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2024: Planning for Success Amid the Uncertainty

Logistics Viewpoints

Sourcing and procurement comes in close second at 88 percent, followed by innovation at 87 percent. Logistics and inventory management rounds out the top four focus areas at 82 percent. Other critical functions include order management, manufacturing, and product development. Remember that talent management matters.

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Availability of Part Two Research Report- Your Workforce: The Most Critical Link in Supply Chain Capability

Supply Chain Matters

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group , through its affiliated Supply Chain Matters blog, announces the release of a second published research advisory in an overall three-part series: The Importance of Supply Chain and Human Resources Strategy Alignment for Addressing Talent Recruitment and Retention Needs- Part Two. Management skills.

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Supply Chain Matters Podcast Episode 17- Needs for More Diverse Supply Chain Talent from the Lens of Technology.

Supply Chain Matters

The Supply Chain Matters blog announces the availability of the Supply Chain Matters Podcast Episode 17- Needs for More Diverse Supply Chain Talent from the Lens of Technology. There is a growing consensus that existing supply chain and talent management processes and technology need a rethink.

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Future of Procurement Study Available

Supply Chain View from the Field

I recently completed a study of 25 CPO’s, each providing their view of what procurement will look like in 2025. Procurement has a history that is linked in the core concepts of centralization, volume leveraging, and cost reduction. The earliest traces of this can be linked to materials management.

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Availability of Research Report- Your Workforce: The Most Critical Link in Supply Chain Capability

Supply Chain Matters

Further included was manufacturing talent needs, and with consideration for moving outsourced production to domestic sourcing, the needs for retaining a highly skilled manufacturing talent in conjunction with factory automation. Management skills. Availability of Part Two Research Advisory. Remaining Report.

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Robotic Process Automation and the Supply Chain

Enterra Insights

Quirk cites a 2017 study published by the Information Services Group (ISG) that concluded, “This kind of automation technology is allowing for a 43 percent reduction in resources needed for order-to-cash processes, 34 percent for invoicing, and 32 percent for vendor and talent management.” ”[5].

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Availability of 2023 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains Advisory

Supply Chain Matters

This report contains 10 detailed predictions related to what businesses and their supply chain management, procurement, and product management teams can expect in the coming year. In a prior five-part series of commentaries hosted on Supply Chain Matters , we have provided snapshots of five of our ten predictions for 2023.