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Strategic sourcing enters a new age. Are you keeping up? (Part 2)

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In last week’s blog , I began discussing telltale signs that you have entered the new age of strategic sourcing. Leading manufacturers have proven that best-in-class strategic sourcing can create measurable and sustainable shareholder value by contributing to top line growth and bottom line profitability.

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Supplier Collaboration and Coordination. Who’s Your Role Model?

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But one critical area remains in need of significant attention … the need for better supplier collaboration AND internal teamwork. Best-in-class manufacturers have proven that a true culture of collaboration creates earlier involvement, less redesign, joint problem solving, and win-win outcomes for all parties involved.

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Using Digitization to Unlock Supply Chain Value for Manufacturers

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Without digitization, many manufacturing organizations see one or more of these areas suffer due to a reliance on manual processes, a lack of collaboration with suppliers, and little to no visibility of risk during the product development process. Digitization Benefit #1: Inter-Enterprise Collaboration .

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The Future of 5G in Defense and Beyond

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Outside of defense, 5G can enhance supply chain and warehouse logistics, support open standards and strengthen communications while maintaining secure networks. Plus, 5G provides advanced security and resiliency. “5G I can really focus that to the individual user, I can support multi-tenancy in a way that it could not before.”

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Pigs Get Fed; Hogs Get Slaughtered

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The conference is dedicated to supply chain topics primarily focused on Advanced Planning and Scheduling Through Logistics. In essence, his point was that supplier collaboration is not altruistic. Without good visibility and frankly, transparency, any collaboration is hard. It is smart business. I screamed at him, in my head.

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Webinar Recap: Procurement 2022, Big Trends and Predictions

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How can we mitigate technical, logistical, weather-related, and demand-driven supply chain disruptions? Last year, 62% of enterprises that made an investment in supply management technology over the past two years took the suite-based approach (strategic sourcing suite or full Source-to Settle suites. More on that here.

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Thank You for a Successful Spring Training Conference!

The Coalition for Government Procurement

Your participation played a key role in fortifying the partnership between industry and the Federal Government through insightful dialogue, shared visions, and effective collaboration. We would like to sincerely thank our speakers for sharing their insights into the latest policies and programs that shape the Federal procurement landscape.