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Blockchain: The Next Great Leap in Supply Chain Transparency!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Argentus is a boutique recruitment firm focused on Supply Chain and Procurement. Put simply, Blockchain began as the technology behind Bitcoin that allows the electronic currency to record transactions in a fool-proof way without a central entity (say, a central bank) keeping track of, and verifying, every transaction. Infographic).

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Fueling Success: Career in Supply Chain Guide

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We have Courses like S&OP deployment, Supply Chain Digitalization , , and Negotiation in Procurement. Whether it’s purchasing, procurement, transport, technology, facilities, or other specialized areas, understanding your passion will influence the subsequent steps in this rewarding career path.

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Supply Chains Need to Transform: Into What?

Enterra Insights

Most of the articles discuss the importance of leveraging digital technologies like the Internet of Things (IoT); the cloud; 3D printing; robotics, blockchain, and cognitive computing. He writes, “The common currency that all departments can collaborate around is data — data about stock and data about the customer.”[2]

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Using Data to Improve Supply Chain Operations

Material Handling & Logistics

Cloud-based supply chain management tools, the Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are expected to figure prominently in future supply chain operations. Data is the new currency of business. Generating Value from Data.

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Emerging technologies impacting contract management in the Financial sector

NC State SCRC

At a major global bank, for instance, procurement is employing a dynamic discounting tool, that provide opportunities for cost saving as well as early payment discounts for supplier that require access to working capital. Here is a snippet of some of the conversations that took place. Dynamic Discounting.

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Sorting out Risk in FinTech Source Chains

NC State SCRC

A further complication arises because of the inability to correctly classify the project, supplier, and procurement transaction. And businesses don’t understand why procurement is taking so long, without a full understanding of the hundreds of steps that have to occur across the system that was designed by the bank, NOT by procurement.

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S&OP, a vision for the future. The expert interview series #7

Supply Chain Trend

Currently as the Director of Supply Chain for Newell Brands Applied Materials, he oversees the SIOP process, production planning, procurement, warehousing, and logistics for servicing big box retailers including Walmart, Lowe’s, and The Home Depot.

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