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What is Purchase Price Variance (PPV) and How to Calculate it?

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A favorable variance indicates that the company is spending less than planned, whereas a positive outcome means the company is spending more than the planned budget. Every business aims to increase its profit margin, and one effective way to achieve this is by cutting costs. per unit, reducing the actual cost to $90,000.

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History and Evolution of Supply Chain and Logistics

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In the current era, it is clear that new modes of production are concomitant with new modes of distribution, which advances the field of logistics, the science of physical distribution or even supply chain management. Reminder of Key Definitions – Logistics & Supply Chain Management. and J-P Rodrigue (2004)).

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The Future of xP&A and Supply Chain Planning – Part 1

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In two articles, based on the webinar “XP&A in action: Enhancing FP&A Agility with Supply Chain Planning” , I will discuss the future of xP&A and supply chain planning. Although there might be a renewed interest, a formalised integration between supply chain planning and finance is not a new idea.

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Supply Chain Collaboration – The New Way to Drive Value!

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Supply chain collaboration is a hot topic today and no wonder: companies that collaborate effectively across the supply chain have enjoyed dramatic reductions in inventories and costs, together with improvements in speed, service levels, and customer satisfaction. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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6 Trends Affecting Inbound Freight Management!

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Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Although the compliance safety and accountability scores were created in 2010 to enhance fleet management and improve the safety of truckers and civilian drivers, Congressional action in 2018 resulted in the hiding of this data from the public. Subscribe Here! Email Address. Infographic).

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What the Coupa software acquisition means for procuretech

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Cloud hadn’t really made much of an imprint on the Source-to-Pay (S2P) space. In 2010, the company raised $7 million in funding. In 2020, Coupa announced the acquisition of Llamasoft , a supply chain planning software company, for $1.5 Mid-market businesses don’t have huge software budgets. Only time will tell.