SCM Research

JULY 10, 2019

Our guest post today comes from Christoph Flöthmann, an expert in strategic and digital procurement, who has recently co-authored a new report. Digitalization already has a major impact on procurement, as we write in our new report: 21st Century Procurement Skills. Before becoming a consultant, he completed his Ph.D.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Argentus is a boutique recruitment firm focused on Supply Chain and Procurement. Check out What Exactly Is Procurement? We thought we’d take it upon ourselves to do a summary-style Infographic that highlights some of the core differences between what’s considered “Purchasing” and what’s considered “Procurement.”

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Oracle SCM

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

It will be part of the "Modernize Finance, Procurement, Projects and Supply Chain” track. To learn more about Oracle Supply Chain Management applications, please visit www.oracle.com/scm. Click here for full details.

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NC State SCRC

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

I am working on a new book focused on the sales and procurement relationship in supply chains with my friend Howard Richman, who has a wealth of experience working for companies like Merck, Citrix, and others. I am publishing a snippet from one of our chapters – to give you a taste for what’s in store!

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Elementum

AUGUST 25, 2022

Effective supply chain management (SCM) is the cornerstone of business success. Supply Chain Management Explained SCM is the practice of monitoring and managing the supply of goods, components, or equipment between producers and the end-user. However, a proactive SCM approach can also deliver cumulative benefits.

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Oracle SCM

JANUARY 6, 2016

Hear customers at CyraCom International, Transit Wireless, and Rancon Group describe how they are using Oracle Procurement Cloud to control employee spending, streamline their procure-to-pay cycle, source more effectively, and reduce supplier risk. Click here.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 13, 2020

Procurement – How to Enable Spend Aggregation! . When you run a central Procurement organization you are trying to get the best deal for your company. Procurement people are proud professionals. One of the key issues in having areas give your Procurement team spend control is expertise. Subscribe Here!

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SCMDOJO

MARCH 27, 2024

3 Precoro Precoro simplifies procurement processes for small to medium-sized businesses. Hence, it offers an accessible and streamlined procurement solution. Cons: It is more focused on procurement. Reviews: It is appreciated for its ease of use and effective procurement management. #4 Cons: Focused on freight.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Argentus is a boutique recruitment firm focused on Supply Chain and Procurement. As a recruitment company specializing in Supply Chain and Procurement, Argentus sits at the nexus of a lot of these demographic changes. Argentus is a boutique recruitment firm focused on Supply Chain and Procurement. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

Looking back on the training process, our research, strategy, implementation and evaluation methods closely mirrored supplier relationship management and procurement management. If you don’t have a Supplier CoC, I’d strongly suggest looking into developing one with your sourcing and procurement team. Now bear with me here….

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Ware2Go

JANUARY 7, 2022

Recent supply chain disruptions , including images of cargo ships stuck off the West Coast , have led eCommerce shops to rethink their just-in-time and just-in-case procurement strategies. As a result, procurement must decide when and whether to rely on just-in-time or just-in-case models for purchasing and managing stock. Advantages.

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Oracle SCM

MARCH 3, 2020

Procurement professionals are now playing an increasingly strategic role within their organizations. Procurement of raw materials and components that go into the manufacturing process is essential to ensure final product quality and strong financial performance. The new procurement professional needs a broad set of skills.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 22, 2018

Check out What is Virtual Procurement and Why Should You Care? Where is procurement, outsourcing, sourcing, supply chain, and purchasing going? Secondarily, we will include information from other procurement professionals and procurement firms about their experiences, what they forecast, and what they are seeing.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Procurement professionals have the same question looming over their head on a daily basis: “How do you plan on dealing with digitalization?”. Recently I had the pleasure of attending EBG Network’s 8th Annual Source to Pay Summit, which gathered some of the Nordic’s largest organizations and procurement profiles. around the globe?—?and

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 16, 2021

The research, based on a survey of over 360 transportation professionals conducted by Adelante SCM and commissioned by Transporeon, discusses why the dominant approach to transportation. Read more We’re Not in 1980 Anymore: Time to Innovate Transportation Procurement.

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Taulia

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Supply chain management (SCM) is integral to many of a company’s core operational functions, such as inventory and cash flow management. Digital supplier management solutions can also include digitalized procurement, whereby purchases are tracked from a central purchasing dashboard and measured against a variety of procurement KPIs.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Check out What Exactly Is Procurement? The last few years have seen a lot of real (and over) hype associated with the emergence of Software Robots (called Bots/Bot) which are disrupting the legacy procurement processes involving human interface. Table 1 : Areas of Procurement and their “Bot-ability”. And What is Purchasing?

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Supply Chain Movement

AUGUST 12, 2015

50 th Symposium Procurement and Logistics. More than 2,200 decision-makers from procurement, SCM and logistics. Date: 11-13 November, 2015. Location: InterContinental, Berlin (Germany). Organisation: BME Verband. URL: www.bme.de/en/all-events-en/50th-symposium-purchasing-and-logistics/. Intensive networking and benchmarking. >>

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

Like so many professionals Procurement people are very proud. But at some point in their careers, especially in the age of Outsourcing, they are likely to have to deal with potential suppliers who provide Procurement services. When selling Procurement Outsourcing services you need to have a lot of credibility to begin.

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Supply Chain Movement

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

The Global Procurement & Supply Chain Management for Oil And Gas Industry 2016. SCM and Procurement teams will need to build internal supply planning capabilities, create higher value and efficiency, and out- source to third parties at a reasonable cost to help consolidate their position within the business. Url: [link].

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Supply Chains Rock

JULY 12, 2013

Logistics Procurement (in support of our hardware and logistics business operations) occurred with 50 firms and in Services and' Every year or so IBM, the company where I am employed, issues its updated corporate responsibility report, which always contains a section on supply chain.

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The Logistics of Logistics

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

The department educates students to succeed in careers such as procurement, manufacturing, inventory management, warehousing, transportation, and customer service. Students graduate with foundational knowledge across all areas of SCM, positioning them to work in multiple capacities for the top global companies.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 24, 2018

Then you need Virtual Procurement! We are too small and can’t afford to hire a full-time procurement person. We are busy and just don’t have the time to focus on procurement.”. “We These companies redoubled their efforts, looked hard at their expenses and called upon their procurement organizations for help.

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ProcurePort

AUGUST 10, 2021

The growing supply chain management (SCM) software market speaks volumes about the ever-increasing importance of SCM within procurement. What are the components of supply chain management? We cannot discuss these components without first talking about supply chain management. And that’s not all. […].

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Check out Procurement – How to Enable Spend Aggregation! When you run a central Procurement organization you are trying to get the best deal for your company. Procurement people are proud professionals. One of the key issues in having areas give your Procurement team spend control is expertise. Subscribe Here!

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Oracle SCM

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

Interested in Oracle Procurement Cloud? Oracle Procurement Cloud can reduce costs through better negotiations, bid analysis and award recommendations. Interested in Oracle Procurement Cloud? Oracle Procurement Cloud can reduce costs through better negotiations, bid analysis and award recommendations. Register here !

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Supply Chain Movement

JULY 23, 2013

Proactive strategies should include research and development, procurement, production and sales. Solutions focused on improving transparency of tier two suppliers, inventory and demand impede mitigation and force companies into reactive strategies.

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 11, 2021

The department educates students to succeed in careers such as procurement, manufacturing, inventory management, warehousing, transportation, and customer service. Students graduate with foundational knowledge across all areas of SCM, positioning them to work in multiple capacities for the top global companies.

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Logility

AUGUST 25, 2020

Never completed ERP/SCM implementation. Failed SCM implementation causes shipping errors. Management must be cognizant of issues of procurement, manufacturing, inventory, and distribution that impact satisfaction and loyalty. Daily supply KPIs are related to the interaction between your suppliers, procurement and production.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 4, 2023

Read More: 10 Must-Read Supply Chain Analytics Books for 2023 ] The benefits of SCM analytics are numerous. While supply chain management and SCM analytics may seem similar at first glance, there are some key differences between the two. What is the Difference Between Supply Chain Analytics and Supply Chain Management?

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MIT Supply Chain

MAY 20, 2014

A new approach focuses on the way these products are procured. The research explores a new approach to combating drug counterfeiters: devising mitigation strategies based on the way dispensers procure medicines. Second, the procurement of counterfeit product is often the result of an inadequate supply of authentic medicines.

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Elementum

JULY 7, 2022

Business project management software is often overlooked in supply chain management in favor of SCM functions, but is there an advantage in combining the two? The best project management software for supply chain professionals is often a solution that integrates with SCM, ensuring the systems benefit each other.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

It is a larger acquisition than the prior purchases of Terra Technology , Steelwedge , or SCM-Icon. The focus was on automating procurement. The historic buyer of the E2open solution is procurement. As shown in Figure 1, approximately 50% of procurement buyers report through supply chain organizations.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Check out Procurement Outsourcing – Keep your Integrity! I was shaken by the reality that our people, our trusted procurement professionals, were being implicated for fraudulent behavior towards our suppliers. Is there anything worse than cheating your suppliers as a procurement professional? . Subscribe Here!

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Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 10, 2022

However, for those who aspire to management positions, it’s most efficient to focus on earning an MBA in SCM (supply chain management) as the first step in creating a career in logistics-related industries. Of all the steps involved in building a career in the SCM field, none is more integral than the right degree. Get Certified.

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SCM Research

SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

The case is also included in an article I have written about the interface between SCM and CSR. Practice Africa Corporate Social Responsibility Procurement Relationship Supply Chain Management Supply Chain Sustainability Video'

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SCM Research

OCTOBER 18, 2020

Let us not forget the important work on auctions that has already been conducted in our discipline, for example by Wagner & Schwab (2004) , Hartley and her coauthors (2006) and Carter & Kaufmann (2007) , to name just a few.

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