Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

Looking back on the training process, our research, strategy, implementation and evaluation methods closely mirrored supplier relationship management and procurement management. In fact, it made me think of a specific chapter I read from Magnus Carlsson’s Strategic Sourcing and Category Management: Lessons Learned at IKEA.

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AFFLINK

MAY 11, 2017

In much the same way, any business seeking success in the procurement management environment should address the fundamentals first. Procurement management accountability builds from having processes and quality controls that meet or surpass customer expectations. The late John Wooden focused on fundamentals. Reinforcing Accountability.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Check out Procurement Report Card: Most Executives Think Procurement Isn’t Strategic Enough! Looking back on the training process, our research, strategy, implementation and evaluation methods closely mirrored supplier relationship management and procurement management. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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SCMDOJO

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Current State of Supplier Performance Management Nowadays, the interest in improving supplier performance management methods has increased due to the increase in global sourcing and that of the global economy in particular (Gordon Sherry R, 2008). They do not relate to any overall company procurement goals and objectives.

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QAD

JANUARY 19, 2023

E-commerce brands must oversee design, manufacturing, sourcing, warehouse inventory, shipping and delivery. Supply chain management is typically broken into three large buckets of intricate processes and roles: Concept: the full cycle, from sourcing and procurement to fulfillment. Different deliverables apply to every industry.

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QAD

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The information your trade team uses to determine landed costs or admissibility of goods should be shared with procurement teams, so that you always purchase goods at the lowest possible price. Tracks packages in real-time through the carrier network providing impeccable traceability.

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Supply Chain Opz

JANUARY 22, 2016

Brian Miller, VP of Services at Intesource, a PROACTIS company Managed services is a sourcing approach less common in the procurement industry today, but poised to grow tremendously over the next couple years. Customs filing is already integrated with 90% of the countries you are shipping to.

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Resilinc

JANUARY 18, 2021

Turmoil points to need for robust mapping of supply chains, rigorous analyses of alternate sourcing strategies. Of course, this will be true of many industries, as millions of products in today’s globalized economy are sourced, manufactured, assembled and packaged in multiple countries.

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Logility

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

McCain has shown impressive leadership as she has lead supply chain and customer experience at Berry Global, and now has moved into a business lead role as vice president, healthcare, North America, for the Consumer Packaging International Division. ATLANTA – Sept. 17, 2021 – Logility, Inc., McCain, Ms. Storer, and Ms. Go to www.SDCExec.com.

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ivalua

JUNE 11, 2019

If you live in a city, state or country, which everybody does, your life and the lives of your family and friends is impacted directly by Procurement. No, I’m not referring to the Procurement department of your company (although, if Ivalua has anything to do about it, there are lots of interesting things happening there too).

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Unleashed

APRIL 21, 2024

Conversely, the order fulfilment process in this example might include picking the packets of coffee beans from the warehouse shelf, packaging them securely with the correct shipping label, and dispatching them for delivery to the customer’s address. Order tracking and updates are provided to the customer.

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Unleashed

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Here’s the difference between a production plan and a production schedule: A production plan is a document containing a top-down view of manufacturing processes, requirements, and forecasted demand for a product. Many production planning and production scheduling software come as a complete package.

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Jaggaer

JUNE 23, 2020

From source materials to distribution, the supply network must be carefully streamlined to produce the best results possible. For more on pharmaceutical procurement, register for our upcoming webinar. Sourcing teams can launch a full RFQ to select a provider. RFQ, Contract, and Risk. JAGGAER is here to help.

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Precoro

MAY 19, 2023

The right metrics can shed light on how cost-effective a company’s processes are when it comes to the flow of goods, both at the inbound stages of procurement and outbound all the way to the customer. This way, companies can avoid any stock-based issues and delays.

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NC State SCRC

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

The concept level design phase is typically summarized in a system concept document. This phase is followed by system level development, resulting in system performance requirements and description documents. The subsystem and component level phase yields product performance requirements and design documents.

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RFgen

JANUARY 16, 2023

From there, bottler partners manufacture, package, merchandise, and distribute the final branded product to customer vending partners who then sell it to the consumer. The decision to locate manufacturing plants close to where sugar is locally sourced has improved logistics in the Coca-Cola supply chain.

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Precoro

JANUARY 15, 2024

Every procurement professional faces a time when they have to make a purchase in unfamiliar territory. Alternatively, when an organization embarks on a new project, procurement managers are tasked with finding the ideal supplier that aligns with the project’s requirements. That’s when RFQs and RFPs come into play.

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Unleashed

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Medical device manufacturers and distributors – whether they’re selling tongue depressors or sophisticated diagnostic machinery – need robust and well-documented quality management systems in place. These are medical products that deliberately/fraudulently misrepresent their identity, composition or source.

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Unleashed

OCTOBER 4, 2023

When an order is confirmed, the items need to be collected from inventory and packaged for shipment. This can include freight forwarding and documentation management. Compliance and documentation: Ensuring that all legal and regulatory requirements are met. It also ensures that resources are used efficiently.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JUNE 29, 2020

Over the past several months, China has been the main source for PPE. Policy 53 increases CIQ inspection on all PPE products, labels, packaging, and documentation. From there, other factors like labeling, packaging, and marketing of the product can influence these regulations as well. Exporting PPE from China.

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Logility

JUNE 24, 2021

Berlin Packaging drove increased supply assurance for their customers through Logility partnership. However, the real winner is Berlin Packaging and its customers. Customer thrill is a central tenet of Berlin Packaging’s mission,” said Katherine Storer, Senior Director, Supply Chain, Berlin Packaging. “We

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QAD

APRIL 27, 2023

Earlier this year, QAD hosted a live webinar to explore and analyze the trends that are likely to dominate the procurement world over the coming months. It’s no secret that procurement teams have an amplified role within their businesses and that many are left with questions — our goal was to offer answers.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 21, 2017

UPS Installs Beacons On Package Cars To Improve Loading Accuracy. Airbus and Singpost testing last-mile drone package delivery (Straits Times). Source: Amazon patent. MacroPoint Announces Platform Integration with JDA Transportation Management Solution. Manhattan Associates Reports First Quarter 2017 Performance.

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DynaSys

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Regardless of the issue, every aspect of the product from the finished product, work in process, raw materials (including packaging), ingredients and the people, equipment, vessels and locations that the product has been in contact with needs to be analyzed. One critical step needs to happen for this process to work well.

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ITradeNetwork

OCTOBER 9, 2018

From a recent survey of some of the major grocery store chains conducted here at iTradeNetwork, sourcing locally fresh food is a direct response to their customer’s desire. But all food simply cannot be sourced locally. Major grocers have also admitted that local providers and local sourcing programs are more difficult to manage too.

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EC Sourcing Group

OCTOBER 6, 2020

At one time, all of the steps for procurement management were completed by hand. When a procurement software platform was available, it was just a spreadsheet as part of an overall word processing package. Read on to learn more about how to choose the best procurement software and more about what procurement software is.

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ShipBob

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

You pick items, package them up, and ship orders to their destination. Procuring inventory. Procurement refers to sourcing merchandise on time to meet demand, and it affects the ways your online retail business activities (like sales, inventory management, and distribution) can be performed. . Easy, right?

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Supply Chain View from the Field

DECEMBER 16, 2013

I’ve had the good fortune to be presented with opportunities for compelling discussions with a significant group of leading thinkers, senior executives in procurement, logistics, and technology management over this past year. This complexity is occurring in many forms. We envision six key areas where this will occur.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 16, 2015

Based on reporting from the Wall Street Journal, the company hired Morgan Stanley to shop the company and package it for sale in 2014 with an expected evaluation of 800M$. The goal is deeper analytics to sense and respond across make, source and deliver. The traditional EDI approach inserts a day latency to open and read documents.

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SupplyShift

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

To reuse the Kraft Heinz example, something like: Procure most electricity from renewable sources by 2025 and decrease energy usage by 15 percent. Make 100 percent recyclable, reusable or compostable packaging by 2025. E.g., procurement has great lines of communication with suppliers and can get their attention.

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SupplyShift

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

To reuse the Kraft Heinz example, something like: Procure most electricity from renewable sources by 2025 and decrease energy usage by 15 percent. Make 100 percent recyclable, reusable or compostable packaging by 2025. E.g., procurement has great lines of communication with suppliers and can get their attention.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 17, 2018

The biggest career transformation for me was after leaving Dell when I joined Lucent in 2002 and entered supply chain in technology sourcing. The first huge project I was part of at Dell was our transformation from paper documents in the computer boxes for businesses to what we called E-Docs for electronic documentation.

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Provenance

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Own the procurement and maintenance of IT, office equipment and business software, ensuring everyon e has the equipment they need to work in a safe and efficient manner, including relevant H&S regulations . Ensure all financial reporting and legal documents are in order and any new queries are dealt with in an efficient and timely manner.

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Supply Chain Movement

JULY 25, 2014

Alternatively they are sourced from contract manufacturers or Astellas sites outside EMEA. In this position you will co-develop, document and implement the supply chain strategy in relation to the transport and distribution process of the European products. Experience in procurement. Your personal qualifications.

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Precoro

JANUARY 16, 2023

Spend management allows for efficient sourcing and procurement, regulated expenses, timely registration of spontaneous purchases, and a reduction of fraud and errors. As a comprehensive approach, spend management typically includes management of suppliers, categories, approval workflows , inventories, and documents.

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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

Whether you''re a manufacturing company in China, a sourcing agent in London or a world''s leading company in Silicon Valley, we''re all in a global supply chain networks. Research from APQC’s Open Standards Benchmarking in procurement shows that organizations without formal SRM programs report 121 percent longer supplier lead times.

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Claritum

AUGUST 23, 2019

Claritum Article - Procurement Blog. million people are employed by 909,000 of these minority owned businesses (Source: www.mbda.gov). million people are employed by 909,000 of these minority owned businesses (Source: www.mbda.gov). Source unknown). It is not a PR exercise or a corporate goal or policy document.

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