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Rivian: Navigating Supply Chain and Operational Challenges and Embracing Growth

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Introduction Founded in 2009, Rivian Automotive, Inc. However, this initial success was soon overshadowed by a series of setbacks and challenges that Rivian had to navigate through mainly related to supply chain and production. The production setbacks experienced by Rivian had a direct impact on its reputation and supply chain.

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Comparison of SAP’s Joule Feedback Loops and Hansen’s Learning Loopback Process (Post 1 of 3 Today)

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In contrast, SAPs Joule, an AI copilot in S/4HANA Cloud, uses explicit feedback loops, such as gradient descent for procurement analytics, to optimize tasks like supplier selection and spend management, leveraging structured AI methodologies. deviation from optimal spend), converging to better outcomes.

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Procurement industry conferences, trade wars and Black Swan events – 2025 to 2030

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hundreds to low thousands) as globalization increased supply chain complexity. 20112015: Rising Professionalization Events like Gartner Supply Chain Symposium/Xpo and World Procurement Congress (nearing its 21st year by 2025) gained traction. ERP systems) and supply chain visibility needs. 2,000+ by 2022).

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The Oldest Procurement Blogs in the Procurement Industry

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Sourcing Innovation Launch Date: June 2006 Overview: Authored by Michael Lamoureux, a Computer Science PhD, Sourcing Innovation focuses on procurement technology, strategic sourcing, and supply chain management. Procurement Leaders Blog: Active since at least 2009, offering strategic insights for CPOs.

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What is Jon W. Hansen’s description of the learning loopback process for self-learning algorithms? (Post 2 of 3 Today)

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supplier performance, tariff costs) to optimize decisions. This loopback refines decisions without human intervention, though Hansen would stress human oversight for ethics (2009 post,). Adaptation (Optimization): Process: Agents continuously adapt to new data (e.g., kg savings, and optimize for Colombias $3.20/kg

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Logistics Optimization Software: A Deep Dive Into Data-First Technology Leader, Enveyo

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They met while working at Omniture, an online marketing and digital analytics firm that was acquired by Adobe in 2009 for $1.8 Coby and John found obvious deficiencies in these same organizations’ supply chain and operational systems, and thus, Enveyo was born. Coby Nilsson and John Errebo co-founded Enveyo in 2010.

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Seasoned Leadership in Action™ – An Interview with Raymon Krishnan!

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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.