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Category: Supply Chain

All You Need to Know About Order Management And How to Speed Up Your Procurement Timeline

Dani Hao 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

How to Create an Effective Vendor Management Process

Dani Hao 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

Here’s What Happened To This Company 
After Procurement Was Freed From Finance’s Control

Martin J Venter 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

Sourcing Agent vs Distributor: What’s The Difference?

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

Fashion Disrupted: The Definitive Guide To Zara’s Global Supply Chain

Nitant Narang 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

Yes, Procurement & Supply Chain Pros Can Become CEOs — Just ask these 5 CPOs

Rudy Yuly 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

The Last Mile: Gaxsys looks to local retailers to complete your online shopping needs

Sean Kolenko

Growing international fulfillment company Gaxsys looks to local retailers to complete your online shopping needs

April 14, 2016

3 Things Every Supply Chain Finance Manager Should Know

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

Major Issues Facing Supply Chain Managers

Nick Boariu

What are the major issues facing supply chain managers and how does it affect the companies they work for?

June 10, 2015

8 Advantages of Purchasing Groups

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
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