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Drivers Behind Supply Chain Execution Convergence
Convergence seems to be a hot buzzword in the supply chain. What's driving it? Two things: visibility and collaboration.
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Portal Problems with E-Invoicing
As e-invoicing becomes more prevalent, certain customers requirements can wreak havoc on the efficiency of the process. When multiple platforms are needed, it may be time to try a different approach.
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When Suppliers Merge
Supplier A is one of your stars, but you deal with Supplier B only when you have to do so. What happens when they merge?
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Closed Purchasing Systems to Fade Away
In the new purchasing world, proprietary systems will fade away. That's the premise of a recent post on the Spend Matters site by the folks at Vroozi.
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Revisiting Supply Chain Segmentation
Jennifer Baljko on EBN asks an important question about supply chain segmentation strategy in a recent post on the site. As in, is its time past?
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Time-to-Survive Explained
When any supply chain manager looks at risk, he or she typically starts to sweat. Now, imagine you're running one of the world's biggest manufacturing companies that's dependent upon multiple tiers of suppliers world-wide. Yikes!
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Omnichannel Fulfillment Options
Omnichannel continues to be on most supply chain managers' radar. There's still no consensus, though, on how to best handle processes like fulfillment.
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What's Better for Performance: Lean or Tech?
What's the better approach to improving supply chain performance: process improvements via Lean, or technology implementations? It's an interesting question whose answer might depend on which part of the supply chain you support.
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3 Steps to Ensure Continuity
According to Sean Rollins on the EBN site, there are 3 'must-haves' for supply chain managers to ensure continuity in their operations. Visibility, intelligent response, and collaboration are all necessary to anticipate and fix problems before they get out of hand.
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Attacking the Supply Chain Talent Problem
We've written several times this year about the difficulty in attracting and retaining talent in supply chain roles. Now, Deloitte has looked at the problem in detail and proposes a few ideas on how to improve.
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