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Procurement and Supply Chain are Smarter Together – Practical Use Cases

Logistics Viewpoints

In a previous post , I made a case for how the Chief Supply Chain Officer (CSCO) and Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) are smarter together. Accordingly Supply Chain and Procurement will need continuous collaboration. Such sourcing events can be in the context of direct materials or logistics capacity.

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The Advantage of Speed: The Cooper Health Supply Chain Relies Upon Real-time Risk Alerts

Logistics Viewpoints

Last summer a hurricane was coming up through the Gulf and across the Panhandle of Florida.” If they were dependent, did they have East Coast distribution centers where they could preplace inventory before the strike occurred. The i-Score helps procurement leaders quickly assess the overall health of their extended supply chains.

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5 Recommendations towards a Resilient S&OP

Logistics Viewpoints

nodes), flows of the products between origin-destination pairs, and policies (inventory, replenishment, asset utilization etc) with no clear accountability on how the recommendations make their way into planning and execution. Strategic placement of inventory buffers to ensure sufficient ability to absorb shocks. He received his Ph.D.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 8-12, 2018)

Talking Logistics

The VP of Supply Chain and Logistics at our house (aka my wife) has been out of the country this week. I have to go to the grocery store again today to replenish our inventory (yeah, I don’t shop for groceries online; as the son of a bodegero, I’m old fashioned that way.). Hurricane Michael: How Can Logistics Professionals Help?

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Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Tech- October 10 2023

Supply Chain Matters

Logistics Start-Up Loop Announces $35 Million Series B Funding Logistics industry audit and payment services platform provider Loop has announced that the start-up has raised $35 million in a Series B investment round co-led by J.P. with more than 75 locations in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina , and South Carolina.

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Escaping the Cold

Logility

The weather, even here in Atlanta, has been crazy and the thought of Spring and its warmer temperatures makes me long for my childhood home in South Florida. So, it is no wonder the idea of Florida right now is quite enticing. Just the other week we saw upwards of 7 inches of snow here, which closed the city for four days!

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Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Tech- March 5 2022 Edition

Supply Chain Matters

Intelligent procurement technology provider JAGGAER announced the finalization of a partnership with TealBook , a tech provider that leverages artificial intelligence and machine learning to gather, predict and refine supplier data and to provide companies with additional product sourcing options. Global Health Exchange Acquires Syft.