Supply Chain View from the Field

OCTOBER 4, 2015

As part of the conference, I’m delivering a talk on five predictions that every procurement professional should consider. These aren’t so much “predictions”, as opportunities that procurement professionals should become aware of, and educate themselves on.

Procurement Analytics 60

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 4, 2021

Digital commerce efficiently requires the digitalization of many customer-facing operations and sourcing and procurement. Customer Satisfaction scores side by side with the service level and availability metrics. For businesses of all sizes, the digital transformation of supply chain planning became the most important initiative. .

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

This transfer of ownership reduced the effectiveness of procurement. Stalled progress on metrics: 90% of companies find themselves stuck on key supply chain metrics (cost, inventory, growth, ROIC). Companies have focused on labor outsourcing and third-party solutions to reduce headcount. The result?

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Enterra Insights

JULY 18, 2023

Transition to adaptive policies that enable NbS across infrastructure engineering, procurement, and construction. Harness the power of technology, including AI and big data, to identify new water growth opportunities. Generate guidance to improve NbS impact metrics for water security to demonstrate the multiple values of water.

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Followed by focus on big data analytics where companies began leveraging BI (business intelligence) tools for data-driven decision making. Transport costs are soaring to ridiculous levels, especially for those shippers that did not have an organized procurement strategy for freight movement.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 29, 2015

In our research for the book Supply Chain Metrics That Matter , we find that this is the case for 90% of companies. Over the last decade the average company has dramatically improved employee productivity, and driven reductions in cash-to-cash metrics. Figure 6: Big Data Infographic. Supply chain capabilities disappoint.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 16, 2014

I have learned that supply chain systems are more complex than I originally thought, and that the relationships between supply chain metrics are nonlinear. I have also learned that you need a large data pool to derive the type of analysis that I want to publish. It takes more than one or two respondents from a company.

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Elementum

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

It’s a strategic reimagining of business models and processes, powered by cloud computing, big data analytics, and AI, making businesses more adaptive, responsive, and customer-focused than ever before. Metrics such as processing time, error rates, and customer satisfaction levels serve as performance indicators.

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Taulia

MARCH 22, 2023

Historically, treasury and procurement professionals tended to have very different perspectives on the benefits and risks of different working capital initiatives. Further value is added if the technology vendor’s network data is also incorporated into this shared understanding. The use of AI can help overcome these issues.

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Logility

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Integrations for modern and frequent data updates – The Logility® Digital Supply Chain Platform includes a data integration layer that enables your organization to build modern integrations that support frequent data updates.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 19, 2015

Continuous improvement in effective transportation management is now often realized by strategic shippers thanks to the increased use of technology and integrated systems providing the ability to data mine transportation reports for substantive business intelligence. Creating an Effective Transportation Management Program Run by Metrics.

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 30, 2018

This effort was led by the Chief Procurement Officer for Siemens BT, Carl Oberland, but has recently been rolled out across the global organization. In addition, Carl assigned a person who could work on access databases, and began by combining procurement data for 5 divisions into a single database. “The

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American Global Logistics

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

It involves coordinating and integrating various activities, from procurement to production to distribution, to ensure the seamless flow of goods and services. Big Data analytics Artificial intelligence and machine learning enable predictive analytics and demand forecasting, facilitating better decision-making.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 2, 2020

As an experienced business professional, he has served in diverse roles ranging from Marketing and Strategy, to Procurement and Supply Chain. Several articles and reference books have highlighted Joe’s procurement transformation accomplishments at Lucent Technologies, Juniper Networks, and in the area of Supply Chain Risk Management.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

Supply chain visibility and big data are hot topics and everyone is trying to figure out how to extract and analyze the data they have for better visibility and decision making. Financial data and visibility into the costs associated with shipping are critical to improving corporate financial performance.

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ThroughPut

MAY 3, 2024

It helps coordinate the various supply chain activities, which include the complete range of procurement, development, implementation, commercialization, and delivery of the goods or services to the market. This involved procurement, maintenance, and transportation of military facilities, services, materials, and personnel.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 29, 2014

Warehouse Metrics to Track to Improve Profitability and Operations : Today’s warehouse managers often accrue massive amounts of performance data, but sometimes find they can apply little of it toward making productivity gains or customer service improvements. Download the Webinar Replay. Read the Full Post. Read the Full Post.

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IQMS

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Many manufacturing supply chains will evolve into intelligent networks with real-time track-and-trace, legacy systems integration and greater delivery accuracy and quality metrics than ever before. In 2019, blockchain’s greatest potential will emerge in manufacturing.

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 1, 2016

The reading audience is global, and spans a wide variety of roles: procurement, supply chain strategy and planning, product management, logistics and transportation, customer service, and others. We talked to Bob to see what we might learn from that experience. What is the makeup of your blog audience?

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AFFLINK

APRIL 28, 2016

So let’s take a look at what strategic procurement really is and why it’s so important. What is Strategic Procurement? Strategic procurement focuses on the supply chain as a whole and uses costs and other metrics to identify – and then capitalize on – opportunities for improvement. Why is it Getting So Much Attention?

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AFFLINK

APRIL 28, 2016

So let’s take a look at what strategic procurement really is and why it’s so important. What is Strategic Procurement? Strategic procurement focuses on the supply chain as a whole and uses costs and other metrics to identify – and then capitalize on – opportunities for improvement. Why is it Getting so Much Attention?

Supply Chain Software 48

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IQMS

OCTOBER 18, 2019

The algorithms iteratively query data with many using constraint-based modeling to find the core set of factors with the greatest predictive accuracy. Machine learning is proving to be invaluable in analyzing machine-derived data to determine which causal factors most influence machinery performance. Preston, D. S., & Swink, M.

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IQMS

JULY 11, 2019

PwC sees the integration of analytics, APIs and big data contributing to a 31% growth rate for connected factories in the next five years. Honeywell is integrating AI and machine-learning algorithms into procurement, strategic sourcing and cost management. Chief Data Scientist, Big Data Lab, Hitachi America Ltd.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

For many people who work in Supply Chain Management, or for those on the outside, it functions on the foundation of processes, formulae, and metrics. I had to simultaneously drive improvements across all dimensions: major processes, customers, functional areas, metrics, facilities, and finally culture. Infographic).

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 13, 2015

For one customer that I was working with, it was E2open for hi-tech procurement, GT Nexus for ocean freight, CH Robinson for over- the-road transportation, SupplyOn and Exostar for communication with A&D customers, and Elemica for communication with rubber and plastic suppliers. The gaps are large.

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NC State SCRC

NOVEMBER 5, 2016

Transactional data must be rolled up to ensure suppliers are providing the requisite price discounts, clauses, rebates and charge backs negotiated in the original contract. Contract analytics can provide a summary view on performance and pricing deviations, risks, statistics (expiry, renewal and pending), procurement and sales metrics.

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Unleashed

APRIL 27, 2022

Also known as supply chain stewardship, the circular supply chain puts the onus back on those who manage supply chains to make procurement and manufacturing decisions that positively influence sustainable outcomes. Where this is not possible, other changes can be made to the product or process to reduce waste and the carbon footprint.

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NC State SCRC

APRIL 20, 2016

.” A question came from the audience: “Fundamentally – procurement is measured on cost savings as the primary metric. Other metrics are whether you agree off of purchasing agreements in the company, and some customer satisfaction metrics – and are internal stakeholders satisfied.

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o9 Solutions

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Many companies struggle with silos that inevitably occur either functionally or when looking at how data is stored, accessed, analyzed, and managed. The platform seamlessly embeds ESG metrics and KPIs into best-in-class supply chain planning. . WMS and TMS).

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Supply Chain Management and Analytics

MARCH 5, 2021

Digital commerce efficiently requires the digitalization of many customer-facing operations and sourcing and procurement. Customer Satisfaction scores side by side with the service level and availability metrics. For businesses of all sizes, the digital transformation of supply chain planning became the most important initiative. .

Supply Chain Planning Software 52

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ThroughPut

APRIL 10, 2020

It helps coordinate the various supply chain activities, which include the complete range of procurement, development, implementation, commercialization, and delivery of the goods or services to the market. This involved procurement, maintenance, and transportation of military facilities, services, materials, and personnel.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 52

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ThroughPut

APRIL 10, 2020

It helps coordinate the various supply chain activities, which include the complete range of procurement, development, implementation, commercialization, and delivery of the goods or services to the market. This involved procurement, maintenance, and transportation of military facilities, services, materials, and personnel.

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ThroughPut

APRIL 10, 2020

It helps coordinate the various supply chain activities, which include the complete range of procurement, development, implementation, commercialization, and delivery of the goods or services to the market. This involved procurement, maintenance, and transportation of military facilities, services, materials, and personnel.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

He spoke on the use of global sentiment data to sense and improve customer experiences. He reflected on his emotions when his CEO threw down a Harvard Business Review article on Big Data and customer-centric sentiment/social information and asked Anthony how he was going to do it. It will define a new set of winners and losers.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

It touches many departments, from production, procurement, shipping, accounting, and finance to marketing, warehousing, research and development, and sales. The main lack of talent is in middle management, especially in big data analytics and supply chain planning, where the shortage is around 54%. Procurement Analyst.

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 17, 2017

Data for two of the categories used in the ranking – Innovation and Social Responsibility – are based on processes developed by Handfield and Huang. In the innovation category, metrics related to spending management, category management, strategic sourcing and supplier relationship management.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 24, 2021

Also, if there is no precedent for any successful outcome applying machine learning to the specific problem to which you’re developing, it may not be the best foray into the ML world.” 2 – Do you have new data and clean data? To be effective, machine learning needs to train on the right set data.

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