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When it comes to product recalls, how important is the supply chain?

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. – Disruption from Your Supply Chain: Product Recalls (PLS Logistics Services) Before reading the February 19th, 2024 article , “U.S. Product Recalls Surge 11% in 2023 to Hit Seven-Year High,” I had not written a post about product recalls since August 2007.

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What is “Supply Chain Orchestration?”

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On April 23rd, Vineet Khanna , the former Global Head of Supply Chain at Nestlé , will share his roadmap to Supply Chain Orchestration Success. In the meantime, these are my thoughts; please share yours.

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Danone’s COO Mike Sloboda’s “3 Tips For Supply Success” Nails It!

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FIRST, SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION In August 2007, I wrote an article titled “Procurement’s Expanding Role and the Executive of the Future.” 2007 – Commonwealth of Virginia ’s eVA – Yes, Virginia! There is more to e-procurement than software!

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What “technology musicians” are in your procurement automation orchestra pit?

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My Response R.Gökhan Hüner , you provide great insights that immediately reminded me of the following excerpt from an article I wrote in 2007 – [link] “Unfortunately, most purchasing departments “inherit” their software as an adjunct downstream byproduct of either an original finance or IT-centric initiative.

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When It Comes To AI in 2023, We’re Going To Party Like It’s 1998

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“AI assesses supplier performance data, quality records, and market intelligence to revamp supplier selection and management. Also, AI can locate potential risks in the supply chain, such as disruptions due to weather events or geopolitical factors.” Results Speak Okay, the technology sounds cool – so what!

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In Business Since 1982, A Who’s Who Client List In The Food and Beverage Industry, and Real-Time Market Price Coverage and Analysis – Do You Know Me?

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When I started writing this blog in May 2007, one of the reasons was to provide unknown companies such as Coupa, Zycus, and others with a venue through which they could connect with a wider and more direct audience.

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Origin of Logistics & Supply Chain Revealed! - SupplyChainOpz

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Frankel et al 2008 indicated that " supply chain " and "supply chain management" first recognized in the 1980s. Stock 2009 said more specific that most researchers believed the term " Supply Chain Management " was introduced by Keith Oliver of Booz Allan Hamilton in 1982 on Financial Times.