ToolsGroup

MARCH 5, 2019

Gartner analyst Debashis Tarafdar says that the large size of a country (like India, China or Indonesia) can mean “significant polarization of population between urban and rural with distinctly different buying capabilities and purchasing preferences. Emerging markets can also be fragmented in terms of their trade structures.

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CormSquare

JANUARY 10, 2017

Subsequently, procurement tends to be an afterthought, when it should be approached strategically! Small businesses spend between 40% – 65% of sales revenue on procurement of inputs. Following are the 5 strategies that can help SMEs in nearly any phase of their procurement efforts. Improved Internal Procurement Processes.

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HICX Solutions

AUGUST 11, 2021

SXM Webinar Series with Art of Procurement. In the first of a three-part Art of Procurement Live Webinar Series ‘Putting the Supplier Experience at the Forefront of Strategic Procurement’ in partnership with HICX, we focus on how to make the business case for Supplier Experience Management (SXM). .

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BlueYonder

MARCH 22, 2017

JDA’s own Vishal Dhawan and Vivek Wikhe recently contributed an article to STOrai, the magazine of the Retailers Association of India, to provide some guidance and advice for retailers on the omni-channel journey. Brick and mortar retailers hoped that omni-channel would be a limited threat and the cost of disruption may not match the reward.

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AFFLINK

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

The cost of recovery from a disruption in procurement management depends on factors such as supply source, volume, manufacturing location and inventory. A group purchasing organization typically finds that it spends 80 percent of its budget on their top 20 suppliers, and they also organize other resources such as time by spend.

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RFgen

JUNE 20, 2013

While many companies have witnessed significant success as world trade shifts toward rapid growth markets such as India, China, Vietnam and Thailand, it is important for businesses to effectively manage variables like cross-border and country taxes. Important Supply Chain Metrics. Granular metrics for high-cost supplies.

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RFgen

JUNE 20, 2013

While many companies have witnessed significant success as world trade shifts toward rapid growth markets such as India, China, Vietnam and Thailand, it is important for businesses to effectively manage variables like cross-border and country taxes. Important Supply Chain Metrics. Granular metrics for high-cost supplies.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Supply Chain Matters provides a monthly highlights of reported January 2024 global and regional production and supply chain PMI indices. Overall, global activity reportedly showed signs of increased production output and corresponding activity levels, but the gains were mostly in developing and lower-cost regions. increased 1.1

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Elementum

AUGUST 24, 2015

Copper, generally considered a good metric for the health of the global economy, is doing poorly. The Wall Street Journal reported that exports and imports from China were down 8.3 This could mean good things for India, whose economy is prepared to take on more manufacturing ( as long as it deals with its infrastructure problems ).

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Resilinc

JUNE 21, 2022

And just in the last few days, trade media such as Mining.com, MetalsNews, and FXStreet have posted headlines predicting more price drops—”Copper price sinks to 10-month low on recession worries”—and major price increases—“Copper prices set to rise as supply lags.”. dependent on foreign sources. Learn more about CommodityWatch AI.

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Requis

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Today, as the founder and managing partner of USM Supply Chain Consultants she has put her expertise in supply chain, procurement, finance and project management to work to help her clients achieve greater profitability. In the end-to-end supply chain there’s procurement, logistics, operations, and warehousing.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 22, 2017

JDA’s own Vishal Dhawan and Vivek Wikhe recently contributed an article to STOrai, the magazine of the Retailers Association of India, to provide some guidance and advice for retailers on the omni-channel journey. Brick and mortar retailers hoped that omni-channel would be a limited threat and the cost of disruption may not match the reward.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 14, 2023

According to a report from The Information , the company is imposing this fee on returns when return options at Whole Foods, Kohl’s, or Amazon Fresh locations are closer or at the same distance as a UPS Store return location. Previously, customers could drop off non-defective or undamaged items at UPS Stores without any cost.

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Locus

DECEMBER 15, 2022

A survey predicts that e-commerce sales in India will hit the $100 billion mark for the first time in 2023. If you deal with delivery exceptions as an opportunity to improve post-purchase customer experience, it helps you get back your customers. Is your business struggling to manage delivery exceptions in the last mile?

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6 River Systems

APRIL 4, 2019

These technologies also contribute to a rise in big data and analytics in the logistics field. Mobile apps: Pulling these reports several times a day can be tedious and leads to performance not being monitored in real-time. Mobile apps can generate reports and monitor performance metrics. ScienceSoft. Vaibhav Shah.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Purchasing and supplier management. A KPI is a metric… but not just any metric. A KPI is a metric focused on a KEY element of business, departmental, or team performance. There is really nothing wrong with capturing a lot of metrics, especially with today’s powerful analytics software solutions to help.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 27, 2020

The move from China, even if to other more reliable-in-a-crisis countries like India, Mexico or Singapore, will come at considerable cost. Multiple regional locations increase the complexity when planning global purchases or the delivery of those materials to each of the new various nodes. Not so fast….

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Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 13, 2020

Many supply chain, sourcing & procurement teams have been asked to row upstream without a paddle during this time of crisis. In the Israeli market, McDonald’s serves kosher alternatives, and more vegetarian menu items in certain restaurants in India, exemplifying localization of their products. Have we really gone Global, yet?

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 12, 2025

These tools can analyze large amounts of data to predict demand trends, automate purchasing decisions and optimize stock levels in real time. The result is a leaner, more efficient operation that can weather the impact of higher costs. Optimize customer relationships. Ajoy Krishnamoorthy is chief executive officer of Cin7.

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 11, 2018

As it is, even Amazon’s full potential is stifled by the existence of silos, as revealed in a Wall Street Journal report in 2017. Offshoring cost advantages were often a delicate matter in any case: lower worker wages had to be balanced against increased freight charges, duties, taxes, and damages during transit.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 16, 2025

Commandment 9: Insist on User Friendliness Independent of the effort put forth to design a system, purchase hardware and develop software, the single biggest test of implementation occurs when an operator attempts to scan bar coded media. This can be a pleasant experience (it is most of the time) or controversial.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 13, 2025

of GDP The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) and partners Kearney and Penske Logistics are out last week with the 2025 State of Logistics Report, looking primarily at 2024 data. Again this year, Penske Logistics funded the report development. Somewhere along the way, CSCMP took over the sponsorship.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 10, 2025

Click here to send us your comments The Cass report showed May shipment volumes in the US were down 3.4%seasonally Click here to send us your comments The Cass report showed May shipment volumes in the US were down 3.4%seasonally Supply Chain Digest Says. In May, the Linehaul Index fell 0.5% month-over-month. in May from 0.9%

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 17, 2025

Financial performance metrics are valuable as they capture the economic consequences of business decisions. Where is a firm's earnings over a period of time determined by sales less product costs and general/adminsitrative costs? Michael Hurd Lean Consultant, Unemployed Posted on: Jun, 10 2017 A Very Good Article.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 6, 2025

Financial performance metrics are valuable as they capture the economic consequences of business decisions. Where is a firm's earnings over a period of time determined by sales less product costs and general/adminsitrative costs? Michael Hurd Lean Consultant, Unemployed Posted on: Jun, 10 2017 A Very Good Article.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 19, 2025

That was captured in the SOL report by the chart below, which shows uncertainty, as tracked by something called the Economic Policy Uncertainty Index from an organization of academics using the same name as the index. Source: State of Logstics Report 2025 May you live in interesting times, as the Chinese saying goes.

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EFT

MAY 19, 2025

Egypt's Suez Canal offers 15% discount for big container ships to win back trade Egypt's Suez Canal will offer a 15% discount on transit fees for container ships with net tonnage of at least 130,000 metric tons, to encourage trade back now the security situation has eased and help ships offset rising insurance costs, its authorities said on Tuesday.

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