Ryder System sets sights on growing cross-border business
Supply Chain Dive
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
A new warehouse in Laredo, Texas, and an expanded drayage yard in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, give the carrier additional capacity to handle more freight.
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A 2024 Supply Chain To-Do List
Supply Chain Brain
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
The global economy is slowly recovering, but volatility remains a constant. Future-proofing supply chains to manage risk, boost real-time visibility, enhance sustainability, deploy AI effectively, and promote end-to-end collaboration is critical.
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Top 15 Considerations for Selecting 4PL Logistics Partners
SCMDOJO
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
When it comes to effective and profitable road transport management, it is undeniably crucial you get a reliable 4PL provider to handle your logistics. First, understand the difference between 3PL and 4PL in logistics. Knowing the potential value of a 4PL integrated early into the process is key to saving you more and delivering greater service. What is 4PL?
Norfolk Southern saw FedEx Ground volume jump in peak season
Supply Chain Dive
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
The railroad met with the delivery provider last year and made strategic adjustments to strengthen service, an executive said.
Load Optimization: A Sustainable Way To Reduce Transportation Costs
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Deployed: Vendor Analysis — SOW solution overview, roadmap, competitors, user considerations, analyst summary
Spend Matters
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
This Spend Matters Vendor Analysis provides an overview of Deployed and its solutions for Statement of Work (SOW). SOW drafting traditionally starts once a supplier bid has been accepted and the business is ready to move forward with work. The business requestor and Sourcing or Procurement go back and forth (usually several times) to ensure the draft reflects the work being requested.
Innovating Supply Chain Higher Education with Generative AI
SCMR (Supply Chain Management Review)
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
Using artificial intelligence in the classroom is not without concerns, but it also offers supply chain students access to an increasingly critical industry tool.
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Boeing CFO expects 2H24 production resurgence, cites ‘uncertain moment’
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FEBRUARY 21, 2024
The aerospace company has temporarily slowed its output of 737 planes following last month's midair door plug blowout, which sparked an FAA audit.
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Making Warehouses and Data Centers Greener
Supply Chain Brain
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
Although the process of upgrading or retrofitting facilities can seem daunting, many of these changes can quickly lead to energy and cost savings.
Measuring Reverberating Impact – From Field To Consumer Shelves (OLIVE OIL)
Procurement Insights
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
Outside of a core group, how many in procurement have actually read reports like this one from Mintec ? I thought about this recently when I was in my local supermarket and felt the niggling feeling that the price of olive oil was out of whack. The price seemed considerably higher than it had been in the past. As a numbers guy with over 40 years in high-tech and almost as long in procurement, I wanted to do some research.
Autonomous AI Agents Are the Future of Procurement and Supply Chain Operations
Advertiser: GEP
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.
FTC probes role of wholesalers, purchasing groups in drug shortages
Supply Chain Dive
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
The agency issued a request for information scrutinizing “the practices of opaque drug middlemen,” Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan said.
ONE Launches Beta Version of AI Assistant NEO
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FEBRUARY 21, 2024
One Network Enterprises (ONE) said that its NEO Assistant tool is the world’s first artificial intelligence supply chain assistant.
Staples deploys RightHand Robotics tech in its fulfillment centers
Supply Chain Dive
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
The piece-picking robots will help the retailer automate operations and offer next-day delivery to over 98% of the U.S., according to the developing business.
FTSE 30 CPG Client – IT Procurement
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FEBRUARY 21, 2024
Barkers were retained by a FTSE 30 CPG client to support its selection of Manufacturing Execution System (MES) software and a MES Systems Integrator and the subsequent software licensing and implementation contract negotiations. Due to severe time constraints, Barkers designed a parallel workstream approach that led to a 50% reduction in the time normally taken to run the overall process.
Freight Procurement Simplified: Bids from Hours to Minutes
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
The Power of Adaptability in Next-Gen Routing Solutions
Supply Chain Brain
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
Join us for an insightful webinar as we explore the critical elements of scalability, flexibility, and adaptability in the transformative world of next-generation routing solutions.
392 – Blended: Preference vs Bias: What’s The Difference?
Let's Talk Supply Chain
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
Welcome back to Blended! It’s episode 41, I’m joined by a new panel of professionals who are ready to be open, honest and challenge themselves with, sometimes tough, conversations. And, today, we’re talking about preference vs bias. We’ve talked a lot about bias on the show, whether it be gender, race or class. But, equally, we talk a lot about personal choice, autonomy, the importance of following our own paths.
Boeing 737 Max Boss Ousted
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FEBRUARY 21, 2024
Ed Clark was vice president and general manager of the 737 program, overseeing the Renton, Washington factory that produced the plane involved in the January Alaska Airlines blowout.
Procurement News — February 21, 2024
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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 your news story here. Procurement Executive News Golden State Foods Promotes Trisha McRoberts to Corporate Vice President and Chief Procurement Officer IRVINE, Calif.
How To Align Product Management And Supply Chain Operations For Successful Product Launches
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.
Ivory Coast Cashew Processors Ask for More Government Support
Supply Chain Brain
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
The Ivory Coast Cashew Industry Group asked for a renewed plan guaranteeing cashew suppliers up to 20% of the GTCI’s processing capacity at the beginning of each season.
Biden administration issues executive order on port cybersecurity
Supply Chain Dive
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
The order attempts to shift more ship-to-shore crane manufacturing to the U.S. amid concerns about cyber risk at port facilities.
Watch: Announcing a Collaboration and Partnership Between Two Major Supply Chain Media Brands
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Highlighting the new media collaboration between SupplyChainBrain and Sarah Barnes-Humphrey, founder and host of the Let's Talk Supply Chain podcast,
Chemship Commissions Wind-Propelled Chemical Tanker
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The Ultimate Guide to Transportation and Load Building Optimization
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B2B Manufacturers Investing More in Aftermarket Services, Report Says
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Biden Seeks to Bolster Port Cybersecurity with Executive Order
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