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RS Group Achieves Back-to-Back Ecovadis Platinum Medal for Sustainability Excellence

Synovos

One example of a key achievement for RS over the past year is the 10% reduction in direct carbon emissions from 2,000 tCO 2 e in H1 2022/23 to 1,800 tCO 2 e in H1 2023/24 due to energy savings, switching to renewable electricity, and a net zero fleet*. million customers. Interested in our services?

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Our Walk In The Fog

Supply Chain Shaman

Supply chain innovation is slowly simmering in the face of radical disruption. While there is much hype on DDMRP and the use of orders as a proxy for demand, companies need to remember that orders carry latency: they are out-of-step with market purchase behavior. Examples include Hadoop, Kafka, and Apache Spark. .

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2018: What Will It Look Like?

Supply Chain Insights

For the purposes of clarity, in this article, the term digital supply chain is the transformation of the atoms and electrons within the supply chain to unleash new levels of value. Here are my predictions for 2018: Supply Chain Excellence as We Know It Is Redefined. Examples include Bark Box, Dollar Shave Club, and Blue Apron.

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E2open Acquires Steelwedge. Impact on Market?

Supply Chain Shaman

Founded in 2000, Steelwedge was an innovator in Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) and was an early provider of cloud solutions for supply chain. E2open was founded in 2000 as a consortia exchange by IBM, along with H itachi, Matsushita, LG Electronics, Nortel Networks, Seagate Technology, Solectron and Toshiba. Investors moaned.

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A Conversation with Stuart Whiting, Schneider Electric

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

He is very passionate about developments in the Supply Chain arena and is always seeking excellence in his drive for efficiency & innovation in Supply Chain operations” – a quality that is very relevant to face up to the many Supply Chain challenges in our path! The silo mentality of traditional organizations must be broken.

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Provoking the Industry to Move Past Incrementalism

Supply Chain Shaman

Or agreement on the definition of supply chain excellence. As a result, functional excellence anchors action. Instead of pushing innovation forward, I see companies using the term “digital” as a path for IT spending. I define digital as the rethinking the atoms and electrons of the supply chain. Moving Forward.

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Procure-to-Pay vs. Intake-to-Pay: What You Need to Know

Precoro

Now, companies can handle the pre-PO procurement processes, identify purchasing needs, order and approve purchases, receive invoices, and pay for goods all in one system. The PR should contain information about the required items and, if necessitated by company policy, justification for the purchase. a driverless car).