Category Archives: Supply Chain Management

National Bank of Canada on Procure-to-Pay

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Jacque Lavoie, Director, Center of Excellence, National Bank of Canada speaks on procure-to-pay at Ariba LIVE 2012 Las Vegas at Caesars Palace. Ariba, Inc. is the leading provider of collaborative business commerce solutions. Ariba combines industry-leading technology to optimize the complete commerce lifecycle with the world’s largest web-based community to discover, connect and collaborate with a global network of trading partners, delivering everything needed to control costs, minimize risk, improve profits and enhance cash flow and operations all in a cloud-based environment. Whether you are buying, selling or managing cash, you can do it more efficiently and effectively in the Ariba Commerce Cloud. Over 325,000 companies, including more than 90 percent of the Fortune 100, use Ariba’s solutions to drive more efficient inter-enterprise commerce.

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Interview with Brooke Krenn, Senior Manager of Procurement Systems at Cox Enterprises, Inc.

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A problem that most of the companies face today is managing multipe ERP systems. So what is a quick solution to the nagging complexity and implementation in moving from one ERP to another? Is there a solution to manage both your direct and indirect spend? Any guesses? Well! In this video Brooke Krenn, Senior Manager of Procurement Systems at Cox Enterprises in USA explains why the cloud solution from Ariba is the best answer.

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Caustic Soda Price increases by 30%

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Due to the increasing demand for Caustic soda across the world, the price increased by 30% within a span of 6 months. As per the latest information provided to International Institute for Procurement and Market Research by one of the leading Caustic Soda manufacturers in China, the current prices are

Caustic Soda Price FOB Tianjin seaport is:

1) pearl, purity: 99%  542. USD per ton

2) flake, purity: 99%  533. USD per ton

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Why is Procurement/Sourcing so hot?

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Biochemsoft is a global leader in Sourcing, Procurement, Supply Chain Management and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) / Social Management. Based out of Basel in Switzerland and offering their solutions over the last two decaded, they have developed a strong expertise across many different industries and verticals. According to them, the current hotspots for procurement are China, Peru and Switzerland.

Biochemsoft has come up with this funny video on why Sourcing/Procurement is so hot and why the demand for Certified Supply Chain Associates, Certified Supply Chain Specialists and Certified Procurement Professionals are always high!


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How to run an Efficient Warehousing & Distribution Center

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Are you wondering how to manage a complex process in your warehouse? Prologistix shows you how to run it efficiently. Although there are so many lean management process such as Kanban, Six Sigma, Kaizen, Just-in-time etc, yet a simple way to run a successful Warehousing & Distribution facility is to apply common sense! See how Prologistix does that.  Prologistix is a company based out of USA that provides entry-level, skilled as well as managerial talent for the warehouse, distribution and logistics industry on a temporary, temp to hire and direct hire basis.

With more than 50 locations across 20 states, they are the largest logistics staffing specialists in USA.

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