A Group Purchasing Organization (GPO) aggregates the purchasing volume of its members for various goods and services and develops contracts with suppliers through which members may buy at group prices and terms.
With laws enforcing human rights in the supply chain, leaders will need to rethink how they are deriving value from their human-rights and supply chain due diligence programs.
Intelligent prediction is more important than ever in enabling our vastly complex supply chains to operate in real time and deliver on customers’ needs.
Proactive pandemic management strategies are an investment in business viability and supply chain resilience, and also enhance business operational capabilities.
Lifecycle assessment models are the best method we have for finding and shoring up the weakest links in our supply chain, because they provide the best data to address environmental impact at scale.
Twenty years ago Columbia Sportswear embarked on their digital journey starting with all of their trading partners moving to a single cloud-based network.