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3 Powerful Ways Procurement will Drive the 2030 Saudi Vision Transformation

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Launched by the Saudi government in 2016, the Saudi Vision 2030 Program is a sweeping reform initiative with the aim of diversifying the country’s economy and reducing its reliance on oil production.

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Technology Support in Integrated Business Planning: Automation, Augmentation and Human Centricity

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IBP fully integrates strategy with rolling forecasts , with a process for enterprise resource reallocation and with a corporate communication plan (Van Hove, 2016). Mercedes Benz however sought to replace robots on its production lines with human labor, finding it just too costly to constantly reprogram the robots (Industryweek, 2016).

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Factoring Risk & Business Continuity into Holistic Supplier Management

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Research reveals a rise in disruptive incidents deep in the supply chain. The latest Supply Chain Resilience Report published by the Business Continuity Institute in partnership with the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS) provides some fascinating insights. Adverse weather (35.1%).

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