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Supply Chain Leadership V: Howard Richman

NC State SCRC

Lessons Learned from a Career in Procurement As part of our weekly Supply Chain Leadership, I interviewed Howard Richman, who I am co-authoring a new book with (“Procurement Confidential”). At Mars, procurement (commercial as it was called) was one of the most highly regarded of the professions.

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Supplier Relationship Management in a Time of Fragmented Supply Chains

QAD

Continued fallout, including transport congestion, limited air freight and rail freight transportation in the Asia-Europe lanes, because of the Russia/Ukraine conflict. All these posts point to the need for visibility and solutions that foster collaboration in the supplier ecosystem. Potential U.S.

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Handfield’s Supply Chain Analytics Predictions for 2014

Supply Chain View from the Field

I’ve had the good fortune to be presented with opportunities for compelling discussions with a significant group of leading thinkers, senior executives in procurement, logistics, and technology management over this past year. Not surprisingly, analytics is at the top of the list. This complexity is occurring in many forms.

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Top 5 Factors that Impacted Commodities in 2022

Resilinc

Launched in 2020, CommodityWatch AI uses real-time news and event monitoring and predictive analytics to forecast supply, demand, and pricing trends out to three months for commodities including but not limited: gold, silver, aluminum, copper, caustic soda, cobalt, helium, paper, and tin.

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Spire and Gravity Supply Chain solutions helping restore flow of goods

Gravity Supply Chain

Spire and Gravity Supply Chain solutions helping restore flow of goods by giving customers more visibility and greater confidence to accurately predict delivery times. Developing end-to-end supply chain management software, Gravity optimizes operations, mitigates risk, and controls costs. billion metric tons as of 2017.

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Procurement Trends and Priorities to Pursue in 2023

QAD

Earlier this year, QAD hosted a live webinar to explore and analyze the trends that are likely to dominate the procurement world over the coming months. It’s no secret that procurement teams have an amplified role within their businesses and that many are left with questions — our goal was to offer answers.

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Supply Chains and the New Normal

Enterra Insights

“If you’re looking for a sudden return to a normal, pre-pandemic operating environment,” writes Matt Gunn ( @mattgunn ), Vice President for solutions marketing at Slync.io, “keep waiting.”[4]. One consumer trend that won’t change is the increased use of the digital path to purchase. ”[4].