Eliminating Excel in Purchasing Georgia Procurement 
Supply Chain Shaman
JANUARY 7, 2025
For example, if I improve the cost structure in transportation, procurement, manufacturing and sales independently, what decision support framework decides the right trade-offs? I observe that organizations are unclear on outcomes and the definition of supply chain excellence. You are right. The reason? What should we do?
Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 26, 2025
Based on the modeling completed with help from the IYSE group at Georgia Tech, we found that while a focus on operating margin, revenue/employee and ROCE can drive 73% of market capitalization/employee, while a focus on cost of goods reduces value. My knee jerk reaction was to send Table 1 to the CEO. Why would I do this?
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Supply Chain Shaman
DECEMBER 12, 2024
In parallel, PE/venture capitalists purchased/consolidated network solutions, slashing R&D and delaying investment, reducing industry capabilities. If you, like most, are running your supply chain based on ERP and Excel spreadsheet data, you are not prepared. Procurement was operating in isolation from supply chain.
Supply Chain View from the Field
OCTOBER 4, 2015
I am speaking at the Zycus Horizons conference this week, being held at the Reynolds Plantation in Georgia. As part of the conference, I’m delivering a talk on five predictions that every procurement professional should consider. As we’ve noted in prior posts, talent is the key to procurement organizations.
New Horizon Supply Chain Blog
FEBRUARY 8, 2024
Introduction: Procurement Planning for Distribution-Intensive Businesses Procurement planning is not a widely recognized category of supply chain software, but it should be. The resulting plan should maintain adequate safety stock levels for each purchased item while reducing inventory costs.
Supply Chain Game Changer
JUNE 2, 2020
As an experienced business professional, he has served in diverse roles ranging from Marketing and Strategy, to Procurement and Supply Chain. Several articles and reference books have highlighted Joe’s procurement transformation accomplishments at Lucent Technologies, Juniper Networks, and in the area of Supply Chain Risk Management.
MIT Supply Chain
APRIL 26, 2021
When a person’s social rating falls below a certain level, he or she is disqualified from travel by air or on certain train lines and cannot buy property or take out a loan. more foreign direct investment and more procurement in China leads to more exports which are the engine of China’s economy. One reason for this is economic?—?more
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