Currency, Procurement Analytics, Sourcing and Transportation

Handfield’s Supply Chain Analytics Predictions for 2014

Supply Chain View from the Field

DECEMBER 16, 2013

I’ve had the good fortune to be presented with opportunities for compelling discussions with a significant group of leading thinkers, senior executives in procurement, logistics, and technology management over this past year. Not surprisingly, analytics is at the top of the list. This complexity is occurring in many forms.

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Fueling Success: Career in Supply Chain Guide

SCMDOJO

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

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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Procurement Analysis: a Game Changer for Purchasing Strategically

Precoro

OCTOBER 6, 2022

With the global market expansion and deepening supply chain complexity, the roles of procurement leaders have evolved from tactical to strategic. Nowadays, procurement departments not only focus on the day-to-day buying operations but also search for the most efficient ways to go about them. How often do purchases happen?

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2020 Requires Big Wings and Feet

Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Most budgets are completed in currency at a brand level. The budget is for a fiscal year with quarter reporting and updates. The direct connection between the two processes increases costs and increases error. To maximize value—price to tangible book, functional metrics need to be reset to focus on reliability.

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8-Step Importing Guide For First Timers

EMERGE App

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

This should serve as a general framework to source products from different countries according to their strengths. Department of Transportation. We’ve got a great guide on sourcing products from China , for example. By the time you source, produce and receive the goods, the trend would have passed.

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Supply Chain Planning in Emerging Markets: Four Points to Remember

ToolsGroup

MARCH 5, 2019

And while each market can be unique, we found a few repeating themes in our own experience and from sources including Gartner and our customers Procter and Gamble (P&G) and Cipla Medpro. Supply chain planning in emerging markets is different. Here’s what we found: 1.

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8-Step Importing Guide For First Timers

EMERGE App

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

This should serve as a general framework to source products from different countries according to their strengths. Department of Transportation. We’ve got a great guide on sourcing products from China , for example. By the time you source, produce and receive the goods, the trend would have passed.

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5 Steps for a Successful Global TMS Implementation

TMC

MARCH 2, 2017

Delivering exceptional service levels, regardless of where products are sourced and manufactured, or how buyers choose to purchase products is a constant challenge. To accomplish it, many turn to global logistics solutions that blend transportation management system (TMS) technology with supply chain expertise. Final thoughts.

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5 Steps for a Successful Global TMS Implementation

TMC

MARCH 2, 2017

Delivering exceptional service levels, regardless of where products are sourced and manufactured, or how buyers choose to purchase products is a constant challenge. To accomplish it, many turn to global logistics solutions that blend transportation management system (TMS) technology with supply chain expertise. Final thoughts.

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Supply Chain & Logistics Supply

ThroughPut

JANUARY 23, 2020

To guarantee results, supply chain managers need to be able to cut through this noise with a powerful tool to make use of this vast amount of data with targeted operational analytics to detect, quantify and rank the bottlenecks building-up in business processes early on. 5) Streamlining Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP).

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The Future of Modern Supply Chains is Speed through AI

ThroughPut

JANUARY 23, 2020

To guarantee results, supply chain managers need to be able to cut through this noise with a powerful tool to make use of this vast amount of data with targeted operational analytics to detect, quantify and rank the bottlenecks building-up in business processes early on. 5) Streamlining Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP).

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Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2016

Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 16, 2015

more near-shoring and larger, less frequent shipments to minimize transportation costs). How will transportation, inventory, and sourcing policy decisions change in light of this cheap oil environment? The Rebirth of Transportation Marketplaces (UberCARGO, Cargomatic, and Freight Friend). and L Brands Inc.’s

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Spend Analysis: Best Practices

Precoro

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Where should you start when you want to create budgets, cut costs, or forecast future spending? After all, a clear picture of the company's procurement process is necessary to develop a sustainable future strategy and to avoid pitfalls that hold your business back. The answer is simple: spend analysis.

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Introducing QAD Adaptive ERP 2022.1

QAD

OCTOBER 11, 2022

From integrated multi-currency, multi-GAAP and multi-entity financials to best practice purchasing, from shared services to real-time data and flexible data analytics, Effective Enterprise Management ensures that manufacturers operate from a trusted set of essential enterprise processes that meet today’s and tomorrow’s needs.

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eCommerce Automation: Solutions, Benefits, & Examples

Unleashed

MARCH 5, 2024

Data insights: eCommerce automation software generates better reports in – less time – when compared with manual processes. Finance Automate payment processing, currency conversion, and tax calculations; connect sales, inventory, and financial systems to ensure accurate data; minimise accounting errors by reducing manual human input.

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Improving Transportation in the Real World

Talking Logistics

APRIL 21, 2016

Ideal transportation operations are difficult to achieve, but an ideal approach to improving transportation in the real world — finding real savings and adding value to other functional areas in the supply chain, or business more broadly — is achievable. With a solution designed and determined, it’s time to source it.

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Global Wide Production PMI Levels Unchanged in February 2024

Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 5, 2024

Supply Chain Matters provides highlights of reported February 2024 global and regional production and supply chain PMI indices. Report commentary further indicated that while global consumer goods production levels features solid monthly growth, both the intermediate and investment goods sectors were marginal in growth.

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17 Wholesale Software Features For SMEs To Look For

Unleashed

DECEMBER 6, 2021

We’ve identified 6 important categories that wholesaling features fall under: Inventory management Supply chain Customer orders Warehouse management Data and analytics Key software integrations And within these categories, we give you 17 features to look for – and why they’re important. Inventory management 1.

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Introducing QAD Adaptive ERP 2021.1

QAD

OCTOBER 5, 2021

From integrated multi-currency, multi-GAAP and multi-entity financials to best practice purchasing, from shared services to real-time data and flexible data analytics, Effective Enterprise Management ensures that manufacturers operate from a trusted set of essential enterprise processes that meet today’s and tomorrow’s needs.

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Clark Products: Tackling a strong growth strategy with the right software

Unleashed

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

We supply our products across the country to various industries, including food and beverage manufacturers, dairy farmers, cleaning chemical distributors, automotive and transport distributors and more. Our Procurement and Logistics Team run reorder reports every week, which helps us to plan for our purchasing and manufacturing scheduling.

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Introducing QAD Adaptive ERP 2021

QAD

MARCH 30, 2021

From integrated multi-currency, multi-GAAP and multi-entity financials to best practice purchasing, from shared services to real-time data and flexible data analytics, Effective Enterprise Management ensures that manufacturers operate from a trusted set of essential enterprise processes that meet today’s and tomorrow’s needs.

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The Evolving Landscape of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Supply Chains & Logistics

ThroughPut

JUNE 24, 2022

To guarantee results, supply chain managers need to be able to cut through this noise with a powerful tool to make use of this vast amount of data with targeted operational analytics to detect, quantify and rank the bottleneck operations building-up in business processes early on. 4) ACTIONABLE ANALYTICAL INSIGHTS.

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Global Supply Chain Visibility is No Easy Task

Talking Logistics

JULY 22, 2014

Is it data visualization, business intelligence, and analytics, or is it a collaboration tool used to connect your trading partners and suppliers? The answer is not always that clear because supply chain visibility has to take on all of those roles to fill the promise of true insight and near real-time reporting.

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The Business Case for a Global TMS

3rdwave

AUGUST 8, 2019

Demands on the transportation teams are growing as political posturing ramps up causing rapid disruption to global supply chains. A global TMS solution provides an automated and systemic way of addressing the challenges that are the reality for most organizations that source globally. Transportation Visibility and Exception Management.

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ERP Advantages and Disadvantages: How To Decide

Precoro

AUGUST 15, 2022

ERP or enterprise resource planning is software companies use to automate core business processes and integrate their functions, such as accounting, project management, procurement, and supply chain operations, into a single system. Improved Collaboration. Regulatory Compliance.

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Supply Chain Automation Guide: Examples, Tools, Benefits

Unleashed

MAY 10, 2023

By getting better at collecting data, you’ll be able to learn more about your business, including the complex relationships between various metrics. For example, a business can use collected data to compare product popularity with cost of goods sold to determine where the item sits inside its product portfolio.

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Freeports: The 2022 Guide

Unleashed

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Each of these freeports is an important logistical, transportation, and trade area offering a competitive advantage to businesses that operate within them. Benefits for companies in this zone include no currency restrictions, corporate taxes for 15 years, and 100% foreign ownership and repatriation of capital and profits.

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A vision for a transparent global Rare Earth Element system using blockchain technology

Provenance

AUGUST 13, 2018

A report proposing three system solutions that could reshape the industry and set the clean energy technology sector on a path to sustainability. Read the short version of this report on Medium. Chapter 2 of this report outlines some of the barriers observed to play a prohibitive role to transparency for REE mining and processing.

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I Will Be Wrong Again: Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2017

Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Other examples: The United States Postal Service (USPS) published a report in May titled Blockchain Technology: Possibilities for the U.S. Postal Service , with supply chain management as one of the focus areas; in October, as reported by Reuters, “IBM, U.S. Will he declare China a currency manipulator ?

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Supply Chain Brief

Handfield’s Supply Chain Analytics Predictions for 2014

Fueling Success: Career in Supply Chain Guide

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Procurement Analysis: a Game Changer for Purchasing Strategically

2020 Requires Big Wings and Feet

8-Step Importing Guide For First Timers

Supply Chain Planning in Emerging Markets: Four Points to Remember

8-Step Importing Guide For First Timers

5 Steps for a Successful Global TMS Implementation

5 Steps for a Successful Global TMS Implementation

Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Supply Chain & Logistics Supply

The Future of Modern Supply Chains is Speed through AI

Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2016

Spend Analysis: Best Practices

Introducing QAD Adaptive ERP 2022.1

eCommerce Automation: Solutions, Benefits, & Examples

Improving Transportation in the Real World

Global Wide Production PMI Levels Unchanged in February 2024

17 Wholesale Software Features For SMEs To Look For

Introducing QAD Adaptive ERP 2021.1

Clark Products: Tackling a strong growth strategy with the right software

Introducing QAD Adaptive ERP 2021

The Evolving Landscape of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Supply Chains & Logistics

Global Supply Chain Visibility is No Easy Task

The Business Case for a Global TMS

ERP Advantages and Disadvantages: How To Decide

Supply Chain Automation Guide: Examples, Tools, Benefits

Freeports: The 2022 Guide

A vision for a transparent global Rare Earth Element system using blockchain technology

I Will Be Wrong Again: Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2017

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