Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 30, 2022

Many businesses use some form of Total Cost of Ownership model to support their Procurement and sourcing decisions. In fact these models are not just used casually, but they often are designed to inform and make optimal sourcing choices. Typically and historically sourcing decisions were predominantly based on unit price.

Optimal Sourcing 103

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 25, 2022

Lenovo’s innovative sustainability work with Maersk. Supply challenges arising from the war will hit many industries, with electronics being a prime example, since Russia and Ukraine are both sources of materials such as palladium and neon , vital for the manufacture of semiconductors. The grain blockaded in Ukraine.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 86

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Resilinc

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Rick Freeman joined Resilinc in July after more than a dozen years in procurement and supply chain for semiconductor manufacturer Micron Technology. Resilinc: Can you give examples of what you share with companies who are seeking to improve their supply chain risk management (SCRM)?

Logistics Network Optimization Software 62

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Supply Chain Opz

JANUARY 22, 2016

Christopher Tang, Distinguished Professor, UCLA Anderson School and Editor-in-Chief of the INFORMS journal Manufacturing and Service Operations Management (M&SOM) As supply chains become more complex, companies find their supply chains more vulnerable to both foreseeable uncertainty risks and unforeseeable disruption risks.

Sourcing Strategies 120

Sourcing Strategies Vendor Strategies Cost Reduction Strategies Price Reduction 120

EcoVadis

APRIL 7, 2017

Whether it involves carbon emissions, waste management, electricity consumption, or other business activities impacting environmental aspects, eco-innovation can provide a great path for easier, more widespread, cost-effective ways to minimize companies’ environmental footprint. Source: CEPGI. Growth of Green Patents.

Waste Reduction 49

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 24, 2021

For getting the final product from its original source to the customer, there is an involvement of different persons, resources, and activities to ensure that the link does not break down and companies are able to fulfill their contractual obligations timely. Impact of exchange rates on supply chains.

Supply Chain Planning Software 97

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Resilinc

JUNE 22, 2021

Co-authored by the departments of commerce, energy, defense and health and human services, the report concludes that the United States lacks the “ecosystem of innovation, skills, and production facilities” that is essential to military preparedness. For example, the section on high-capacity batteries recommends sharply increasing U.S.

Pharmaceutical 62

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Proxima

JULY 26, 2023

An example of this would be Apple, having invested two decades of know-how into Apple City in China and building up an extended supply chain of over 1 million workers; it is implausible that Apple could lift and or shift quickly or without consequence. Another example of supply chain complexity would be raw materials availability.

Vendor Strategies 52

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Image Source: Lions Financial. In the above example, if a round of investors agrees to invest $100 million to obtain 20 percent of the company, the investors and the company selling its shares are agreeing that the company’s value after the $100 million investment is $500 million (100 is 20% of X).

Logistics Network Optimization Software 31

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

For example, an email I received from Axios noted that one far-right clothing company was recently fined by the Federal Trade Commission for ripping out “Made in China” tags and replacing them with “Made in America” tags. Today there are 135 million service workers versus 13 million manufacturing workers.”[2]

Manufacturing Procurement 130

Manufacturing Procurement Resource Reduction Price Reduction Cost Reduction Strategies 130