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Non-strategic tail spend presents a challenge for most procurement organizations. The term is often defined as the 80 percent of suppliers that represent just 20 percent of an organization’s spend. The desire to balance resources with level of spend becomes a difficult task... |
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A soon-to-be published Oxford Economics study on the future of procurement will include perspectives from an equal number of procurement leaders and procurement practitioners. And the results are compelling. For a preview of the findings, read this Supply & Demand Chain... |
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As one area of the supply chain improves, another causes problems. Ensure that when problems occur, you can respond quickly to contain costs and reduce customer impact. |
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How to create value by collaborating inside and outside the organization. Today, reducing costs is no longer enough. Companies want value and they want their chief procurement officers (CPOs) to deliver it. How can CPOs get the job done? By first identifying and then... |
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Minimizing scrap is a constant challenge for metals manufacturers. It’s a problem that planners often tackle on a best effort basis; but their experience and estimations are rarely – if ever – going to lead to optimal results.Working with leading... |
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This white paper, developed jointly by PwC, GMIS and UNIDO, sets out the business imperative for manufacturing businesses of achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and why global manufacturing organisations must align their strategy with... |
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Here’s what it takes to keep them – and keep improving your delivery performanceCan you:- Look beyond a product’s ID to the characteristics that make one item of inventory more suitable for a certain order than another?- Optimize... |
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The Global Sourcing and Services research study describes an approach and a supporting model that can help organisations make sourcing decisions more effectively. By providing a systematic approach to diagnosing decision parameters, the model allows decision makers to explore... |
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Survey results show that best-in-class firms shared several common characteristics with regard to various aspects of process, reporting, data, technology, and more. Results show that best-in-class companies are:- 3x more likely than all other companies to have a single view... |
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The global BPO market is expected to grow at an average of 6.5% per annum until 2015, driven both by the continued growth of the traditionally outsourced areas of finance and accounting, human resources and customer service functions, and the rapid expansion of new scope areas... |
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