Kinaxis

DECEMBER 12, 2014

Reason #9 Relentless pursuit of one supply chain metric at the expense of other metrics. Reason #10: Failure to adequately train your supply chain planning staff. Don’t want training and aren’t interested in learning. In reality, providing training in this way is a win-win for the company and the employee.

Supply Chain Planning Software 240

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Planning Training Price Mitigation Strategies 240

Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 24, 2025

The research methodology for the Supply Chains to Admire compares the performance of a company against its industry peer group for the metrics of Year-over-Year Revenue Growth, Inventory Turns, Operating Margin, and Return on Capital Employed (ROCE). For 80% of industries, the supply chain metrics represent more than 40% impact on value.

Gartner 195

Gartner Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Planning Scenario Planning 195

Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy

JUNE 10, 2025

Do Invest in Distributor Capability Building : Provide training, digital tools, and performance incentives. Do Set Clear KPIs and Governance Structures : Establish transparent metrics for sales, coverage, and service levels. As part of the workshop, we are developing a list of Do’s and Don’ts related to Distributor Management.

Inventory Reduction 165

Inventory Reduction Waste Reduction Vendor Strategies Cost Reduction Strategies 165

Procurement Academy

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Proper execution of cross-functional training can turn siloed departments into unified and efficient teams; equipping employees with the right skills to collaborate seamlessly across organizations. Of course, the right training is key to the success of such initiatives, and can have a measurable impact on supply chain performance.

Buyer Training 52

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 27, 2025

A disruption at any point in the global logistics network including the average of 12 touch points from shipment packaging to final delivery can prove disastrous for profits, service levels, customer loyalty, and other key metrics. With the global e-commerce market predicted to reach $8.1

Supply Chain Planning Software 330

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Network Software Logistics Network Optimization Software Predictive Analytics Software 330

Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 3, 2025

Agentic AI involves creating a system of interacting agents, each trained on a specific task or dataset. They prepare equipment for maintenance, do isolation (disconnect a piece of equipment from the flow of chemicals by closing valves), look at quality or reliability metrics, and do rounds. Agentic allows for much greater flexibility.

Negotiating Skills 183

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 18, 2023

For organizations layered in functional metrics and driving a cost agenda, this is a tough nut to crack. Train teams to model variability and build a planning master data layer to understand layers of variability. (A Build in-market sourcing. Rationalize global strategies to focus on building markets based on in-market sourcing.

Supply Chain Planning Software 417

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Optimal Sourcing Supply Chain Software 417

ivalua

MAY 30, 2025

AI is reshaping the way organizations source, manage suppliers, and drive value today. AI agents offer a smarter, faster way to manage sourcing, risk, and spend across the entire procurement lifecycle. For example, agentic AI can analyze supplier data, evaluate contracts, manage purchase orders, or recommend sourcing strategies.

Optimal Sourcing 130

Optimal Sourcing Procurement Solutions Procurement Analytics Negotiating Skills 130

ivalua

MAY 30, 2025

AI is reshaping the way organizations source, manage suppliers, and drive value today. AI agents offer a smarter, faster way to manage sourcing, risk, and spend across the entire procurement lifecycle. For example, agentic AI can analyze supplier data, evaluate contracts, manage purchase orders, or recommend sourcing strategies.

Optimal Sourcing 130

Optimal Sourcing Procurement Solutions Procurement Analytics Negotiating Skills 130

Procurement Academy

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Download our Training Catalogs Gone are the days of one-size-fits-all training programs and static skill sets. The latest employee training trends show todays successful organizations as those that adapt quickly by embracing innovative approaches to upskill their teams. The result?

Buyer Training 52

Buyer Training Purchasing Training Price Mitigation Strategies Negotiating Skills 52

Jaggaer

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Strategic Sourcing Simplified: Best Practices for Maximizing Value Strategic sourcing goes beyond cost savings its about making informed decisions that drive long-term value. Now well dive into best practices in these critical areas to ensure a more effective and resilient sourcing strategy.

Sourcing Strategies 52

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RFgen

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Training Requirements: Introducing new equipment and processes necessitates workforce training to ensure smooth transitions and maintain productivity. Consider these essential metrics: Asset Utilization: How efficiently are your machines being used? Track machine runtime to understand and optimize utilization rates.

Material Savings 92

Material Savings Resource Reduction Sourcing Strategies Inventory Reduction 92

Jaggaer

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

The Power of Source-to-Pay Digital Transformation To put it briefly, source-to-pay refers to the entire process that starts with finding, negotiating with, and contracting the suppliers of materials, goods and services, and culminates in the final payment for those items. Who Should Prioritize an S2P Digital Transformation?

Sourcing Strategies 52

Sourcing Strategies Optimal Sourcing Manufacturing Procurement Negotiating Skills 52

RFgen

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

These systems also support phased implementation, allowing you to start with high-priority processes, train staff during regular work hours, deploy your wireless infrastructure before software rollout, maintain parallel systems during the initial transition, and closely monitor performance metrics.

Inventory Reduction 98

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 18, 2022

The company sources goods from 34,000 suppliers out of 30 nations. In the annual report where they report on their key performance indicators (KPIs), they don’t just report on core financial metrics and the NPS, they also have people metrics. The company has shown sustained improvement on this metric.

Supply Chain Design Software 300

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 7, 2025

Digital twins bring enterprise-level visibility to network planning, allowing organizations to simulate new fulfillment strategies, evaluate sourcing risks, and prepare contingency plans that support both customer experience and bottom-line resilience. Train for adoption: Make the model part of your frontline teams daily playbook.

Sourcing Strategies 221

Sourcing Strategies Modeling Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software 221

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 14, 2023

Generative AI can use models with billions or even trillions of parameters trained on massive datasets (think the size of the internet), enabling it to produce increasingly complex outputs such as speech, text, and videos. It can then generate new content using prompts that resemble the original training data.

Optimal Sourcing 244

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 16, 2025

Many Fleet Leaders Aren’t Set Up for Success Here’s the uncomfortable truth: Most new fleet leaders don’t get trained to lead. They step into roles requiring HR finesse, budgeting expertise, conflict resolution, and regulatory knowledge, often with zero formal training or support. Invest in formal management training.

Negotiating Skills 91

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 7, 2023

The Cardinal Health Supply Chain Cardinal Health’s medical segment manufactures, sources and distributes Cardinal Health branded medical, surgical and laboratory products. Two Centers of Excellence – A center of excellence (CoE) is a team that provides leadership, best practices, research, support and training in a focus area.

Supply Chain Planning Software 244

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Predictive Analytics Software Modeling Software 244

SCMDOJO

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) platforms have emerged as innovative solutions in education and training, offering customized support that can profoundly enhance the development of future supply chain experts. Preparing the next generation to excel in this dynamic field requires more than traditional education methods.

Supply Chain Planning Software 97

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ivalua

MAY 10, 2025

This guide breaks down the key procurement technologies in use today and the trends reshaping the future, such as AI-driven sourcing, predictive risk management, and deeper integration across the supply chain. What Is Procurement Technology? Here are some of the most important tools teams are already using.

Procurement Solutions 130

Procurement Solutions Sourcing Strategies Optimal Sourcing Analytics Software 130

Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 24, 2017

In manufacturing-based companies, 70-80% of costs are in the processes of source, make and deliver. While the practices of finance are over 200 years old, in contrast, supply chain as a cross-functional practice (the combination of make, source and deliver) was recently defined in 1982. Is talent a cost or an asset?

Cost Reduction Strategies 262

Cost Reduction Strategies Inventory Reduction Resource Reduction Manufacturing Procurement 262

Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 6, 2013

Closing the gaps happens when there are aligned metrics, clarity of vision and aligned planning processes. This does not come easily, and requires training. It combines decisions across sell, deliver, make and source processes to drive value based outcomes. Metrics Alignment. They lack cohesion. Understanding Planning.

Supply Chain Planning Software 330

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Planning Optimal Sourcing Scenario Planning 330

Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

In today’s training class, we focused on determining the balanced scorecard. Based on the work with Georgia Tech, we are getting clear on which metrics matter by industry. As companies adopt a balanced scorecard, the functional metrics shift to a focus on reliability. Analyze inventory health. Education is fundamental.

Modeling 273

Modeling Supply and Demand Optimal Sourcing Supply Chain Planning Software 273

Logility

MARCH 21, 2024

It can learn faster than humans and is trained to process and analyze huge amounts of information based on training data, algorithms, and statistical models. Because of a personal relationship, the supply chain manager knows they can call their colleague from sourcing to lean on their vendors to get the shipments expedited.

Optimal Sourcing 227

Optimal Sourcing Supply Chain Planning Software Modeling Software Inventory Reduction 227

SCMDOJO

APRIL 11, 2025

Running procurement and supply chain without metrics is like driving blindfolded. Decoding the Metrics: What Are They Telling You? A lower TCO indicates better value sourcing, even if the initial purchase price isn’t the absolute lowest. Do you rely on a single source for critical items?

Pricing Training 72

Pricing Training Optimal Sourcing Purchasing Skills Negotiating Skills 72

Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Most supply chain leaders cannot get their groove on because they generalize–the use of the same metric targets and tactics for the supply chain without paying attention to the flows. It is usually not one issue, it is the combination of data cleanliness, optimization tuning, and employee understanding/training. Wrong Metrics.

Optimal Sourcing 300

Optimal Sourcing Modeling Forecasting Supply and Demand 300

ToolsGroup

AUGUST 20, 2019

Companies moving to BPO in these practice areas are experiencing supply chain improvements in metrics such as inventory turnover and customer service. An outsourcing vendor can be used at the entity to share best practices, recommend and implement new methodologies, and train resources. Those companies also reduced planning spend.

Supply Chain Planning Software 214

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Planning Gartner Supply Chain Software 214

Precoro

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Unlike traditional tools that often operate in isolation or rely on rigid workflows, AI connects the dots between disparate data sources, providing a more comprehensive view of procurement activities. AI in procurement use cases : Analyzing data from multiple sources to predict demand trends with greater accuracy.

Price Reduction 105

Price Reduction Cost Reduction Strategies Sourcing Strategies Expense Reduction 105

SCMDOJO

JULY 3, 2023

Whether you’re an aspiring procurement enthusiast or a seasoned professional aiming to advance your career, investing in procurement training and procurement training courses can be a game-changer. The fantastic employment options that procurement training opens up are among the most convincing arguments for doing so.

Purchasing Training 98

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GlobalTranz

MAY 20, 2015

The next posts in the series will break down metrics and issues to consider in SQM by industry and conclude with a case study on the application of SQM. 5 Key Metrics to Use for Scoring Supplier Quality Management (From LNS Research ). The definition of this metric is similar to the way it sounds. Cost of quality.

Procurement Analytics 120

Procurement Analytics Metrics Quality Supply Chain Planning Software 120

RFgen

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Invest in Staff Training A well-trained team is key to efficiency and accuracy. Provide comprehensive training on new technologies, safety procedures, and best practices to ensure proper equipment handling, reduce accidents, and boost overall productivity. Consider solar panels and other renewable energy sources.

Optimal Sourcing 97

Optimal Sourcing Optimization Software Waste Reduction Inventory Reduction 97

Precoro

DECEMBER 11, 2023

To enhance their competitive edge, companies across industries are adopting a key tactic: strategic sourcing. Strategic sourcing is a holistic approach to supply chain management that includes tactics for optimizing the total cost of ownership, improving supplier relationships, and ensuring long-term value creation.

Negotiating Skills 105

Negotiating Skills Purchasing Skills Optimal Sourcing Sourcing Strategies 105

Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 6, 2013

It senses, translates, and orchestrates market changes (buy- and sell-side markets) bidirectionally with near real-time latency to align sell, deliver, make and sourcing functions. When this happens, there is greater balance between metric trade-offs and resiliency in year-over-year improvements in corporate performance.

Supply Chain Network Software 225

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MAY 28, 2022

While it’s undeniably important to source products responsibly and produce recyclable or reusable products, companies also need to focus on making the transportation and distribution of products more sustainable. Ensure Your Materials Are Ethically Sourced. You may even save money by choosing a local supplier.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 15, 2017

When employees are trained to communicate with clients and team members without reserves, to avoid conflicts between professional activity and personal attitude, demonstrate professionalism in oppressive situations, this is integrity that leads to supply chain efficiency. The consequences are usually far-reaching. IT and technology literacy.

Buyer Training 289

Buyer Training Logistics Network Optimization Software Six Sigma Vendor Strategies 289

ToolsGroup

APRIL 25, 2019

Without baseline metrics on what you want to improve on and why, how can you be confident your strategy is working? And because machine learning systems get smarter over time, having a consistent method of measurement is even more important to ensure you can accurately track how outcomes and ROI are improving against established metrics.

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