Supply Chain Matters

JULY 18, 2023

based companies had indicated in survey data and in concerted actions that termed China Plus sourcing strategies that either explored alternative, nearshoring, or reshoring efforts were being undertaken. Investment firm Pimco indicated that countries such as India, Vietnam and Malaysia would benefit from China de-risking sourcing actions.

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NC State SCRC

APRIL 2, 2023

In many cases, this is known as “off-shoring”, when these services are located in places like Bangalore, India one of the more common locations for shared services. We started in 2012 as a finance back office, which included elements of the procure to pay process. A shared service is a Center of Excellence in effect.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 16, 2023

It appears that operational and procurement risks for beneficial cargo owners or shippers, in the short term, are minimal. The areas that will be deliberated in future articles are ocean shipping market landscape, freight procurement, reliability & visibility and the competitive landscape.

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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. Technological Advancement.

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ivalua

JUNE 1, 2022

Sajid Kunnummal, Vice President and CPO at Navistar, was interviewed by Philip Ideson from Art of Procurement to discuss the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on Procurement. When the crisis hit, Procurement as a function was suddenly in the hot seat, and it became the driving force for business continuity.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 19, 2022

Product strategies. Operational strategies. This strategy, however, may incur additional warehousing and storage costs, and firms may experience accounting challenges where an inventory is considered an asset, which could affect cash flow. Supplier strategies. Business model strategies. Reclassification.

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Supply Chain Movement

JULY 23, 2013

2013 Trends and Strategies in Logistics and Supply Chain Management: Embracing Global Logistics Complexity to Drive Market Advantage. The key results of this study by BVL International on trends and strategies in logistics and supply chain management are summarized, as follows.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 22, 2024

In a prior Supply Chain Matters published posting, we highlighted industry reports indicating that Apple current production investment within India is now upwards of $15 billion. Apple has been a master at exercising many such strategies. The statement reportedly came after meeting with the country’s President Joko Widodo.

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ivalua

MARCH 16, 2021

Sajid Kunnummal, Vice President and CPO at Navistar, was interviewed in late 2020 by Philip Ideson from Art of Procurement. When the crisis hit, Procurement as a function was suddenly in the hot seat, and it became the driving force for business continuity. Why is visibility so important?

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 22, 2018

Check out What is Virtual Procurement and Why Should You Care? Where is procurement, outsourcing, sourcing, supply chain, and purchasing going? Secondarily, we will include information from other procurement professionals and procurement firms about their experiences, what they forecast, and what they are seeing.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 10, 2023

In a previous posting, we published Part One of this multi-part series which highlighted our first prediction , that supply chain management teams should anticipate a considerable amount on uncertainty and that a significant challenge will be to avoid complacency in strategies and actions. For those businesses located in the U.S.,

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Pricing Strategy Relative to overall pricing business and industry media reports note that this year, Apple has avoided across the board price hikes in the U.S. However, there are price hikes involving certain model iPhone 15 phones sold in China , India and Japan to reportedly offset currency value changes related to the U.S.

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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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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 1, 2023

Prediction Three of the report indicates : More Direct Control in Strategic or Tactical Material Sourcing Will Continue to be a Prominent Element of Business Strategy for Businesses and their Chief Supply Chain or Chief Procurement Officer Efforts. Our sense was that Apple’ s experience, along with others involving U.S.

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Locus

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

In the pulsating heart of rapidly developing economies like India, the manufacturing sector isn’t just growing—it’s exploding. Borrowing wisdom from last-mile logistics, we delve into the criticality of timely delivery in the manufacturing arena and the cutting-edge strategies that ensure it.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The top producing nations by notion of highest PMI levels were noted as India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Greece and Russia. The S&P Global India Manufacturing PMI® rose to a level of 58.6 We sense that the accelerating manufacturing growth across India is reflective of changing global sourcing strategies within specific industry sectors.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 5, 2024

India has again demonstrated the highest level of PMI growth and the report authors point to Greece, Indonesia, Russia and Brazil as demonstrating stronger rates of expansion. The HSBC India Manufacturing PMI® (renamed in December) climbed to a noted 16-year high level of 59.1 From our lens, the data points to India.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 11, 2023

Mr. Faury indicated to reporters that the expansion of Tianjin capacity is an important part of the strategy for producing upwards of 75 of the A320 family aircraft on a monthly basis by 2026. This facility also serves a base for commercial aircraft sold to China based airlines.

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Resilinc

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Do you currently work primarily with Life Sciences clients at Resilinc? I have nearly 30 years of experience as a global procurement and supply chain leader in High-Tech and Life Sciences. There is also accelerated work to reduce dependency on India and China for bulk APIs and generic drugs.

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SCMDOJO

JUNE 21, 2023

SCaaS offers a solution by enabling hospitals to engage in strategic procurement, ensuring standardized operations throughout the contract duration. Two fundamental questions arise: the definition of procurement outsourcing and the most efficient approach to its implementation.

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SCMDOJO

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

The Supply Chain Analytics Channel is funded by the Ministry of HRD government of India as part of its National Program on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL). 3) CIPS – Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply | 16.3k Procurement Jobs in Future. Procurement Jobs in Future. Subscribers. Subscribers.

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Enterra Insights

JULY 18, 2023

It is the uneven distribution of freshwater — of which fast-growing places like India are woefully short — that provide the conditions for a crisis. Transition to adaptive policies that enable NbS across infrastructure engineering, procurement, and construction. Climate change may make some places drier and others wetter.

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ModusLink Corporation

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Due to climate change, firms are rethinking their strategies to guarantee environmental initiatives to start environmental actions. Sustainable procurement: consists of environmentally friendly purchasing that carry reduction, reuse, and recycle. Calcutta, India: IGI Global. Bangalore, India: Elsevier Ltd.8). 181 part B).

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 3, 2022

The top three regions exhibiting PMI growth were that of India, Australia and the Netherlands. The July S&P Global India Manufacturing PMI® reportedly rose to an eight-month high of 56.4, Also highlighted was that purchasing activity, stocks of purchases and finished goods inventories collectively rose in July. United States.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 30, 2023

The paper itself is quite comprehensive and worthy of a review for supply chain sourcing and strategy leaders. The report observes that for Apple ’s supply network, Vietnam and India are the new benefactors in a China Plus sourcing shift along with other supplier hot spots in Asia that are currently playing out. imports peaked at 21.6

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

If that is correct, then the likely alternatives would be India and Vietnam. This latest episode of Foxconn and iPhone production related events reinforces the need for businesses large and smaller to evaluate and initiate at a minimum, a China Plus production and materials sourcing strategy. Bob Ferrari.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

According to PLS Logistics , global companies will install procurement managers in China for entire organizations by 2025. Meanwhile, Brazil, Russia and India will become major suppliers as companies access the remaining untapped resources of the world. Amazon understands the value of an easy-to-use reverse logistics strategy.

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SCM Research

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

The report was written by Accenture Strategy. The report also shows that Brazil, Canada and India must do more to encourage supplier to report emission reduction initiatives. turn out to be particularly vulnerable.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

The few pockets of production expansion were noted to be within Asia , including India, Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines. India The S&P Global India Manufacturing PMI® posted a value of 55.4 Of significance was indication that the level of new business fell for the seventh consecutive month. for January, decreasing 2.4

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QAD

AUGUST 12, 2021

Today, manufacturers view sustainability as a required corporate strategy for long-term business viability and success. Sustainability drives growth when companies commit to more sustainable practices and establish effective strategies and meaningful objectives. Improved responsiveness to new and existing regulatory requirements.

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Shipsy

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

Global Supply Chain is the backbone for every nation’s growth as it is a sum of all the processes & operations from procurement of raw materials, through the manufacturing & ends at the sale, transport & distribution of these products. India alone faced a manpower crunch in 2020.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 25, 2022

As the calendar now moves to the second half of 2022, it is important to focus on rapidly changing developments including a marked escalation in geopolitical tensions that impact global supply chain strategies. Investment firm Pimco indicated that countries such as India, Vietnam and Malaysia would benefit from China Plus sourcing actions.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

We additionally noted that many businesses were factoring uncertain product demand and supply network risks, and that was going to make industry supply chain strategies far more challenging in the weeks ahead. The top three regions exhibiting PMI growth were noted as India, Australia and Thailand. South Korea.

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Shipsy

MAY 17, 2018

Despite entering India way back in 2007, Walmart till now, operated only 21 stores catering to B2B segment across the country. The acquisition will provide Walmart with the much-needed opportunity to expand its service offerings across India. Despite huge potential, the farm-to-fork sector has failed to make an impact in India.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 4, 2022

We additionally noted trending indicating that many businesses were factoring uncertain product demand and supply network risks, and that was going to make industry supply chain strategies far more challenging in the weeks ahead. This is a significant milestone for ongoing planning and execution strategies. . representing a 0.6

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Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 13, 2020

The Parallel Supply Chain … A Twilight Zone Strategy? Globalization has dominated as a widely practiced business strategy during the past 15–20 years. Many supply chain, sourcing & procurement teams have been asked to row upstream without a paddle during this time of crisis. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer.

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KEPLER Consulting

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Many procurement departments do not dedicate enough expertise and time to scope for new, qualified suppliers and insure comprehensiveness and robustness of supplier market screening. When procurement is challenged to meet production demands, finding new suppliers as plug and play as possible is a long and painful task.

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