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Building Stronger Relationships: Effective Approaches to Multi-Tier Supplier Collaboration

Jaggaer

Tier 1 suppliers and their suppliers—and their supplierssuppliers—make up an organization’s multi-tier supply chain. Collaboration across Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 3, and beyond requires visibility and communication regarding capacity, cost, risk, order quantities, inventory levels, quality , timelines, logistics, and more.

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ERP vs. Best-in-Class — What is Best for Managing the Healthcare Supply Chain

ivalua

ERP solutions often lack robust capabilities around managing all of the data attributes for products and vendors, and cannot update them in real time or in an automated fashion. Demand planning capabilities. Demand planning is the ability to create forecasts that predict the future need for your products.

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The Supply Chain Workload Iceberg!

Supply Chain Game Changer

But too often the expected deliverables from Supply Chain professionals are established without a real understanding of the totality and breadth of actual tasks that must be performed underneath those high level expectations. With an iceberg it is said that only 10% of it is visible as the rest is under the water.

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Procurement 101: Your Essential Guide to Strategic Sourcing

World of Procurement blog

Order Fulfillment Once a contract is signed, the supplier begins delivering goods or services as per the agreement. The procurement team manages the order, monitors quality, ensures on-time delivery, processes invoices, and handles any issues that arise during fulfillment.