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Purchase Price Variance (PPV)! A Profit or Loss Opportunity?

Supply Chain Game Changer

Featuring Our 12 Best Procurement Articles! Get OUR EBOOKS HERE. Purchase Price Variance, or PPV, is a common term in the realm of Purchasing/Procurement and Finance. For some, PPV is a mechanical metric only, measured and reported on but without any further attention paid to it.

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The Great Maersk Shift

Freightos

The free report is available in PDF with supporting spreadsheets and high-resolution infographics here. Other sources reported that DB Schenker was not the only forwarder making this shift. Maersk 2019 Annual Report. DB Schenker, meanwhile, said that it had moved volumes away from Maersk earlier in the year.

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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. But how do you get started? Do not worry!

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6 Strategies for Better Supply Chain Management in the Current Economy

Oracle SCM

Supply chain executives were under pressure to develop more efficient, customer-centric supply chains while finding innovative ways to reduce costs and enable growth. FREE EBOOK. Companies tripped over themselves to build ecommerce portals, and one-click purchasing grew in relevance. FREE EBOOK.

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5 Steps for Retailers to Optimize Marketplace Returns and Protect Their Brand

BlueYonder

They want to know what your policy is and how it applies to their specific purchase. 86% of shoppers say they check returns policies before purchasing. Empower Store Associates Some retailers operating marketplaces have found it hard to manage an influx of marketplace purchases being returned to their stores.

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Out-of-Stock, Overstock, & Returns | The $1.75 Trillion Dollar Loss That Won't Go Away

Oracle SCM

Two years ago it was reported by CNBC that the inability to efficiently manage inventory cost retailers $1.75 If retailers chose not to address this issue and should they have decided to keep their warehouse management systems in neutral, then that number will probably be bigger this year. FREE EBOOK. trillion dollars.

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Amazon Supply Chain Strategies!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Get Our EBOOK HERE. Robots are the future of automation and Amazon is on top of it with their purchase of Kiva. The technology is built on automated pick and pack tasks in warehouses with some human intervention. They’ve built Amazon Robotics from this purchase and have since grown their robots in 2020 to 45,000 and counting.