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Two Automakers Make Senior Supply Chain and Procurement Executive Leadership Changes

Supply Chain Matters

Last week both Bloomberg and The Wall Street Journal reported the departure of yet another senior manufacturing executive at Rivian Automotive as well as an overall reorganization. As noted in our January update, the manufacturer announced the news that the Chief Operating Officer had departed the company in December 2021.

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Coronavirus Highlights Fragility of Global Supply Networks

Jaggaer

Procurement professionals around the world are sitting up and paying attention, especially in sectors with globally integrated supply chains. Since the outbreak of SARS in 2003, the last major epidemic to hit China, the country has become even more important as a source of key components and materials as well as finished consumer goods.

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Supply Chain Predictions 2020: Uncertainty Demands Resilience

ToolsGroup

They drive benefits such as improved business planning and improved sourcing, procurement and supplier management. George Fowler, Group Vice President, Spinnaker Supply Chain (North America). Cem Kobaner, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Advancetics BV (Turkey and the Netherlands).

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Marion Kohlmeier: ‘Expansion in our global footprint has been a big step’

Supply Chain Movement

In this edition: Marion Kohlmeier, Head of supply chain planning and project purchasing at Weidmann Plastics Technology. Weidmann Plastics Technology is part of the Techniplas Group and I am responsible for three teams: Logistics planning; pre-series scheduling; and project purchasing. The third team is project purchasing.

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Businesses Responding to High Inflation and Supply Chain Inventory Concerns

Supply Chain Matters

This survey of a reported 750 CEO’s and other C-Suite executives was conducted in May 2022, among executives based in North America , Latin America , Asia and Europe. Sources indicated to Nikkei that Samsung desires to more closely review its inventory levels to ensure that stocks are manageable. cyberattacks.

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Key trends in the vitamin and supplement industry: 2021 report

Unleashed

The vitamin and supplement industry manufactures and sells goods to support dietary requirements, including products to complement health and fitness regimes. Products manufactured include vitamin and mineral supplements, along with dietary products designed to support weight-loss and strength-building.

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Strategic sourcing and ‘big data’

ivalua

Big data is more than a buzz term, and if you are a strategic sourcing professional, it is a concept that should not be ignored. Within the manufacturing industry, data can now be gathered quickly in amounts that were unfathomable a generation ago. So are you getting the most out of big data ? Velocity: How quickly do you create data?

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