Supply Chain Brain

MARCH 29, 2022

in July 2008. At more than $5 per gallon, diesel fuel has surpassed even the historic peak of $4.70

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Procurement Heads

JUNE 21, 2022

The company, which was founded in 2008, will continue to retain its office presence in Winchester. Heads Resourcing Group, which comprises of Procurement Heads, HR Heads and Executive Heads, is expecting to double its team following the move after 18 months of continued success.

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Procurement Insights

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

Over the remaining 3-months of 2023, I will randomly share excerpts of some of my posts and humbly submit them to you for your assessment. I will also include the link to the original post to provide greater context.

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Negotiations Ninja

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Since 2008, time spent on workplace conflict has doubled. This influx of time allocated to such disputes results in compromised productivity and reduced workplace satisfaction. If your business is managing numerous quarrels, help is available.

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Procurement Insights

DECEMBER 12, 2022

(Editor’s Note: This post is a follow-up to the breaking headline “COUPA SOFTWARE ENTERS INTO DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT TO BE ACQUIRED BY THOMA BRAVO FOR $8 BILLION.” ” Part 2 – A Tale of Two Industry Titans will be published later in the week. coupa #zycus).

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SCMDOJO

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Current State of Supplier Performance Management Nowadays, the interest in improving supplier performance management methods has increased due to the increase in global sourcing and that of the global economy in particular (Gordon Sherry R, 2008). Figure 1 shows a sample proposed SPM project structure for a transportation services company.

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Procurement Insights

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Here is just a small sampling from (2008 to 2023) Once again, it’s you, my readers, who have elevated this blog beyond an echo chamber in which meaningful insight and informative dialogue have always taken precedence over consensus. After all, without you, I would be an old guy talking to himself.

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Procurement Insights

AUGUST 16, 2022

” Tiura provides a compelling history lesson by referring to the 2008 financial crisis and its impact on the retail industry. .” In “Feast or Famine: Is It Time For Big Box Retailers To Rethink And Reengineer Their Sourcing Practices?” A Digital Wake-Up Call?

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Procurement Templates

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

The UK Government amended the Climate Change Act 2008 in 2019 by introducing a target of at least a 100% reduction in the net UK carbon account (i.e. 1 Climate Change Act 2008: www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/27/contents 1 Climate Change Act 2008: www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/27/contents

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

For instance, gold originally had minimal impact on the 2008 Federal Reserve Market Committee (FOMC) economic stimulus, as the market players were focused on other things following the 2008 economic crash. However, gold is a very stable asset to invest in.

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Procurement Heads

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

We saw in the period following the financial crash of 2008 that failure to invest in skills development, attraction and retention when markets are struggling can have a longer-term detrimental impact on recovery. “It’s

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Vendor management Influencing Demand Risk management 130

Procurement Insights

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Point #1 – Going back to my 2008 & 2014 posts, McKinsey & Company survey of CFOs found that the C-Suite did not believe that procurement was delivering savings or value to the overall enterprise. 2008/2014 posts – [link].

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Procurement Insights

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

EDITOR’S NOTE: In December 2010, I wrote an article about one of Time Magazine’s picks for the Top Innovations in 2008 – Made-in-Transit Packaging.

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e2e Real-time Visibility Sourcing Consumer demands 81

Procurement Insights

JANUARY 22, 2024

Procurement Insights (2008) NOTE: While the above example deals with an Indirect Procurement Material situation, the same methodology is equally applicable to Direct Materials. ” – The Number 1 Question. How Can You Help Us?

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Supply Chain Optimization Agile and Lean Supply Chain Negotiation Supply chain 74

Spend Matters

MARCH 15, 2023

Today, we are talking about Planergy, a company founded in 2008, which started with a purchasing solution and has since built a very promising P2P solution for small and lower-middle-market companies. which is not our area of interest in this Vendor Analysis.

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Procurement solutions Buyers Purchasing Procurement 86

Procurement Insights

JANUARY 4, 2023

In July 2008 and then again in June 2022, I wrote, “ Why is the question regarding the difference between procurement versus purchasing still a thing? Editor’s Note: This morning, I read an “interesting” LinkedIn post regarding an article on the Zycus blog, to which I provided the comment below.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

Cryptos and altcoins have exploded since BTC was first introduced in 2008 by either a mysterious man who only goes by the alias Nakamoto. Since BTC only began operating in 2008, this one is astounding. Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. All You Need to Know About Cryptocurrency!

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Price Supply chain Influencing Demand 82

Procurement Insights

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The article you are about to read was written in 2008. Before attempting to answer the above questions, have a read of the original 2008 article below. EDITOR’S NOTE: Not long after forming in 2006, Coupa’s founders, Dave Stephens and Noah Eisner, were some of the first sponsors of the Procurement Insights blog.

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supply chain software solutions Supply Chain Efficiency Collaboration Supply chain 72

SCMDOJO

MARCH 28, 2023

Initially introduced by Nakamoto in 2008 in his publication on Bitcoin, blockchain technology refers to a decentralized peer-to-peer network that runs behind Bitcoin transactions. Blockchain technology is a decentralized, digital ledger that records transactions in a secure and transparent way. Thank you for subscribing to SCMDOJO!

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Supply Chain Efficiency supply chain budgeting Supply Chain Optimization supply chain software solutions 107

Spend Matters

AUGUST 8, 2022

Categories: Accounts Payable , P2P , Payments , Procurement Systems & Architecture , Spend Management , Technology Tags: PRO Medius began life in 2001 in Sweden as an AP automation solution; in 2006 it opened offices in Norway, Denmark and the Netherlands; in 2008 in Poland.

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Procurement Insights

AUGUST 29, 2023

Once again, this was in 2008 or 2009. Many years ago, I wrote about an industry survey – I think it was from McKinsey, which reported that most CFOs do not believe the savings their procurement counterpart claims. I saw something today that made me wonder if this relationship had improved. What do finance and procurement think of one another?

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Procurement Procurement team Sourcing Price 42

Strategic Sourceror

JULY 23, 2022

The shift from gas-powered to electric cars is nothing new – Tesla released its first production model back in 2008, for example – but the increased adoption of commercial vehicles that deliver not only packages but environmental benefits could be a game changer in the supply chain. Around 90% of the U.S.

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Supply chain Supply Purchasing Strategic sourcing 98

The Procuretech Podcast

MAY 23, 2023

I can relate to this mission, having been a direct materials buyer in the automotive industry before the 2008-09 recession. SourceDay's mission is to ensure that manufacturing companies always get their parts on time. She goes on to describe how a volunteer opportunity in her senior year of college led her to procurement and supply chain.

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supply chain software solutions Supply chain Procurement Networking 40

Procurement Insights

AUGUST 25, 2023

Spreadsheets In The Digital Age Here is an excerpt from one of the very first times I wrote about spreadsheets in this blog which was in October 2008: “It is perfectly possible to prepare a company’s annual accounts on spreadsheets, but it is much less time consuming and error prone to do the same job with an accounting software package.”

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Procurement supply chain software solutions Supply chain management Supply chain management 40

The Network Effect

AUGUST 4, 2016

million were seriously injured, meaning 2015 likely was the deadliest driving year since 2008. In 2015 38,300 people were killed on U.S. roads, and 4.4 NPR) The biggest rises in traffic deaths were in: Oregon +27% Georgia +22% Florida +18% Some states saw a decline in traffic deaths: New Mexico -20% Kansas -7% New Jersey […].

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Networking 40

Value Match

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Since their launch in 2008, Belo Horizonte CRC has restored 7,000 post-use IT products (CPUs, monitors, printers), diverted 15,000kg of post-use electronics whilst training 10,000 citizens in basic technological skills.

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Raw materials Export Bidding Procurement team 52

Let's Talk Supply Chain

JANUARY 9, 2023

Founded in 2008, TraceGains connects people and information so teams can work smarter. Today I’m joined by TraceGains , the world’s only networked ingredients marketplace.

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Agile and Lean Supply Chain Food and Beverage Supply Chain supply chain software solutions Supply Chain Efficiency 52

Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

Yes, Bitcoin is pretty humble in providing everybody the services, and from 2008 on, it is ongoing with Investments. Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. How Young Adults Are Changing With Bitcoin Culture!

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Supply Chain Efficiency Influencing Supply chain Sourcing 90

ivalua

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

The financial crisis of 2008/9 and a whole range of banking and financial services issues, and occasionally scandals, answered that question. A form arrived on my desk that required us to list some key contracts – I’m not even sure where it came from, to be honest. But it seemed a bit of a cheek, really.

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Procurement Contract Risk Suppliers 140

Procurement Insights

JUNE 24, 2022

Ironically, the first article in this blog about using spreadsheets was a guest post by Glenda Leatherman , a change management consultant, in March 2008. That’s 15 years, and despite amazing technological breakthroughs, spreadsheets, like Jason Voorhees, are hard to kill because we are still talking about them.

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Una

JANUARY 31, 2024

Meanwhile, trade wars and rising tensions have led to what the Financial Times has described as a “great reshuffling” of global supply chains, with US FDI (foreign direct investment) in China falling from a peak of $20.9bn in 2008 to an 18-year low of $8.2bn in 2022.

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Sourcing Suppliers Supply Chain Efficiency Agile and Lean Supply Chain 52

Jaggaer

JANUARY 28, 2019

Research on supply chain following the 2008 economic recession found that supply chain executives took several major steps to deal with the decline, each of which is particularly relevant as we enter 2019. During the 2008 market recession, many companies suffered because they failed to reduce capacity as demand plummeted.

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Supply Chain Efficiency Agile and Lean Supply Chain Procurement Procurement team 40

Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

Bitcoin was the first coin to be introduced to the world way back in 2008. It’s pretty much the digitized version of fiat currency, like the paper money we’re most familiar with. Now, as long as you can buy Bitcoin safely , it’s been pretty profitable for many to get into trading. Altcoins are any coin that isn’t Bitcoin.

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Supply chain Contract Networking Demand 90

Supply Chain Game Changer

JANUARY 24, 2022

Bitcoin came way back in 2008, while Litecoin came into the market in 2011, three years after BTC. If you check the list of some famous and older coins, then Bitcoin and LTC remain on the top. These are regarded as the most popular and recognized ones. LTC also works on the same source code, like in Bitcoin.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 26, 2021

Bitcoin was invented by Satoshi Nakamoto in the year 2008 and went on air in the year 2009. How to Become a Professional Bitcoin Trader! Special Bitcoin considerations article and permission to publish here provided by Jean Nichols.

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The Network Effect

AUGUST 12, 2014

in 2008 to 7.6 In the US, healthcare expenditure per person has risen by almost 78 per cent since 2000 to USD 8,700 in 2011 (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 2012). In Europe, the proportion of healthcare costs as a share of GDP is predicted to rise from 6.7 per cent by 2020.

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Supply chain Distribution channels Supply Networking 76

Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 30, 2022

IBC Bank, in Texas, released its iPhone app back in 2008. Downloadable applications, applications for mobile browsers and SMS payments. Now SunTrust has twice as many web clients as application users. Since then, according to the bank’s representatives, the use of mobile banking by customers has accumulated.

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supply chain software solutions Agile and Lean Supply Chain Cost of ownership Supply Chain Efficiency 89