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#15 in 15 years ….not bad! NC State breaks into the Gartner Supply Chain Program Rankings

Supply Chain View from the Field

A new Gartner 2014 Top US Supply Chain MBA Program Rankings report of top supply chain MBA programs within the United States came out yesterday – with the NC State Jenkins MBA and the Supply Chain Resource Cooperative making the list for the first time ever! This most certainly applies to NC State.

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For supply chain managers to become a trusted advisor, talent management is key

Supply Chain View from the Field

A CPO in the financial services industry also noted that a need to redefine procurement’s role in the enterprise is happening, driven by the recognition that a new type of procurement capability is needed: Prior to our transformation, the ONLY metric by which our performance was measured is how much money we saved for the organization.

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ASCM 2023 Conference and a Conversation with ASCM’s CEO

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters shares interview highlights with ASCM CEO Abe Eshkenazi in conjunction with this years ASCM CONNECT 2023 Conference. The Event The Association for Supply Chain Management (ASCM) recently concluded its ASCM CONNECT 2023 North America Conference.

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Procurement needs to follow in the steps of marketing

Supply Chain View from the Field

We need to back away from the standard 2 X 2 matrix approach, and recognize the importance and magnitude of the risk that needs to be documented in the supply chain. Procurement is the only platform in the company that has an end to end horizontal view of the supply chain.

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The Renewed Importance of Production Planning and Scheduling in the New Normal- The Talent Challenge

Supply Chain Matters

The following is a continuation of a supply chain technology thought leadership education series developed in collaboration with Replan. Such an environment requires manufacturing and supply chain processes to be able to more proactively sense, pivot and respond to constant or rapidly changing market conditions.

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

NC State SCRC

Marsh did not have centralized approach to supply chain management. But because of their less mature supply chain organization, the net income percentage was in the low single digits. Stuart discussed the need for a supply chain Swiss Army knife skill set. We would never move that material!”.

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Five Predictions (About Prediction) that Every Procurement Professional Should Consider

Supply Chain View from the Field

Other indicators included data pulled from the Federal Reserve economic database, the Producer Price Index, the Purchasing Managers Index, as well as internal metrics such as the size of the company’s own sales force. As we’ve noted in prior posts, talent is the key to procurement organizations.