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Is It a Good Idea to Invest in Hiring a Purchasing Manager?

Precoro

In the article, we look critically at the role of the purchasing manager and discuss how to determine the value of hiring one. The purchasing manager is a supply chain professional who sources and acquires materials, products, and services for further use or resale by the company. The Budget Limits are Well Communicated and Met.

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How to Become DFARS Compliant and Avoid Counterfeit Parts in the Aerospace and Defense Supply Chain

RFgen

If counterfeit electronic parts make it through the supply chain and into a mission-critical military asset, the potential for a worst-case scenario increases. This article will examine the scale of the counterfeit parts problem and what’s changed in acquisition regulations to try to address it.

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This Week in Logistics News (August 17-21, 2015)

Talking Logistics

One of the emails I did keep and read with interest was the first item in this week’s supply chain and logistics news… Infor to Acquire GT Nexus. JDA Creates a More Profitable Omni-Channel Supply Chain. Where to Find Supply Chain Innovation (Source: Adelante SCM).

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7 Trending Business Practices Disrupting Procurement!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Article originally published by, and permission to publish here provided by, Sam Jenks at kodiakrating.com. The correlation between technology and time is a special one. A report in 2016 by GT Nexus, “showed there is a demand for ethically and sustainably sourced products.

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29 warehouse & automation experts share insights on how warehouse robots will impact industry employment

6 River Systems

There’s no question that innovative technologies aid in logistics and supply chain management, but when it comes to the many labor-intensive processes that take place in the warehouse, some fear that robots could make human warehouse workers obsolete. She is now an Editor at Aggregage for the site Supply Chain Brief.

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Mobile Barcoding and Warehouse Automation for Retail Inventory

RFgen

This is no surprise, since retail relies on inventory management software and hardware to track, procure and supply its products. Supply chain pressures from commoditization, tariffs and increasingly short delivery times due to Amazon’s drive to same-day shipping all impact retail organizations.

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Mobile Barcoding and Warehouse Automation for Retail Inventory

RFgen

This is no surprise, since retail relies on inventory management software and hardware to track, procure and supply its products. Supply chain pressures from commoditization, tariffs and increasingly short delivery times due to Amazon’s drive to same-day shipping all impact retail organizations.