The Good Spending

AUGUST 16, 2022

Why is supply chain collaboration essential? Other peers around the company overlap with us in their functions - Technology tends to manage suppliers , Finance owns the demand planning and budgeting, and Sales and Marketing monopolize the end-customer value chain. Perhaps, our profession is no rocket science.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

JANUARY 16, 2020

Machine Learning for demand planning and efficient transportation routing? Its worth remembering that the SaaS or cloud-based TMS platforms in widespread use by organizations of all sizes today were once regarded as experimental and only embraced by the largest players with the budgets to invest in untested, emerging tech.

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SCMDOJO

JUNE 21, 2023

SCaaS providers typically use advanced technologies like artificial intelligence, machine learning, and blockchain to improve visibility, traceability, and collaboration across the supply chain. Supply Chain Planning as a Service has emerged as a game-changer, enabling companies to efficiently outsource non-core activities.

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Supply Chain Trend

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

This operating model included order to cash, make to demand, purchase to pay, finance and planning processes. I was planning consultant implementing demand planning, supply planning and production planning across 10 Sara Lee business units. I my opinion, this can’t be further from the truth.

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Skill Dynamics

JULY 17, 2024

This describes the differences businesses may see in demand for any number of reasons, for example: Market trends Seasonality Unexpected local/global events All of these can impact the accuracy of demand forecasting. To try and deal with this, companies can try to adopt a more collaborative approach to forecasting.

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SCMDOJO

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Team Dynamics: Comprises a team of experts, providing a collaborative approach to sourcing solutions. Here, the agency seeks to understand the client’s specific needs, budget constraints, and quality standards. Task-Specific Services: Primarily involved in tasks like supplier identification, negotiation, and quality control.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

JUNE 29, 2023

Integrated Business Planning (IBP) addresses these challenges by providing a comprehensive framework that integrates strategic, operational and financial planning, analysis, and reporting to drive better business outcomes. This alignment fosters synergy and drives cross-functional collaboration.

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NLPA (Next Level Purchasing Association)

JUNE 23, 2022

Link strategic planning with day-to-day sales and operational activities. Act as a forum for disciplined discussion around setting policy, strategy, risk and budget changes. It is a multi-step process involving demand planning, supply planning, middle and top management meetings resulting in decision-making and authorization.

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Supply Chain Trend

OCTOBER 29, 2021

For the execution and operational decisions, modern planning technology can largely automate processes and decisions. For the longer-term decisions on planning and strategy, technology will augment the quality of human-centric decisions and nurture human-machine collaboration. Periodic planning cycles.

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Skill Dynamics

OCTOBER 18, 2023

After all, these training programs provide a range of benefits, spanning from specific role-focused activities like inventory control, supply, and demand planning, or project management, to giving employees the tools they need to drive their creativity and productivity, thus significantly contributing to business success.

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Supply Chain Trend

DECEMBER 4, 2016

People who have their own agendas, interests and ways of working; people from different functional and country cultures; people with different levels of experience; people with different attitudes to working collaboratively. Only then work back into the supporting steps e.g. supply planning, demand planning and product and portfolio planning.

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Empowering CPO

JUNE 26, 2023

From data-driven decision making to real-time spend visibility, predictive analytics, supplier collaboration, intelligent automation, and data security, we will explore each trend in depth, shedding light on their significance and potential impact on businesses.

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The Procuretech Podcast

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Which, of course, not everyone has the budget for. Tech is now more accessible to medium sized or smaller businesses that don't have the budget for any of these big enterprise suites. . SCM Dojo has different teaching pathways here: A supply chain manager pathway, a logistics manager, a demand planning pathway, etc. .

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Finale Inventory

AUGUST 20, 2024

Consider your budget and financial goals to determine if these savings outweigh the upfront investment required for bulk ordering. Recognizing their hard work through timely payments and positive feedback can create a collaborative and mutually beneficial relationship.

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World of Procurement blog

MAY 8, 2024

The plan defines activities like category analysis, supplier consolidation, technology implementation, process re-engineering, skill building etc. It also identifies required resources, budgets and milestones for a successful strategic transformation. Focus on building collaborative relationships based on trust and transparency.

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EazyStock

MARCH 10, 2023

As we navigate a cost-of-living crisis that has seen prices and inflation soar, budgets are becoming tighter at home and work. To prevent drastic decreases in profitability or increases in debt, finance teams are scrutinizing budgets and balance sheets to find areas to cut to make savings. We don’t have any hidden costs.

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