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The Difference Between Logistics and Supply Chain

NLPA (Next Level Purchasing Association)

The globalized world relies on efficient and well-coordinated supply chains. Understanding this distinction is essential for anyone entering the procurement, purchasing, or supply chain field. It ensures the smooth and efficient flow of physical goods from one point in the supply chain to another.

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Purchasing Meeting Topics Supply Chain

Procurement Templates

The outsourcing trend and the growing importance of supply chains are affecting working conditions, as well as the health and safety of suppliers and contractors, all of which need to be consolidated and addressed in weekly or monthly meetings. any initial supply chain.

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Transparency is the first step to securing global supply chains

SupplyShift

The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted supply chains around the globe and brought intense scrutiny to management strategies. Manufacturing industries such as apparel, auto parts and semiconductors have been hit particularly hard as factories shut down in China, followed by other global supply regions.

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Analyst eye on how purchasing must really become supply management

Spend Matters

Forty years ago, the Harvard Business review published Peter Kraljic’s article ‘ Purchasing Must Become Supply Management ,’ which debuted the supplier segmenting method that we now know as the Kraljic matrix. For example, the presence of forced labor in the supply chain has received greater scrutiny.

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Blockchain: The Next Great Leap in Supply Chain Transparency!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Argentus is a boutique recruitment firm focused on Supply Chain and Procurement. It’s no secret that transparency is the name of the game in today’s world-class Supply Chains. It’s transparent, which makes it valuable for audits.

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Transparency is the first step to securing global supply chains

SupplyShift

The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted supply chains around the globe and brought intense scrutiny to management strategies. Manufacturing industries such as apparel, auto parts and semiconductors have been hit particularly hard as factories shut down in China, followed by other global supply regions.

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Case Study: An Auto Manufacturer’s Supply Chain Goes From 0 to 60 (in less than a year)

NLPA (Next Level Purchasing Association)

Supply chain management is critical to achieving several business objectives. Read about how a British supercar manufacturer took control of its supply chain management and became more efficient and profitable. This bottleneck caused issues up and down the supply chain. The Result.