Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

You can use data gathered from user behavior and purchases to predict how they may act in the future or tailor marketing efforts to their likes, dislikes and buying habits.” Machine learning can prove useful all along the supply chain from procurement to production to marketing to after sales support. Pattern recognition.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Procurement professionals have the same question looming over their head on a daily basis: “How do you plan on dealing with digitalization?”. Recently I had the pleasure of attending EBG Network’s 8th Annual Source to Pay Summit, which gathered some of the Nordic’s largest organizations and procurement profiles. around the globe?—?and

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Jaggaer

MARCH 30, 2020

To better understand the impact of big data analytics on procurement, we turned to industry veteran Walter Charles, CPO at Allergan, who sees big data as a major disruptor. In 2016, that number had plummeted to 24 years. How Big Data Analysis Plays into Procurement. Clinical trials take two years to find 2,000 patients.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 6, 2019

7 KPIs Your Procurement Team May Be Ignoring! But, when my mom was buying a new vehicle, she didn’t decide to scrap the vehicle from 1993 and purchase one from 1995. Procurement is a business function that has undergone a lot of change in the last few years. Subscribe Here! Email Address. She chose the hybrid route.

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IQMS

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Manufacturers who excel at orchestrating analytics, Business Intelligence (BI), quality management and real-time monitoring to improve manufacturing strategies are growing 10% faster than their peers. With the advanced analytics spending predicted to grow from $136B in 2016 to $232B in 2021 , attaining an 11.3%

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 7, 2020

Developed a process of excellence in supply chain collaboration. The study found that by this year (2016), 89% of companies expected to be competing primarily on the basis of customer experience. . That should be sobering news for any business not yet focused on supply chain excellence as a lever for business success.

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SCMDOJO

JULY 26, 2023

Negotiation, a crucial skill in the realms of business and procurement, demands the ability to remain calm, collected, and confident even in the most challenging situations. These films were chosen to inspire and educate both aspiring negotiators and seasoned procurement managers.

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QAD

OCTOBER 26, 2023

For companies concerned with operational excellence — and profitability — this needs to change and many need to address global trade management complexities. But by 2016, Dollar Shave Club had captured 51 percent. The unfortunate truth is that the majority of supplier-to-buyer ecosystems exist across networks with siloed data.

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Supply Chain Movement

APRIL 26, 2016

Contents Supply Chain Movement 21 – 2016 Q2. Publishing date: 6 May 2016. 12 | SCM IT Subway Map 2016. These are the key developments that are visualised on the 2016 version of Supply Chain Movement’s SCM IT subway Map. 6 | News & Background. Forecasting is about managing risks. Winner and loser of the last quarter.

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 28, 2015

In other words, many supply chain and purchasing solutions looks at historical transaction activity (what happened in the past and is captured in our ERP systems). Talent should be part of building a procurement transformation, and not an after-thought.

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EcoVadis

MARCH 27, 2019

More than 600 professionals from the procurement and CSR worlds descended upon Paris on March 11-12, ready to share best practices, exchange ideas and ignite change in global supply chains and beyond. trillion in 2016. Sustainability Excellence . Ignite Change. Suppliers’ Survey. Perseverance.

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Jaggaer

MARCH 18, 2020

To better understand the impact of big data analytics on procurement, we turned to industry veteran Walt Charles, CPO at Allergan, who sees big data as a major disruptor. In 2016, that number had plummeted to 24 years. How Big Data Analysis Plays into Procurement. Clinical trials take two years to find 2,000 patients.

Big Data 59

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

especially procurement and logistics?—?in For this reason, blockchain technology has been viewed as the perfect match for business application within procurement and logistics. Blockchain technology won’t just enhance the way procurement and logistics professionals work today; it poses the ability to reshape the functions entirely.

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Supply Chain Movement

MAY 19, 2016

In 2013 Nokia took full ownership of Nokia Siemens Networks, buying the other half of the venture from Siemens, and 2014 sold its handset business to Microsoft. Nokia is currently preparing for another major change, its purchase of Alcatel-Lucent, which is expected to close in Q1 2016. By Helen Armstrong. It’s a one-stop shop.”.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

I don’t for one second deny that the companies on the list have great supply chains, but there are so many advances in Supply Chain technology, talent, skills and capabilities that it is hard to believe that all of this excellence is restricted to the same group of 20 companies year after year after year. All Rights Reserved.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JANUARY 14, 2020

I don’t for one second deny that the companies on the list have great supply chains, but there are so many advances in Supply Chain technology, talent, skills and capabilities that it is hard to believe that all of this excellence is restricted to the same group of 20 companies year after year after year. Source: Gartner (May 2018).

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 5, 2022

The company launched its Starboard Navigator technology in 2016 on the basis on decades of experience in methods, techniques, and technologies used to re-design of supply chains among multi-industry settings. Starboard Founder and President , Steve Johanson will lead a newly formed Center of Excellence within Logility.

Network Design Software 52

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SupplyOn

OCTOBER 2, 2018

SBB relies on RailSupply to significantly improve efficiency in purchasing and procurement logistics. The goal of this changeover was to significantly streamline the SBB’s purchasing and procurement logistics. Suppliers supplying several SBB divisions will benefit in particular.

Vendor Strategies 40

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NC State SCRC

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

Listening to him reminded me of the fun we had starting up the first ever company to produce supply market intelligence focused on the procurement space. Today, Beroe is the most successful procurement intelligence company, and continues to lead the pack in this space. We were astounded to discover that the ratio was 1 to 105.

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NC State SCRC

OCTOBER 12, 2016

He then went into global imports for the central purchasing group in Raleigh. By 2014 and 2016 revenue was back up to almost its previous high point. In 2013 we had $8M of raw material inventory – due to poor purchasing, poor safety stock decisions, and a lot of WIP in the system. Today, we are at 5.5M

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ThroughPut

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Cisco In 2016, Cisco effectively managed the threat of a typhoon to its transportation hubs using advanced supply chain analytics. By analyzing customer behavior, purchase histories, and search trends, Amazon predicts future product demand. Here’s a look at some real-world examples and applications of supply chain analytics.

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6 River Systems

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Boot Barn @bootbarn In 2016, Boot Barn improved operations at its distribution center in Fontana, California by implementing HighJump’s Warehouse Advantage WMS. And it works: in August 2015, Coyote became a UPS company , and by 2016, it had more than 2,000 employees with numerous offices nationwide.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

APRIL 8, 2014

Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. By 2016, there will be more than 10 billion mobile devices which would roughly be 1.5 Cloud Simple meaning of Cloud in context of SMAC is using software applications as a service without buying them.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

So in order to perhaps spawn some ideas for your supply chain excellence efforts, I thought I’d offer a brief overview of how four leading organisations are achieving their successes and cementing their mastery of the 21 st century supply chain. 4 Leading Operators with the Supply Chain X-Factor. The Sustainability Drive. Innovation.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 2, 2016

To put that claim into some perspective, consider this data revealed by Gartner from research conducted in 2014: The research found that by this year (2016), 89% of companies expected to be competing primarily on the basis of customer experience. Procurement costs. Ethical Procurement and Corporate Responsibility.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 9, 2021

Average performance in 2016-2019 across twenty-seven manufacturing sectors on inventory turns, Return on Invested Capital and operating margin was worse than in 2012-2015. The myopic focus on IT standardization resulted in the purchase of technology, but not value delivery. Belief in efficient procurement. Alignment Barriers.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

With this in mind, in this blog, I make an argument that we, as supply chain leaders, have screwed up direct material procurement. My goal is to have supply chain leaders consider a procurement redesign for 2017. As shown in Figure 1, roughly one in two supply chain organizations have responsibility for procurement.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

S&OP Effectiveness in 2019 Versus 2016. The forecast provided input for manufacturing to see and manage constraints in the tactical planning horizon and procurement to align with strategic buying. I want to break this cycle. The answers are not straightforward, but each participant’s response has similar storylines.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

As Allyson presented her story of working for multiple consumer products companies, with very advanced technologies (demand sensing, advanced automation of forecasting, data lakes and descriptive analytics), she spoke of why at the end of the day, the most important technology that she uses is Excel. The question is, “Why?

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HICX Solutions

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

trillion in 2016, according to an IBM estimate. In our survey, 66% of procurement leaders agreed that data projects have stalled due to their relatively low priority when compared to other business initiatives. In terms of internal hidden costs, Excel is one environment in which hidden factories can quickly become established.

Cost Reduction Strategies 52

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EcoVadis

MARCH 29, 2017

Watch a video from last edition in New York: The event will also be the occasion for the Sustainable Procurement Leadership Awards Ceremony , recognizing leadership in Sustainable Procurement. Gilles Testu – VP – Purchasing Strategy Processes & Systems, PSA Peugeot-Citroen.

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Requis

MAY 22, 2020

In the 1990s, purchasing managers were focusing on how to beat up their suppliers in order to buy cheaper. Meanwhile, salespeople for suppliers were trying to work around procurement. Tom Linton was Chief Supply Chain Officer of Flex, and arranged for me to visit to their operations centre around 2016.

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HICX Solutions

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

trillion in 2016, according to an IBM estimate. In our survey, 66% of procurement leaders agreed that data projects have stalled due to their relatively low priority when compared to other business initiatives. In terms of internal hidden costs, Excel is one environment in which hidden factories can quickly become established.

Cost Reduction Strategies 40

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

To put that claim into some perspective, consider this data revealed by Gartner from research conducted in 2014: The study found that by this year (2016), 89% of companies expected to be competing primarily on the basis of customer experience. There is also the question of ethical procurement and purchasing to consider.

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 25, 2022

In any case, an excellent place to start is by knowing what the most vital supply chain leaders’ skills are and, of course, why you need them. As a supply chain leader, your input into IT procurement will be crucial , and you must know enough about your company’s technology needs to discuss them with vendors.

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