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3 Ways Pricing Transparency Drives Strategic Sourcing Success
In 2005, Harvard Business Review published “Strategic Sourcing: From Periphery to the Core.” The article was an overview of the changing dynamic in an increasingly global world, where companies were moving away from the traditional business model of vertical...
5 Benefits of Strong Relationships in Strategic Sourcing
Happy International Day of Friendship! As a holiday officially recognized by the United Nations, the idea of a World Friendship Day was first proposed in 1958 by Dr. Ramon Artemio Bracho during a dinner with friends in Paraguay. Out of this meeting of friends, the...
Sourcing Automation vs. AI in Strategic Sourcing
There are many buzzwords regularly tossed around in this age of tech-based startups and digital transformation. Two such phrases are “Automation” and “Artificial Intelligence” (AI). It’s common to mix up the two, lump them together, or otherwise muddy the water of...
Push vs. Pull Supply Chain: What It Means for Strategic Sourcing During COVID-19
Supply chains have long relied on endless mounds of historical data to predict tomorrow’s seasonal trends. With disruption of global supply chains due to externalities like COVID-19, we have seen that our supply chains are fragile and easily disturbed. Consumers in...
A Brave New Supply Chain World
To understand long-term transformations in supply chain and procurement technology, supply chain professionals must be able to understand present trends so they can help shape future realities. Experts believe the following supply chain predictions are viable...
How to Prevent a Bullwhip Effect in Your Supply Chain
Toilet paper is a hot commodity during a pandemic. Once COVID-19 was announced, people flocked to the stores, panic-buying toilet paper, bleach, and any assortment of hygienic products they could get their hands on. Empty aisles are still not an uncommon sight in...
Five Ways Health Care Supply Chains Can Leverage Technology to Respond to Global Supply Turbulence
With the rapid spread of COVID-19, we need to protect our nurses with the proper Personal Protective Equipment. Now more than ever, an effective healthcare supply chain is desperately needed. As the response to the pandemic is beginning to stabilize, the strategic...
Earth Day 2020: Leveraging Supply Chain Technology for a Greener Tomorrow
April 22, 2020 marks 50 years of celebrating Earth Day! We have been celebrating in a variety of ways over the decades: gardening, recycling, educating others about sustainable practices, saving energy, and that just scratches the surface. According to Earth Day...
Interview with Danielle Baskin, Founder of Mask Force
During times of global turbulence, new supply chains emerge rapidly to respond to urgent demands. In the US, the COVID-19 pandemic has created a massive new demand and subsequent shortage for personal protective equipment (PPE), a shortage which puts healthcare...
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