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Ethics in Procurement – Simple, but Not Always Easy

Logistics Bureau

If you have not yet tackled the question of ethics in procurement, now is a great time to start. It does not matter whether you are a procurement professional, internal customer, external customer, senior executive, or supplier. Procurement is what sets entire supply chains and their organisations in motion.

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The 3 Pillars of Supply Chain Management (And Why Their Alignment Matters)

Logistics Bureau

For example: Alignment of strategy and cost leads to happy shareholders. As an example, let’s say that as a part of its customer service promise, your company guarantees its customers that they will receive their orders within 24 hours. Procurement costs. Why does the C-suite want the three pillars aligned?

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Takeaways from the IBM Watson Supply Chain Summit

Talking Logistics

Take EDI, for example. Think of it as a business intelligence dashboard for the business user that displays information gathered from EDI transactions in the context of the Order-to-Cash or Procure-to-Pay process. IBM Case Study: Supply Chain Intelligence, Watson, and Resolution Rooms. 52% reduction in expedite costs.

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Impact of SMAC on Enterprise Software Applications - Infosys Blogs

Infosys Supply Chain Management

Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. Case Studies. |. Business Process Outsourcing. Customer Service. Finance & Accounting. Human Resources. Product Categories. Banking Suite. Cloud & Big Data. Customer Service. Digital Commerce.

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MIT’s Sheffi on Supply Chain Sustainability

247 Customs Broker

Gilmore Says… In a great example of the balance in this book, Sheffi notes the actual evidence of consumer preference for Green products is tenuous at best. In fact, after reading Sheffi’s examples, I’m surprised more companies haven’t been forced to be zealous advocates.

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Will Robots Take All the Supply Chain Jobs?

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An off-cited analysis from McKinsey in late 2017, for example, found automation could destroy as many as 73 million US jobs by 2030, about one third of all jobs in the country. For example, in a story I remembered that we ran in 2014, a company called Parkdale Mills had recently re-opened a factory near Gaffney, SC that now produces 2.5

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Supply Chain Management:Mapping Your Way To Faster Shopping

Infosys Supply Chain Management

Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. Case Studies. |. Sky would be the limit when one starts documenting the concept of such a solution/product. Procurement Blog. Business Process Outsourcing. Customer Service. Human Resources.