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Protecting your supply chain against catastrophic events

Spend Matters

For example, the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Japan upended automotive supply chains across the globe, with car part facilities temporarily shutting down in the United States, Thailand, the Philippines and Indonesia. Besides natural hazard events, catastrophes caused by disease can also be debilitating.

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How Supplier Risk Management needs to evolve in 2021

Zycus Cognitive Procurement

Now that the situation is slowly moving towards normalcy, supply chain and procurement teams are under insurmountable pressure to monitor and mitigate supplier risks and compromise competitiveness closely. The increased complexity of supply chains and global nature has expanded the scope of supply chain risk management.

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Procurement Metrics: Key Performance Indicators for Success

Empowering CPO

Procurement metrics can cover a wide range of aspects, from cost-saving measures to supplier performance, and are crucial for making data-driven decisions. These metrics are typically data-driven, ranging from numerical values like cost savings, to more qualitative assessments like supplier reliability and product quality.

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Supply Chain Resilience and Sustainability – Partners or Adversaries?

Arkestro

One of the most critical lessons learned during the global pandemic and its aftermath has been the importance of supply chain resilience. The good news is that these two goals are not mutually exclusive—in fact, sustainability can be a big part of building a more resilient supply chain. .