SCMDOJO

MARCH 19, 2024

In today’s fast-paced business landscape, having an efficient supply chain department is more important than ever. A streamlined supply chain can make a significant impact on the overall success of a business, improving operational efficiency, increasing customer satisfaction, and driving revenue growth.

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Supply Chain Dive

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The apparel company has been cautious in its own buying while trying to meet the needs of department stores and others who seek agility to meet demand.

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Jaggaer

OCTOBER 24, 2024

By selecting and developing the right suppliers and establishing streamlined, transparent communication with them, manufacturers gain the agility and resilience to respond to customer demands, rise to the top, and navigate disruptions more easily. That makes agility a foundational part of your manufacturing strategy.

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Collaboration Suppliers Supply Chain Efficiency Agile and Lean Supply Chain 52

Jaggaer

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Building Stronger Relationship s : Effective Approaches to Multi-Tier Supplier Collaboration A chain is only as strong as its weakest link—but what if you can’t evaluate the entire chain? Tier 1 suppliers and their suppliers—and their suppliers’ suppliers—make up an organization’s multi-tier supply chain.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Check out Brand Protection – The Definitive Role of the Supply Chain! The Supply Chain function within your company has many responsibilities. Yet often the Supply Chain is undervalued. Why is Supply Chain often undervalued? Pressures for Cost Reduction in Supply Chain.

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Procurement Heads

JANUARY 4, 2023

As a Buyer at British Airways, I bought a range of different categories from engineering spares to airport services. I joined KPMG in their supply chain practice and spend the next 16 years on consulting assignments in a smaller firm. So, there’s a big challenge to reconsider demand and specifications.

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Supply Chain Efficiency Agile and Lean Supply Chain Sustainability Suppliers 246

SCMDOJO

DECEMBER 14, 2023

In supply chain management, total lead time is a crucial metric encompassing the period from customer order to delivery, be it in B2B or B2C scenarios. As a critical supply parameter, managing lead time is essential for mitigating uncertainties in the supply chain.

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Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Efficiency Supply Chain Optimization Real-time Visibility 98

Procurement Heads

MARCH 27, 2023

We are having to become much more agile in our approach because suppliers are less willing to hold their pricing. I’m passionate about working in collaboration with the supply chain and allowing for constructive conversations so that we’re doing all we can to ensure the best value for money for our customers.

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Procurement Tactics

JUNE 28, 2023

It plays around with the Law of Supply and Demand and is the backbone of Global Trade. Livestock Commodities Livestock and meat commodities include lean hogs , pork, live cattle , and feeder cattle. It follows the principles of supply and demand as it is the driving force of commodity markets.

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SCMDOJO

AUGUST 21, 2023

Try this as a tongue twister: “Tripping through tantalizing TikTokers, tenfold to transform your tangled supply chain!” In our digital age, where viral trends dominate, TikTok’s influence now extends to supply chain management. Discover the Top 10 TikTokers reshaping how you view supply chains.

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ivalua

JUNE 1, 2022

However, they could probably leverage their great buyers in a better way by having proper data delivered to them upfront and allowing them to identify the most strategic new projects. This process can also carry over into the supply chain where Amrest needs visibility and the full strategic payments process to identify key suppliers.

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The Good Spending

JANUARY 4, 2023

Buyers of direct materials will empathize with the availability and quality of an item rather than the price itself. Category strategy will elaborate on logistical and supply management aspects, i.e., inventory planning and supply chain configuration. My Udemy course “Adaptive Sourcing: Agile Procurement in Practice.”

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Skill Dynamics

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

These factors create a challenging landscape for supply chain professionals, who need to ensure that raw materials or parts are in the right place, at the right time in the right quantities to enable production and meet consumer demand. There needs to be a change in approach to align with the evolving nature of supply chains.

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Procurement Heads

AUGUST 7, 2022

I’ve been in procurement for nearly 28 years, seven years at Marks & Spencer after studying business studies and supply chain management at university. I was a Buyer at M&S, so it was direct procurement. We have direct reports across a team of buyers and a team of analysts. Why did you get into procurement?

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Supply Chain Efficiency Agile and Lean Supply Chain Buyers Procurement 130

Spend Matters

DECEMBER 15, 2023

For several years now, Spend Matters has been collecting and publishing a series of articles about procurement, supply and services trends for the year ahead from expert tech and service providers in the market.

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Procurement solutions Procurement Agile and Lean Supply Chain Contract 111

IBM Supply Chain Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

For years, supply chain professionals have measured success by how well they have been able to drive down costs and drive up efficiency. Then, 2020 sent shockwaves through many JIT strategies; the disruption was just too big to absorb and supply chain ecosystems had not been built to flex.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 10, 2018

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. Making The Right Choices.

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HICX

JUNE 28, 2022

In the session, we were joined by Andrea Sordi , Academic Director, Global Supply Chain Institute at the University of Tennessee ; and Sammy Rashed , founder of the Think Tank ‘Beyond Group’ and subsequently SRCD where he provides consultancy and executive coaching services. Data visibility leads to agility.

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Agile and Lean Supply Chain Suppliers Supply Chain Efficiency Collaboration 52

Zycus Cognitive Procurement

DECEMBER 15, 2022

As we are coming to the end of the year, procurement and supply chain leaders across industries initiate their annual strategic planning process for the next year. We have shortlisted 7 C ritical T rends that will help supply chain leaders and practitioners to build a strategic blueprint for 2023 and beyond.

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Jaggaer

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

It is a process that creates efficiencies across all spend categories, minimizes supply chain risks through improved supplier selection and awards, while giving visibility into pricing and forecasting. Implementation of new supply structure Track results and restart assessment This model has essentially stood the test of time.

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SCMDOJO

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

How is marketing connected to my supply chain? The supply chain of your business has many components. That’s why you need to understand the relationship between supply chain and marketing and align them if you hope to maintain a competitive edge in the fast-paced world.

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TYA Suite

OCTOBER 6, 2024

Vendor-managed inventory (VMI) has become a crucial strategy in modern supply chain management, enabling businesses to enhance efficiency, reduce costs, and strengthen relationships with suppliers. In a vendor-managed inventory supply chain, the supplier maintains ownership of the inventory until it is consumed by the buyer.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Built to combat issues caused by the lack of adequate space in cities and near major highways and interstates, SecurSpace enables on demand access to a rapidly growing network of industrial facilities and businesses searching for parking and storage solutions. 29.44] The ideal clients, both customers and partners, for SecurSpace.

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Demand Supply Chain Efficiency Real-time Visibility supply chain budgeting 52

SCMDOJO

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Sourcing agencies excel in handling these intricacies, ensuring a smooth and efficient flow of products from supplier to buyer. Handling Increased Procurement Demands: As your business grows, so do your procurement needs. From selecting shipping methods to managing customs clearance, the process can be complex.

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Sourcing Supply Chain Efficiency Supply Chain Optimization Agile and Lean Supply Chain 104

IBM Supply Chain Blog

JANUARY 22, 2024

Catalysts and conundrums A dramatic shift in development and operations is making data centers more agile and cost-effective. Envision the data center of tomorrow Data centers will continue transitioning from the monolithic configurations from yesteryear to become agile, high-powered, AI-driven, sustainable ecosystems distributed globally.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

JANUARY 9, 2023

As a global technology company, they provide networked innovation, quality, and compliance solutions to consumer brands that want to reduce supply chain risk, innovate faster, speed up business processes, and take control of data. IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS: [06.31] Gary’s background and how, and why, it led him to founding TraceGains.

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Agile and Lean Supply Chain Food and Beverage Supply Chain supply chain software solutions Supply Chain Efficiency 52

Spend Matters

JUNE 19, 2023

This Spend Matters series takes a look at the state of procurement technologies in the market today and whether they meet user demands. Top 5 AP Automation (or I2P) tech capabilities click to enlarge What’s the state of the procurement technologies in the market today and do they meet user demands?

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Buyers Collaboration Agile and Lean Supply Chain Suppliers 97

Spend Matters

AUGUST 3, 2022

Empower business users and IT to dynamically reconfigure and extend their workflows and make them more intelligent through embedded analytics and on-demand digital services (e.g., via app marketplaces).

Sourcing 103

Sourcing Spend management Procurement supply chain software solutions 103

Jaggaer

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

The recent disruptions to supply chains caused by the coronavirus epidemic in China have given supply managers the world over pause for thought. Now more than ever, businesses must improve the efficiency of their supply chains not only to maintain a competitive advantage but also to reduce risk.

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Suppliers Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Efficiency Supplier relationship management 103

ivalua

MARCH 9, 2023

Either through data analysis or demand from the business–there is a need to execute a sourcing event. The contracts govern the relationship between the buyer and supplier, an essential process to inform Procure-to-Pay. Sourcing: Where Procurement often creates value first.

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Sourcing Real-time Visibility e2e supply chain software solutions 130

Strategic Sourceror

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

From rising inflation to depleted consumer sentiment to the ongoing effects of COVID-19 on the supply chain and the broader economy, a combination of factors has led to retailers' inventory predicaments. Throughout the lockdown, demand far outpaced supply. Furniture store RH is taking similar measures.

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Inventory Agile and Lean Supply Chain Buyers Supply chain 57

Jaggaer

APRIL 14, 2020

Can the complex global supply network survive the COVID-19 pandemic? Catch the on-demand webinar on building business continuity plans and business strategies for the short, mid and long-term. This is perhaps an extreme example, but it highlights how COVID-19 is causing severe disruptions to supply chains.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JANUARY 30, 2020

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. “We are a Supply Chain Services Company,” I was told. “If we are truly a Supply Chain Services Company, then why is our Inventory Turnover only at 7?”, I needed to meet with the company leaders in the Supply Chain function quickly.

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Inventory Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Optimization Replenishment ordering 61

The Good Spending

JUNE 15, 2022

Instead of looking at the act of buying as a spontaneous event, researchers viewed it as a series of patterns explained by the nature of actors, demands, and relationships. New Tasks The first-time buyer seeks a wide variety of information to explore alternative purchasing solutions to their organizational task.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 10, 2018

For the upcoming Holiday our theme was that we were going to have a BORING Holiday season … from a Supply Chain perspective. But by BORING, from a Supply Chain perspective , I did mean that we were going to do all of the necessary planning. And we would deliver a great customer experience.

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Supply Chain Optimization Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Efficiency Supply chain 44

Jaggaer

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Moreover, driving suppliers to the brink of financial instability can lead to supply disruptions, ultimately increasing costs as buyers scramble to find alternative sources. What is Cost Saving in Supply Chain Management?

Collaboration 52

Collaboration Suppliers Supply Chain Efficiency supply chain budgeting 52

Procurement Software

MAY 9, 2022

Parallel to this, they offer the ability to streamline supplier governance and due diligence activities to cover increasing demands on compliance and supply chain visibility. Studied cases at Kodiak Hub show between 1–3 % loss of brand exposure resulting from a non-compliant supply chain.

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