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Supplier Diversity: From Checking-the-Box to a C-Suite Strategy

ivalua

This demonstrates that businesses increasingly recognize diversity as a global issue and these programs provide an “ethical” mechanism to connect with customers through community engagement. However, the ethical justification is no longer the totality of the value proposition as leaders now see the overall value for their business. .

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How Does Supply Chain Impact Marketing & Sales?

SCMDOJO

How is marketing connected to my supply chain? The supply chain of your business has many components. That’s why you need to understand the relationship between supply chain and marketing and align them if you hope to maintain a competitive edge in the fast-paced world.

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Is Covid-19 the Death of Global Supply Chains?

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. The Parallel Supply Chain … A Twilight Zone Strategy? Death of Global Supply Chains article and permission to publish here provided by Sam Jenks at kodiakrating.com. Is COVID19 the death of Global Supply Chains? Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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A Gameplan for Procurement Transformation

NLPA (Next Level Purchasing Association)

Improved communication, regular performance assessments, and joint value creation efforts lead to better supplier performance, reduced risks, and potential cost savings through optimized partnerships. These insights enable data-driven decision-making, negotiation strategies, and risk mitigation, leading to more informed procurement choices.

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JAGGAER Webinar with Accenture Strategy and Attijariwafa Bank Case Study: Accelerating Trust in Banking – Internal, Suppliers and Customers

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Spend management and procurement will play a key role in enabling banks to achieve their efficiency targets while managing supply chain risks,” he added. In our poll, webinar participants saw business partnering, supplier innovation and collaboration, and supply chain risk management as their key areas of focus for procurement.

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CPO Spotlight: Jeremy Smith

Procurement Heads

I’m going to broaden it from procurement and say supply chain. Supply chain’s heightened presence will endure because it wasn’t just Covid there was the Suez Canal, and Brexit, there were many things we have all lived through, and we have now got inflation and the war in Ukraine. ED&I is very, very important.

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7 Trending Business Practices Disrupting Procurement!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Initiatives are being put in place to make these statements a reality, but are these organizations agile enough to shift strategies, process and operations — for real? A report in 2016 by GT Nexus, “showed there is a demand for ethically and sustainably sourced products.