Supply Chain View from the Field

APRIL 10, 2013

Jason Busch from Spend Matters gave another great speech at the Coupa INSPIRE conference in San Francisco which I attended last week. Spend Matters has grown to be a big part of the procurement landscape. For procurement, that means thinking about how to play the part, and putting your self in others’ situations.

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NC State SCRC

JUNE 27, 2016

I had the opportunity to attend the Procurement Leaders in San Francisco forum two weeks ago, followed by attending the ISM Carolinas-Virginia meeting in Winston Salem last week. Procurement analytics was discussed at length at both sessions. Procurement should step up and lead these roles when possible.

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The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 6, 2023

John is the Co-founder and COO of ISO , the only neutral platform that provides shippers, brokers and carriers with the ability to measure the total cost of transportation procurement. John was raised in Chicago, but traded polar vortexes for the Bay in San Francisco where he lives with his wife and his corgi, Buzz.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 24, 2022

In this Supply Chain Matters posting, we highlight a published analysis from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco quantifying the effects of supply chain disruptions have had on the existing U.S. inflation rate. inflation levels. inflation levels. That would be spot on, as well.

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Logistics Bureau

MARCH 19, 2020

Let’s look at some examples: Michelin-guide restaurant The Morris in San Francisco, offers kerbside pickups of its entire fine dining menu, including charcuterie and its signature dish, smoked duck. Jacket-recommended restaurant Canlis in Seattle has temporarily closed its elegant mid-century dining room.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Other authors explore issues such as the fledgling “Made in San Francisco” clothing industry that is targeted at the luxury market, while others make arguments that sustainable consumption appeals related to subjective wellbeing and self-fulfillment.

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EcoVadis

OCTOBER 18, 2018

EcoVadis hosted events in three major cities: San Francisco on September 11 at the historic Bently Reserve, New York on October 2 at the world-renowned UN Global Compact, and Chicago on October 3 at the global investment firm Northern Trust. San Francisco.

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Logichain Solutions

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Collaboration between marketing, product development, finance, procurement and supply chain teams saves costs along the value chain and gives your brand a competitive advantage. The number of materials in a product and from where these materials are sourced have big impacts on the supply chain costs. Conclusion. About the Author.

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Logichain Solutions

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Collaboration between marketing, product development, finance, procurement and supply chain teams saves costs along the value chain and gives your brand a competitive advantage. The number of materials in a product and from where these materials are sourced have big impacts on the supply chain costs. Conclusion. About the Author.

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Logichain Solutions

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Collaboration between marketing, product development, finance, procurement and supply chain teams saves costs along the value chain and gives your brand a competitive advantage. Sourcing The number of materials in a product and from where these materials are sourced have big impacts on the supply chain costs.

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Logichain Solutions

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Collaboration between marketing, product development, finance, procurement and supply chain teams saves costs along the value chain and gives your brand a competitive advantage. Sourcing The number of materials in a product and from where these materials are sourced have big impacts on the supply chain costs.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Procurement sourcing and tail spend solutions provider Fairmarkit announced the completion of a $35.6 This provider describes itself as an AI- enabled procurement Cloud platform built for the sourcing of lower-dollar, non-strategic purchases, commonly referred to as “ tail spend.” Fairmarkit Announces $35.6

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NC State SCRC

JULY 21, 2022

I asked this question myself, when I engaged in a discussion with Devon Mahoney, (Technical Assistance Coordinator – International Section) and Chief Manish Kumar, San Francisco Office. This activity spans almost every possible industry, and can focus on a variety of different activities. So, what triggers an investigation?

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 13, 2023

High profile San Francisco based freight forwarder Flexport announced this week that it will be cutting 20 percent of its total workforce, amounting to upwards of 600 workers.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 14, 2022

San Francisco -based Onera provides retail technology that connects inventory across siloed systems and transforms them into a single, real-time source of inventory status.

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 27, 2020

As diamonds, and to a lesser extent, perhaps gold, are resources with origins that can sometimes be controversial, companies like De Beers have seized upon blockchain to provide evidence that their gems come from sources that don’t involve insurgency funding or forced labour. The system has been enjoying success throughout its early phases.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 9, 2024

This company is controlled by San Francisco based investment firm Bay Grove. This provider’s software suite supports global transportation sourcing, shipment and order visibility, multimodal optimization, product, customs and trade compliance. This column highlighted Lineage’s $1.9 billion funding round in April 2021.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 20, 2023

As an example, San Francisco based payroll services firm Rippling was a customer of SVB , and on March 10, could not process its customers’ employee paychecks.

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Eyvo

APRIL 19, 2019

We recently went to visit one of our clients in the local San Francisco Bay area here in California called Lucid Motors. We did a comprehensive market analysis of the majority of the procurement tools that were available to us and we decided upon the Eyvo eBA system due to a combination of high functionality and reasonable cost.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 10, 2023

The San Francisco based start-up observes that: “ Today’s organizations are increasingly global interconnected ecosystems of thousands of suppliers, partners, and clients. Existing investors Point72 Ventures , Agale Ventures and BDMI , a Bertelsnann’s venture arm were reportedly joined by Mantis VC and GOAT Capital in this round.

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HICX Solutions

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Based in San Francisco, Sarah is a data-driven marketing strategist, social media influencer and public speaker. How ‘marketing procurement’ came to be and why it matters. Sarah starts off the discussion by defining marketing procurement as an act of buying goods, services and technology for marketing stakeholders.

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EC Sourcing Group

JANUARY 3, 2022

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – January 2022 – Simfoni, the world’s most accessible digital procurement vendor, today announced that it has completed its acquisition of EC Sourcing Group, an established leader in eSourcing and decision award optimization. Learn More.

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EC Sourcing Group

JANUARY 3, 2022

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – January 2022 – Simfoni, the world’s most accessible digital procurement vendor, today announced that it has completed its acquisition of EC Sourcing Group, an established leader in eSourcing and decision award optimization. Learn More.

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Requis

MARCH 23, 2021

I then moved to San Francisco and joined Bechtel. The pressure to be more sustainable also comes from outside sources like governments, banks and customers. Sustainability should impact procurement choices, such as favoring lower embodied carbon products over higher embodied carbon products.

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ThroughPut

JUNE 3, 2019

We do it throughout entire industries, enabling leaders to smooth-out their Supply Chains, lean-out their Logistics, optimize their Operations, and maximize their Manufacturing throughput, all with their existing teams and often disaggregated data sources.

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Parade

OCTOBER 5, 2020

San Francisco, CA June 11, 2020 — Parade and DAT Solutions have partnered to integrate key products and features from DAT into the market leading capacity management platform. They will also be able to: Automatically price loads for optimal procurement of private network capacity.

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Parade

JUNE 11, 2020

San Francisco, CA June 11, 2020 — Parade and DAT Solutions have partnered to integrate key products and features from DAT into the market leading capacity management platform. They will also be able to: Automatically price loads for optimal procurement of private network capacity. For more information about Parade, visit.

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ivalua

MAY 21, 2019

Spend Management software has emerged as an increasingly strategic tool for businesses, boosting profitability by streamlining procurement processes, improving collaboration with suppliers and optimising cash flow. Ivalua is the Procurement empowerment platform. About Ivalua. www.ardian.com.

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Claritum

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Claritum Article - Procurement Blog. Wholesale Distributors Get More Control Over Procurement. In turn, Accolent ERP users will now be able to take advantage of Claritum’s streamlined processes for sourcing, procurement and invoicing to deliver significant, measurable and sustainable cost savings and process efficiencies.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

MAY 6, 2013

Demonstrators are protesting apparel offices (such as Gap’s offices in San Francisco) to demand better working conditions in Bangladesh factories. Procurement Sustainability Retail Logistics Strategic Sourcing Supplier Relationship Management Supply Chain Management Sustainability'

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Kinaxis

DECEMBER 13, 2016

When Godzilla and the MUTO’s final battle occurred, half of San Francisco was destroyed. Source: © 2007 AMR Research, Inc. | Page 5. Aside from just getting the CEO/CFO to make the decision, a Supply Chain S&OP will always be faced with Marketing vs Sales, Product Management vs Procurement, or Service vs Finance.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 28, 2025

In February of this year, SCMI indicated it had plans to build a third campus in the San Francisco Bay Area , expanding its footprint in that region. Company CEO Charles Liang indicated to various media sources that in manufacturing in the U.S. The two U.S. states under consideration are Texas and Mississippi.

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