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How Can You Improve Value in Your Supply Chain?

Supply Chain Shaman

For example, if I improve the cost structure in transportation, procurement, manufacturing and sales independently, what decision support framework decides the right trade-offs? I observe that organizations are unclear on outcomes and the definition of supply chain excellence. Supply chain excellence should be about driving value.

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Procurement Analysis: a Game Changer for Purchasing Strategically

Precoro

With the global market expansion and deepening supply chain complexity, the roles of procurement leaders have evolved from tactical to strategic. Nowadays, procurement departments not only focus on the day-to-day buying operations but also search for the most efficient ways to go about them. From whom are we buying?

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My Take: How We Screwed Up Sales And Operations Planning

Supply Chain Shaman

The forecast provided input for manufacturing to see and manage constraints in the tactical planning horizon and procurement to align with strategic buying. Each group needs customized views in a demand visibility system to help translate mix, volume, and currency in meaningful ways with baseline demand visibility.

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2020 Requires Big Wings and Feet

Supply Chain Shaman

The focus is on the role of supply chain finance in driving supply chain excellence. The design of the conference includes tours of several modern warehouses and centers of excellence. Most budgets are completed in currency at a brand level. Most can only measure functional costs—transportation, manufacturing, and procurement.

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Supply Chains Need to Transform: Into What?

Enterra Insights

He writes, “The common currency that all departments can collaborate around is data — data about stock and data about the customer.”[2] In the best companies, she explains, “The focus is outside-in, from the customer back, and demand-orchestrated across the silos to guide procurement decisions. What is the end game?

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Introducing QAD Adaptive ERP 2021.1

QAD

From integrated multi-currency, multi-GAAP and multi-entity financials to best practice purchasing, from shared services to real-time data and flexible data analytics, Effective Enterprise Management ensures that manufacturers operate from a trusted set of essential enterprise processes that meet today’s and tomorrow’s needs.

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Beyond Spend Analytics: Supplier Life Cycle Data

Supply Chain View from the Field

In this case, it must be done for all suppliers and for every product and service line purchased over the history of the institution. And oh yes, you also have to pay suppliers, assuming you have a correct invoice from them that is validated against the contract and the purchase order.