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Logistics Procurement Strategy Insights & Tips

Logistics Bureau

For those procurement or Supply Chain executives in suitable organizations, there is an increasing number of uncertainties to manage, especially in today’s tough economic environment. Is there any definitive boundaries for procurement not to step across? If you think so, you are probably too conservative.

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From Siloed to Interconnected: Bring Planning, Sourcing and Procurement Together with a Common Platform 

Logility

Sudden spikes and sharp declines in supply and demand are happening too quickly to use information that is ill-relayed, incomplete, outdated, or not received at all. Now more than ever, the conventional silos of planning, sourcing, and procurement teams must be connected into one cohesive network. Let’s face it ?

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If Only the Supply Chain was Reconfigured

Supply Chain Shaman

I would like for us to move past the conventional view of sourcing strategies and globalization to drive improvements to the supply chain in a variable world. This is especially true in the world of demand management. The Functional Manager. Or the management of cycles. Let me explain. Forecastability.

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Just Jump

Supply Chain Shaman

We explore the concept of holistic inventory strategies focused on the form and function of inventory. The class discovers the current blackholes of the supply chain (direct procurement and contract manufacturing. The answer is not as simple as connecting Customer Relationship Management (CRM) to Advanced Planning (APS).

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Passion Drives Supply Chain Planning Forward to Deliver Greater Value

Supply Chain Shaman

Improvements in End-to-End Decision Making: Procurement and transportation operate today in silos. In today’s systems, planned orders are consumed by manufacturing but the flows are disconnected from procurement and transportation. The Achilles heel is the lack of functionality for the management of direct materials.

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Defining and Implementing an Effective Transportation Strategy

Talking Logistics

An important component of that foundation is defining and implementing an effective transportation strategy – a topic that I discussed with Eric Meister, LeanLogistics’ former COO, in a follow-up episode. Key questions include, what is the variability of your demand and supply? How predictable is your demand and supply?

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Market Beat. Four Thumbs Down and One Thumb Up.

Supply Chain Shaman

The Palantir approach is not a good fit for the supply chain management market. The purchase of Rubikloud by Kinaxis shows just how little the Kinaxis team knows about demand management. Traditional demand shaping technologies are inside-out focused on order patterns and do not drive baseline insights across demand management.