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Market Beat. Four Thumbs Down and One Thumb Up.

Supply Chain Shaman

One of my favorite supply chain leaders has a stack of Palantir reports in black binders on his desk. The Palantir approach is not a good fit for the supply chain management market. Kinaxis Purchase of Rubikloud. The purchase of Rubikloud by Kinaxis shows just how little the Kinaxis team knows about demand management.

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Navigating the Top 3 Procurement Challenges in 2025

Jaggaer

Procurement Priorities for 2025 and Beyond The manufacturing industry is evolving rapidly, leaving Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) grappling with challenges that could make or break their organizations. Amid economic uncertainties and geopolitical shifts, procurement leaders face mounting pressure to drive sustained growth.

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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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Best Supply Chain Management Software For Enterprises in 2025

ThroughPut

ThroughPut AI: Best for supply chain analytics and decision intelligence WATCH ON-DEMAND THROUGHPUT AI DEMO With Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML), a very powerful force comes into play in your supply chain decision-making processes with ThroughPut AI.

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If Only the Supply Chain was Reconfigured

Supply Chain Shaman

This is especially true in the world of demand management. It might be a change in modeling technique (like an attribute-based model), shifting the bottoms-up and tops-down forecasting approach (forecasting at a different place in the hierarchy), or the use of channel data. The Functional Manager. Let me explain.

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Logistics Procurement Strategy Insights & Tips

Logistics Bureau

For those procurement or Supply Chain executives in suitable organizations, there is an increasing number of uncertainties to manage, especially in today’s tough economic environment. Is there any definitive boundaries for procurement not to step across? If you think so, you are probably too conservative.

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Beyond Spend Analytics: Supplier Life Cycle Data

Supply Chain View from the Field

We recently had a senior data analytics professional from a large financial services organization speak in my MBA Supply Chain relationships class. The scope of the datasets his team was working on was limited to supply management, but the sheer volume of data was staggering in its complexity and fragmentation.