All Things Supply Chain
JUNE 17, 2024
Critics of cradle-to-grave sustainability efforts have long hoped for simple, and easier alternatives when it comes to food packaging. Fortunately, the circular economy offers the perfect solution.
Procurement Leaders
JUNE 17, 2024
A couple of weeks ago, Procurement Leaders held a CPO Connect Call entitled “the death of category management” It was well attended – as one might expect, given the emotive title – with great discussion and debate about what the future might hold for the process. Many of my conversations with CPOs over recent months have focused on the core procurement process, procurement operating models and how change is required to help manage a new landscape.
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Supply Chain Dive
JUNE 17, 2024
There is even more help on the horizon with the power of generative artificial intelligence (AI) foundation models, combined with traditional AI, to exert greater control over complex asset environments.
Spend Matters
JUNE 17, 2024
In today’s fast-paced business environment, procurement professionals face many challenges, from managing supplier relationships to mitigating risks and controlling costs. To address these challenges, many organizations turn to source-to-pay (S2P) suites because they include a comprehensive suite of tools designed to optimize processes and enhance cross-functional collaboration.
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Supply Chain Brain
JUNE 17, 2024
Tracking inventory solely within the four walls of a warehouse isn’t enough to stop shrinkage, says Eddie Misicka, vice president of product and solutions at OneRail.
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JUNE 17, 2024
The power to guide supply chain challenges effectively is essential for any business in a difficult and fast-paced industry. According to statistics, the global supply chain control market is predicted to reach USD 37.41 billion by 2027. In charge of maintaining seamless processes and securing long-term success, current businesses must focus on stability and modification due to unexpected disorders and transforming market necessities.
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Supply Chain Dive
JUNE 17, 2024
The grocer raised the number of approved certifications, saying it should give suppliers greater flexibility to meet quality standards.
Supply Chain Brain
JUNE 17, 2024
China is likely to respond to President Biden’s increases in tariffs on Chinese imports, including electric vehicles, in several ways.
Supply Chain Dive
JUNE 17, 2024
Top vendors got to learn about the retailer's priorities at a meeting in San Francisco last month.
Supply Chain Brain
JUNE 17, 2024
Europe exported more than €2.5 billion ($2.7 billion) worth of pork into China in 2023, according to EU customs data.
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As early as next year, procurement and supply chain operations will begin to adopt AI agents, often called “agentic AI,” to work alongside employees to make and execute decisions with precision across procurement and even the most complex global supply chains. Unlike LLM-based generative AI tools such as ChatGPT, these AI agents do not require prompts from humans.
Supply Chain Trend
JUNE 17, 2024
Over the weekend I made my first GPT. It’s an IBP GPT, maybe the world’s first. Although you can make GPT’s more sophisticated, you can start rather simple. That’s what I did. I took an open AI membership, created a GPT, wrote a prompt, wrote four prompt indicators. Told it to be friendly and gave it some other guidance. My aim was to help an IBP user brainstorm some solutions to a typical problem during an IBP cycle.
Supply Chain Brain
JUNE 17, 2024
According to court documents, BNSF regularly ran 100-car trains carrying crude oil through the reservation between 2012 and 2021.
Supply Chain Dive
JUNE 17, 2024
Key capabilities businesses should adopt to give their supply chains a competitive edge.
Supply Chain Brain
JUNE 17, 2024
The new port will use AI systems will also analyze traffic data to plan ship movements and automate logistics.
Speaker: Eric Berdinis, Ran Sun, & Chris Chmielewski
Procuring freight can be cumbersome, time-consuming, and error-prone. If you’re frustrated with the complex and manual processes for obtaining bids for your contract and spot freight, you’re not alone. In today’s fast-moving supply chain environment, optimizing these processes is critical to staying competitive and cutting costs. Join this exclusive webinar with experts from Uber Freight to learn how the latest digital tools and automation can transform your freight procurement strategy by strea
HICX
JUNE 17, 2024
A new partnership with HICX & DitchCarbon will help companies meet the challenges of Scope 3 emissions by sharing more carbon data about their supply chain HICX, the leading supplier experience platform, that helps Global 5000 companies take control of their supplier data, and DitchCarbon, a leading provider of emissions intelligence, have teamed up to help businesses better meet the challenges presented by Scope-3.
Positive Purchasing
JUNE 17, 2024
The art of negotiation has historically been a face-to-face endeavour, where the subtle interplay of verbal cues, body language, and human rapport dictated the ebb and flow of the bargaining process. Traditional negotiations relied heavily on physical presence, allowing negotiators to leverage their presence and negotionality®(negotiation personality) to influence outcomes.
Barkers Procurement
JUNE 17, 2024
During any significant IT service procurement process, there should be a due diligence exercise to allow bidders to access enough information for them to produce firm quotes that can subsequently be relied upon during contracting. This is often a step in the process that is overlooked or poorly planned for. Failure to run a successful due diligence exercise can leave bidders quoting prices that are ‘subject to further due diligence’ leading to significant additional costs post-contract award whe
Positive Purchasing
JUNE 17, 2024
The art of negotiation has historically been a face-to-face endeavour, where the subtle interplay of verbal cues, body language, and human rapport dictated the ebb and flow of the bargaining process. Traditional negotiations relied heavily on physical presence, allowing negotiators to leverage their presence and negotionality®(negotiation personality) to influence outcomes.
Speaker: Shalini Dinesh
Effective cross-functional collaboration and communication heavily influence product launch success. Research shows that as many as 70% of product launches fail due to inadequate coordination among stakeholders, including supply chain, product management, legal, marketing, and change control teams (Gartner, 2022). The 2023 Supply Chain Insights Report highlights that 60% of supply chain disruptions are caused by poor communication and misalignment among cross-functional teams.
Procurement Insights
JUNE 17, 2024
Over the weekend, I tend to let down what little hair I have left down and write for the pure pleasure of writing. Now, don’t misinterpret what I am saying because I have no less enthusiasm for weekday writing, which is reflected in the following statement from a service provider: “Well, let me start off with just a couple of quick points first.
Supply Chain Brain
JUNE 17, 2024
Like it or not, s preadsheets are still the go-to planning software in the supply chain industry.
CPO Rising
JUNE 17, 2024
It’s always been a mystery to me why so few organizations use sourcing optimization. Yes, it can be complex to use but there is so much value to get from it.
Supply Chain Brain
JUNE 17, 2024
Details of the deal were released on June 14, with border agents getting a 14.8% wage increase over four years, retroactive to June 2022.
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Spend Matters
JUNE 17, 2024
Last Wednesday, June 12, DPW hosted its first North American conference in New York at NeueHouse. The event featured keynotes and discussions with a variety of procurement leaders and vendors. Below, we overview some of the sessions and give our overall impressions of the conference. After an introduction from DPW Founder Matthias Gutzmann and CEO Herman Knevel, the first session was an interview with Scott Belsky, the Chief Strategy Officer and EVP of Design and Emerging Products at Adobe, by M
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