Cost Reduction Strategies Eliminating Excel in Purchasing Procurement 
Supply Chain Shaman
MARCH 21, 2024
In parallel, I started working on a project to eliminate the secretarial pool. Within a year, we eliminated the typing pool. I would never have eliminated the secretarial pool by asking them their opinion. We explore the concept of holistic inventory strategies focused on the form and function of inventory. The So What?
Supply Chain Shaman
APRIL 19, 2024
In addition, a purchase order changes three-to-four times and there is a black hole (data is caught between email systems of trading partners for one-to-two days). Purchase order data, while not as important, has the smallest gap. Most of the network investment is in passing procurement transactional data. Most is silo’d.
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Supply Chain Shaman
APRIL 9, 2021
The myopic focus on IT standardization resulted in the purchase of technology, but not value delivery. The singular focus to implement and shorten cycles for the “go-live date” reduced the focus to test and learn and build core competence. The last decade is a testimonial that functional excellence does not drive value.
DELMIA Quintiq
NOVEMBER 17, 2020
From raw material procurement to final product sales, these supply chains’ ability to minimize inventory through product life cycle controls and facilitate prompt product supply is every bit as important as product differentiation strategies. The establishment of efficient global supply chains has become critical to competitiveness.
Supply Chain Shaman
DECEMBER 15, 2022
When reviewing strategy decks for supply chain teams, I often see statements like “move from a functional-silo’d focus to a drive a more holistic response.” ” Or “push a shift from a focus on cost to drive value?” And, how do you tie functional excellence to corporate value?”
GlobalTranz
FEBRUARY 16, 2016
This is the first of a two-part series where I will curate and cull information from my 4 decades of experience in logistics cost reduction at various positions in the supply chain. In this first part, I will focus on 6 places that you can apply to your organization to reduce costs and increase profit.
Unleashed
OCTOBER 6, 2021
So your company is looking to reduce costs, and you’ve been asked to contribute by reducing your inventory cost. Here we explain how you can do this with 16 cost reduction strategies in inventory management?that that are each proven to reduce a company’s costs.?
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