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Procurement on the Thames: Ivalua’s London Summer Symposium

ivalua

Ivalua CEO and Founder David Khuat-Duy and Ian Thompson , VP of Northern Europe kicked off the day with an introduction. They asked, what can organizations do to optimize their strategic sourcing processes? Sustainability and responsible sourcing were also central topics at the symposium. The answer is simple – automation.

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Four Ways of Using Cluster Analysis in Retail Management to Improve Sales

Logistics Viewpoints

Price index and price elasticity are useful metrics on their own, and a combination of these can help determine the right price point to maximize revenue and profit. Since there are often differences in store sizes, a metric representing the size can be added as well for a two-dimensional clustering approach. and Europe.

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o9 Solutions and Supply Chain Insights With LKQ Europe Reveal Significant Supply Chain Planning Improvements Following the First-Ever Pilot to Test Outside-In Planning

o9 Solutions

After testing outside-in supply chain planning concepts via Project Zebra, LKQ Europe realized a 17.3% Co-founded by o9 and Supply Chain Insights, Project Zebra is an open-source industry effort to define and activate outside-in processes to prove the value of outside-in supply chain planning processes. million individual SKUs. .

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From the Barley in the Fields, to the Beer in Our Hands: Carlsberg’s Sustainability Journey

BlueYonder

This initiative is central to enhancing the management and efficiency of its logistics operations throughout Europe. Carlsberg has also introduced electric trucks and established a specialized transportation control tower in Poznan, Poland. A prospect to raise a glass to.

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Building a Triple A Supply Chain: Ten Tactics That Work

Supply Chain Shaman

We consistently see that companies focused on functional excellence–a focus within a functional silo like manufacturing, transportation or distribution– or singular metrics– like inventory or costs– underperform against their peer groups. Recently, I was presenting to a supply chain team in Europe.

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Supply Chain Planning BPO: What’s Driving It and Should You Get On Board?

ToolsGroup

Now Gartner reports that SCP BPO is gaining traction ( Market Guide for Supply Chain Planning BPO or BPaaS, 29 July 2019 ), particularly in North America and Europe. Companies moving to BPO in these practice areas are experiencing supply chain improvements in metrics such as inventory turnover and customer service. versus $4.84

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Responsible sourcing as part of corporate governance

SupplyShift

In the last five years there has been a substantial increase in consumer preferences focused on ethics-based brands (HSBC) as well as rapidly growing shareholder actions based on social and environmental metrics ( HBR.com ) that result in a change in the way that global companies assess performance.