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Melissa Drew on Fast Talk, AI, and Closing the Gender Gap in Supply Chain

Let's Talk Supply Chain

With a decade hallmarked so far by constant disruption, consumers are more aware of supply chain and how industry shortages , the gender gap in supply chain, and climate events impact their daily lives and local communities. A term that once only resonated with industry insiders is everywhere.

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Which Is Better – A Centralized or Decentralized Procurement Practice?

Procurement Insights

The November 2004 MOU between the State of North Carolina and its Higher Education institutions laid the early groundwork for their approach to a decentralized procurement practice. In these, as well as other examples, while a consideration, the software that was in place was of little consequence.

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The Secret Behind the Growth of Palantir Stock!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Palantir Technology is a famous American software company established in 2004 by Peter Theil (Co-founder of PayPal). Palantir Technologies provides the software to the big companies to help them analyze, and it primarily provides the software to the government.

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History and Evolution of Supply Chain and Logistics

SCMDOJO

In the current era, it is clear that new modes of production are concomitant with new modes of distribution, which advances the field of logistics, the science of physical distribution or even supply chain management. Reminder of Key Definitions – Logistics & Supply Chain Management. and J-P Rodrigue (2004)).

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The Lowdown on Spend Matters 50 To Know, 50 To Watch and ProcureTech 100

The Procuretech Podcast

Spend Matters was founded by Jason Busch in 2004 and was one of the first Procurement and Supply Chain Blogs. There are 23 different categories in the Almanac in total, and not all of them are focused on software itself. The Almanac has over 530 listings from 59 categories and over 140 analyst insights. The 50 To Know.

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Supply Chain Maturity Model for Capability Assessment

Supply Chain Opz

Supply Chain Maturity Model for Capability Assessment. The concept of maturity model was firstly introduced by Watts Humphrey of Carnegie Mellon University in 1987 with the goal to improve the performance of software development process. Supply Chain Maturity Model. Case Studies. 1) Process Maturity Model.

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The Road Ahead: Navigating Procurement Challenges with an Automotive Industry Expert

Arkestro

In this blog, Arkestro sat down with Jeoff Burris, the Founder and Principal of Advanced Purchasing Dynamics and Procure-Force solution team member, to get his thoughts on hot button topics such as: supply chain disruptions, quote fatigue, managing costs, and more – that are top of mind for automotive procurement teams.