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Zara – The Benefits of Agile Procurement / Supply Chain

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How an agile Supply Chain drives a sustainable competitive advantage. As companies reassess their supply chains in light of the Covid-19 pandemic as well as growing pressure to improve sustainability, some lessons can be learned by taking a look back. Zara’s Supply Chain Approach. Zara & fast-fashion.

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Manufacturers Must Seek Better Supply Chain Visibility

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For manufacturers, key functions such as sourcing and supplier management have become more challenging as the result of increasing supply chain complexity. One area that manufacturers need to focus on is improving supply chain visibility. Visibility all the way up the supply chain.

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3 Powerful Ways Procurement will Drive the 2030 Saudi Vision Transformation

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Launched by the Saudi government in 2016, the Saudi Vision 2030 Program is a sweeping reform initiative with the aim of diversifying the country’s economy and reducing its reliance on oil production. Procurement and supply chain teams will play a crucial role in making this vision a reality.

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Centralised procurement for the health care sector -- bang for your pound or siphoning off scarce resources?

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The current system resulted from a redesign of the NHS supply chain that has been operational since 2019 [for details, see A Sanchez-Graells, ‘ Centralisation of procurement and supply chain management in the English NHS: some governance and compliance challenges ’ (2019) 70(1) NILQ 53-75.] billion savings by 2023-24.

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The Future of Procurement Is Upon Us. Are You Ready?

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For those of you who are executives in Supply Chain, Procurement or New Product Introduction/Development, this is a must read. Challenges in this new manufacturer/supplier partnership Burton cites include: Risk management. Globalization. Burton predicts that China and Brazil will become hubs for global sourcing.

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Pigs Get Fed; Hogs Get Slaughtered

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This week I attended the Logimed 2016 conference in New Orleans. The conference is dedicated to supply chain topics primarily focused on Advanced Planning and Scheduling Through Logistics. The first one I attended was a topic on supply base management. He talked about in the medical device space in particular.

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Strengthening public procurement in Africa: a conversation with Joyeuse Uwingeneye

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Kicking off with a pilot in 2016, it built a pioneering e-procurement system and is now working on ensuring its adoption by all government agencies in the country. Rwanda also introduced sanctions for delayed payments and addressed a common issue of suppliers not submitting all required documents.