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What Is PPV? Purchase Price Variance Explained

Precoro

However, only 30% of CPOs claim they have achieved their cost-saving targets in 2023. One of the ways that procurement teams improve this figure is by tracking and improving the purchase price variance (PPV) metric. Why Is Purchase Price Variance Important?

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Retail Returns: The Key to Driving Business Growth

ToolsGroup

Retail returns occur when a customer returns the purchased items to a seller in exchange for a refund, store credit, or a similar product. Returns come with plenty of challenges around logistics, inventory, and predicting volatile sales trends. 83% of consumers with a household income of over $100,000 report that returns are important.

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Changing Winds in Supply Chain

Supply Chain Shaman

Government policies are rational. The increasing issues with tax and tariff shifts and the policies of China make the response more complicated. The news reports symptoms, not root causes. Changing Analytic Capabilities. Dramatic improvement in capabilities to drive insights through the use of analytics.

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Seven Mistakes You Wish Your CFO Had Not Made You Make

Supply Chain Shaman

Traditional risk management policy assumes a contraction in growth: the conventional focus is the shutdown and reallocation of supply. Companies that viewed the pandemic as another risk management event will struggle the most with Q1 and Q2 earnings reports. Source E2open Shipping Index). Focus on Cost. His response?

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Changing Winds in Supply Chain

Supply Chain Shaman

Government policies are rational. The increasing issues with tax and tariff shifts and the policies of China make the response more complicated. The news reports symptoms, not root causes. Changing Analytic Capabilities. Dramatic improvement in capabilities to drive insights through the use of analytics.

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Seven Mistakes You Wish Your CFO Had Not Made You Make

Supply Chain Shaman

Traditional risk management policy assumes a contraction in growth: the conventional focus is the shutdown and reallocation of supply. Companies that viewed the pandemic as another risk management event will struggle the most with Q1 and Q2 earnings reports. Source E2open Shipping Index). Focus on Cost. His response?

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Changing Winds in Supply Chain

Supply Chain Shaman

Government policies are rational. The increasing issues with tax and tariff shifts and the policies of China make the response more complicated. The news reports symptoms, not root causes. Changing Analytic Capabilities. Dramatic improvement in capabilities to drive insights through the use of analytics.