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The CPO is dead. Long live the CRO… - 0 views

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  • One of the biggest challenges for the CPO is how to tap into supplier innovations and bring supplier development strategies closer to sales and, as a result, the customer. This particular responsibility isn’t one of “buying” but of strategic development. In short, CPOs must beat the competition to the next “big thing” coming out of the supplier network and beyond.
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How to make IT procurement environmentally friendly - 0 views

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  • A company's end-of-life processes are crucial when it comes to reducing the amount of kit that gets sent to landfill or illegally exported, but it is at the procurement stage where IT managers can flex their consumer muscle and help to bring about changes in the way IT is manufactured.
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Sustainable Sourcing: Unilever talks the talk... - 0 views

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  • It shouldn’t be inferred that Unilever are somehow the first company to put ‘green standards’ this high on the agenda – they’re not. Neither do their ambitious targets necessarily mark them out; I suspect I’m not the only one who’s had a chuckle at some of the rather ludicrous ‘zero carbon emissions by 2015’ that others have touted.
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Key Financial Skills All Buyers Should Have - 0 views

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    "The term "financial skills" covers a range of activities that a professional buyer or procurement executive needs to have if they are to deliver value for money and manage commercial risk for their organisation. However, these skills are not always covered by conventional training which means that a buyer could be creating needless exposure both for themselves and their career as well as their organisation."
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The Extended Enterprise: Gaining Competitive Advantage through Collaborative Supply Cha... - 0 views

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    Complete strategic framework for identifying, entering, and managing enterprise partnerships and alliances.
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Vantage Partners: 2010 RMMY Awards - 1 views

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  • ISM Silicon Valley on 26 Nov 10
     
    Vantage Partners and The Outsourcing Institute announced the winners of the 2010 Outsourcing Relationship Management Awards - the RMMYs.
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Sustainable Supply Chains vs. Sustainable Supply Networks - 1 views

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  • A Sustainable Supply Network is comprised of raw materials as they flow from source to product to disposal/reuse.  It encompasses people, environmental and human rights activities, information flow and resource consumption.  Supply Networks include multiple businesses (miners, farmers, transportation, vendors, factories, and retailers etc.).  Every organization is involved in multiple supply networks as a manufacturer and/or consumer.
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Lean and ERP - Can They Co-exist? - 1 views

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  • Some pundits have opined that ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) or ERM (Enterprise Resource Management) is dead and that Lean replaces it. That’s like saying that the car chassis is replaced by the new engine. ERP is the backbone system of a modern enterprise. Lean is a management philosophy, with supporting tools and techniques to run a business much faster, cheaper—better. They are NOT mutually exclusive, but Lean ERP must differ from the traditional approach. The chassis needs some design changes.
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Carbon Footprinting Your Supply Chain for Bigger Profits - 0 views

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  • In part one of this article, (here) I laid out the business case for carbon foot-printing your supply network. Part two identifies practical steps of where to begin, followed by suggestions to ensure lasting success.
  • Start by recognizing and measuring the environmental areas (such as GHG / carbon emissions, energy use, waste and water consumption, and use of other natural resources) to get a baseline. This can be done internally or by working with a third party partner or specialized sustainability consulting firm on an environmental and/or carbon footprint assessment. I have seen many organizations set up internal "Green Teams" or eco-working groups to begin looking at measuring their company's carbon footprint. The most important part of this process is engaging both your employees as well as your suppliers. Carbon management is a team effort. It takes collaboration, transparent communication, and a willingness to see the greater benefits for everyone involved.
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Improved Forecasting Cited as Key Priority for Chief Supply Chain Officer - 0 views

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  • Improved Forecasting Cited as Key Priority for Chief Supply Chain Officer Posted on: Thu, 04 Nov 2010 08:20:00 EDT Symbols: HHS CHICAGO, Nov. 4, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- John Galt Solutions, the leading provider of affordable planning solutions for the consumer-driven supply chain, today announced the publication of a new study from Aberdeen Group, a Harte-Hanks Company (NYSE: HHS | PowerRating), providing the Chief Supply Chain Officer a prioritized list of best practices within supply chain planning. The report, Strategic Supply Chain Planning: T
  • Improved Forecasting Cited as Key Priority for Chief Supply Chain Officer Posted on: Thu, 04 Nov 2010 08:20:00 EDT Symbols: HHS CHICAGO, Nov. 4, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- John Galt Solutions, the leading provider of affordable planning solutions for the consumer-driven supply chain, today announced the publication of a new study from Aberdeen Group, a Harte-Hanks Company (NYSE: HHS | PowerRating
  • John Galt Solutions, the leading provider of affordable planning solutions for the consumer-driven supply chain, today announced the publication of a new study from Aberdeen Group, a Harte-Hanks Company (NYSE: HHS | PowerRating), providing the Chief Supply Chain Officer a prioritized list of best practices within supply chain planning. The report, Strategic Supply Chain Planning: Three Key Priorities of the Chief Supply Chain Officer, found that 86% of respondents indicate that their management team has asked them to review the supply chain process in order to find opportunities to improve their company's supply chain planning processes, and 71% of respondents have indicated the same for supply chain technology improvement.
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  • "Today, senior management is looking for the supply chain organization to deliver more than just efficiency - it is being asked to deliver innovative cost reduction strategies to help grow their company and present a market strategy differentiator," explained Nari Viswanathan, Vice President and Principal Analyst of Supply Chain Management at Aberdeen. "That's why organizations are increasingly using supply chain planning solutions, like those from John Galt, to plan more efficiently and collect input from more stakeholders across the organization."
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Asia Quality Focus - 1 views

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    Your "eyes and ears" in Asia to ensure the desired level of quality is achieved.
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Silk Road International - 0 views

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    U.S.-owned and managed international procurement agency based in China.
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Supply chain talent shortage looms - 0 views

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  • The United States is saddled with a high unemployment rate and many experienced people are seeking jobs right now. Even so, companies will confront a serious shortage of supply chain talent, warns the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Center for Transportation and Logistics in a white paper titled "Are You Prepared for the Supply Chain Talent Crisis?"
  • The supply chain talent shortage will stem from a combination of layoffs and a changing skill set needed for the job. Companies that shed staff during the depth of the economic downturn may soon need to rehire practitioners, some of whom will have found work in other areas or at competing firms, analysts wrote.
  • The report notes that finding qualified individuals remains challenging, even though the supply of candidates has grown due to the increase in more specialized supply chain management programs at colleges and universities. One way to help address the talent shortage, the report's authors suggest, would be to raise the level of awareness of the profession in order to encourage more young people to enter the field.
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The Trouble with Supply-Chain Best Practices - 0 views

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  • When it comes to the supply chain, best practices gleaned from the likes of Apple and Cisco simply don't apply to all companies' problems. Here's some advice on how to think more critically about improving supply chain.
  • "Trying to define supply chain best practices is like trying to select the best car," Singh writes. "It is not so much how good the car is, but how well the car works for you."
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Essay on Supply Chain Management: Challenges of the Supply Chain Management - articles ... - 0 views

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  • google_protectAndRun("ads_core.google_render_ad", google_handleError, google_render_ad); Essay on Supply Chain Management: Challenges of the Supply Chain Management The main goal of any business concern is to meet the two broad objectives of reducing cost and obtaining the maximum customer satisfaction. If the business world was a quiet and fully predictable environment, these objectives can be met easily.
  • The unmanageable and manageable categories are, large complex supply chains having hundreds of unexpected events occuring every day, generating the need to trigger hundreds of re-planning cycles to maintain a constant balance between demand and supply. With this perspective in mind, probably the magnitude of the gap that exists between current Supply Chain Management processes and full Supply Chain Management optimization is very high.
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Study finds successful supply chain disruption strategies - 0 views

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  • Supply chain management can go a long way in determining the fate of a business. Just ask any businesses that were impacted by the disruption of seafood supply during the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. And yet according to three Iowa State University (ISU) College of Business professors who have studied supply chain security and its effectiveness in businesses nationwide, research shows that large companies encounter a major supply chain disruption every four to five years on average. That's why businesses have been taking even greater strides to protect their supply chains since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, according to three Iowa State University College of Business professors who have studied supply chain security and its effectiveness in businesses nationwide.
  • Their new study of managers from 69 companies, which will be published in an upcoming issue of the Journal of Business Logistics, found that having a clear strategy is far more valuable in perceived effectiveness than either availability of resources or management support. So don't just throw money at the security problem, they say.
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Reduce Supply Chain Risk by Identifying Potential Threats - 1 views

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  • Supply chain executives can better manage risk with a new service from Dow Jones & Company that provides ongoing, active monitoring of a wide range of potential threats. Dow Jones Supplier & Risk Monitor offers proactive monitoring of all types of risk including supplier failure, supply continuity, political exposure, reputation management, product safety, plant and port closures, staffing disruptions and more.
  • Dow Jones Supplier & Risk Monitor can be fully customized with widgets installed directly into a customer's workflow or hosted in a dashboard format, ensuring that the most current supply chain intelligence is always accessible. In addition, users can set up alerts, so they can be informed about key news and information by email or mobile device.
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EU procurement system uses Symantec's VeriSign PKI platform - 10/19/2010 - Computer Weekly - 0 views

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  • The European Union is to secure digital communications between government purchasing agencies and suppliers using Symantec's VeriSign managed public key infrastructure (MPKI) platform
  • The European Union is to secure digital communications between government purchasing agencies and suppliers using Symantec's VeriSign managed public key infrastructure (MPKI) platform.
  • The European Union is to secure digital communications between government purchasing agencies and suppliers using Symantec's VeriSign managed public key infrastructure (MPKI) platform
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  • The VeriSign MPKI will enable EU government agencies and their suppliers to use advanced security technologies when issuing identity, business and device certificates for the electronic documents involved in procurement transactions.
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