When we left off in our tale of the Sourcing Maniacs 2008 Vendor Tour, they had just finished meeting with the CEO of Iasta who told them all about bringing e-Sourcing to the mid-market masses and, in particular, the benefits of applying decision optimization and supplier relationship management to your sourcing process. We catch […]
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When we concluded part VIII of the Sourcing Maniacs Vendor Road Tour, the Maniacs were in Chicago visiting FieldGlass, a provider of contingent workforce management and services procurement. We join them a few days (or so) later, somewhere in Colorado. (But you can skip the mischief and jump straight to the mining* if you […]
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I recently stumbled upon a Supply Chain Digest article from earlier this year that purpoted to tell us that a Siemens Global Move Points to the Supply Chain Future, in reference to Siemens’ increasing focus on selling new, lower price versions of its products in developing nations, and of manufacturing these close to those markets. […]
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Industry Week recently ran another good article, and this one was on the five myths of import compliance that is worth focussing on.The five myths harbored by US importers of record that the article highlighted were as follows: Our risk exposure is limited to the Customs duties. An […]
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For those of you who haven’t noticed, Jason Busch over on Spend Matters has found a new cause - Anti-Dumping Fever. (Much better than the China Fever he had last summer and fall.) And I have to agree with him this time … but what’s really peaked my attention is how fast the […]
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As stated in a recent Supply & Demand Chain Executive Article, effective supply chain management is based on the ability to know the “what, where, when, and how” of your operations in real-time. However, it’s more than this. It’s the ability to understand the ripple effects and consequences from changes made to the […]
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I know I risk sounding like a broken record when I continually repeat myself on a topic, but some topics just can’t be ignored - and at least this time I’m introducing you to another company with a solution that I believe could help you with your trade data management efforts.I recently had the opportunity […]
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Trade Data Management is a broad topic, and means different things to different people. As far as I’m concerned, Trade Data Management is the process of tracking all of the data that you need to manage the global trade cycle, as defined in the Global Trade Primer on the e-Sourcing Wiki. Global Trade […]
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In Part I of our review of Succeeding in a Dynamic World: Supply Management in the Decade Ahead, we overviewed the various external forces that will impact a company’s supply chain as identified by CAPS, AT Kearney, and the survey respondents. We then concluded with the eight major forces that were identified specifically by […]
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Did you know that, right now: You could be eligible for VAT rebates? You could be eligible for Import Duty refunds? or that … You could be overpaying for freight? You […]
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