Procurement Insights

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

” I also gave a lecture at “ #eWorld on Cluster Development & the Globalized Supply Base (2010) with case studies including Tesco and Walmart – [link]

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Procurement Heads

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The first company I applied to for work, back in 2002, did some tests about my profile and the outcome suggested I would be a good fit for procurement. What made you choose a career in procurement and how much has procurement changed since you started 20 years ago? Procurement chose me.

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SCMDOJO

JUNE 25, 2024

McKinnon, A., & Ge, Y. Food Transport KPI Survey 2004. Samuelson, S., & Tilanus, B. Freight Transport in the Netherlands. Samuelson, S., & Tilanus, B. Road Freight Transport: Current Trends and Future Challenges. Mason, R., & Gardner, B. Improving the Effectiveness of Transport Operations.

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Supply Chain Efficiency Supply Chain Optimization Sustainable transportation Sustainability 90

The Network Effect

AUGUST 26, 2014

Within a decade, the number of FDA warning letters sent to medical device manufacturers has increased threefold, from 61 letters in 2002 to 181 in 2012 (EC A 2012). The number of FDA inspections of drug and biologics manufacturers has also grown.

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Spend Matters

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Corcentric fueled its aggressive expansion by investing in its fleet and truck parts buying (and payment/collections) business and conducting a series of acquisitions, starting in 2002 when it bought its original outsourced technology partner, Corcentric (at the time Corcentric was branded AmeriQuest).

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Sourcing Management Suppliers Procurement 67

Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 13, 2020

Big companies tend to select an enterprise system for its core finance modules and the need – no, requirement – for a single version of the truth in accounting, as well as a chain of internal controls driven by the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Selecting a system for other functions, like supply chain management, is an afterthought.

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Supply Chain Trend

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

Lee’s matrix from his 2002 article “Aligning Supply Chain Strategies with Product Uncertainties”, provides a good starting point for a segmentation conversation. Even within the same company, it is wise to apply different supply chain strategies.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 78

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Procurement Insights

APRIL 18, 2023

Hints: 2002 – Adapting To Supply Network Change Navi Radjou ( நவி ராஜூ ) Forrester 2012 – Study: less than 1% of the world’s data is analysed, over 80% is unprotected John Burn-Murdoch The Guardian 2013 – IDC Report: Less Than 5% of All Data Analyzed IDC 2018 – Up to 73 Percent of Company Data Goes Unused for Analytics. (..)

Data 45

Data Procurement Networking Suppliers 45

Procurement Insights

MAY 27, 2024

Here is the paragraph: “Back in 2002, Greg Brady , a supply chain visionary, and Ranjit Notani , a pioneer in multi-enterprise collaboration technology, came to the conclusion that the traditional paradigm of business-to-business collaboration built around enterprise-centric software was fundamentally flawed.

Real-time Visibility 81

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SCMDOJO

MARCH 25, 2022

Logistics was first applied and recognised in military operations, its most significant impact is felt through the functions of production, distribution and consumption (Rodrigue and Slack, 2002). 2002) “Logistics and National Security. It became a large-scale activity during the industrial revolution. Neil Southern. 2]Hesse, M.

Supply Chain Efficiency 138

Supply Chain Efficiency Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Optimization Logistics 138

Procurement Tactics

JUNE 26, 2023

Khoury II founded National Dropshippers in 2002. It’s great doing business with them!’ – Rene Study Procurement Study Negotiations 2. National Dropshippers [link] Joe J.

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Price Suppliers Negotiation Real-time Visibility 195

Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 5, 2022

International Journal of Logistics 2002 [link]. Staff will be directed to goods that are close to each other to save them wasting time crisscrossing the facility on multiple occasions. Research on Factors Affecting Warehousing Efficiency. AU – Aminoff, Anna, Kettunen, Outi, Pajunen-Muhonen, Hanna. Springer Link 1990 [link].

Supply Chain Efficiency 95

Supply Chain Efficiency Warehouse operations Order Fulfillment Quantity 95

Arkestro

DECEMBER 5, 2022

farmers reporting the lowest grain harvest since 2002 , with spring wheat yields down 41% from 2020. Beyond the impact of the Russia-Ukraine war, extreme weather events—droughts, floods, storms, and more—have caused global food prices to surge. In 2021, drought conditions resulted in U.S. harvested wheat is the lowest since 1888.

Raw materials 98

Raw materials Procurement Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Optimization 98

Procurement Insights

MARCH 12, 2023

It was a fair assessment per the following statement from Forrester ‘s Navi Radjou – “In a 2002 article, Navi Radjou linked the lack of flexibility to the inherent problems of enterprise-centric applications from vendors such as Oracle. Meet the end-user where they are most comfortable.

Data 59

Data Supply chain Import Procurement 59

Supply Chain Opz

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

In June 2002, Space Exploration Technologies Corporation or SpaceX was established with the goal to make the space launch service way cheaper. Musk sold the company for millions of dollars, after that, he studied how he should invest the money he got.

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Procurement Tactics

AUGUST 29, 2022

His work has garnered many awards such as the 2006 Kulp-Wright Book award and the 2002 CPR Institute Negotiation Book prize. His book, The First 90 Days: Critical Success Strategies for New Leaders at all Levels, is considered the definitive text on onboarding.

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Negotiation Influencing Strategy Leadership 130

Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 17, 2018

The biggest career transformation for me was after leaving Dell when I joined Lucent in 2002 and entered supply chain in technology sourcing. In reality, a few abrupt moves and getting laid off in 2001 by Dell drove a sharp left-hand turn in my career in 2002 that evolved to where I am today. I have not looked back since!

Leadership 74

Leadership Supply Chain Optimization Supply chain Supply 74

Supply Chain Collaborator

OCTOBER 17, 2017

The first study of shipper satisfaction in 2002 revealed only 27% of shippers was satisfied with the IT capabilities offered by their 3PL provider. The 3PL model, in which a consignee is engaged by a shipper to perform comprehensive logistics operations, came to prominence in the 1990s in the US.

Real-time Visibility 60

Real-time Visibility Agile and Lean Supply Chain Logistics Supply Chain Efficiency 60

Supply Chain Game Changer

JANUARY 23, 2019

While AWS was launched in 2002, Microsoft made an entry into the cloud market only in 2008, six long years later. That said, what makes AWS the number one player in cloud computing space? One of the main reasons is that Amazon saw opportunity in this niche much earlier than others. This head start gave AWS a huge competitive advantage.

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EazyStock

APRIL 27, 2020

Until I joined as a director of the company in 2002, the company books were exclusively paper and pen! It’s a family-run business that my father started over 30 years ago in Kenya, wholesaling vehicle service items in our own brand name “Allparts” ?Until

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

The concept of cryptocurrencies was introduced in 2002 at the very first glance, and in 2007, Nick Szabo conceptualized cryptographic cash named bit gold. Hottest cryptocurrencies article and permission to publish here provided by Jean Nichols. Cryptocurrencies are underlined as the utmost lethal combination of finance and technology.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 2, 2022

Agricultural Chemicals and the Environment. RSC Publishing. Hoyle, W., & Lancaster, M. Clean Technology for the Manufacture of Specialty Chemicals. RSC Publishing. Smiley, R., A., & Jackson, H., Chemistry and the Chemical Industry: A Practical Guide for Non-Chemists. The Chemical Sector Profile. visit at: [link].

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Procurement Insights

JUNE 20, 2024

Specifically, the following excerpt: “According to Humphrey and Schmitz (2002), “value chain research focuses on the nature of the relationships between the various actors involved in the chain, and on their implications for development.”

Supply chain 52

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SCMDOJO

JUNE 21, 2023

in 2002 , a comparison was made between in-house inventory management and outsourced inventory management in hospitals with omnichannel distribution networks. The reason for considering inventory outsourcing stems from the challenges companies face, such as inventory bottlenecks, within their multi-echelon distribution networks.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

DECEMBER 16, 2024

In 2002, Tom founded Terminal Operations Management, providing comprehensive terminal services, depot management, and maintenance. The first half of Toms career focused on rail transportation and terminal management at companies like Soo Line Railroad Company (now Canadian Pacific), Trimodal Inc.

Supply Chain Efficiency 52

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The Good Spending

MAY 13, 2024

It was spawned in late 2001 and early 2002. The first step is to deepen our study of such cases beyond populistic cliches. NHS IT System (2001-2011) The national program for IT in the health service is the largest civilian computer project in the world. A far-reaching vision set out a program to transform people's healthcare experiences.

Procurement 64

Procurement Contract Stakeholder engagement Negotiation 64

Supply Chain Trend

MAY 17, 2022

Palmatier and Crum (2002), Coldrick, Ling, and Turner (2003) and Bob Stahl (2009) all assert that S&OP is first and foremost an executive decision-making process. In the evolution of IBP, there has been a lot of focus on the sequential planning process, meeting schedule, and planning capability.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 97

Agile and Lean Supply Chain supply chain software solutions Supply Chain Efficiency Supply chain 97

Supply Chain Trend

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Martin Seligman, pioneer of the positive psychology movement, writes in his 2002 book ‘Authentic happiness’, that there are three levels of happiness. From business perspective, the 1996 HBR article from Collins and Porrass; Building your Companies Vision describes how successful companies have a reason d’etre, or a bigger purpose, a Why.

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supply chain budgeting Leadership Collaboration Budget 79

IBM Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Internet companies like Amazon led the charge with the introduction of Amazon Web Services (AWS) in 2002, which offered businesses cloud-based storage and computing services, and the launch of Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) in 2006, which allowed users to rent virtual computers to run their own applications.

e2e 98

e2e Data Networking Management 98

Supply Chain Opz

JULY 31, 2012

In fiscal year 2002, the U.S. From practitioners perspective , spend analysis usually involves a black box method, an expensive software system and its the thing for multinational corporations. Background. Air Force decided to implement a spend analysis program due to a budget cut.

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The Network Effect

APRIL 29, 2016

About 20 miles north of the French coast near Dunkirk, on a foggy night on December 14 2002, The Tricolor was cruising westward on its way to Southampton England from Zeebrugge Belgium. But I’ll get to that in a bit. Here’s how this unfortunate event unfolded… The Sinking of The Tricolor.

Networking 41

Networking Management 41

Supply Chain Trend

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Palmatier and Crum (2002), Coldrick, Ling, and Turner (2003) and Bob Stahl (2009) all assert that S&OP is first and foremost an executive decision-making process. But it is good to remember that the early pioneers always designed S&OP, the predecessor of IBP, as an executive decision-making forum.

Quality 78

Quality Supply Chain Optimization supply chain software solutions Supply chain 78

Supply Chain Trend

AUGUST 31, 2023

Palmatier and Crum (2002), Coldrick, Ling, and Turner (2003) and Bob Stahl (2009) all assert that S&OP is first and foremost an executive decision-making process. But it is good to remember that the early pioneers always designed S&OP, the predecessor of IBP, as an executive decision-making forum.

Quality 78

Quality Supply Chain Optimization supply chain software solutions Supply chain 78

Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 2, 2021

Catlin has been with the company since 2002 and helped grow AMS into the successful third-party fulfillment entity it is today. Consider the initial budget for the solution to these distribution challenges, the return on investment, and whether the technology can scale up or down to align to changes in future processes.

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Supply Chain Trend

MARCH 7, 2016

TomTom , a Dutch mapmaker and traffic company launched their first portable GPS system in 2002. Only 15 years ago we still used paper maps in our car. The first commercial GPS systems were launched in the 80’s. In December 2015, TomTom launched the world’s first commercially available near real-time updated map.

Supply Chain Optimization 84

Supply Chain Optimization Real-time Visibility supply chain budgeting Data 84

Supply Chain Trend

APRIL 25, 2024

Lee’s uncertainty framework (2002) shows how segment your supply chain in demand streams and how to define your supply chain response to that. It has been suggested to include a market, customer, and competitor view in a strategy definition for more than 50 years. It is not new in strategy. It is not new in supply chain management either.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 78

Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Efficiency supply chain software solutions Supply chain 78

Let's Talk Supply Chain

OCTOBER 19, 2023

’ After falling into accounting and freight forwarding in 1999, she started working with CargoWise in the USA market in 2002. Guest Bio: Amna Shah migrated to the U.S. at 16 to pursue the ‘American Dream.’ She is now the owner and CFO of AHS Consulting, a Platinum WiseService Partner and Technical Partner with CargoWise.

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