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Inflation + Source-to-Pay Strategies: The Cure for the Common Price Hike

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One way of doing this is by leveraging Source-to-Pay (S2P) solutions, which can provide procurement with the tools needed to manage their supplier relationships and identify opportunities for cost savings. S2P: Where to Start Ivalua provides a comprehensive set of integrated solutions that span the entire Source-to-Pay lifecycle.

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Procurement Rising: The Silent Inflation Tax on Manufacturers

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Manufacturers can off-set the effects of inflation and avoid passing on price increases to their goods and services by maximizing the efficiency and effectiveness of the procurement function. Ivalua provides a comprehensive set of integrated solutions that span the entire Source-to-Pay lifecycle.

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Happy Groundhog Day

Supply Chain Shaman

On February 2, in a small town in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania on Gobbler’s Knob, an unsuspecting furry Groundhog is plucked from a burrow to predict the weather for the rest of the winter. I know of no-means to drive interoperability across make, source, and deliver in a multi-tier network. Technology Evolution.

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Best-Cost vs. Least-Cost Sourcing

Talking Logistics

A month later, Walmart announced that it will increase its sourcing of US products by $50 billion over the next 10 years. And earlier this month, the Wall Street Journal published an article about how the toy maker K’Nex has moved most of its manufacturing operations from China to its factory in Pennsylvania. Be Sociable, Share!

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The Advantage of Speed: The Cooper Health Supply Chain Relies Upon Real-time Risk Alerts

Logistics Viewpoints

Cooper uses this solution to improve their service levels and operational efficiencies. Everything from contrast dye, to tubing, to medical devices with embedded semiconductor chips would suddenly become difficult to source. The company bought a risk solution that provides real-time alerts to potential supply disruptions.

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Sustainable Food Waste Management for Food Industry SMEs

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Sustainable food waste management therefore looks at strategies to reduce waste where it occurs, before it occurs. The following five strategies can help food and beverage manufacturers to manage and reduce their food waste: 1. Improving food inventory control. Coffee waste is also an excellent substrate for mushroom cultivation.

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Building Outside-in Processes: Answering A Question From the Audience

Supply Chain Shaman

Last week, I spoke at the CPHA supply chain conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Companies that are good at demand management understand the need for design–form & function of inventory and push/pull decoupling points –and the orchestration of demand to make better decisions in sourcing, transportation and delivery.