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Monday, January 13, 2020 · Zac Rogers, Dale Rogers, and Haozhe Chen
With the rise in the number of returns and overstocks, secondary markets, like factory outlets, dollar stores and salvage dealers, have become an increasingly vital part of the product lifecycle. What's your secondary market strategy?
In Procurement we must understand where we are, what we can do, where we want/need to go and how to get there when it comes to “digital transformation."
“Digital Continuous Improvement & Procurement: Value Creation at the Intersection of Smart Automation and Advanced Analytics,” contains recent research finds that world-class procurement organizations that fully optimize their technology architecture and embrace smart…
Wednesday, December 4, 2019 · Brooks Bentz, contributing editor for SCMR.
This is Part 2 of a two-part series by Brooks Bentz on the impact of new fuel regulations that take effect on January 2020. Part I ran in the November 2019 issue of Supply Chain Management Review.
Most countries impose legal control on the export of goods from their jurisdictions, while international trade agreements often include additional regulations. However, failing to observe new laws and sanctions can have severe consequences for importers as well.
Monday, November 18, 2019 · Kevin K. Y. Chu and Juan Martínez
Working with a retail pharmacy chain in an emerging market, we have developed an inventory management model to minimize total inventory-related costs for various forecast horizons.
This time of year brings a fair amount of holiday season-related news, in the form of things like retail sales projections, volume predictions, shipping expectations, and many others. What's more, aside from the timing, one common theme that ties all these things together…
Wednesday, November 6, 2019 · Brooke Bentz, Contributing Editor
New regulations limiting the sulfur content of fuel used in shipping take effect on January 1, 2020. Yet only a small portion of the 51,000 ships in the global fleet already burn compliant fuel. Will the cost of fuel spikes cause you pain?
Nearly a full score of GISC member companies have pledged to hire more than 25,000 new impact workers by the end of next year. The goal for 2021 is 100,000.
In the procurement field, there is a gap between the strategic and technological skills professionals need and the ones they currently possess. Closing these gaps through talent management initiatives is a top priority for many organizations.
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