Dani Hao
Order management is simply the process of efficiently tracking and fulfilling sales orders. It includes the cycle of people, processes, and suppliers to create a positive customer experience. The order management process starts from when a customer places an order, to keeping track of that order until it is fulfilled.
March 13, 2018 Dani Hao
A key stakeholder in any successful business is the vendors they work with, which takes a lot of care and consideration to make sure that the company is maximizing the value they are getting out of the relationship with the vendor.
February 13, 2018
Martin J Venter
We are all too aware of how Procurement teams have always had to yield to Finance’s whims. This has, for too long, been the Chief Procurement Officer’s (and not to mention the Purchasing Manager’s) biggest grievance. And it’s a grievance that has never quite been addressed. About thirteen years ago,…
February 22, 2017
Shruti Agrawal
Procurement, as a business operation, can be unpredictable — there are far too many variables involved, and not every part of the process can be monitored. Indeed, only in Procurement can expected outcomes fail to meet expectations. This is why procuring from low-cost markets can be even more risky. But,…
February 1, 2017
Nitant Narang
Zero Ads In September 2016, Microsoft founder Bill Gates slipped to #2 in Forbes’ annual list of the World’s Richest Billionaires. Gates’ premier position, which he had steadfastly maintained for many years, was usurped — if only for a few days — by an Amancio Ortega. In comparison to Gates’…
October 24, 2016
Rudy Yuly
If you had started out in any company’s procurement department, the highest position you could aspire to was the chief procurement officer (CPO). And then the Great Recession of 2008 changed everything.
August 29, 2016 Sean Kolenko
Growing international fulfillment company Gaxsys looks to local retailers to complete your online shopping needs
April 14, 2016 Michael Fournier
Why supply chain finance is important Few people give supply chain finance much thought and when they do it’s probably not any deeper than “the cheaper, the better.” Even though supply chain finance affects a company’s profitability, there’s more to it than getting the lowest price possible all the time.…
March 3, 2016 Nick Boariu
What are the major issues facing supply chain managers and how does it affect the companies they work for?
June 10, 2015 Sergio Giordano
Purchasing Groups (otherwise known as Centralized Purchasing) can be defined as: two or more organizations joined together (or through a third party), in order to combine needs and leverage negotiating strength. This allows the individual purchasers the contractual strength to access best prices, best services, and best technologies that they might…
May 28, 2015