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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.

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Visions of the Automotive Supply Chain Prophets

QAD

Together with Quistem Founder and President Cathy Fisher, the two of us are co-hosting “ Auto Supply Chain Prophets ,” which is the first podcast dedicated solely to global automotive supply chain issues. Our goal is to help automotive suppliers and OEMs discover hidden profits within their supply chains.

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Moving Up The Corporate Ladder, Does Your Freight Spend Have A Seat At The Table?

4WL Consulting

The previous decade has seen many companies, mainly those handling manufacturing operations, change how sourcing of direct materials is executed – from an administrative function to a somewhat strategic procurement approach that has seen the creation of a new position “the Chief Procurement Officer.”

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The Pallet Supply Chain and Lumber Price Impacts!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. The Lumber Supply Chain is Going Against the Grain! Get Our EBOOK HERE. I quickly became very familiar with the standard half-sized and full-sized (40″ x 48″) pallets that the company was using at the time, though I was unaware of the Pallet Supply Chain.

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The Fireworks Supply Chain!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. 10 Vital Supply Chain Lessons from the Coronavirus Pandemic! GET our EBOOK HERE. The global supply-demand imbalance was unprecedented, holding lessons to help mitigate these kinds of disruptions in the future, if heeded. And what is the Fireworks Supply Chain?

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The Supply Chain Workload Iceberg!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Is Your Supply Chain A Cost Centre or a Value Creator? GET our EBOOK HERE. Supply Chain responsibilities are vast in any organization. This can be analogous to the work done in Supply Chain. So let’s explore the Supply Chain Workload iceberg!

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How to Prevent the Next Semiconductor Shortage

QAD

In our blog last month, we discussed how the automotive industry must learn this time from yet another semiconductor shortage by improving management of essential supply chain processes or we will find ourselves in another shortage crisis. Why does it take so long for information to move down the supply chain today?