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Is It a Good Idea to Invest in Hiring a Purchasing Manager?

Precoro

In the article, we look critically at the role of the purchasing manager and discuss how to determine the value of hiring one. The purchasing manager is a supply chain professional who sources and acquires materials, products, and services for further use or resale by the company. Optimization of Suppliers’ Database.

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This Week in Logistics News (August 17-21, 2015)

Talking Logistics

One of the emails I did keep and read with interest was the first item in this week’s supply chain and logistics news… Infor to Acquire GT Nexus. JDA Creates a More Profitable Omni-Channel Supply Chain. Where to Find Supply Chain Innovation (Source: Adelante SCM).

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How to Become DFARS Compliant and Avoid Counterfeit Parts in the Aerospace and Defense Supply Chain

RFgen

If counterfeit electronic parts make it through the supply chain and into a mission-critical military asset, the potential for a worst-case scenario increases. This article will examine the scale of the counterfeit parts problem and what’s changed in acquisition regulations to try to address it.

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Career advice: Keeping your edge as a supply chain professional in the face of change!

Kinaxis

by Dr. Madhav Durbha There is a standalone vehicle emission check shop that I visit to get my car checked prior to the annual tag renewal. Let’s talk about the implications of this for supply chain professionals. Supply chain management is quickly evolving to be quite an interdisciplinary field.

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7 Trending Business Practices Disrupting Procurement!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Article originally published by, and permission to publish here provided by, Sam Jenks at kodiakrating.com. The correlation between technology and time is a special one. A report in 2016 by GT Nexus, “showed there is a demand for ethically and sustainably sourced products.

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29 warehouse & automation experts share insights on how warehouse robots will impact industry employment

6 River Systems

There’s no question that innovative technologies aid in logistics and supply chain management, but when it comes to the many labor-intensive processes that take place in the warehouse, some fear that robots could make human warehouse workers obsolete. She is now an Editor at Aggregage for the site Supply Chain Brief.

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Insight on how 3PL handles eCommerce Returns for B2B and B2C Retail Brands

Vinculum

Many times, the articles must be cleaned, re-tagged and re-bagged. With the significant increase in specialization in streams such as warehousing, business analytics, product monitoring etc.,3PL It offers efficiency, flexibility, specialization and high-tech proficiency. Every business has its special needs.

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