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Procurement Leadership Program can help individuals market the real value of procurement to the enterprise

NC State SCRC

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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Reflections on the LIVING Supply Chain SCRC Meeting

NC State SCRC

The SCRC meeting featured a group of executives, students, and faculty participating at the Supply Chain Resource Cooperative meeting yesterday in Raleigh, held at the new Talley Student Center on the NC State campus. The restoration of predators in the system resulted in the more balanced ecosystem.

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SCRC Meeting – Tom Linton’s “Supply Chain Eight” and Golden Winged Warblers : Questions Every New CSCO Should Ask Their CEO

NC State SCRC

And the fundamental issue is about TIME as a foundational concept for running a company. I identified four options to executives given these uncertainties: Passive Approach – “do nothing”. Wait and See” – make intangible resource commitments. Reactive” – make investments in variable assets. and will operate more efficiently.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 15-19, 2014)

Talking Logistics

Kuehne + Nagel inaugurates North America’s regional Integrated Logistics Control Centre in Raleigh, NC, USA. It’s clear from this week’s long list of news that the pace of change and innovation in supply chain management continues to accelerate. Macy’s, Inc. Outlines New Developments in Omnichannel Strategy and Technology. Macy’s, Inc.

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We Need Supply Chain Immunity, not Resiliency: A Position Paper

NC State SCRC

1] It also means minimizing damage and the time taken to return to a normal state of operations (Sheffi and Rice, 2005). [2] So how do we make sure that in a post-Covid world, we continue to not just optimize and design our supply chains based on lowest cost, but ones that do the least damage and have an ability to flex under pressure?

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A “Swiss Army Knife” of Supply Chain Talent Requirements: Views from a Former Wolfpack Student

NC State SCRC

He then went into global imports for the central purchasing group in Raleigh. At that time Carquest went up for sale, and this led to a position at Marsh Furniture. During the boom time Marsh had sales in the triple digit millions. Upon graduation, there simply weren’t any jobs available at all! Today, we are at 5.5M