Enterra Insights

JANUARY 25, 2024

For example, the National Cybersecurity Alliance notes, “Your online activity creates a treasure trove of data. This data ranges from your interests and purchases to your online behaviors, and it is collected by websites, apps, devices, services, and companies all around the globe. Remind people what data they shared and when.

Data 130

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SCMDOJO

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The biggest challenge is that simply offering metrics, even those that appear to be the “right” metrics, usually doesn’t produce any results. The questions that are most often asked are: What metrics should I use? What metrics do others (in my industry) use? Where do I begin?

Vendor Strategies 55

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Some procurement professionals can quickly identify their key, or champion, supplier partners. Listed as a top key finding in a 2020 WBR Insights report it was found that, “The top concern for procurement professionals is making buying decisions without the necessary insight” (WBR Insights 2020). Who are our best suppliers?

Procurement Analytics 53

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 18, 2019

The blockchain has the potential to transform the supply chain and disrupt the way we produce, market, purchase and consume our goods. Cheng-Shorland explains, “Supply chain is driven in large part by the procurement process. Everything moves through the process based on the procurement contract.”

Manufacturing Procurement 100

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 11, 2014

Three years later, he stayed with his $300-a-barrel prediction, but shifted the timeframe to 2020 (see the CBS News article, Another $300 Oil Prediction — and Why This One Matters ). I use this example to illustrate the challenges (or, perhaps, the futility) of making supply chain and logistics predictions.

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DiManEx

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Last month, we participated in the AM for Defense Conference , a virtual event which offered a window into the innovative uses of Additive Manufacturing in the defense industry. An example of this is how “latency” is solved in traditional supply chains by stocking up warehouses. This often leads to 60-80% non-moving stock.

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HICX Solutions

MARCH 31, 2022

In this webinar, we join Niko Nurmi , Executive Advisor at Procurement Leaders , as he discusses these challenges and how to overcome them – with Carmen Erhardt , Director of Corporate Purchasing and Head of Global Processes, Operations and Digitalization at Henkel ; and Anthony Payne , CMO at HICX. A supplier experience approach.

Optimal Sourcing 52

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crisp

JULY 20, 2023

For example, the team has already utilized the platform to ensure full delivery of Barbie-pink promotional shippers to 150 Roundy’s through KeHE, and Giant Foods stores through UNFI. Wrangling siloed vendor portal reports from each retailer tacked hours onto this process.

Inventory Reduction 52

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DiManEx

JUNE 5, 2019

Does the company’s “mindset” support innovation and the adoption of new technologies? Who are the key stakeholders and how can they help to drive innovation forward? OEMs, for example, are typically required to keep spare and repair parts in their inventory, but having excess stock results in unnecessary costs.

Pricing Training 70

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 16, 2015

And business relationships did not become more Vested this year — if anything, they reverted back to being “win-lose” arrangements (see Walmart’s Message to Suppliers: Talk to the Hand and The High Cost of Poor Supplier Relationships ). But some of my other predictions did hit the mark or came close. What will happen in 2016?

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Logistics Bureau

SEPTEMBER 3, 2017

Sharing costs and bringing prices down through economies of scale, depending on the type of collaboration, can help each company’s bottom line. US food company Sysco offered an example when eyeing joint operations with U.S. Insights and innovation. Business Priorities and Innovative Thinking. Foods a few years ago.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 40

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Logistics Bureau

SEPTEMBER 3, 2017

Sharing costs and bringing prices down through economies of scale, depending on the type of collaboration, can help each company’s bottom line. US food company Sysco offered an example when eyeing joint operations with U.S. Insights and innovation. Business Priorities and Innovative Thinking. Foods a few years ago.

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Jaggaer

JUNE 18, 2019

JAGGAER InsideSpend Thought leadership Series – In this blog series, we profile leaders in the procurement industry. We hope their insights and experiences inspire you to achieve greatness in procurement. A conversation with Walter Charles, Chief Procurement Officer at Biogen. . Procurement Trends in Manufacturing.

Procurement Analytics 40

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HICX Solutions

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Examples of friction are clearly shown in the results of HICX’ recent Voice of the Supplier Survey. Rounding out the top five are more joint collaboration or innovation (14%) and reasonable expectations, at 8% of respondents. Why focus on finding and removing friction? How to use segmentation to drive the supplier experience?

Optimal Sourcing 52

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Of course, switching to more efficient lighting requires significant investment, especially if you choose induction lights, which are particularly expensive to procure. For example, could some areas of your warehouse be adapted via racking optimisation to store higher inventory volumes? What Else Can We Do to Reduce Energy Consumption?

Cost Reduction Strategies 89

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6 River Systems

JUNE 29, 2020

As global supply chains start the long process of recovery, supply chain management is in the spotlight, and new best practices and innovative strategies are emerging as supply chain leaders aim to reduce risk in an uncertain future. For example: Does it have a strong track record for meeting contractual obligations?

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Vinculum

JULY 7, 2020

As people are making buying choices based on new and ever-changing global and local circumstances, the product categories that are being purchased are also changing. These are: Proactive health-minded buying (purchasing preventative health and wellness products). ByteDance (TikTok) is hiring 10K new employees in analytical fashion.

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Supply Chain Trend

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

On top of this we can see examples of marketing driven service providers that very doubtfully brand their product S&OP, or make up new names for existing S&OP processes. 64% think there is not enough coordinated innovation in S&OP processes. 64% think there is not enough coordinated innovation in S&OP processes.

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QAD

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The rider provides planning and direction but can get bogged down in analytics and overthinking. Helping employees become healthier and reducing insurance premiums by changing to healthy snacks in the vending machine, for example, or providing free healthy meals in the cafeteria. The rider represents the rational side.

Purchasing Skills 95

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

Barcoding and Blockchain technology weren’t really within reach for the innovators of the early 1900’s. For this reason, I thought it’d be a fun exercise to put a new name on supply chain transparency, rather than a typical sweeping-generalized definition. There are a plethora of examples of physical-digital utilization?—?for

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ShipBob

JUNE 27, 2020

A great example of a successful DTC jewelry brand is Ocean & Co. Unlike fine jewelry, costume jewelry uses lower cost and imitation materials like synthetic diamonds, wood, plastic, brass, copper, and other metals. A great example is BaubleBar, one of the biggest online brands for affordable jewelry. Handmade jewelry.

Analytics Software 105

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RELEX Solutions

JANUARY 15, 2017

Critical path management is a good example of a discipline that, brought to retail processes, can make the difference between success and failure. Early on the critical path good data and good analytics make assortment planning easier. Buying Assorting, clustering and creating purchase orders. Charlotte Kula-Przezwanski.

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EMERGE App

MAY 20, 2023

Who is most likely to purchase your product immediately? Focus on innovation and produce unique products How do customers feel after purchasing your product or receiving your services? With such a personal touch, the customers will find it easier for another and another purchase. How much do they earn?

Pricing Training 52

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OptiProERP

MARCH 21, 2019

Listening to your customers is now critical – they will give you the innovation to move ahead of your competitors – and some of that may even be coming from social media feedback and comments. It gives you the ability to retain service revenue at the expense of third-party repairers, for example. There are so many more examples.

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RELEX Solutions

MAY 5, 2017

Using the project as a consultancy exercise gave us targeted space planning recommendations for every category within the innovation stores.”. In order to get a greater insight into the best approach for its business they implemented a series of innovation stores. – Mervin Nugent, Senior Range Planner, One Stop.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Other examples: The United States Postal Service (USPS) published a report in May titled Blockchain Technology: Possibilities for the U.S. Postal Service , with supply chain management as one of the focus areas; in October, as reported by Reuters, “IBM, U.S. Toyota temporarily shut two factories in the aftermath.

Predictive Analytics Software 50

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