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6 Essential Procurement Training Courses for Professionals: How To Begin and Advance Your Career in Procurement

SCMDOJO

In today’s fast-paced and competitive business landscape, organizations across industries are realizing the immense value of effective procurement practices. Procurement professionals play a vital role in driving operational efficiency, cost savings, and strategic decision-making. But how do you get started? Do not worry!

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How To Jump

Supply Chain Shaman

Let’s start with definitions: Self Service Planning: Decision support technologies designed for business leaders to use analytic techniques on a collaborative platform to improve business planning. Replatforming Current Planning Solutions. At the event, presentation after presentation focused on improving engines.

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Elevating The Voice of the Supply Chain Contrarian

Supply Chain Shaman

Many of the case studies being presented at today’s conferences were born during the pandemic and the post-pandemic turbulence. Before you react, here are some definitions. The audience assumes that the presenting company is outperforming. Demand latency is the time cycle to translate a channel purchase to an order.)

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Lifting The Gray Curtain

Supply Chain Shaman

Allyson Hatfield, demand planner at MARS Petcare presented. In our research, we find that 72% of planners primarily depend on Excel and desktop analysis despite the rollout of advanced platforms for planning in 92% of manufacturers with greater than 5B$ in revenue. Allyson’s presentation was just that. ” My take?

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Our Walk In The Fog

Supply Chain Shaman

Fuzzy definitions. Recent releases of Advanced Planning Solutions (APS) refined but did not transform initial software concepts. While there is much hype on DDMRP and the use of orders as a proxy for demand, companies need to remember that orders carry latency: they are out-of-step with market purchase behavior.

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Types of Procurement Reports: Definition & Benefits

SCMDOJO

In the realm of efficient procurement management, understanding the various types of procurement reports becomes paramount. These reports serve as navigational tools, offering insights into different facets of the procurement process.

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Getting Away from Excel Spreadsheets: A Project Logistics Case Study

Talking Logistics

Almost by definition, every project is different — different suppliers, different materials and components, different locations and product flows, and different requirements and constraints. However, prior to implementing their current solution from Axit, this was all done via Excel spreadsheets, as Ms.