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Universal Supply Chain Misconceptions or “Global Sourcing Lies”

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In a recent Sourcing Journal Online article, Sourcing is Hard , Mike Todaro, managing director of the Americas Apparel Producers’ Network, quotes Barbara Zeins, an industry expert that published a short list of “9 Big FAT Garment Lies,” which we might as well call “Global Sourcing Lies,” more generally.

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PKP ENERGETYKA ON TRACK TOWARDS FULL PROCESS AUTOMATION

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It employs 5500 employees in 9 facilities throughout Poland and as the only Distribution System Operator [DSO], it has its own distribution network in the country. It has been operating since 2001 and belongs to one of the largest investment funds worldwide – CVC Capital Partners.

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Procurement in the Age of Uncertainty: 4 Lessons from the New Forrester Study

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Some suites have embedded MDM capabilities that can unify data across the enterprise and fix issues at the source. Chassis Brakes Int’l (now part of Hitachi), presents a great example, having unified supplier data across all 25 global ERP environments through it’s global Source-to-Pay (S2P) platform.