Procurement and Supply Chain Aim-Prog r ess : This forum of Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) manufacturers and suppliers promotes responsible sourcing practices and sustainable supply chains. For more info, join their Sustainable Procurement Ambassadors LinkedIn group.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 20, 2022

front that retailers and certain businesses may have procured too much inventory , and now that these inventories have arrived, the challenge will be not to exposed to a decline in consumer buying activity in the months to come. This month, the Economist Intelligence Unit revised its forecast of the overall U.S. inflation rate to be 9.2

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crisp

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Settle, a pioneering cash flow management company, and Crisp, a leading retail data platform, are setting a new standard for operational excellence in the consumer goods industry. Crisp’s recent partnership with Settle is grounded in our shared vision: to unlock unprecedented operational efficiencies for consumer goods companies.

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QAD

JUNE 28, 2022

Consumers now demand transparency about the way a business operates and how the organization is contributing to a more sustainable future. As a friend of mine states often, “Consumers previously just wanted to know if their food is organic. Where do supply chain ethics and sustainability rank on your organization’s priority list?

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Arkieva

JULY 25, 2016

While demand seems to be on an uptick for manufacturers especially in the consumer goods industry, an increase in online shopping could also lead to a scarcity in the availability of distribution centers in the near future. Demand has been really good, frankly a lot better than people expected, and the supply side can’t keep up.”.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Specifically for retail and consumer goods focused supply chain management teams, a short-term tactical concern is the ongoing management of excess product inventories, which in many cases, need to be trimmed before the end of the year. Implications of Covid Lockdown Challenges Across China.

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