Procurement Insights

JANUARY 12, 2024

In the test case, a major public sector organization realized a 23% cost of goods savings annually over a period of several years while simultaneously reducing the number of buyers required to manage the contract to 3 from an original 23.

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Procurement Insights

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

To save you the time to look it up, the years are 2003 and 2006, respectively. Who’s Still Pushing Apple II-Type Tech? How long has DocuSign been around? How long has Adobe EchoSign (now Acrobat Sign) been around? How long has Certinal been around – about two years (so 2021).

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ivalua

MARCH 18, 2021

Founded in 2003, CKS is a European independent and specialised procurement consulting company, supporting its public and private clients along three business lines: strategic and operational consulting, BPO procurement services, and S2C and P2P information systems implementation. Learn more at www.ivalua.com.

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

When comparing this outbreak with the outbreak of SARS in 2003 it is striking to see how quickly Coronavirus has eclipsed SARS in the number of infections. This crisis demonstrates the increasingly global nature and complexity of supply chains and the imperative to manage the risk within this complex supply chain.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

JANUARY 26, 2024

The 2003 blackout mentioned earlier wasn’t an isolated case; in some regions, vegetation causes up to half of the power outages, and in the US, this figure reaches as high as 92% , as reported by the Federal Energy Commission. Vegetation overgrowth affects many industries and requires proactive management.

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Procurement Insights

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

In August 2003, the new technology successfully went live in a production environment for the DND. This cycle compression was a critical component in that we wanted to eliminate the compliance issues that had plagued so many initiatives (as it still does today).

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Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 27, 2022

While the gaming console was discontinued 19 years ago (back in 2003), there’s no denying the influential impact it had not just for handheld gaming but for gaming as a whole! And there we have it, 7 super important things you probably didn’t know about the classic GB Color!

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Jaggaer

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Since the outbreak of SARS in 2003, the last major epidemic to hit China, the country has become even more important as a source of key components and materials as well as finished consumer goods. China ’ s economy has grown in leaps and bounds from roughly 4% of world GDP in 2003 to 1 6% today.

Networking 88

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Supply Chain Opz

JUNE 17, 2013

One of the earliest and most cited articles is called " The Seven Deadly Sins of Outsourcing " by Barthelemy 2003. Researcher has been preaching about the perils of a poor management of outsourcing for years. Anyway, people tend to focus on a short term cost reduction and let the good planning slide.

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Procurement Insights

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Here is the outcome regarding the above case that supports your terrific insights – [link] “By August 2003, a full production program was introduced and successfully tested. (In

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

En 2003, il rejoint Norpac (Lille) comme Responsable des Achats, puis prend en charge les achats de QUILLE Construction à Rouen en 2006. Eric Bouret est diplômé de Grenoble Ecole de Management. Il est également titulaire d’un MBA de Southern Illinois University.

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Procurement Insights

OCTOBER 23, 2023

In many previous posts , I shared the following results of an agent-based approach to technology creation and implementation: “In August 2003, the new technology successfully went live in a production environment for the DND. It is an on-the-ground, in-the-trenches reality.

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Supply Chain Trend

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Palmatier and Crum (2002), Coldrick, Ling, and Turner (2003) and Bob Stahl (2009) all assert that S&OP is first and foremost an executive decision-making process. But it is good to remember that the early pioneers always designed S&OP, the predecessor of IBP, as an executive decision-making forum.

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Supply Chain Trend

AUGUST 31, 2023

Palmatier and Crum (2002), Coldrick, Ling, and Turner (2003) and Bob Stahl (2009) all assert that S&OP is first and foremost an executive decision-making process. But it is good to remember that the early pioneers always designed S&OP, the predecessor of IBP, as an executive decision-making forum.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 19, 2022

The most prominent modern dead heat occurred in the 2003 Breeder’s Cup Turf, when Johar and High Chapparal crossed the line simultaneously. This type of camera was designed to capture only objects in motion, blurring out stationary objects and acting fast enough to capture the precise moment a horse’s nose crosses the finish line.

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SCMDOJO

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Adapted from Ehrlich (2002); Stamatis (2002); George (2003); Bendell (2006); Bhuiyan et.al, (2006); Andersson et.al, (2006); Arnheiter and Maleyeff (2005); Nonthaleerak (2005); Kumar (2007); Magnusson et.al, (2003) Read more on Top 15 Lean Six Sigma Books to Level Up Your Continuous Improvement Efforts & Strategy on our website SCMDOJO! .

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Positive Purchasing

APRIL 3, 2023

– Ends – Notes to editor About Positive Ltd: Founded in 2003, Positive are industry leaders in driving procurement transformation across the globe. Jonathan provides the information needed to understand the options and create a compelling path forward.” For more information and to buy the book, visit the Kogan Page website here.

Sustainability 52

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The Procuretech Podcast

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

E-sourcing tools have been around since the late 1990s, and have been pretty mainstream for the past 15 or so years (I used them myself way back in 2003)! E-sourcing tools have been around since the late 1990s, and have been pretty mainstream for the past 15 or so years (I used them myself way back in 2003)!

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Supply Chain Trend

MAY 17, 2022

Palmatier and Crum (2002), Coldrick, Ling, and Turner (2003) and Bob Stahl (2009) all assert that S&OP is first and foremost an executive decision-making process. But it is good to remember that the early pioneers always designed S&OP, the predecessor of IBP, as an executive decision-making forum.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 97

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Supply Chain Opz

SEPTEMBER 14, 2013

Zara who is the fashion retailer in Spain, has managed to get the attention from academics and the first case study about its strategies was published by Harvard Business School in 2003. In 2004, Kasra Ferdows, Michael A. Lewis, and Jose A.D. Machuca published the article on Harvard Business Review named " Rapid-Fire Fulfillment ".

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Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Provider in ASIA in 2003 & 2004, In 2008, the Society won the Supply Chain Asia Education. Raymon is currently the President of the Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society and. under his stewardship the Society has been nominated the Best Logistics Education. Award and was again nominated for the award in 2010.

Leadership 77

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Supply Chain Trend

DECEMBER 4, 2016

Duncan Alexander has been a specialised consultant in the field of S&OP and IBP since 2003, preceded by many years of real-life industry experience including senior roles in sales, marketing, supply chain, finance and of course S&OP / IBP. In 2003 I left to join StrataBridge as a consultant.

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Zycus Cognitive Procurement

JUNE 10, 2021

Today many solution providers have come to the front, but until recently, the electronic Signature solutions space was dominated by one major player founded in 2003. . E-signature solutions have been in use for decades but have started gaining greater legal and commercial acceptability in recent years.

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SCMDOJO

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Quality The first requirement is that, where applicable, the supplier must have a certified quality system that meets the requirements of BS/EN ISO 9001:2000 (BS/EN ISO 9001:1994 standards remain in force until December 2003, by which time organizations must have upgraded to the 2000 series).

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Procurement Insights

APRIL 12, 2024

By identifying these shared attributes and utilizing self-learning algorithms to assign weighted values based on historical and real-time events, here was the following result: “In August 2003, the new technology successfully went live in a production environment for the DND.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

AUGUST 14, 2022

IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS: [06.40] Cavallo’s history and evolution, from being established as SalesPad in 2003 by Pete Eardley, to where it is today. ERP systems are really good at making sure you follow all the rules… so they’re often forced to solve a lot of different problems and as a result, they’re not able to be excellent.”.

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Procurement Insights

AUGUST 30, 2023

As you will read in the original article, the results speak for themselves: “In August 2003, the new technology successfully went live in a production environment for the DND. In August 2003, the new technology successfully went live in a production environment for the DND.

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Real-time Visibility Procurement supply chain software solutions Buyers 52

SCMDOJO

MARCH 25, 2022

« Logistics typically refers to activities that occur within the boundaries of a single organization and Supply Chain refers to networks of companies that work together and coordinate their actions to deliver a product to market. In one of the old article of SCMDOJO “ What is Supply Chain Management ? 9]George C. 10] – Hugo, M.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

SATA was released in 2003 as an improvement upon Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment (PATA), an industry standard for internal floppy disks, HDDs and optical disk drives.

Data 76

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Positive Purchasing

JUNE 29, 2022

Founded in 2003, Positive are industry leaders in driving procurement transformation across the globe. The Beroe LIVE.Ai platform allows users to discover market information, find suppliers, manage risk, measure category performance, track price and source global data. Further information is available by visiting the Beroe website: [link].

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

APRIL 5, 2023

In 2003, IBM performed the consolidation of these three separate systems into one common platform. When IBM performed the complex upgrade of this system in 2009, IBM and SingHealth won the “Most Innovative” award in the SAP Awards for Customer Excellence in 2009.

Logistics 62

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 3, 2022

2003, 7 1). Retrieved from Future of Sourcing: [link]. Sachdeva, M. 2020, 4 28). Procurement eAuctions: Delivering savings in a tough economy. Retrieved from Letsema: [link]. Sawhney, M. Reverse Auctions Cutting Costs. Retrieved from CIO: [link]. Scanmarket. What are eAuctions? Retrieved from Scanmarket: [link]. 2018, 9 25).

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Jaggaer

APRIL 6, 2020

With an ever more connected global economy, and almost instantaneous n ews transmission, the impact of global health has multiplied since the last global (SARS) epidemic in 2003.

Supply Chain Efficiency 72

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2023

A proactive approach to the threat of a global health crisis After the SARS outbreak in 2003, federal and provincial governments in Canada recognized that their existing public health systems and IT were inadequate.

Data 66

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Developed between 2003 and 2004, the Borg system is named after a group of Star Trek aliens—the Borg—cybernetic organisms who function by sharing a hive mind (collective consciousness) called “The Collective.” This led to the creation of Borg, the first unified container management system.

Sourcing 107

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Supply Chain Trend

OCTOBER 29, 2021

A whitepaper by Coldrick, Ling, and Turner (2003) entitled “Evolution of Sales & Operations Planning – From Production Planning to Integrated Decision Making” presented the five-step process – shown in Figure 2 – which is still the foundation of most planning processes today, even though the scope of S&OP has expanded into IBP.

Supply Chain Optimization 78

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Supply Chain Opz

JULY 7, 2013

However, in 2003 Robert Kaplan said that its difficult to maintain an ABC costing model to reflect the changes in activities, processes, products and customers. However, there is the interesting twist about the ABC concept. Then, he introduced the refined concept called " Time Driven Activity Based Costing ".

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