NC State SCRC

MAY 15, 2019

We held our first ever Procurement Leadership workshop this week, hosting a group of executives from Altria, American Red Cross, Cheniere Energy, Smith & Nephew, RSCS (YUM! Brands) and the US Air Force.

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HICX Solutions

JUNE 28, 2022

The session featured a presentation from Andrea Sordi focusing on changing the nature of the buyer-seller relationship and an interactive workshop with a live brainstorm, discussion and summarization. Andrea noted three areas that require specific attention from Procurement leaders today: Data and visibility. Three areas to focus on.

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Procurement Academy

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Indeed, our research found that 52% of supply chain and procurement leaders believe personalized eLearning programs are necessary if managers want to upskill their teams and make the most of innovative technologies. Effective communication in this stage involves three vital steps: 1.

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Supply Chain Movement

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

P2P Process Owners Strategy Workshop. This workshop stream will serve as a platform for benchmarking best practices and successful approaches to resolving key P2P goals and obstacles that are on the way to those goals. We will also hear innovations on self-service supplier portal, eCatalogue, andeProcurement in general.

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Bristlecone

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Sleep Number, Best Innovation Initiative. SPS Commerce, Best Innovation Platform. SWAROVSKI, Best Procurement Transformation. BRISTLECONE IMPROVES MINING COMPANY’S PROCUREMENT OPERATIONS. STRATEGIC PLANNING WORKSHOP IN PRAGUE. STRATEGIC PLANNING WORKSHOP IN PRAGUE. Mahindra, Best Operations Transformation.

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SCMDOJO

MARCH 25, 2024

Pursuing a degree in these areas will equip you with the fundamental knowledge of supply chain principles, such as procurement, inventory management, logistics, and operations strategy. Teamwork isn’t just about getting along; it’s about combining strengths to forge innovative solutions that push boundaries.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Products have proliferated by 37% over the last five years and packaging suppliers are being asked to provide more and more innovation to help the food manufacturers bring new products to the market. OI has been more focused on transactional efficiency, procurement and IT standardization. The companies are similar in size.

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SCMDOJO

JULY 13, 2022

National Association of Educational Procurement. In addition, you also get innovative hiring solutions, including job postings, branding solutions, and career site solutions, to simplify hiring suitable candidates across various roles, functions, and experience levels. National Association of Educational Procurement.

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Supply Chain Movement

JANUARY 11, 2016

Our members will focus on the latest trends in Supply Chain and debate the most up to date innovations available to the industry. The event is comprised of an agenda of original case studies, inspirational keynote sessions, interactive workshops and specialist working groups. Procurement. Purchasing. Operations.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 21, 2013

I also had the opportunity to speak at the GHX conference and facilitate a leadership workshop on the required changes for implantable devices. Here are some of the quotes from the workshop I led yesterday that helped me to better understand the industry: “A process born out of chaos is chaos. Balance innovation and standardization.

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ivalua

OCTOBER 24, 2019

This event focuses on Supply Chain, Logistics Excellence & Innovative Technologies. Don’t miss our Workshop session on Day1 of the conference from 11.45am to 12.15pm. Maximize value in Direct Material Procurement through effective Supply Chain collaboration. Ivalua will also be on Booth 8 during the 2 day event.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

JANUARY 28, 2014

In the last two weeks, I’ve had the opportunity to conduct a number of workshops on category management and contract negotiations, which has helped me to once again understand that actually managing relationships is one of the most important, yet most difficult things to achieve in organizations today.

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Proxima

APRIL 10, 2020

Innovation Enablement. In many instances, supplier innovation will be the key to increasing speed, lowering operating costs, and connecting with customers. Create collaborative start-up program plans Rapid vendor identification and on-demand contracting and reward models Supplier management within broader operations effort.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

I am facilitating a workshop between supply chain business visionaries and technology innovators. The SAP acquisition of Ariba slowed innovation and the purchase, and then the failed promise of investment in Crossgate was disappointing to SAP supply chain business users. Building the Network of Networks.

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Procurement Academy

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Through the implementation of these programs, you can build a strong culture of learning, innovation, and experimentation. An important step in doing this is to develop a catalog of high-quality internal and external training programs, workshops, online courses, and resources.

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NC State SCRC

JANUARY 18, 2018

I also predicted how this type of engagement would continue to grow in the future, as organizations begin to recognize the value of having an objective, third party view on their problems can create innovative solutions. This project is the e xtension of an executive workshop we ran last fall. Lenovo Excess and Obsolete Inventory.

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Arkieva

MAY 5, 2016

This week I had a workshop where we made a fishbone diagram of what drives excess inventory and/or stock-outs. So throughout the years it helped me to understand the importance of strategy, product management, sales, logistics, production, procurement, systems and the organization model, to improve the inventory situation.

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NC State SCRC

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Gene Richter is widely known as one of the world’s true procurement gurus, and I was privileged to have known him when he came to speak several times at Michigan State during the 1992-1999 period when I was there. We have designed our Procurement Leadership program with the goal of unpacking this concept as the target.

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Supply Chain Movement

AUGUST 14, 2014

Swiss company, Weidmann Plastics Technology has more than 70 years experience in injection molding and has a range of unique and innovative technologies that allow plastic materials with different flexibility, elasticity and strength to be joined in one process step. The third team is project purchasing. What do you about these challenges?

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EcoVadis

MAY 25, 2017

For our 10 years anniversary, EcoVadis received the best gift ever: Hundreds of professionals in sustainable procurement, CSR and supply chain came together in Paris to share, network, learn and present at EcoVadis Sustain 2017, and our Rock-In-A Free World celebration in Paris this month. Collaboration. More on the awards below.).

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Supply Chain Movement

MARCH 11, 2013

Results Proven Supply Chain Innovation To Put You and Your Business At The Forefront Of The Hi-Tech Industry. Work with your supply chain peers in small working groups, mini workshops and live polling led discussions to enable you to brainstorm the key issues you are dealing with on a daily basis. Date: 16-17 May 2013. URL: [link].

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NC State SCRC

MARCH 22, 2019

Some of the typical complaints I hear from procurement colleagues are the same ones I heard 20 years ago, and it seems as if nothing has changed. “Procurement doesn’t get any respect! In this workshop, participants will learn how to develop an influence model that starts with establishing a business case for change.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 9, 2015

In a Forbes blog post last week, Kate Vitasek highlighted an issue that continues to negatively affect 3PL-customer relationships: Procurement organizations looking to shift more and more risk on third-party logistics providers — while, of course, also demanding lower costs. Time for a New RFP.

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EcoVadis

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Around 120 attendees, representatives of 53 EcoVadis client companies coming from Europe and United States joined to spend a day dedicated to Sustainable Supply Chain and Procurement topics. Therefore the Zeronauts consist of “a new breed of innovator, determined to drive problems such as carbon, waste, toxics, and poverty to zero”.

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ToolsGroup

JANUARY 21, 2020

Allopneus.com also provides tire fitting services to its customers through a network of 6,000 garages and a fleet of 80 mobile workshops, which can be moved according to customer request (home, office, etc). “A We also need to stock extremely complex ranges for motorcycles. Storing tires is becoming more and more complex.

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Arena Solutions

MARCH 9, 2023

This four-day event is packed with interactive workshops, technical trainings, and a keynote from PTC’s president and CEO, Jim Heppelmann , that deliver practical solutions to address your most critical business challenges. To stay on course, many companies are moving away from legacy systems and embracing a digital transformation.

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NC State SCRC

JANUARY 13, 2016

I recently participated in a workshop of oil and gas leaders in Calgary Alberta. These comments are very similar to ones I heard in workshops during 2008-2009 and one of my observations was that people were frozen and didn’t know what to do. Back when a barrel of oil was $100, nobody cared. They cut training.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Procurement, activities such as strategic sourcing, are one of the main processes in the supply chains that can generate a positive impact on companies by giving them a competitive advantage in the market. Strategic sourcing can help supply chain leaders identify potential risk factors and develop procurement mitigation plans.

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Requis

MAY 22, 2020

Meanwhile, salespeople for suppliers were trying to work around procurement. What do you see coming in tech innovation for supply chain? For example, there are around 200 startups for procurement analytics. It’s about what you do with it, the application that’s really going to be key to drive innovation going forward.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

Making the digital pivot will embrace all of these disruptions together to drive innovation and new business models. Today, supply chain software leaders struggle with the Innovators dilemma. In supply chain, the Innovator’s Dilemma is alive and well. Confluence of Disruptive Technologies on Supply Chain Processes.

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ivalua

AUGUST 21, 2022

As a Procurement Leader, carbon neutrality by 2050 should be a central focus and Dr. Natacha Tréhan’s comprehensive research offers practical tips to get you on track. First, let’s start with procurement and how it plays a significant role in reducing the carbon footprint with 3 key areas of impact: – Actions with suppliers.

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Claritum

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Claritum Article - Procurement Blog. Complementing the existing Bath R & D team who currently work closely with AI and business school departments at Bath and Bristol Universities in the domain of advanced procurement analytics. Office, laboratory or light workshop uses. Richard Hillum, Executive Chairman at Claritum.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 18, 2023

Subsequent videos, presentations and workshops emphasized the need for businesses to be more agile and responsive to change, including a firm’s supply chain, that it takes a strong team consisting of the elements of business , IT and SAP working collaboratively together to accomplish needed changes in capabilities.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Analytical innovation and digital transformation drove step-change capabilities within the office and marketing. The traditional supply chain is inside-out, triggering processes on the back of order-to-cash and procure-to-pay financial processes. As a result, many companies are struggling. Leadership teams are uncomfortable.

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Slimstock

MARCH 26, 2019

Though it’s often overlooked as an element of customer satisfaction, procurement is an essential component for delivering that satisfaction. Procurement involves buying goods and services that keep an organization operating; it ensures warehouses are well-stocked with the proper supplies at all times. 4 Ways to Improve Procurement.

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SupplyOn

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

The Aviation Forum, held in Munich for the first time, provided numerous insights and innovative approaches on how the aerospace industry can meet the upcoming fundamental changes (photo courtesy of IPM) Now Munich.

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Claritum

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Complementing the existing Bath R & D team who currently work closely with AI and business school departments at Bath and Bristol Universities in the domain of advanced procurement analytics. Office, laboratory or light workshop uses. Thriving on challenges and innovating creative solutions in terms of workplace innovation.

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