World of Procurement blog

APRIL 23, 2024

Supply Chain Lifecycle The supply chain lifecycle consists of several key phases: Planning : This involves the demand planning, supply planning, and overall business strategy. Sourcing : Choosing suppliers that provide the goods and services needed to create the product.

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ivalua

AUGUST 18, 2015

Let’s examine three ways that better collaboration with supply partners creates value for a manufacturer from product design through demand planning. If you work in product design or engineering, supplier collaboration is focused on integrating strategic suppliers into your product innovation efforts. Innovating.

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Supply Chain Action Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Consider these examples: At one food distributor , 96% of disruptions were identified within one hour, and quickly resolved, leading to a 65% reduction in disruption response times, supported by visibility on a platform across demand planning, supply planning and WMS.

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Jaggaer

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) goals : Your overall ESG footprint is impacted by suppliers.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 31, 2019

In fact, we recently brought on a new Cannabis client who’s scaling up a strategic sourcing operation in all of their Procurement, so that all their spend is captured and accounted for as they grow, rather than after. But if you don’t have any of that expertise, you’ll get zero.

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SCMDOJO

JANUARY 17, 2024

Planning roles include: A supply chain planner analyzes performance and improves processes. A demand planner estimates the future demand for given products. (Do Do check out our Demand Planning Ultimate Guide ) A production planner ensures the required manufacturing output meets the demand.

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Empowering CPO

JUNE 20, 2023

It’s a strategic pillar that underpins effective procurement and sourcing, providing an insightful lens through which organizations can view their spending patterns. Spend analysis plays a vital role in procurement and strategic sourcing. The strategies for managing these two types of spend also differ.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 10, 2018

Collaborating to improve forecasting and demand planning is likely to be frustrating if one partner’s existing planning processes, systems, or performance are inadequate. Third, does the partner have the right infrastructure and processes in place to provide a basis for the collaboration?

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SCMDOJO

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Expertise: Strategic sourcing and contract creation, procurement, supply chain management, interim supply chain project management, cost reduction, contract management, and commodity management are areas of expertise. His variety of courses are available at SCMDOJO Academy. You can learn further about it on his SCMDOJO expert profile.

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Empowering CPO

JUNE 26, 2023

By analyzing historical spend patterns and supplier performance, organizations can negotiate better contracts, consolidate suppliers, and implement strategic sourcing initiatives. This forecasting capability allows for improved budgeting, demand planning, and inventory management, leading to cost savings and operational efficiency.

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