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Enhancing Procurement Excellence Through the Power of Negotiation

Procurement Academy

Mastering the negotiation skills for procurement can accomplish two goals: Driving cost savings Improving your organization’s entire procurement strategy. Advance Procurement Excellence with Expert Negotiation Strategies With procurement excellence comes multidimensional skills.

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Holding Ourselves Accountable for Business Results

Supply Chain Shaman

The Focus Inside-out Supported by Functional Metrics. Functional excellence drove regional supply chain performance in the 1990s, but a focus on functional metrics in large, global and complex supply chains over the last two decades threw the supply chain out of balance. Supply chain leaders love fads. The problem?

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The Renewed Importance of Production Planning and Operational Excellence in the New Normal- Part Two

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters provides the second in a multi-part series addressing the renewed importance of production planning and operational excellence in this very uncertain and constantly changing business environment. Refocusing on Operational Excellence In the previous section, we identified a number of drivers for operational efficiency.

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The Journey of Supply Chain Excellence

Logility

You’ll note in the headline I use the preposition “of” instead of “to” when describing the “journey of Supply Chain Excellence.” The differentiator is whether Supply Chain Excellence is defined as a one-time project or as on ongoing process. Circuit City failed to adapt and is now history.

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Supply Chain Department – A Typical Structure

SCMDOJO

This includes providing excellent customer service, so businesses can enhance customer satisfaction and loyalty. Furthermore, They are tasked with developing strategies, managing relationships with suppliers and partners, and continuously improving the supply chain. Develop and implement strategies to optimize the supply chain.

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Changing Mental Models

Supply Chain Shaman

In the last five years, while the physician is still important, the buying decisions transitioned from the supplier to the care provider. They are primarily focused on cost management on new purchase decisions. By and large, they struggle to gain cross-functional alignment on process redesign to improve outcomes.

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Supplier Performance Management – The Ultimate Guide

SCMDOJO

It is arguably true that supplier performance management is considered a business practice for measuring, analyzing, and managing supplier performance to reduce cost, and risk and also drive continuous improvement. The questions that are most often asked are: What metrics should I use? Where do I begin?