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Brand and Retail Participation in Manufacturing Innovation

CGS Inc

Body Over the years, you have undoubtedly heard the stories chronicling large retailers’ decisions to invest in their manufacturing supply chains. Panelists in the session included industry veterans Brett Mathes, Carhartt Director of Supply Chain Services and Paul Magel, CGS President of Application Solutions and Technology Outsourcing.

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Change Management/Sourcing Change Management

SIG Speaks

SIG University Certified Sourcing Professional (CSP) program graduate Andrew Beck shares the difficulties associated with change management in sourcing and how it can help improve inefficiencies. The sourcing lead ensured buy-in from the plant's critical stakeholders for the food service change by clearly communicating the industry.

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Revolutionizing the consumer goods industry with integrated business planning

IBM Services

For Al Rabie —a prominent juice manufacturing company in the Middle East—their reality was no different. Revolutionizing the FMCG industry with integrated business planning Each business in the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) industry has its own unique set of rules, variables, and limitations, and Al Rabie Saudi Foods Co.

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SSOW 23 Key Takeaways – Leading Shared Services into the Future

Premier BPO

Shared Services and Outsourcing Week (SSOW) is the industry’s leading collaborative event that brings together professionals, leaders, and experts from various industries and backgrounds to share their best practices every year. The week featured prize-winning speakers and Global Business Services giants.

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Business process reengineering (BPR) examples

IBM Services

An early case study of BPR was Ford Motor Company, which successfully implemented reengineering efforts in the 1990s to streamline its manufacturing processes and improve competitiveness. These strategic initiatives can involve streamlining organizational hierarchies, consolidating departments and outsourcing non-core functions.

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Business Model Mapping, Cost Modeling & TCO

SIG Speaks

SIG University Certified Sourcing Professional (CSP) program graduate Mahesh Khamkar discusses the concepts of business model mapping and cost modeling and how to apply them to your business. It's a pleasure to know that it's called Cost Modelling in the sourcing dictionary.

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Case Study: How Fossil Realized a 44% Cost-Savings Strategy

SIG Speaks

A US-based, vertically integrated global retail and manufacturing company that specializes in a diverse portfolio of lifestyle accessories. The company had an extensive outsourcing presence in India for years but recently had been adversely affected by cost overruns, under-performing contractors, and poor resource management processes.