- 1. FuturMaster Empowers Digital Transformation in the Middle East and North Africa Region
- (News)
- ... to facilitate their journey through expansive digital transformation. Working in alignment with Vision 2030 – Saudi Arabia's roadmap for digital and economic diversification – the FuturMaster and DFYA ...
- 2. Nearshoring Has a Long Upside
- (Logistics)
- ... provide cost advantages, nearshoring aims to balance cost savings with proximity benefits, allowing for closer collaboration and better alignment with the company's operations and culture. The popularity ...
- 3. Organizational Structures of Supply Chains Matter
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- The alignment of an organization is a crucial factor that organizations need to consider for success in their supply chain operations. When the right organizational model is matched to the business model, ...
- 4. Essence Group Major Supply Chain Initiative Helps Ensure Continued Customer Service for its Partners Throughout COVID-19 Lockdown
- (News)
- ... deliver on time.” As early as mid-January 2020, when news of the emerging pandemic was only beginning to hit global news channels, Essence mobilized its business continuity response to ensure alignment ...
- 5. Strategic Paths to Supply Chain Growth
- (Management)
- It is no longer a secret that supply chains have evolved into a more complex industry that ever. This can be seen in the changes that have occurred in the socio-economic and market dynamics, all of which ...
- 6. Procurement Research Summary
- (News)
- Some research on the procurement function that's hot off the press is the topic of a recent article on the Supply Chain Management Review site. Patrick Burnson summarizes key findings on topics like organizational ...
- 7. Digitizing Sourcing & Procurement
- (News)
- There's a revolution in procurement based on digital technology on the way, according to Stefan Dent on Spend Matters' site. Although the tech has been around for awhile, cloud-based solutions will quicken ...
- 8. Fixing Direct Procurement
- (News)
- Direct material procurement is in dire need of a redesign, according to the Supply Chain Shaman. Management of direct procurement is often in the hands of the supply chain and alignment with company strategy ...
- 9. Moving Toward Integration
- (News)
- Integration between suppliers and buyers can be a competitive advantage. Unfortunately, a low percentage of relationships are at the stage where they can be considered advantageous. On the Supply Chain ...
- 10. Design Needs for Procurement
- (News)
- Pierre Mitchell from the Spend Matters team recently attended technology provider Coupa's conference and came away with some great observations. He advocates turning procurement's function from 'gate keeper' ...
- 11. Supply Chain Priorities
- (News)
- In a recent study of 250 manufacturing executives, GT Nexus finds surprising results on alignment between supply chain objectives and resources.Barbara Jorgensen on the EPS site takes a look at other findings ...
- 12. Using Behavior to Your Advantage
- (Management)
- ... technique that involves focus on postural alignment, which results in a great workout while reducing the potential for overuse injuries. I am a chi walker on a 1,000-mile journey. Watch me walk! Perception ...
- 13. How to Excel at S&OP
- (News)
- Balancing go-to-market strategies against operational plans is a challenge across businesses of all sizes. Whether it's called Sales & Operations Planning or some other name, almost everyone tries to do ...
- 14. Coordination Key to SRM
- (News)
- Chris McClory from KPMG explains why supplier relationship management (SRM) is much more than just directly interacting with suppliers. Alignment across all stakeholders must be attained in order to present ...
- 15. Who Has a Supply Chain Strategy?
- (News)
- Having a supply chain strategy that's linked to overall company strategy sounds like something all companies should have, right? Well, Dan Gilmore of the Supply Chain Digest took a quick survey on the ...
- 16. Change Your Supply Chain Alignment
- (News)
- It's a great idea, but it's not universally adopted: let's align our supply chain with actual buyer bahavior! A recent book by John Gattorna on the topic was discussed in an article on the Supply Chain ...
- 17. The Ten Supply Chain Commandments
- (News)
- If the Supply Chain is your religion, you need some commandments to follow, right? The folks at Sourcing Innovation have carved out a few for you, not on stone tablets but on their site.It's a rather unique ...
- 18. Thoughts on Organizational Alignment
- (News)
- Lora Cecere has been a Supply Chain Shaman for years and is a proponent of the supply chain Center of Excellence concept. In her mind, as organizations mature, they naturally gravitate toward that model.The ...
- 19. Procurement and Finance
- (News)
- It's been awhile since our last 'where should procurement report?' discussion. On the Enterprise Irregulars site, Jason Busch shares his thoughts on the subject based on recent research.Alignment with finance ...
- 20. Setting Expectations for New Supply Chain Hires
- (News)
- In our ongoing focus on the need for new talent in the supply chain management arena, the folks at DC Velocity weigh in with some thoughts on misconceptions they're seeing in applicants and new hires. ...
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