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Adapting Supply Chains to the Digital Retail Revolution

SCMDOJO

In the era of the Digital Retail Revolution, adaptive supply chain management is imperative amid the surge in online retail and the social commerce boom. The complexity of the e-commerce landscape is compounded by the presence of multiple sales channels, posing challenges to efficient management.

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Introduction to Supplier Consolidation

World of Procurement blog

To gain operational efficiencies by standardising and simplifying purchasing processes across fewer supplier relationships. To build stronger strategic relationships with their most capable suppliers, facilitating collaboration on product innovation, quality, sustainability, and continuous improvement.

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Lead Time Definition – How to Calculate & Reduce it?

SCMDOJO

Time is really important in business. Knowing how crucial time is for keeping customers happy and influencing what they buy, it’s clear that handling lead time (which means the time it takes to get things ready) is not just needed for business, but it also gives an edge in today’s competitive and complex economy.

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Innovative Procurement Models: Exploring Different Approaches

Empowering CPO

Whether you’re a procurement professional looking to stay ahead of the curve, a business leader seeking to drive efficiency, or simply someone interested in business innovation, this post is for you. These models are often accompanied by practices such as annual rate contracts, bulk buying, and just-in-time purchasing.

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Big Data Analytics: What It Is and Why It Is Important

Planergy

How to gain visibility and control of your indirect spend. Another advantage of big data analytics is that it can help organizations reduce costs and improve efficiency. This can improve performance by reducing the amount of time required to complete the task. In other words, the data is processed as it comes in, in real-time.

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Business process management (BPM) examples

IBM Supply Chain Blog

BPM is intended to help improve the efficiency of existing processes, with the goal of increasing productivity and overall business performance. Conversely, it has a larger scope than task management, which deals with individual tasks, and project management, which handles one-time initiatives.

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Inflation & Procurement

Procurement Templates

ChatGPT Inflation refers to the general increase in prices of goods and services in an economy over time, resulting in a decrease in the purchasing power of money. Inflation occurs when there is an imbalance between the supply and demand of money and goods. What is inflation?