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Arkestro Advisory Council: Strategic Flexibility: Adapting Procurement to a Changing World

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Hear from distinguished speakers on the essence of procurement flexibility and explore strategies for staying agile.

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Protecting your supply chain against catastrophic events

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For example, the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Japan upended automotive supply chains across the globe, with car part facilities temporarily shutting down in the United States, Thailand, the Philippines and Indonesia. This content does not necessarily express the views or opinions of Spend Matters.

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

Supply Chain Trend

It also requires a clear understanding of the environment in which the organization operates, so scenario planning must go extend beyond the enterprise to encompass value-chain dynamics and end-to-end supply chain resilience. How to Shape a Company Culture with S&OP, Foresight, issue 45 (Spring 2017).

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Three common weaknesses in supply chain

Supply Chain Trend

As t he S&OP mindset study I conducted with Supply Chain Movement in 2017/2018 show similar results. We then asked supply chain professionals to answer those questions, to provide insight if S&OP processes are supported by an effective organizational mindset. It is free to download here.

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7 Signs of Excellent Procurement Teams!

Supply Chain Game Changer

I spend 25% of my time there speaking with other CPOs, leaders from industry and technology companies, so I can find out how they’re thinking around these challenges and how they’re motivating their teams,” claimed Murphy ( Procurement Leaders 2017 ). Source: Procurement Leader 2017. Experimentation. How does the saying go…?

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How to move IBP from a Tired Old Process to an Executive Decision Factory

Supply Chain Trend

How can supply chain attract the best talent when all you do is tying data together? A lack of IBP process and system innovation was definitely the feedback I got in my 2015 and 2017 S&OP Pulse Check , where 64% of respondents thought there wasn’t enough IBP process innovation and 62% thought there wasn’t enough system innovation.

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Supply Chain Resilience and Sustainability – Partners or Adversaries?

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One of the most critical lessons learned during the global pandemic and its aftermath has been the importance of supply chain resilience. The good news is that these two goals are not mutually exclusive—in fact, sustainability can be a big part of building a more resilient supply chain. .