Everyone knows that a bad hire can be really costly to a business specially in procurement leadership capacity. When you account for hiring, training, and onboarding costs, plus the opportunity cost of not hiring a successful employee – not to mention the impact on workplace culture – hiring the wrong person can set a company back tens…
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Some third-party vendors may provide you with goods, services, and many other supports. Would you be able to track everything manually? What is your strategy for effective supplier relationship management? If not, then what’s the solution? It’s simply following the supplier relationship management strategies. Why is effective Supplier Relationship Management so important? If with some strategic…
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From the early assembly lines to cutting-edge robotic systems, the continually evolving supply chain technologies is Shaping the present and the future. Most recent trends in supply chain technologies focus on a smart, tech-driven solution to decrease operating costs and improve efficiency. These changes are based on leading supply chain establishments having immediate adoption and…
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ERP System Sucks! It’s true. If you work in a large enterprise, whether in manufacturing, telecom, automotive or retail, you’d know exactly why ERP systems are not what they are made out to be. Rather than making your job easier, they make things much, much more difficult and more complex. We are talking about the…
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Amongst the big issues killing any business valuation is the volume of inventory at hand that is placed as excess and obsolete. Excess and obsolete inventory is the outcome from several problems that ensue due to “a series of unplanned proceedings”, and often extends to many functions. For a typical business, the excess and obsolete…
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Demand planning and forecasting is about people, processes and technology. A similar concept as 4 Key Pillars of Supply Chain Strategy. The four broader aspect of demand planning and forecasting today are 1) Finding the Right Model The first pressing question is how does one choose a forecasting method? Most often firms often choose…
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If the businesses want the functions of their supply chain to be optimized or achieve supply chain optimization, it is not sufficient to simply select a correct strategy. They rather need to analyze their weaknesses and strengths, for improving the demand chains in terms of measuring their overall performances. Hence, the potential failures can be…
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Whether you are a seasoned project manager or new to the profession, it is becoming increasingly important to get continual training as you learn project management to advance your supply chain career and stay updated with latest practices. Project management is a goal-oriented discipline, and the course, besides professional focus, is shaped by scheduling and…
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Over the years, I have had many requests as well as CV’s sent to me from people via Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and email asking for advice on how to find a job in the Supply Chain field. Despite there are several Supply Chain jobs available when you Google, but still find a right opportunity is…
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In the supply chain world, the use of PowerPoint is unavoidable by practicing supply chain professionals and managers. The Microsoft PowerPoint, created in 1987, is a powerful tool for making a presentation and is still the most popular presentation tool available today. But presently, some Supply Chain folks still struggle to create compelling presentations that…
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