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Help Supply Chain Planners Be More Successful In These Uncertain Times

Supply Chain Shaman

As I shopped at Best Buy for office supplies, I struggled to not think about the massive disruption of electronics supply chain. With the downturn in the financial markets, the looming recession, and the fundamental shifts in demand—less travel and stay at home work policiesdemand is changing. The reason? The problem?

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Future Procurement Capabilities: Supply Managers Need to Think like CFO’s

Supply Chain View from the Field

The first of the themes we will explore is the procurement manager’s role as a support to the Chief Financial Officer. A common theme among CPO ’ s we interviewed in the was the need for transactional and financial excellence as a foundation for building credibility in the enterprise.

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A River Runs Through It…

Supply Chain Shaman

These gyrations put artificial dams and diversions into the demand flows creating the Bullwhip Effect. The translation of demand across reorder points and order policies distorts the demand signal across the parties. Learn to navigate the river of demand. Client Example of Demand Management Across Time Horizons.

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How to Get a Job in the Supply Chain Sector

Logistics Bureau

For example, a member of the sales team could apply to become a purchasing agent, based on her experience of negotiating sales deals. In this demanding position, you would be expected to: Manage manufacturing capacities to meet current and future customer demands. Purchasing Agent. Warehouse Manager.