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IMO 2020 is Here. Are You Ready?

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Later in the year 2012, it was further reduced to 3.5% Each party is incented to avoid delays in the supply chain and avoid unnecessary delays, penalties or fines. That represents a huge cost to the supply chain where each party tries to run lean, just-in-time inventory.

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How Artificial Intelligence (AI) Will Change Decision Making for Businesses!

Supply Chain Game Changer

From The Terminator to Blade Runner, pop culture has always leaned towards a chilling depiction of artificial intelligence (AI) and our future with AI at the helm. This has helped companies predict the adoption of electric and driverless vehicles, and the implementation of non-restrictive pricing schemes that work on their target market.

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What the Coupa software acquisition means for procuretech

Procurement Software

Ariba was still predominantly an eAuctions platform and had yet to be acquired by their German parent company SAP, which didn’t happen until 2012. In 2020, Coupa announced the acquisition of Llamasoft , a supply chain planning software company, for $1.5 They will be more agile now under PE ownership than SAP will ever be.