Demand Driven Technologies

JANUARY 26, 2024

We were recently approached to tender by a company looking for a forecasting and procurement solution. The tender included all the buzzwords of the moment: AI, big data, and a system that could process millions of planning actions per day (sic). When we talk to this company to understand their context, we quickly realize that.

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Enterra Insights

JULY 30, 2018

”[3] When you look at all of the trends affecting supply chains, only one conclusion can be drawn: Supply chain transformation is inevitable. The 21st century supply chain. ”[8] He calls this 21st century supply chain an agile supply chain.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Roy Anderson ( @procureguyvp ), Chief Procurement Officer and Digital Transformation Officer at Tradeshift, insists, “Sixty years of relative stability in global trade encouraged businesses to build efficient but highly rigid supply chains that minimize cost but make it difficult to adapt quickly.”[4].

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QAD

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Packaging over the last five to ten years has undergone a transformation. Packaging changes have impacted the procurement, manufacturing and distribution processes of organizations. The transformation has touched all inventory levels from material sourcing to end product delivery. It still is.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Supply chains have been around since people realized they had things worth trading. As new technologies emerged, supply chains transformed to take advantage of these technologies. As a result, transformation has been and remains an essential characteristic of supply chains.

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ToolsGroup

JANUARY 13, 2021

Digital supply chain transformation will accelerate. We expect digital supply chain transformation to accelerate and those companies that have been putting it off will now make it a priority. Here’s to a healthy and prosperous year ahead!

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 12, 2022

As the world is in year two of the Covid pandemic, and the supply chain landscape has changed, it is time to revisit Amazon’s supply chain and see how it has changed and how prepared it is for the future. Procurement and Supply Chain are Smarter Together – Practical Use Cases ; Dr. Madhav Durbha ( Coupa ).

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 9, 2022

The network effect is at the heart of supply chain transformation, especially when dealing with change. As sustainability continues to be a hot topic around global supply chains, the network effect plays a role. The Network Effect, Sustainability, and Automation.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 3, 2023

At the ARC Industry Leadership Forum in February, I had the opportunity to sit down with John Delligatti, Director of Digital Supply Chain Transformation at SDI , to discuss the pandemic, Maintenance, Repair and Operations (MRO), and the future of supply chain management.

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BlueYonder

DECEMBER 9, 2024

More than 500 supply chain leaders converged in Berlin between 11 – 13 November to learn how to unlock the full potential of their supply chains, and to ultimately reshape the future of their businesses. A benefit that, as already explained, paves the way for much stronger outcomes with AI and generative AI.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The network effect is at the heart of supply chain transformation. Essentially, the network effect exists when all components of the supply chain technology ecosystem work together to improve the performance of the end-to-end supply chain. This is where the true power of time slot management exists.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 30, 2025

Businesses across APAC are gradually adopting AI and noticing clear benefits: Real-time visibility and better forecasting AI consolidates data from procurement, inventory, logistics, and fulfillment into one real-time view. About 30% believe AI significantly boosts productivity and cuts costs.

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Kinaxis

MARCH 7, 2018

Supply planning. Procurement spend analysis. We do everything from daily supply assurance and revenue risk to strategic product transitions on RapidResponse,” says Green. Find out more about Avaya’s incredible supply chain transformation in Driving Digital Transformation from Supply Chain Digital.

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Bristlecone

DECEMBER 17, 2024

We believe our inclusion in both of these Gartner Market Guides is validation that Bristlecones consulting-led, AI-first supply chain transformations are empowering our customers and driving meaningful outcomes across planning, procurement, and operations, said Jennifer Chew, Vice President, Solutions and Consulting at Bristlecone.

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Bristlecone

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

This heightened awareness places a significant responsibility on procurement professionals to ensure that their supply chains align with ethical and environmental standards. 3 Invest in Training and Capacity Building: Equip your procurement team with the knowledge and skills to implement ethical sourcing practices effectively.

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synchrono

MARCH 23, 2017

Supply chain transformation. Disruptions large and small confront today’s supply chains on a daily basis, and organizational survival depends on the ability to anticipate, adapt, and transform supply chains to deliver greater reliability and performance.

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DELMIA Quintiq

DECEMBER 7, 2015

What happens when you ask four experts for their thoughts on supply chain transformation? And this is what they shared: How would you define supply chain transformation? If you ask me, supply chain transformation is about redefining the way you work, the way you deliver to customers, the way you operate.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 20, 2022

A Digital Supply Chain Transformation. They are looking to take their global end-to-end demand for both wholesale and retail operations, flow that into the o9 solution, and then build one demand plan across their entire supply base. “We We will build one demand signal and produce one supply plan,” Mr. Bailey said.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 13, 2025

He further established the case for why supply chain teams need to context integrated sourcing as well as procurement. In this Part Five commentary, Bob Ferrari addresses why product demand and supply networks are taking on more of global or regional network perspective.

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ivalua

JUNE 6, 2019

Managing Director, Art of Procurement. Everything procurement delivers – from savings to risk mitigation to value – is predicated on having access to clean, trustworthy data. He gave a keynote presentation about his company’s procurement and supply chain transformation journey – one that is still underway.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 13, 2018

The NCAA March Madness Final Four frenzy has transformed the sport as we know it. Are there any parallels between the tournament and supply chain transformation? Digital Supply Networks: Your Team Captain.

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ivalua

JULY 21, 2021

The partnership accelerates procurement digital transformation with Ivalua. REV Group embarked on its sourcing and procurement transformation earlier this year, which included four appointments to REV’s global sourcing and supply chain team, representing the Fire & Emergency, Commercial and Recreation segments.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 20, 2018

The focus is outside-in, from the customer back, and demand-orchestrated across the silos to guide procurement decisions. So, if you are working on a digital supply chain transformation strategy, I think now is the time to step back and rethink the goal. Horizontal Processes. When I see these decks, I throw up my hands.

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Demand Driven Technologies

JANUARY 26, 2024

We were recently approached to tender by a company looking for a forecasting and procurement solution. The tender included all the buzzwords of the moment: AI, big data, and a system that could process millions of planning actions per day (sic). When we talk to this company to understand their context, we quickly realize that.

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ToolsGroup

JULY 6, 2023

Watch TireHub’s supply chain transformation testimonial here. I’m delighted to be recognized along with so many other impressive women leaders,” said Kuznetsova. Read the press release here. Read the press release here. Read the press release about ATD’s presentation at Gartner Symposium here. Watch RAJA’s customer story here.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

In this Supply Chain Matters editorial commentary this Editor dwells on data relative to U.S. corporations having actually accelerated stock buyback efforts contrasted to ongoing investment needs for supply chain transformation focused on added agility, more improved resilience and augmented technology support.

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Bristlecone

JANUARY 11, 2021

So, while COVID-19 may not be changing the future of supply chain, it certainly helped make the case for digital transformation – which is great news for supply chain and procurement professionals who have been trying to persuade the top brass to embrace change. Navigating Demand Volatility. Managing Change.

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o9 Solutions

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Building a future-ready organization was one of the key strategic drivers that led GPI to undertake this digital transformation journey, allowing them to reimagine and reinvent their supply chain processes and make significant improvements to business planning and execution.

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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

Paul Dittmann , Executive Director of the Global Supply Chain Institute at the University of Tennessee Improving operational efficiency in the global supply chain is a complex undertaking, and requires a documented, multi-year strategy instead of knee jerk reactions, and programs of the month.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 13, 2018

I read a lot of articles about the need for supply chain transformation. Dan Gilmore, editor-in-chief of Supply Chain Digest , asserts supply chain transformation is only beginning to catch the attention of many CEOs. Supply chain processes driven by real-time consumer demand, not forecasts.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

DECEMBER 23, 2014

The leading IT magazine, CIO Review, today published a special issue on supply chain transformation, and included an article I wrote on spend management as a core capability. Despite the importance of this capability, many enterprise systems struggle to develop a comprehensive and accurate spend analysis report.

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Bristlecone

AUGUST 6, 2020

Diagnostics are a quick yet effective way to gain sufficient visibility into the procurement function, understand gaps and efficiently bridge such gaps through proven methodology?. Diagnostics help CXOs and Business Process Leaders make accurate decisions and tackle complex business challenges. DISCOVER MORE.

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ToolsGroup

OCTOBER 12, 2021

As supply chains continue to grapple with volatility and disruption post-pandemic, fashion brands, who faced increased risks during the pandemic because of lockdown, are now turning to better supply chain planning for fashion strategies with the end goal of achieving improved agility and a competitive advantage.

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Synovos

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Improve Operational Efficiency and Eliminate Internal Complexity Through Digital Procurement From better spend visibility to reduced order times and more, can your organization afford to miss out on the benefits of digital procurement? “Any good procurement team needs access to reliable data.”

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Gravity Supply Chain

JANUARY 22, 2024

Gravity, a global leader in Purchase Order Management and BuyCo, the container shipping platform, announced their partnership to offer shippers with a comprehensive solution that allows procurement and transport teams to collaborate seamlessly for international trade operations. Learn more at www.buyco.co

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Bristlecone

MAY 21, 2021

Did you know that advanced analytics, when used in lieu of traditional statistical models, can help procurement departments increase cost efficiency by 3-8%? [1]. The procurement department of any business generates more data than is humanly possible to compute and comprehend through traditional means. Operational Procurement.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

All segments of the healthcare value chain lag in their understanding of supply chain leadership. In the past three decades of supply chain transformation, the greatest shifts happened through leaders. It is time to step up and drive change. Lafley and Keith Harrison at Procter & Gamble.

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