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S&OP: Can You Make Decisions at the Speed of Business?

Supply Chain Shaman

Dependency on Excel. Due to the shortfalls in the evolution of Advanced Planning, 68% of business users use Excel spreadsheets as the primary mechanism for planning. This is especially true for processes dependent on the ERP-based solutions from Infor, Oracle and SAP. Clarity on Supply Chain Strategy. The result?

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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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Time for a Supply Chain Metrics Cleaning

Logility

Wait, it’s not spring; but does that mean you have to wait another eight months to review your supply chain? Often, it becomes necessary to reevaluate how supply chain performance is measured to ensure healthy operations. Ask yourself, “Are your supply chain metrics bogging you down?”

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Richard Markoff: “Don’t be too rigid in what we define”

Supply Chain Movement

Nine questions about the topics on the supply chain agenda of a supply chain professional. By Helen Armstrong (Supply Chain Movement). Most are expected to come from the emerging markets where one of the greatest challenges is the supply chain. We always put the customer first and foremost.

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Time to Look into the Future of Procurement!

Supply Chain Game Changer

And What is Purchasing? From the starting point of the traditional buy-sell, transaction-based purchasing, the practice has moved through stages of change that redefines most aspect of the business. Drive a thorough understanding of both the supply market and internal company requirements.

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Customer Experience and the Human Touch

Enterra Insights

Today, with more consumers than ever taking the digital path to purchase, customer service is often an on-line-only experience. Graça explains, “Many customer support teams rely on knowledge bases to provide answers to commonly-asked questions. … AI-generated templates can simplify knowledge base updates.

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How AI Helps Build the Supply Chain that Thinks for Itself

Logistics Bureau

How close are we to supply chains that can run themselves? Artificial intelligence can already automate much of supply chain. It can also make a supply chain that learns and adapts by itself. There is enough AI technology today for supply chain operations that can run unattended for long periods.