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If a procurement leader (Director, CPO, Head of the department) is newly hired at the job, how many days of initial transition days are acceptable/practiced globally. Please suggest. 30 days, 60 days or 90 days

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Aug 4, 2019
Retail & Distribution
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Please read the following article and comment with specific personal examples illustrating the points discussed. “The Death of Supply Chain Management” - https://hbr.org/2018/06/the-death-of-supply-chain-man

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Jul 2, 2019
Professional Services

Hello everyone, have been thinking for a well, what procurement officers and head of department usually passes day in day out! Let look at a production industry, does it surely qualify for procurement officer to hold CEO HOLDERS????

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Sep 2, 2019
Construction & Engineering

We have a big discussion in office about a construction project. While one insist on a cost plus pricing model, others want the fixed price model. What would You choose and why?

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Sep 27, 2019
Retail & Distribution
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Demand Management can help reduce consumption - it has one of the maximum impacts, is easy to measure and account for. What would be some of the popular tools which help achieve this efficiently and how do they achieve it?

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Nov 15, 2019
Food Products

Is it possible to regulate/control the prices of Raw Materials and Packaging Materials when the SKU is sub contracted?

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Nov 10, 2019
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

When scouring it is good to mitigate risk for supply disruption by splitting the required quantity in a 70-30 split. But if the locations these quantities are going are in different locations is this approach then less optimized if each location needs 50% of the required quantity?

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Can anyone share the benefits of digital invoicing v/s manual invoicing.

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Oct 30, 2019
Automobiles

What has been the general experience for eSourcing of Direct Materials?

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What are the right tools to spot and address disengagement or cart abandonment?

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What are the best procurement conferences to attend?

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Jul 30, 2019
Pharmaceuticals & Life Sciences

What are best publications/white papers/websites for IT procurement market trends with a specific focus in the Life Sciences sector?

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Apr 9, 2019
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

How has the increasing pace of innovations and technology construct a better outcome for Supply Chain companies?

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Apr 9, 2019
Internet Software & Services

How has the innovation of technology affected the roles in supply chain, besides taking over jobs? Also, what are the skills in demand to work these new technology?

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According to McKinsey and Company's Digital Quotient analysis, less than 15 percent of companies can quantify the return on investment of their digital initiatives. Is digital disruption not a bigger factor because companies have "protected" themselves?

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If a procurement leader (Director, CPO, Head of the department) is newly hired at the job, how many days of initial transition days are acceptable/practiced globally. Please suggest. 30 days, 60 days or 90 days

Answered by 7 members

Answer this question

Aug 4, 2019
Retail & Distribution
Road & Rail
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

Please read the following article and comment with specific personal examples illustrating the points discussed. “The Death of Supply Chain Management” - https://hbr.org/2018/06/the-death-of-supply-chain-man

Answered by 3 members

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Jul 2, 2019
Professional Services

Hello everyone, have been thinking for a well, what procurement officers and head of department usually passes day in day out! Let look at a production industry, does it surely qualify for procurement officer to hold CEO HOLDERS????

Answered by 3 members

Answer this question

Sep 2, 2019
Construction & Engineering

We have a big discussion in office about a construction project. While one insist on a cost plus pricing model, others want the fixed price model. What would You choose and why?

Answered by 2 members

Answer this question

Sep 27, 2019
Retail & Distribution
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

Demand Management can help reduce consumption - it has one of the maximum impacts, is easy to measure and account for. What would be some of the popular tools which help achieve this efficiently and how do they achieve it?

Answered by 1 member

Answer this question

Nov 15, 2019
Food Products

Is it possible to regulate/control the prices of Raw Materials and Packaging Materials when the SKU is sub contracted?

Answered by 2 members

Answer this question

Nov 10, 2019
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

When scouring it is good to mitigate risk for supply disruption by splitting the required quantity in a 70-30 split. But if the locations these quantities are going are in different locations is this approach then less optimized if each location needs 50% of the required quantity?

Answered by 2 members

Answer this question

Can anyone share the benefits of digital invoicing v/s manual invoicing.

Answered by 3 members

Answer this question

Oct 30, 2019
Automobiles

What has been the general experience for eSourcing of Direct Materials?

Answered by 3 members

Answer this question

What are the right tools to spot and address disengagement or cart abandonment?

Answered by 3 members

Answer this question

What are the best procurement conferences to attend?

Be the first to answer.

Answer this question

Jul 30, 2019
Pharmaceuticals & Life Sciences

What are best publications/white papers/websites for IT procurement market trends with a specific focus in the Life Sciences sector?

Be the first to answer.

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Apr 9, 2019
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

How has the increasing pace of innovations and technology construct a better outcome for Supply Chain companies?

Be the first to answer.

Answer this question

Apr 9, 2019
Internet Software & Services

How has the innovation of technology affected the roles in supply chain, besides taking over jobs? Also, what are the skills in demand to work these new technology?

Be the first to answer.

Answer this question

According to McKinsey and Company's Digital Quotient analysis, less than 15 percent of companies can quantify the return on investment of their digital initiatives. Is digital disruption not a bigger factor because companies have "protected" themselves?

Be the first to answer.

Answer this question

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