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Sean Ashcroft

Supply Chain Editor-in-Chief

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Sean Ashcroft is Editor-in-Chief, Industries, writing across Mining, Construction & Healthcare. Prior to this he was Editor-in-Chief, Supply Chain & Procurement. He has been a journalist for 30 years, working in local, national and international newspapers, and newsstand magazines, as well as in corporate communications.  

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Accenture study reveals 'local' manufacturing trend

Accenture report shows that twice as many businesses will be using regional suppliers & manufacturers by 2026 but says tech investment is key to resilience

Kinaxis at heart of Microsoft Azure ecosystem

How cloud-based supply chain management specialist Kinaxis is helping pharma navigate transformation, in partnership with Microsoft

Company Reports by Sean Ashcroft

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Spotfire: Revolutionising Industry Visual Analytics

Cloud Software Group's Spotfire is transforming data analysis for the energy and manufacturing sectors, offering unique visual data science capabilities

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Microsoft driving manufacturing supply chain innovation

Yury Gomez – Microsoft’s Process Industries lead – explains why the company’s tech ecosystem is driving change

Microsoft empowers pharma supply chain innovation

Mike J. Walker heads up Microsoft’s life sciences supply chain practice, and explains why industry advisory drives business value

Safeguarding health through supply chain

Why supply chain is a point of difference for US-based healthcare management services organization, United Urology Group

Interviews by Sean Ashcroft

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Brad Hopper

Cloud Software Group's VP of Vertical Markets

Yury Gomez

Global Chief Commercial Leader of Process Industries for Microsoft

Mike J. Walker

Executive Director, Global Health & Life Sciences Strategy at Microsoft

David Forbes

VP of Supply Chain Management at United Urology Group

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Spotfire: Revolutionising Visual Analytics in Industry

Kinaxis at heart of Microsoft Azure ecosystem

Microsoft driving manufacturing supply chain innovation

Microsoft helping pharma supply chains navigate change

Whitepapers by Sean Ashcroft

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SAP makes sustainability a question of planning

SAP’s Integrated Business Planning software solution is helping businesses make sustainability part of the fabric of their enterprise-wide operations

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Sustainable supply chains are in SAP’s DNA

Sustainability - from a product’s conception to its recycling - is baked into SAP’s enterprise software application solutions

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SAP going the extra mile on sustainability

SAP’s software solutions are helping its customers improve ESG and sustainability performance in logistics, last mile and asset management.