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Supplier Onboarding is Core to a Digital Supply Chain Transformation

Logistics Viewpoints

Molexs story is interesting because they excelled at overcoming these cultural issues. The most common form of trading partner collaboration is purchase order collaboration. With PO collaboration, buyers send digital purchase orders over the network to suppliers or other trading partners. The buyers dont report to Mr. Gainsford.

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The Role of Centers of Excellence in Supply Chain Transformation

NC State SCRC

The procure to pay focus may continue, but other types of COE activities are layered on top, building on progressively more sophisticated activities such as KPI development, category intelligence support, risk management, contract management, and predictive analytics.

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Supply Visibility: More Important Than Ever. Yet Elusive.

Supply Chain Shaman

In our recent survey on analytics, today 74% of companies are attempting to improve supply chain visibility (as shown in Figure 1). Projects Being Implemented as Part of a Digital Supply Chain Transformation Project. Visibility means many things to different people. Current State of Visibility.

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AI in Retail Supply Chain: Transforming Retail with Next-Gen Intelligence and Strategic Advantage

ThroughPut

By infusing intelligence into every supply chain touchpoint—from sourcing to shelf—AI is driving operational excellence, customer satisfaction, and exponential growth. AI in Retail Supply Chain – A Comprehensive Overview What is AI in Retail Supply Chain? ThroughPut.AI Here’s how ThroughPut.AI

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How Do We Heal the Healthcare Value Network?

Supply Chain Shaman

They each lag in their understanding of supply chain excellence, and are now struggling to build effective supply chain teams. All segments of the healthcare value chain lag in their understanding of supply chain leadership. I think both factors are at play. Angel Mendez at Cisco. Healthcare.

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What is a Sourcing Agency and How does it work?

SCMDOJO

But what’s a sourcing agency or sourcing agent and how does it make buying things easier? Let’s uncover the mystery behind the role of sourcing agencies and see how they make the job of buying things much simpler. They play a big role in making sure the whole process of buying things goes smoothly from start to finish.

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Experts Discuss How to Streamline Global Supply Chain

Supply Chain Opz

Paul Dittmann , Executive Director of the Global Supply Chain Institute at the University of Tennessee Improving operational efficiency in the global supply chain is a complex undertaking, and requires a documented, multi-year strategy instead of knee jerk reactions, and programs of the month.