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

Supply Chain View from the Field

In this first of a series of blogs, I will be exploring many of the key themes that emerged in the recent Future of Procurement study I co-authored with KPMG’s Procurement Advisory Council. The first of the themes we will explore is the procurement manager’s role as a support to the Chief Financial Officer.

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How to Get a Job in the Supply Chain Sector

Logistics Bureau

It touches many departments, from production, procurement, shipping, accounting, and finance to marketing, warehousing, research and development, and sales. Supply chain management is increasingly making an impact on the overall functioning of the business and influencing C-suite decisions. Do you want to be managing people?

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"Recreating the environment in which historical demand occurred"

ToolsGroup

In his latest research, Enright sums up the way forward: Capture additional demand inputs to recreate the environment in which demand occurred. Enright says that common statistical forecasting inputs such as historical demand do not create a sufficiently comprehensive set of attributes to accomplish this.

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A Guide to Supply Chain Management: Making Intuition More Valuable

Arkieva

These planning and scheduling decisions occur across a complex playing field organized by decision tier (strategic, tactical, operational, and relevant time response) and organization (corporate planning, factory, marketing, purchasing, etc.). Demand Management. Inventory Modeling and Policy.

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Good People Can Make A Difference In Outcomes

Supply Chain Shaman

They would hang their heads, state that they did not agree with the policy and explain that it was not their decision. As I facilitated the class and discussed the findings , the theme of data sharing and demand management was prevalent. Most companies have applied the regional practices of demand management to global teams.

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A Guide To Retail Supply Chain Management- Moving To New Normal

ThroughPut

But post-crisis and once the lockdowns were lifted, the demand for these products went back to normal. These drastic shifts in demand prompted the question, where and how consumers are shopping? According to the trends, there was a rapid shift from in-store purchasing to e-commerce. Stock management and replenishment strateg y.

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Understanding Retail Supply Chain Management – Moving To The Next Normal

ThroughPut

But post-crisis and once the lockdowns were lifted, the demand for these products went back to normal. These drastic shifts in demand prompted the question, where and how consumers are shopping? According to the trends, there was a rapid shift from in-store purchasing to e-commerce. Stock management and replenishment strateg y.