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A New Kind of Supply Chain Managed Services

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Supply Chain Resilience Depends Upon End-to-End Visibility Service companies, where one firm takes over a set of duties that used to be done in-house, is quite common. In supply chain services, the services company plans and executes on behalf of their clients. Orchestration is based on their GEP NEXXE application.

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Essential Technology Capabilities for Supply Chain in 2023

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Over the past few years, supply chain and procurement pros have faced the challenge of navigating their enterprises through one disruption after another. Manufacturing process complexity, including sourcing of complex parts and part relationships.

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A Radical New Way to Think About Supply Chain Management

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ARC has done research and writing on supply chain collaboration networks. A supply chain collaboration network (SCCN) is a key technology for improved collaboration across an extended supply chain. SCCN solutions provide supply chain visibility and analytics across an extended supply chain.

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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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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. The high-tech and telecom sectors face a contract management crisis if the process isn’t managed properly.

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5 Supply Chain Collaboration Essentials to Mitigate Disruptions

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Few organizations are immune to the effects, which are acutely felt in supply chains — and the more complex they are, the greater the probability of interruptions. The study found that these leaders considered the largest gap to be between supply chain and procurement, citing it as a major issue. Collaboration is Key.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 13 – 19)

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That assessment comes as a result of 10 months of subdued demand, inventory de-stocking, and high interest rates, the New Jersey-based company said in its “The GEP Global Supply Chain Volatility Index.” The drone was still hovering above as officers calmly drove up after the bikes were hidden to make arrests safely.