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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Digital Procurement!

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Digital Procurement article, and permission to publish here, provided by Sam Jenks at kodiakrating.com. Navigating the complexity of the global supply chain as a procurement professional can sometimes feel like taking a walk through the Amazon without a compass, or entering into outer space without an oxygen tank. Don’t Panic!

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Will 2021 be about Cost Reduction or Strategic Supplier Relationships?

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PWC has been publishing the annual procurement survey since 2015, capturing many of the trends in procurement that we now see in organisations, such as the focus on supplier risk management. Therefore, the survey gives a fascinating insight into the impact that the pandemic has had on procurement teams globally. “70%

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IKEA’s IWAY Lessons For Procurement!

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Looking back on the training process, our research, strategy, implementation and evaluation methods closely mirrored supplier relationship management and procurement management. In fact, it made me think of a specific chapter I read from Magnus Carlsson’s Strategic Sourcing and Category Management: Lessons Learned at IKEA.

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IKEA’s IWAY Has Lessons For Every Procurement Team!

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Check out Procurement Report Card: Most Executives Think Procurement Isn’t Strategic Enough! Looking back on the training process, our research, strategy, implementation and evaluation methods closely mirrored supplier relationship management and procurement management. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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This Week in Supply Chain Tech- January 19 2024

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The cell has been validated for a best-in-class energy density of over 160 watt-hours per kilogram at the company’s R&D and industrialization campus, Northvolt Labs , in Västerås, Sweden. This supplier has plans to further expand a materials recycling facility located adjacent to the production facility.

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Supply Chain Predictions 2020: Uncertainty Demands Resilience

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They drive benefits such as improved business planning and improved sourcing, procurement and supplier management. Anders Remneback, Product Manager, Optilon AB (Stockholm, Sweden). Digital twins help companies mitigate risk by accurately testing the resilience of complex, multi-echelon, global supply chains.

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The Supply Chain Response to India’s Second Wave of Covid!

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Luxembourg and Sweden sent 58 and 120 ventilators respectively. The USISPF through donations from its member companies also sourced 1,00, 000 portable oxygen concentrators for home and hospital use. USA also ensured immediate supply of raw materials for the development of Covishield vaccine in India.

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