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SCM Portal is an independent portal aimed to bring to you the most relevant and updated information on Demand & Supply Chain Management Evolution in a systemic and organic way.

SCM Portal Conceptual Framework is based on the SCOR Model (TM). In order to let you get the most appropriate information according to your actual role inside Supply Chain Management, to each information has been assigned a specific label to identify its main concentration:

 
 

 



Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University




Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University

Understanding risk in pharmaceutical supply chains
Risk in pharmaceuticals is often associated with drug shortages: events that prevent patients getting the right medicines at the right time. In traditional supply chains, supply risk is typically managed through increased inventory. However, excessive inventory is unsustainable, and may conceal the variety of factor  >>

Events
 
30
Mar
2023
Global Supply Chain and Logistics Summit
Manufacturers around the world are now facing shortages of raw materials and parts due to production and transportation disruptions. According to the European Central Bank, the imbalance between the sharp recovery in global demand and the lack of supply turned out to be more serious and prolonged than originally
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Amsterdam  
 
11
May
2023
Global S&OP & Integrated Business Planning Summit
Global disruptions have caused major headaches, pains and long restless nights for planners, forecasters and managers who have had to grapple with market shocks due to the pandemic, an ongoing war between Russia and the West and continued tensions between China and America. On a daily basis, constant challenges to S
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Amsterdam  
 

Job Opportunities
 
Supply Chain Coordinator
     
     Rotterdam  -  PERM  -  Page Personnel
Inkoper NPR - Marktleider financial services
     
     Rotterdam  -  PERM  -  Michael Page
Procurement Specialist
     
     Etten-Leur  -  PERM  -  Michael Page
Strategisch Inkoper NPD & Industrialisatie
     
     Etten-Leur  -  PERM  -  Michael Page
Teamleider Procurement & Supply Chain - Machinebouwer food industrie
     
     Rotterdam  -  PERM  -  Michael Page
Warehouse & Logistics Trainer - Nottingham

     
     United Kingdom  -  Nottingham  -  PERM  -  Page Personnel

Category Manager (x4)

     
     United Kingdom  -  South East  -  PERM  -  Beaumont Select

Senior Supplier Relationship Manager

     
     United Kingdom  -  South East  -  PERM  -  Beaumont Select

Category Manager - Photovoltaics & E-mobility

     
     United Kingdom  -  Europe (non-UK)  -  PERM  -  Beaumont Select

Category Manager - Indirects

     
     United Kingdom  -  Europe (non-UK)  -  PERM  -  Beaumont Select

IT Supplier Relationship Manager

     
     United Kingdom  -  South East  -  PERM  -  Beaumont Select

Buyer - MRO - Kettering - £26,000 to £28,000

     
     United Kingdom  -  Kettering  -  PERM  -  Supply Chain People

Procurement Business Partner - Indirects

     
     United Kingdom  -  Manchester  -  PERM  -  Michael Page

Logistics Customer Co-ordinator - Logistics Distributor

     
     United Kingdom  -  Derby  -  PERM  -  Michael Page

Material Planner - FMCG

     
     United Kingdom  -  Spalding  -  PERM  -  Michael Page

 

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News & Trends
 

Last update 10 Mar 2023
Sustained reduction in new orders weighs on overall sector performance
   Source: NEVI Netherlands Manufacturing PMI ®  -  IHS Markit
Netherlands 


Retail

The retail sector is always on the move. Whether this involves shopping centres, shops in inner city locations or at airports – trends change very quickly and the goods change just as rapidly too. To keep up with these developments, highly complex and process driven supply chains are needed. With our...


Education
 

Local & Regional Agenda
 


Resources
 
Missed orders reduced by 30% at Dijkgraaf-Reinders

Based in Apeldoorn, The Netherlands, Dijkgraaf-Reinders supplies a complete range of food and non-food items to restaurants, cafes, schools and healthcare organisations. Through implementing Slim4, the catering dist...

The role of strategic purchasing and supply management in risk management

Value generators and value protectors. Procurement’s profile in organisations is on the increase. A wider spend remit is being influenced and internal barriers are being broken. Some of the most valuable assets the...