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Friends not Foes, Supplier Relationships Made to Last

ivalua

A company’s supply chain is a key source of competitive advantage and Supply Chain Management (SCM) is designed to allow a company to monitor its suppliers and utilize the available resources to improve performance. But most sourcing and procurement teams need to pivot and modify the way they handle SCM decisions.

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Editor’s Choice: AI in Supply Chains: Which Data is ‘Just Right’ for Your Business?

Logistics Viewpoints

Collaborate across departments: Engage stakeholders from different departments within the organization – not just supply chain management including logistics and procurement but sales, marketing, and finance. ERP, CRM, SCM), external sources (e.g., ERP, CRM, SCM), external sources (e.g., sensors, RFID tags).

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Vanilla Sourcing in Madagascar

SCM Research

The case is also included in an article I have written about the interface between SCM and CSR. Practice Africa Corporate Social Responsibility Procurement Relationship Supply Chain Management Supply Chain Sustainability Video'

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Innovative Approaches to Supply Chain Risk

Kinaxis

This key supplier had been identified and sure enough, you have a second source primed and ready to go. A few hours later, your procurement head walks in the office. “We We have a problem.” The alternate source uses the same supplier in Taiwan. How do you cut through the noise and find data that is relevant?

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Responsible Sourcing Insights

SCM Research

Sedex is a nonprofit organization dedicated “to driving improvements in ethical and responsible business practices in global supply chains” Their new six-part “Responsible Sourcing Insights Films” series tackles key challenges in responsible supply chain management.

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7 Rules of Fashion Supply Chain Management

Supply Chain Opz

Fashion SCM 1.0 Fashion SCM 2.0 We''ve identified 7 rules that we can learn from them as below, 7 Rules of Fashion SCM 1) Produce in small lot : small lot is the unique characteristics of lean manufacturing which is not the case here. In 1984, US Apparel Industry created the task force called " Crafted With Pride in the U.S.A.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] 3 Core Supply Chain Management Trends Gearing Up to Change SCM Forever

GlobalTranz

The 3 Big Supply Chain Management Trends Surely to Change SCM as we know it Forever. At Cerasis, we have recently wrote a lot of material related to these three core trends and here is a brief highlight from some of the posts we’ve written about these trends: SCM Core Trend #1: Supply Chain Visibility.

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