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Aligning Supply Chain Metrics to Improve Value

Supply Chain Shaman

In follow-up qualitative interviews, one of the largest issues with organizational alignment was metric definition and a clear definition of supply chain excellence. In my post Mea Culpa, I reference my work with the Gartner Supply Chain Hierarchy of Metrics. Error is error, but is it the most important metric? My answer is no.

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Supply Chain Performance Declined In the Last Decade. The Question is Why?

Supply Chain Shaman

The myopic focus on IT standardization resulted in the purchase of technology, but not value delivery. Informational Technology groups reporting to the Chief Financial Officer. Over the last decade, the CIO’s office reporting structure shifted to report to the CFO. Belief in efficient procurement. Mistake #2.

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Paving the Digital Path to Purchase

Enterra Insights

The past couple of years has been a remarkable time for e-commerce as more and more consumers have discovered the digital path to purchase. Across industries and regions, people prioritized essentials and reduced impulse purchases. ” Paving the digital path to purchase (i.e., worldwide in 2020, according to eMarketer.”[1]

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3 Powerful Ways Procurement will Drive the 2030 Saudi Vision Transformation

ivalua

Ivalua Spend Management Insights [ivory-search] 3 Powerful Ways Procurement will Drive the 2030 Saudi Vision Transformation May 30, 2023 | | Procurement Strategy by Sara Omer What is the Saudi Vision 2030 Program? Procurement and supply chain teams will play a crucial role in making this vision a reality.

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Monetizing Analytics Features: Why Data Visualizations Will Never Be Enough

Discover which features will differentiate your application and maximize the ROI of your embedded analytics. Brought to you by Logi Analytics. But today, dashboards and visualizations have become table stakes.

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Supply Chain Leaders Rearranging Deck Chairs? Yes, I Think So.

Supply Chain Shaman

After finishing the Supply Chains to Admire report and the Youtube series (to be released this week), this is my feeling. In the review of my first book, Bricks Matter , Keith Harrison, former Global Director of Product Supply at P&G asked me, “You mention the need for supply chains to shift from a focus on cost to value.

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Freight Procurement is a Different Game

Logistics Viewpoints

Procuring transportation for freight is much different than any other procurement category. Transportation procurement needs to support both customer service and a company’s internal supply chain goals. One master of freight procurement is Kyle Masters. Procurement ran a request for proposal event.

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Learn How to Transform Procurement with Team Procure Cloud

Learn how Team Procure is helping companies streamline their procurement by implementing a cloud-based procurement platform across their organization. One of the key features of the platform is the custom approval workflows, which are tailored to each department within an organization.

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New Study: 2018 State of Embedded Analytics Report

Why do some embedded analytics projects succeed while others fail? We surveyed 500+ application teams embedding analytics to find out which analytics features actually move the needle. Read the 6th annual State of Embedded Analytics Report to discover new best practices. Brought to you by Logi Analytics.

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Prove ROI and Make the Business Case for Industrial Content Marketing

Speaker: Achinta Mitra, Founder and President, Tiecas Inc.

It's the plight of an industrial marketer: over the course of a 12-18 month long buying cycle, you make contact with a whole host of influencers who read your content.who may or may not actually work in purchasing. Meanwhile, the purchase somehow takes place, and Sales claims all the glory. and win (or keep!)