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More pencils, books forecast in supply chain
Just as the supply chain function is increasing its importance and visibility in corporate organizations, so too are supply chain courses and programs gaining popularity within the academic world. Whereas a decade ago schools might have added one or two relevant supply chain classes to their overall business or engineering curricula, now universities are creating entire schools or departments d...

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• Henkel studies buying costs for raw materials

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