Supply Chain Trend

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

I suppose that is also true when you blog long enough about supply chain. In 2012 I wrote a short blog about demand driven & agile supply chains , which seems to be all the hype back then. My point back then was that it requires context on where you need to be agile in the supply chain.

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Barkers Procurement

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

In 2012 I read a life-changing book called Collapse – Why Civilisations Choose to Fail, by Jarrod Diamond. With nearly daily cases of organisations falling foul of ESG commitments, particularly surrounding supply chain management, the impact of negative publicity poses a very real risk to organisations who fall short of accepted standards.

Sustainability 52

Sustainability Procurement Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply chain 52

Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

From The Terminator to Blade Runner, pop culture has always leaned towards a chilling depiction of artificial intelligence (AI) and our future with AI at the helm. In 2012, it acquired Kiva Systems, which developed warehouse robots. Check out Supply Chain 4.0! Disruptive Technologies = Digital Supply Chain!

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Supply Chain Efficiency Agile and Lean Supply Chain Buyers Data 54

Procurement Software

AUGUST 8, 2023

Cloud hadn’t really made much of an imprint on the Source-to-Pay (S2P) space. Ariba was still predominantly an eAuctions platform and had yet to be acquired by their German parent company SAP, which didn’t happen until 2012. In 2020, Coupa announced the acquisition of Llamasoft , a supply chain planning software company, for $1.5

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supply chain software solutions Agile and Lean Supply Chain supply chain budgeting Procurement team 52