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• From Cost Center to Growth Lever: Why CFOs Should Prioritize Direct Spend

  04-12-2025 11:19 via logisticsviewpoints.com
  For many Chief Financial Officers, direct spend – the money spent on direct materials and services that go into a company’s products – remains an underappreciated lever. Historically, direct spend has been viewed as a cost of goods sold to control, largely managed by procurement and operations. Yet this perspective is changing, and for good reason. In product-centric industries, direct materials can represent the largest portion of total expenditures – often up to 80% of
  
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• Why Adaptability (Not AI) Will Decide the Next Supply Chain Leaders

  04-12-2025 10:20 via logisticsviewpoints.com
  Disruption isn’t new. What has changed is that it is no longer temporary; it is structural, woven into the daily fabric of how companies operate. A single policy change can shift sourcing overnight, while a viral trend can empty store shelves faster than a forecast can catch up. With technology advancing rapidly, the conversation about Artificial Intelligence intensifies daily.
  AI has become the defining accelerator of adaptability, not its driver. In a world of constant geopolitical and e
  
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