Five supply chain predictions for 2017

Paul Martyn, writing for Forbes, has made 5 predictions for 2017: The supply chain will go bimodal Socially-inspired product development will rise Excellence will be measured by adaptability High performing organizations will recognize supply chain and procurement operations as critical differentiators A redefinition of supply chain risk The supply chain will go bimodal How do […]

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Stockholm SCP&O Executive Summit 2014

Stockholm SCP&O Executive Summit 2014 In a couple of weeks we will be attending the Stockholm SCP&O Executive Summit together with the i-Procure.se team. The summit is a part of Quintiq World Tour: “Streamlined operations. Maximized resource utilization. Optimal performance. The lowest costs for the highest profit margins. In a word: Efficiency. It’s the key […]

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Manufacturing ISM Report On Business®, June 2013

Manufacturing ISM Report On Business®, June 2013 National report (USA), released by ISM on July 1, 2013. The report was issued on July 1 by Bradley J. Holcomb, CPSM, CPSD, chair of the Institute for Supply Management™ Manufacturing Business Survey Committee. “The PMI™ registered 50.9 percent, an increase of 1.9 percentage points from May’s reading […]

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Improving competitive advantage through procurement excellence

Improving competitive advantage through procurement excellence Like other strategic functions in the enterprise, procurement’s role continues to evolve. From 2008 to 2012, many companies looked to procurement to help facilitate aggressive cost-cutting targets necessitated by a global economic downturn. As economic realities continue to shift, the procurement function must again adjust. To understand what actions […]

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Top Female Supply Chain Executives (2013)

Top Female Supply Chain Executives In a recent edition of Supply & Demand Chain Executive there is a really nice feature story on Top Female Supply Chain Executives that lead the way for Global Success… Stephanie Miles, SVP of Commercial Services, Amber Road I have seen a positive shift in the past 10 years towards […]

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BI in the Supply Chain

BI in the Supply Chain In a feature story in Inbound Logistics, Amy Roach Partridge says that “thanks to Business Intelligence tools, companies are no longer awash in reams of data that they don’t know what to do with. Instead, logistics managers are using BI technologies to find real meaning in their sea of numbers and […]

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Coca Cola Supply Chain Management Success Story

Coca Cola Supply Chain Success Story Coca Cola Enterprises (CCE) is one of the world’s largest marketers, producers and distributors of Coca-Cola products. CCE buys concentrate from The Coca-Cola Company and combines it with other ingredients to create some of the most popular beverages in Belgium, Great Britain, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden. […]

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