Eliminating Excel in Purchasing Italy Manufacturing 
o9 Solutions
JUNE 9, 2025
Instead of high-level frameworks, attendees heard directly from global manufacturers including RHI Magnesita, Teleflex, and Marelli. It established a command center in Ireland, staffed by internal experts, which later evolved into a permanent Center of Excellence. The agenda prioritized outcomes over abstraction.
Logistics Viewpoints
AUGUST 12, 2024
Pirelli’s Business Model and Supply Chain Pirelli (PIRC.MI) is a consumer tire company headquartered in Milan, Italy. Pirelli needed to move from using an army of representatives visiting dealer sites, showing them massive catalogs, and saying to the dealer, “You could buy this or this or this.” Pirelli had revenues of about €6.65
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Talking Logistics
JUNE 5, 2017
In countless surveys over the past decade, manufacturers and retailers rank “improving supply chain visibility” as one of their top priorities. An interruption in delivery of parts from a partner in Europe can therefore also have implications in China,” said [Markus Duesmann, BMW board member in charge of purchasing and supplier network].
Unleashed
JUNE 3, 2020
To put that another way: by the time a business in Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan or the United States gets to Thursday they have produced, on average, what the UK needs a full Monday-Friday to do. The issue is also particularly bad for manufacturers. For many manufacturers, automation is synonymous with new equipment.
Supply Chain Game Changer
NOVEMBER 22, 2018
Where is procurement, outsourcing, sourcing, supply chain, and purchasing going? Out of more than $100 million under spend, 3 people are supposed to manage this, including the Director of Purchasing. Indirect Purchase Process Proves Chaotic. Landgraf, CEO at Above the Standard ( [link] ). What is happening in the marketplace?
Logistics Bureau
OCTOBER 25, 2016
Orders are typically placed by different factions within a single facility, and fulfilled by multiple manufacturers, wholesalers and distributors. On the other hand, a number of the larger US healthcare providers have opted to buy or lease their own distribution centres and run their own truck fleets.
Supply Chain Movement
JANUARY 15, 2015
Until June of this year, Tecniplast, an Italian manufacturer of laboratory equipment and specialised plastics, did not have a formal supply chain. The business and the mind-set of the company had already moved from one that used to sell products to one that manufactures and delivers complex solutions.
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