FedEx layoffs: Cost cuts target up to 2,000 Europe jobs
Supply Chain Dive
JUNE 12, 2024
The company aims to slash back-office and commercial roles and consolidate certain activities in the region.
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Peak Shipping Season Arrives Early at U.S. Ports
Supply Chain Brain
JUNE 12, 2024
The National Retail Federation projects more than 2.1 million TEUs in imports to the U.S. in each of June, June and August.
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Rockwell Automation taps Nvidia to bring AI to its bots
Supply Chain Dive
JUNE 12, 2024
The automation company will use the chipmaker’s software in its Otto autonomous mobile robots meant for manufacturing facilities.
How Blockchain Solutions Can Help Manage Complex Supply Chain Contracts
Supply Chain Brain
JUNE 12, 2024
As contract parameters continue to change, enterprises are looking to blockchain technology to rebuild a needed layer of trust.
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.
CPKC’s next distribution center to aid automotive growth
Supply Chain Dive
JUNE 12, 2024
The railroad expects the 30-acre facility will help it move finished vehicles more efficiently.
Five Key Challenges Facing U.S. Manufacturing
Supply Chain Brain
JUNE 12, 2024
While reshoring manufacturing back to the U.S. can bring a host of benefits, it doesn’t come without significant hurdles.
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Carriers Divert Sailings Amid Growing Threat of Canada Rail Strike
Supply Chain Brain
JUNE 12, 2024
Canada's rail union says it will conduct a new strike vote between June 14-29, promising a "quick process.
The Food Institute: Gone ’til September – Huy Fong’s Sriracha is Orange and in Short Supply
Arkestro
JUNE 12, 2024
The post The Food Institute: Gone ’til September – Huy Fong’s Sriracha is Orange and in Short Supply appeared first on Arkestro.
Port of Baltimore Ramps Back Up as Channel is Restored to Full Capacity
Supply Chain Brain
JUNE 12, 2024
Dwell times at the port have since stabilized across the board, having returned to their pre-closure levels with full capacity now restored to the port.
Coca-Cola’s Real Features, Functions, and Benefits Concerns
Procurement Insights
JUNE 12, 2024
How about a solutions map of practitioners? In yesterday’s post , Finally, A Solution Provider Gets the Big Picture, And It Isn’t AI, I talked about sending Target’s “ business case overview over the weekend to select solution providers. ” The business case to which I am referring is the top five “business” challenges the retailer faces in 2024.
5 Ways You Can Win Faster with Gen AI in Sales
Advertiser: ZoomInfo
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.
Carriers Divert Sailings as Threat of Canada Rail Strike Grows
Supply Chain Brain
JUNE 12, 2024
Canada's rail union says it will conduct a new strike vote between June 14-29, promising a "quick process.
11 Most Popular IT Frameworks You Need to Know About
Pipefy
JUNE 12, 2024
IT management has become increasingly complicated in recent years, especially as it applies to the delivery of IT services. This challenge is largely due to the wide availability of competing technologies, as sharing them can cause IT departments to become overwhelmed and disorganized. However, data’s increasing value in today’s organizations leaves little room for IT errors – sensitive data can fall into the wrong hands or compound existing process inefficiencies until those processes fai
EV Leader Norway Won’t Follow EU on Chinese Electric Car Tariffs
Supply Chain Brain
JUNE 12, 2024
Norway has the highest density of electric vehicles in the world, with more than 12% of EVs imported into the country coming from Chinese brands.
Business Process Documentation: Benefits & How to Get Started
Pipefy
JUNE 12, 2024
The best method for making tasks easier and faster is by structuring and standardizing processes. Fortunately, the workflows we use to complete many daily tasks seem to fall into place. However, business processes can be more complex. When multiple people, business lines, and software systems intertwine, process management may require critical thinking on the part of several people to unravel the task and develop the definitive steps to complete it.
GEP Outlook Report 2025
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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
Watch: The Evolution of the Supply Chain Control Tower
Supply Chain Brain
JUNE 12, 2024
Mike Jarrett, chief executive officer and president of Jarrett Logistics, talks about the scope and purpose of the modern-day supply chain control tower.
2024 Business Process Automation TrendsÂ
Pipefy
JUNE 12, 2024
The need for process automation has never been more urgent. Gartner predicts that the market for business process automation tools will increase by 38% in the next three years, up from $2.6B in 2022 to $3.6B in 2027. More business teams than ever rely on automation to reduce errors and improve efficiency, and the varieties and types of workflows they’re automating continue to diversify.
The Evolving Role of Strategic Leadership in Procurement – Part 1: Control what you can, monitor what you can’t
Jaggaer
JUNE 12, 2024
The post The Evolving Role of Strategic Leadership in Procurement – Part 1: Control what you can, monitor what you can’t appeared first on JAGGAER.
Trade War Looms as EU Announces Tariffs of Up to 38% on Chinese EVs
Supply Chain Brain
JUNE 12, 2024
European manufacturers are also bracing themselves for retaliatory measures from China, in the form of a range of duties on its exports, including vehicles, but also other products.
10 Ways to Leverage Buyer Signals and Drive Revenue
Advertiser: ZoomInfo
In today’s ultra-competitive markets, it’s no longer enough to wait for buyers to show obvious signs of interest. Instead, sales teams must be proactive, identifying and acting on nuanced buyer behaviors — often before prospects are fully ready to make a purchase. In this eBook from ZoomInfo & Sell Better, learn 10 actionable ways to use these buyer signals to transform your sales strategy and close deals faster.
Procurement News — June 12, 2024
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JUNE 12, 2024
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