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How to Relieve Labor Shortage Challenges with Vendor Managed Inventory

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Follow along below to see how Lawson Products , a leading distributor of fleet and facility maintenance solutions, can transform the way facilities and procurement departments procure and manage supplies through Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) services and dedicated support. What is Lawson Vendor Managed Inventory?

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Weathering Future Disruptions: 8 Steps to Building Supply Chain Resilience

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Procurement teams are now expected to manage a lot of moving parts — from supplier relations to spend, risk, compliance, contractual obligations, contingency plans and more — and a lack of visibility inhibits their ability to do any of that effectively. Work to achieve 100% supply chain visibility. Why is visibility so important?

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Ivalua Offers Employees a New Integrated Search e-commerce Experience with Amazon Business

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Real time pricing and inventory ensures items selected are available. Tail spend has always been difficult to control by procurement teams.

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8 Steps to Building Supply Chain Resilience for Manufacturers in a Post-Covid World

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Sajid Kunnummal, Vice President and CPO at Navistar, was interviewed in late 2020 by Philip Ideson from Art of Procurement. When the crisis hit, Procurement as a function was suddenly in the hot seat, and it became the driving force for business continuity. Why is visibility so important? Set expectations with suppliers.

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Zara – The Benefits of Agile Procurement / Supply Chain

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The key to Zara’s ability to establish an agile Supply Chain rests on the following unique approaches: Procurement Methodology: Zara’s Procurement team doesn’t work on the number of finished clothes but on the quantity of raw materials needed to manufacture the clothes. Zara’s Supply Chain Approach.

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Ivalua and Amazon Business Extend Collaboration with Truly Integrated Search

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With real-time pricing and inventory information to ensure that the items selected are available. Access to a curated list of Amazon Business items (up to 100,000 or more) within Ivalua, with real-time pricing and availability, giving procurement teams a higher degree of control. All without leaving Ivalua.

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Pandemic Prepared! 8 Steps to Building Supply Chain Resilience

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When the crisis hit, Procurement as a function was suddenly in the hot seat, and it became the driving force for business continuity. In fact, the pandemic spurred enormous growth and expansion for Procurement, while helping uncover hidden weaknesses in procurement processes and procedures. Why is visibility so important?