Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 5, 2013

Integration of corporate social responsibility metrics in planning. Local/Global Governance. Clear governance of global planning and local decisions. There is a lack of clarity on what drives value and metrics are functional. Inventory is often focused on as a singular metric, not as part of a complex supply chain system.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 3, 2013

The high-flying company had no clarity of purpose or clear governance, but the funds kept coming. Clear governance. In the height of the e-commerce craze, the marketplace offerings started with a focus on e-procurement. The rebirth of marketplace offerings is not on the back of e-procurement or ERP. Marketplace Rebirth.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 15, 2022

GEP and the North Carolina State University (NCSU) Supply Chain Resource Cooperative surveyed supply chain, procurement and IT professionals across a range of industries to gain insight into their priorities and strategies regarding supply chain resilience and optimization. Procurement solutions are often updated with purchased information.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 8, 2013

Coincidentally, at the Ariba LIVE 2013 conference yesterday, I attended a presentation by Justin Dillon, Founder and CEO of Made in a Free World , a nonprofit group that is “building a coalition of consumers, businesses, and governments to disrupt the system of slavery.” Check out the short video below for an overview.

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ivalua

JUNE 11, 2021

As governments around the world start to better understand the challenges caused by Covid-19, the serious global threat posed by climate change is moving back up the commercial agenda. Ikea – Slawomir Peter. Now is the time to act, and to engage your supply chain on this important global issue. Sounds interesting? Sign up HERE.

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ivalua

AUGUST 17, 2021

What does Procurement mean? An organization’s Procurement function is responsible for managing spend, in other words the buying goods and services that are used to make the products sold to customers as well as the purchasing of products and services used to run the organization on a day to day basis. What is Direct Procurement?

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 22, 2021

Several factors contribute to this such as ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) initiatives by companies opting to conduct business with suppliers with more sustainable practices, or push by the governments for domestication or near shoring of supply chains. CSCO and CPO, both can benefit from a closer collaboration.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 31, 2022

The Chief Financial Officer gained more presence with procurement and IT reporting to finance. As a result, focusing on cost and efficiency, and functional metrics throws the supply chain out of balance. Govern by implementing stage-gate processes (analogous to those in the management of product innovation.) Focus on Cost.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 14, 2021

Featuring Our 12 Best Procurement Articles! Procurement and Sustainability are your business’ Yin and Yang. Procurement and Sustainability are two disciplines and business functions that exist in a perfectly harmonious contradiction. Procurement is fundamentally centered around the act of acquisition and/or buying.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

MARCH 2, 2022

To deal with the new challenges in managing and planning the supply chain , the procurement department is one of the functions that should look at changing. It is no longer sufficient for procurement to focus just on supplier costs, placing orders and ensuring goods are received. The situation changes with a larger number of suppliers.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

In the past few decades, an increasing number of organizations have adopted environmental, social and governance ( ESG ) initiatives to help heal the planet as well as to make cost and efficiency improvements in their supply chain and procurement operations. Next, the enterprise can set targets.

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Logility

APRIL 29, 2021

Lack of supplier insight can result in your organization violating government regulations; working with providers who don’t share your company values; or getting caught up in trade embargoes, sanctions, and labor and social justice issues. For example, governments may enact new laws that affect worker rights.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

The Chief Financial Officer gained more presence with procurement and IT reporting to finance. As a result, focusing on cost and efficiency, and functional metrics throws the supply chain out of balance. Govern by implementing stage-gate processes (analogous to those in the management of product innovation.) Focus on Cost.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The larger the organization, the more tension with conflicting functional metrics making decisions more difficult. The gap between logistics and procurement; and logistics and customer service increases process latency. Functional metrics need to be abandoned to focus on balanced scorecard outputs. Here is some detail: Planning.

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Logility

APRIL 13, 2021

It has overcome an early identity crisis and proved itself as a powerful enterprise planning tool , helping companies meld financial, sales, production, procurement and marketing information into a single plan, grounded in reality. 2) Poor or Non-Existent Data Governance. What Does IBP offer? Pick your big 12 and start.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

From just being environmentally friendly, it has become a holistic framework that encompasses the environment, social and corporate governance. The responsibility of sustainability is no longer limited to the individual, but it extends to corporations, industries and even governments. million gallons of SAF this year.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 12, 2024

The sad thing is that most companies will never know because they are blindly measuring the wrong metric and driving a supply-centric agenda. The second issue is that process companies are manufacturing centric while discrete organizations are supply centric (procurement). (A So, my reply to Peter S. The Functional Manager.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Organizations can align to drive value despite the allegiance to functional metrics. I am shocked to see how the lack of governance–clarity on who and how to make decisions–derails well-intended processes. Without clear governance, customer data never sees the light of day. I give you this evidence in this blog.).

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ivalua

JULY 15, 2021

With this mounting pressure to commit to Net Zero and CPOs goals and incorporate sustainability metrics into all aspects of procurement decisions and processes, businesses are looking to elevate ESG strategies with a mind for climate change, ethical social practices and stronger governance models.

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The Network Effect

OCTOBER 3, 2014

Identification and measurement of key trending metrics on a weekly or monthly basis, with an emphasis on corrective action planning to address metrics that don’t meet goals. From a measurement perspective the key trending metrics at a high level include: Supplier on time delivery. Supplier shipment information accuracy.

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ivalua

AUGUST 1, 2022

Leading, high-performing procurement organizations share one common trait–they consistently prioritize a holistic and integrated approach to Supplier Management. Aligning suppliers to overall Procurement and broader business strategy is critical to create sustained long-term value. . Why is Holistic Supplier Management important?

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Procurement Academy

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Organizations used to talk about their sustainability aspirations but now these aspirations have broadened to embrace social responsibility and governance. This wider focus is known as ESG , environmental, social, and governance, and for procurement and supply chain functions, ESG’s wider focus brings challenges. Validated how?

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 7, 2015

Companies that have cross-functional alignment and clear governance models can make progress faster. The company that plays to win does not strive to have the best manufacturing costs, or the best procurement practices; instead, the team focuses on winning together cross-functionally on a commonly held portfolio of metrics.

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EcoVadis

MAY 31, 2018

Read on for more details about EcoVadis ratings in this interview (first published on the ING Wholesale Banking site): Rating Sustainability Performance: An Essential Business Metric. Sustainable procurement is one of the four themes of our assessment; it has its own theme score and is included in the overall rating.

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Precoro

JULY 29, 2024

Procurement operations are no exception. In fact, 43% of GPOs that took part in the 2023 Global Chief Procurement Officer Survey cited overall procurement risk had increased significantly as compared to 20% in the 2021 study. Keep reading to learn: What is an online procurement system?

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Proxima

MAY 15, 2020

Out of 502 participants from business owners to Directors, 86% said that they currently use sustainability as a metric to help shape decision making within their business. Consumers, Governments, and Business leaders will be careful about where they spend their money, and they will be looking for Financial and emotional return on investment.

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Jaggaer

DECEMBER 13, 2024

What is Procure to Pay (P2P)? Procure-to-Pay commonly known as P2P, encompasses the entire cycle of buying activities from identifying a need for goods or services to completing payment to a supplier. A well-managed P2P process improves operational efficiency, controls costs, and enhances compliance with procurement policies.

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EcoVadis

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

Since the failure of the Copenhagen conference, to agree on a real regulation of carbon emissions last December, it is becoming increasingly clear that governments are struggling to reach agreements on Sustainability issues. In July, the US “Climate bill” came to an inglorious end , when it was rejected by Senate.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 21, 2016

Establish Regional/Global/Business Governance. Based on the organizational mapping and the organizational priorities, define regional/global and business governance. Establishing Planning Governance. I shared the research in Figure 2. Driving Alignment in S&OP Processes.

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ivalua

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Learn key findings from a “2019 Data Quality and Governance Study” conducted by Dr. Robert Handfield of N.C. How to define data quality: attributes, measures, and metrics. Art of Procurement. . State and Joseph Yacura of Supply Chain Management, LLC and former CPO at Fannie Mae. What tools to use for data analysis.

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Logility

MARCH 24, 2021

The power of Integrated Business Planning (IBP) comes in helping companies align financial, sales, production, procurement and marketing information into a single plan, grounded in modern-day reality. Revenue and demand Service levels Inventory levels Profits and margins Cash flow.

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ivalua

AUGUST 16, 2021

In order that sourcing and procurement teams fully optimize their supplier network, there needs to be a change in the way organizations view all suppliers. This churn can sabotage procurement automation initiatives and the overall program. Define a governance structure for the project to effectively address issues.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JANUARY 30, 2019

Procurement bridges the gap between product, internal stakeholders and customers. In order to support the weight of internal and external expectations, Procurement teams must be prepared to perform as a key value adder within an organization. Developing KPIs is crucial, and individual, to the infrastructure of your Procurement team.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 26, 2022

Seeking advice and help from strategic digital supply chain experts, businesses can better understand which data metrics and KPIs best reflect their objectives to transform and consolidate their processes, adopt centralised governance, and achieve best practice operational models. BE READY FOR THE NEW NORMAL.

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SCMDOJO

MARCH 19, 2024

While Its primary purpose is to manage the entire process, from procurement to delivery, efficiently and cost-effectively, it also coordinates with production to automate processes and planning, etc. Watch What is Marketing Procurement? Analyze performance metrics and implement improvements to enhance efficiency.

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Logility

AUGUST 15, 2023

The average volume, rising expenditures, and varying price arrangements for each item across multiple suppliers further complicate the procurement landscape. This broad spectrum must be captured fully, including metrics on energy consumption, water usage, and overall environmental impact,” explains Vethuizen.

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Precoro

MARCH 31, 2023

March 21 was the second annual iteration of World Sustainable Procurement Day , an online event organized by the Sustainable Procurement Pledge team, SPP Chapters, SPP Champions, and partners to raise awareness about the importance of ethical procurement and to share the best sustainability practices with organizations worldwide.

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