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Top Takeaways from Coupa Inspire

Logistics Viewpoints

It ran from April 11 th through the 13 th at the Aria Resort in Las Vegas. The visibility to spend allows them to provide excellent benchmarking in several areas. Initially, this product will focus on the purchase order (PO) acceptance process. Coupa solutions are also being used for S&OE.

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Five Reasons Why Are We Not Making Progress on Inventory Management

Supply Chain Shaman

I wanted to say, “You let the consultants influence you to buy the wrong technologies based on IT standardization. Today, since many do not test the solutions and often buy based on IT standardization, the probability of success is about the same as playing the tables in Las Vegas. Use of Excel Spreadsheets.

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3 Lessons from Gold and Silver Pawn: This… is Supply Chain, This… is Pawn Stars

Kinaxis

So, as I was watching one of my favorite shows, Pawn Stars, I thought the next time I am in Las Vegas, this is what I will take into the Gold and Silver Pawn Shop. I asked the guys what the key success factors were: Know how to make a profit when buying and selling. They have multiple ERPs, external nodes, Excel files, etc.,

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Let the Design Begin…

Supply Chain Shaman

It was far a cry from the neon and glitzy hotels of Las Vegas where I am often speaking. With the purchase of i2 by JDA, and Logictools by IBM, manufacturing companies serious about network design started looking for a company, with a well-established community, that was more serious about network design. The theatre was packed.

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S&OP, a vision for the future. The expert interview series #7

Supply Chain Trend

In the last 30 years S&OP improved performance in many businesses. However, S&OP has not yet substantially delivered on its ultimate promise of enterprise wide resource management, rolling financial forecasting and strategy deployment. Worse, overall S&OP development and progress seems to have stalled.

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