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Yes, I am a Zealot. I Still Believe. Do You?

Supply Chain Shaman

That is the role of marketing or sales or procurement. Yes, I believe that supply chain overlays on top of the sales and marketing organizations and the procurement function. The transactional nature of procurement and sales is a barrier to redesigning for higher value. I hate the name Omnichannel.

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36 innovative companies re-inventing and rethinking supply chain and logistics

6 River Systems

In 2017, Smith & Nephew expanded its use of business network and cloud-based applications to support a centralized, efficient procurement process for managing spending from end to end. In 2016, the company tripled its logistics center space in response to increasing demand from ecommerce companies seeking to cut costs and enhance margins.