Smart Ways To Mitigate Contractor Safety Risks In Your Supply Chain
All Things Supply Chain
JULY 15, 2024
As supply chains continue to grow in scope and complexity, so do contractor safety risks.
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Being a CPO: Probably the best job in the world
Procurement Leaders
JULY 15, 2024
Being a chief procurement officer might be the best job in the world. That’s quite the statement but, writing this from the grounds of Château St. Gerlach near Maastricht as Procurement Leaders’ annual CPO retreat Ovation reaches its conclusion, I’m left in no doubt that it’s one based on reality. Why? That becomes clearer when you take a moment to step back and consider the sphere of influence and scope of impact that procurement has.
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Ports of Indiana to build sea container terminal
Supply Chain Dive
JULY 15, 2024
The terminal is slated to begin operations as early as 2026, serving industries such as manufacturing, agriculture and consumer goods.
Watch: AI in the Supply Chain: Fact and Fiction
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Tom Moore and Keith Moore, CEOs of, respectively, ProvisionAi and Autoscheduler.AI, talk about how AI is helping to solve problems in supply chains — and where it's more a matter of hype.
GEP Spend Category Outlook Report 2025
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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.
Carhartt grows efforts to source sustainable cotton
Supply Chain Dive
JULY 15, 2024
The workwear brand is tapping the U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol and Better Cotton initiative in a bid for greater traceability and transparency over its supply chain.
ILA Says Threat of East Coast and Gulf Ports Strike Growing More Likely
Supply Chain Brain
JULY 15, 2024
ILA president Harold Daggett says threat of October 1 strike growing more likely as current contract with USMX expires September 30.
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