USPS ending delivery unit discounts for shipping partners
Supply Chain Dive
SEPTEMBER 11, 2024
The agency has reached several new agreements with consolidators that align with its long-term transformation plan, despite concerns of service impacts.
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Securing Tomorrow’s Supply Chain Today: Three Considerations For Strategic Carrier Partnerships
Supply Chain Brain
SEPTEMBER 11, 2024
Investing in strategic carrier relationships now will yield long-term benefits when the market tightens, and carriers face capacity constraints
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MSC, Zim agree to collaborate on transpacific lanes
Supply Chain Dive
SEPTEMBER 11, 2024
The shipping lines’ deal to swap slots and share vessels will start in 2025 and last for three years.
U.K. Imposes Fresh Sanctions on Russia Shadow Fleet Ships
Supply Chain Brain
SEPTEMBER 11, 2024
The ships targeted are all described as “high-volume offenders” — vessels operating around the clock to transport as much Russian oil as possible.
GEP Spend Category Outlook Report 2025
Advertiser: GEP
2025 will feel familiar, in some regards. The procurement and supply chain category management landscape will remain turbulent, with geopolitical tensions, worries over fresh tariffs, rising costs, and supply chain disruptions posing significant challenges. But you should also expect some lightning-fast changes in 2025 as artificial intelligence continues to upend the way enterprises and procurement, supply chain, and category management professionals operate.
Balancing AI tools with human talent remains challenging for most companies, report says
Supply Chain Dive
SEPTEMBER 11, 2024
Businesses are investing in AI-enhanced HR systems, as well as upskilling employees on AI-related subjects, according to CompTIA.
Improving Cost Absorption in Private Fleet Transportation
Supply Chain Brain
SEPTEMBER 11, 2024
Beating inflation by leveraging supply chain costs as a competitive advantage.
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Trafigura Sees ‘Confusion’ Over Aviation Emissions Scheme
Supply Chain Brain
SEPTEMBER 11, 2024
Aviation is one of the heaviest-emitting industries, and among the most difficult to decarbonize.
Navigating Supply Chain Attacks: A Cyber Security Guide for Procurement
NLPA (Next Level Purchasing Association)
SEPTEMBER 11, 2024
With AI’s lightning-speed evolution, supply chain attacks are expected to become even more sophisticated and harder to detect, putting procurement and logistics professionals on high alert. These attacks will target vulnerabilities within supplier networks, compromising software, hardware, and third-party vendors. Understanding and mitigating these risks are essential to maintaining the integrity and resilience of supply chains.
Returns Fraud Estimated to Cost E-Retailers Billions
Supply Chain Brain
SEPTEMBER 11, 2024
E-tailers have struggled to keep up with a flood of returns, and have often loosened rules for consumers making them.
Procurement didn’t start the fire, Gartner did?
Procurement Insights
SEPTEMBER 11, 2024
Ryan Backman Senior Account Executive @ Gartner | Problem Solver | Quote EnthusiastSenior Account Executive Book an appointment • 12 hours ago Gartner predicts that by 2027, 60% of organizations will fail to realize the expected value of their AI use cases due to incohesive ethical governance frameworks. Learn how proactive CDAOs are prioritizing AI-ready data governance.
5 Ways You Can Win Faster with Gen AI in Sales
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Incorporating generative AI (gen AI) into your sales process can speed up your wins through improved efficiency, personalized customer interactions, and better informed decision- making. Gen AI is a game changer for busy salespeople and can reduce time-consuming tasks, such as customer research, note-taking, and writing emails, and provide insightful data analysis and recommendations.
How To Hack AI To Improve Your Contract Management
ContractSafe
SEPTEMBER 11, 2024
Artificial intelligence (AI) is in the process of completely transforming how the world works. And contract management isn’t exempt from this transformation.
Would you invest your life savings into a venture in which there was an 80% chance you would lose all your money?
Procurement Insights
SEPTEMBER 11, 2024
Here is a thought-provoking, in some ways mind-bending discussion regarding the following excerpt from a terrific post by Jason Busch – “Earlier this afternoon, Paylocity announced it was acquiring Airbase for $325MM (TechCrunch suggests the deal valued the company at closer to $400MM based on cash on the balance sheet).” You must read through the entire raw and unedited discussion stream because within its dialogue is the explanation regarding what will happen in 2025, e.g., t
Procurement News — September 11, 2024
CPO Rising
SEPTEMBER 11, 2024
Welcome to Procurement News, part of our ongoing aggregate news series covering recent supply management headlines and trends pertinent to Chief Procurement Officers and other procurement leaders! Contact us with… The post Procurement News — September 11, 2024 appeared first on CPO RISING - THE SITE FOR CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICERS & LEADERS IN SUPPLY MANAGEMENT.
Air Canada Pilots Get More Political Support as Strike Looms
Supply Chain Brain
SEPTEMBER 11, 2024
A stoppage would also halt the airline’s cargo operations, which carry commercial goods, perishable items and components for manufacturers.
GEP Outlook Report 2025
Advertiser: GEP
For years, you and your team have fought an uphill battle. Supply disruptions. Cost pressures. ESG compliance. You name it, and you’ve had to navigate it. In 2025, many challenges will persist, but procurement and supply chain teams have a powerful tool with rapidly advancing capabilities to tackle them — artificial intelligence (AI). The GEP Outlook 2025 report examines the disruptive transformation AI is driving in procurement and supply chains, alongside other key trends and the macroeconomic
Trump, Harris spar over manufacturing, trade and tariffs
Supply Chain Dive
SEPTEMBER 11, 2024
In Tuesday’s presidential debate, the candidates offered vastly different strategies for how to grow the economy and compete with China on clean vehicles and advanced technology.
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