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2023 Ivalua NOW Nashville: Recap + Photos!

ivalua

After some coffee and mingling, we dove right into workshop sessions and a rooftop reception. This year, our discussions covered Invoice Automation, Scope 3 Emissions, Contract Management, Supply Chain Collaboration, Indirect/Services Procurement, and Supplier Management–Customer of Choice. Stay “tuned”.

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Supply Chain Planning Software Vendor Selection: What they Won’t Tell You

Logility

Apart from the supply chain, operations, procurement and IT teams, also consider sales operations, finance and more. From an outcomes workshop, supply chain technology buyers will have a catalog of important outcomes they must set their sights on as they drive the project forward. They’re also how you will hold one another accountable.

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Apple Procurement Leader Hails from NC State

NC State SCRC

Today’s WSJ front page shares the important role of one of Apple’s top senior executives who runs much of the procurement and supply chain activity for Apple – Tony Blevins. As head of procurement, he earned the moniker of the Blevinator, someone who could get the job done when it came to saving money and cutting costs.

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ThroughPut.AI Launches New AI-powered Predictive Parts & Kit Management Capabilities to Optimize Sourcing, Reduce Unplanned Downtime and Improve Production Reliability 

ThroughPut

The advanced inventory flow management technology will help holistically optimize supply chain processes – from existing suppliers to individual workshops, improve asset availability while at the same time dynamically balancing inventories to reduce material waste and unnecessary spend.

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Why It Matters

Supply Chain Shaman

Both companies provide packaging materials to the food manufacturing industry. Food manufacturers, over the course of the last decade, have pushed costs and waste backwards in the supply chain. billion company, manufactures glass containers with headquarters in the Midwest. Here I contrast their results.

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What is Supplier Relationship Management (SRM)?

Supply Chain Game Changer

Suppliers provide components for products you manufacture and sell. He spent his entire career in Purchasing and Procurement. At one point I was put in charge of a global manufacturing operations team. Within a few weeks of the workshop ideas and plans started coming in from suppliers. Looking Down on Suppliers.

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Getting Sales and Procurement onto the Same Team

NC State SCRC

The relationship between sales and procurement has always been a contentious one. Sales account managers accuse procurement of being purely price focused, and not recognizing the components of value. This situation does not always accrue – as there are cases where harmonious partnerships exist between sales and procurement.