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A New Kind of Supply Chain Managed Services

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There is also managed planning, where a services firm uses a supply chain system to forecast demand, and plan replenishment and manufacturing. This model comes from a partnership between GEP and Eliant Inventory Solutions. GEP offers procurement and visibility/fulfillment orchestration applications.

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How is the Logistics Economy Holding Up?

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Global Manufacturing PMI Global Trade as a Barometer Clearly domestic business activity is much larger than international trade. Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Indexes The J.P. In contrast, the overall manufacturing PMI for the Eurozone was quite weak with Germany and Austria reporting the lowest levels. Source: J.P.

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The Power of the Network: ERP vs. Spend Management

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Alex Zhong, Director Product Marketing at GEP. GEP and the North Carolina State University (NCSU) Supply Chain Resource Cooperative surveyed supply chain, procurement and IT professionals across a range of industries to gain insight into their priorities and strategies regarding supply chain resilience and optimization.

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Editor’s Choice: Aluminum Can Shortage Defines a New Normal for Food Packaging

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This article is from Chetan Chaudhari at GEP and examines the ongoing aluminum can shortage. This shortage and sudden uptick in demand weren’t something that most can manufacturers were prepared for. Beer and food industries are particularly affected by the shortages of aluminum cans as most customers prefer take-home packaging.

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How One Manufacturer Used GEP SOFTWARE To Save $45M in Direct Material Sourcing

For global manufacturers, managing direct and indirect material spend can get very complicated very quickly. In response to these challenges, a leading heavy equipment manufacturer selected GEP to redesign its source-to-contract processes and implement a convergent data model to help manage procurement data across its multiple locations.

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Essential Technology Capabilities for Supply Chain in 2023

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Manufacturing process complexity, including sourcing of complex parts and part relationships. Alex Zhong is Director of Product Marketing at GEP. At GEP, he leads product marketing for the company’s AI-enabled supply chain solutions. Poor communication and collaboration across the enterprise related to sourcing activities.

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A Radical New Way to Think About Supply Chain Management

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They have a complex network of suppliers, internal assets, and transportation and manufacturing partners, many of whom are changing on an ongoing basis. In supply chain we talk about the fact that just optimizing one link in a chain – for example, optimizing manufacturing – does not lead to an optimized system.

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How to Avoid the Pitfalls of Contract Management in Telecom & High-Tech

Continual technological changes necessitate adjustments to manufacturing and supply chain processes, leading to a heavy volume of contracts that outpaces most industries. What can CPOs do to ease the contract management burden?