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Procurement Best Practices in 2021? 8 Procurement Predictions from Ardent Partners

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What will Procurement Best Practices be in 2021? The problem was compounded by the pandemic, and beginning in March last year, CPOs and procurement leaders were really put to the test. . Ardent Partners Procurement Metrics That Matter, Feb 2021. But, challenges present opportunities, and procurement was resilient, he said.

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Innovation in the Supply Chain’s Last Mile

Enterra Insights

Real estate journalist Will Parker ( @_willparker_ ) reports, “The last mile in the e-commerce delivery process looks like a windfall for real-estate owners. Last Mile Innovation. For that reason, retailers continue to look for innovative ways to reduce costs. ” Executives at Walmart agree.

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Innovation in the Supply Chain’s Last Mile

Enterra Insights

Real estate journalist Will Parker ( @_willparker_ ) reports, “The last mile in the e-commerce delivery process looks like a windfall for real-estate owners. Last Mile Innovation. For that reason, retailers continue to look for innovative ways to reduce costs. ” Executives at Walmart agree.

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Skillfully Managing Manufacturing Reshoring Projects

GlobalTranz

There’s more involved in successfully reshoring a foreign manufacturing operation back to the U.S. Reshoring is a hot topic in manufacturing. These “Bring Manufacturing Back” initiatives have many moving parts and require careful planning and execution and very skillful project management. Innovation and Automation.

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The Impact of the Digital Path to Purchase

Enterra Insights

The impact of e-commerce and the consumer digital path to purchase has been significant. ”[1] Empty malls and struggling brick-and-mortar retailers also bear stark witness to the impact of the digital path to purchase. … Shoppers now purchase more online, making fewer trips to stores and seeing fewer in-store promotions.”[2].

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Supply Chain and Digital Innovation in the Wake of Covid!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Digital innovation in the wake of Covid article and permission to publish here provided by Ajay Jha. The cause for this success was the use of digital innovation and automation rather than the use of manual processes. This had impacted negatively on their source of income. However, some of them have seized growth opportunities.

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Warehouse Robotics – Scaling Operations for Exponential Growth, with Mark Messina

Logistics Viewpoints

They took a holistic approach, giving proper consideration to the integration of design, manufacturing, and maintenance. We would forward our designs to manufacturing and they would respond with the design’s shortcomings from a manufacturing perspective. Find a company that’s innovative at its core.