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Eurozone Economy Now in Technical Recession

Supply Chain Matters

According to reporting by The Wall Street Journal , sizable changes to data from Germany, Ireland and Finland prompted the revision. The agency had previously reported in the first quarter GDP had grown in the first quarter, albeit slightly.

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Frictionless P2P: A Dream or Reality? 

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Author: Hubert Verweij , Head of Procurement Transformation, Capgemini Invent Sweden and Finland. Nowadays, Procurement practitioners primarily talk about emerging topics like the reduction of scope 3 emissions, supplier-enabled innovation and supply risk management. Procurement as end-to-end process owner .

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ABB’s Daniel Helmig: “We are moving to virtual centres of expertise”

Supply Chain Movement

I am the Global Head of Supply Chain Management (SCM) in some companies referred to as the chief procurement officer. My job entails procurement as well as transportation and logistics. Daniel Helmig explains how the supply chain will strengthen the company’s global position. What are your responsibilities? “I

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Podcast: Roberto Reichard on Reducing the Carbon Footprint of Capital Projects

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The pressure to be more sustainable also comes from outside sources like governments, banks and customers. Sustainability should impact procurement choices, such as favoring lower embodied carbon products over higher embodied carbon products. Safety and quality became key buying factors during procurement.

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Mozambique takes Claritum beyond 70 operating countries

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Claritum Article - Procurement Blog. Stretching from South Africa to Finland and from Spain to New Zealand (diametric opposites on the globe.) Providing sourcing events, procurement processes and catalogues to manage spend and provide significant and sustainable savings for all our users. Mozambique makes it 70 countries!

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Supply Chain Management:Leveraging Social Media for Improving.

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Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. For example, it would make more sense to use the customer data of users located in Northern US, Finland, Germany for a winter jacket. Procurement Blog. Business Process Outsourcing.

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New: Global Trade Map 2016

Supply Chain Movement

Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) and Preferential Trade Agreements (PTAs) are designed to boost economic growth through trade by opening markets by way of progressive removal of customs duties, eliminating or reducing trade barriers and tariffs, lifting restrictions on services and even through public procurement. Dominican Republic. El Salvador.