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Harnessing Supply Market Research
For sourcing and procurement, risk management involves tracking all market factors that might affect supply chain performance and drive organizational needs. To adequately…
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Harnessing Category Management Planning
Supply chains use category management to segment spending on goods and services and find opportunities to streamline or consolidate purchasing. And category management plans…
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Cash-To-Cash Cycle Time in Days
Cash-to-cash cycle time, also known as the cash conversion cycle (CCC), measures the amount of time it takes for a company to convert resources like inventory or investments…
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COVID-19 has highlighted the importance of suppliers to the success of the entire supply chain. If these relationships are not built on the right foundation, the entire…
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As supply chain planning becomes increasingly complex, supply chain professionals have an ever-widening field of concerns to be responsible for. At the same time,…
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In establishing a supply chain strategy, concerns for efficiency need to be balanced against risk. The recent global market disruptors of a pandemic and sharp economic…
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Supplier Risk Management in the Spotlight
As the world adjusts to the changed conditions resulting from global disruption, organizations must consider the lessons learned from the impact of the pandemic on the supply…
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While many supply chain leaders recognize the importance of negotiation, quite a few organizations struggle to cultivate this skill among their procurement staff. APQC…
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This year is quickly turning out to be an unprecedented one for supply chain management. In late 2019 and early 2020, APQC conducted a survey of 234 supply chain…
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Modern procurement is a whole new ballgame and the rules of the game are changing. The ongoing disruption caused by COVID-19 is only one example of how interconnected and…
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New market realities are changing the procurement landscape and increasing demand for skilled talent in the function. With credentialing often falling short of expectations…
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A wide range of organizations across industries use the Net Promoter® Score (NPS®) as a tool to measure and track customer loyalty. A good alternative to longer and more…
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To gain real-world insights into how procurement leaders can transform their organizations to maximize sustained value, APQC turned to Michael van Keulen, a seasoned…
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Michael van Keulen is a procurement executive with more than 20 years of experience in procurement and finance. Most recently he was at lululemon athletica, where he led a…
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Cost control consistently ranks high on organizational priority lists, but it’s just the beginning of what a skilled procurement or sourcing expert can bring to the table…
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