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How to Navigate ESG Risk with Supplier Management Software

QAD

This sounds simple enough, but we all know it’s a very complex issue and that’s partially because ESG concerns touch every part of the value chain, from the field or mine where raw materials are sourced to the packaging and transport modes used to bring your finished product to market.

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Factoring Risk & Business Continuity into Holistic Supplier Management

Jaggaer

Incidents involving tier 1 suppliers fell below 50% for the first time since 2016 (48.9%). Cyber-attack and data breach (26.1%). Transport network disruption (15.8%). It is not the level of spend or the tier level of a supplier that makes it strategic to your business. Unplanned IT or telecommunications outage (44.1%).

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Seven Supply Chain Processes To Stop Doing In The Pandemic

Supply Chain Shaman

In my prior articles, I have written extensively on the need for outside-in demand sensing processes based on market consumption data. I have also written about the need for supplier development programs and building robust supply chain capabilities in value networks. (I We need to align the supply chain to market data.

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Eliminate the Bullwhip Effect – Communicate with Your Suppliers

QAD

Exacerbated by the pandemic, global supply chain challenges have included manufacturing lockdowns, labor issues across all sectors, transportation challenges ranging from port backups to a lack of truck drivers, and rapid and sudden changes in consumer demand. Integrated Supplier Management. Causes of the Bullwhip Effect.

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The Transportation Supply Chain: Transportation’s Role in Supply Chain Management to Lower Total Costs

GlobalTranz

One of the often missing links, however, in supply chain visibility, is transportation management. We call this the transportation supply chain. What is the Transportation Supply Chain? Any supply chain’s success is closely linked to the appropriate use of transportation.

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Demystifying Transportation Sourcing – A Practitioner’s View

EC Sourcing Group

Demystifying Transportation Sourcing. If you are like me, transportation sourcing is a mind boggling and complex field. This article is about creating value in transportation sourcing. This article is about creating value in transportation sourcing. Think strategically about transportation spend.

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How to Manage Supplier Risk and Performance in an Uncertain Global Economy

ivalua

Following a deliberate series of steps can help you structure a solid program: Figure out what you want to accomplish with your supplier management program. Structure a plan to gather complete information about all your suppliers. Ivalua Supplier Management Datasheet.