Spend Matters

JULY 22, 2024

It’s about strategically managing resources, optimizing supply chains and driving organizational value. Rosslyn has been a player in the spend analytics space since 2004, and it is one of the only publicly traded companies in the space. Enter spend analytics solutions — a game changer for modern procurement teams.

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SCMDOJO

AUGUST 10, 2024

To optimize operations, reduce costs, and minimize environmental impact, a multifaceted approach is required. Backloading: Optimizing vehicle utilization through backhauling is key to logistical efficiency. Initiatives like Tesco’s Supplier Collection and Onward Supply Schemes demonstrate significant fuel savings.

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SCMDOJO

JULY 18, 2024

LPG produces fewer harmful pollutants compared to diesel and offers similar performance (International Energy Agency, 2004). Optimizing trailer design for a specific operation can yield significant efficiency gains (ETSU & MIRA, 2001). CNG burns cleaner than diesel, reducing emissions and greenhouse gas output (Lowe, 2007).

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Procurement Insights

APRIL 16, 2025

procurement officers) and AI agents (self-learning algorithms) for continuous data cleaning via a learning loopback process, as seen in DNDs 2004-2007 success (20% savings). Pierre Mitchells Profile: Leads procurement research at Spend Matters, with 30 years of experience in supply chain and digital transformation, per Spend Matters (2022).

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Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. At Supply Chain Game Changer we believe in sharing experiences and expertise from people in every industry and from across the globe. As such we have introduced our “Seasoned Leadership in Action™” Interview series at Supply Chain Game Changer.

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Supply Chain Trend

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

To get some answers for S&OP practitioners, Niels van Hove from Supply Chain Trend interviewed a group of S&OP leaders. Supply Chain Trend will publish a weekly Q&A with these S&OP leaders. To get some answers for S&OP practitioners, Supply Chain Trend interviewed a group of S&OP leaders.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

JANUARY 25, 2024

” In an influential study, it was shown that diverse groups of low-ability problem solvers can outperform groups of high-ability problem solvers ( Hong & Page, 2004 ). We must ask, what is the intent of the model and for whom is it optimized? In mathematical language: the wider your variance, the more standard your mean.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 6, 2019

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Days and years went by, and eventually, the ’93 Ford Escort was living in the hybrid-dominated world of the year 2004. Time and technology had progressed, and there were a plethora of better alternatives on the market in 2004. Subscribe Here! Email Address. Circular Economy.

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Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 15, 2018

Passage of the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 allowed U.S. In theory, the money could be put to work building new factories, increasing output and hiring more American workers. But the results from previous tax holidays have not been encouraging. multinationals to repatriate foreign profits at a tax rate of 5.25 The law enriched the U.S.

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Procurement Insights

JANUARY 19, 2025

Significance : Baan’s software emphasized integration across the supply chain, including procurement processes. Wikipedia Oracle Procurement : Following Oracle’s acquisition of PeopleSoft in 2004, Oracle expanded its procurement solutions, integrating them into its broader ERP systems.

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Procurement Insights

APRIL 12, 2025

These agents leverage principles of swarm intelligence inspired by the behavior of biological swarms like ants or beesto optimize and automate complex processes within the ERP environment. ” So, in today’s post, let’s discover what they are and how relevant they are to 2025 procurement and supply chain management.

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Procurement Insights

APRIL 8, 2025

1999 – I introduced the Metaprise model (RAM) 2007 – In Dangerous Supply Chain Myths (Part7) , I write about the Metaprise in greater detail, including the results of its implementation in a production environment (Department of National Defence). JAGGAER Industry-specific solutions leveraging AI for supplier collaboration.

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