Fri.Mar 29, 2024

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Blue Yonder Announces Buys One Network Enterprises for $839M

Supply Chain Brain

The deal will mark around $1 billion of investments in acquisitions by Blue Yonder since Q4 2023 in its quest to provide a unified end-to-end supply chain management platform.

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How auto supply chain managers can navigate the Baltimore port stoppages

Supply Chain Dive

Alternative port assessments, along with contract and obligation reviews, are among the steps experts say shippers should consider.

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Embracing An Agile Ecosystem Through Digital Transformation

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At its core, the agile ecosystem embodies innovative thinking, enabling managers to adopt a systemic perspective wherein all stakeholders contribute to value propositions. Managers aspiring to embrace the agile ecosystem should prioritize investments in nurturing relational assets through digitization while actively engaging customers.

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Walmart hikes return shipping rates for seller-fulfilled orders

Supply Chain Dive

The retailer didn't disclose the extent of the increase, which it attributed to "changing market conditions.

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Load Optimization: A Sustainable Way To Reduce Transportation Costs

Discover strategies to optimize load building and achieve significant transportation cost savings. Plus, learn how load optimization can help reduce CO 2 emissions and align with climate regulations and consumer expectations. Finally, discover best practices for sustainable load optimization.

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Integrating AI into Asset Performance Management: It’s all about the data

IBM Supply Chain Blog

Imagine a future where artificial intelligence (AI) seamlessly collaborates with existing supply chain solutions, redefining how organizations manage their assets. If you’re currently using traditional AI, advanced analytics, and intelligent automation, aren’t you already getting deep insights into asset performance? Undoubtedly. But what if you could optimize even further?

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General Mills uses AI, analytics to build a disruption-ready supply chain

Supply Chain Dive

The packaged food unit has digitized its end-to-end operations to gain visibility, ramp up productivity and make faster decisions.

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Port of Baltimore crisis: What supply chain managers need to know

Supply Chain Dive

Supply Chain Dive asked experts how rerouting by land and sea could work after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse.

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GraphQL vs. REST API: What’s the difference?

IBM Supply Chain Blog

As the conduits through which software components interact and data flows across the internet, APIs are the lifeblood of contemporary web services. API technologies like SOAP (a web services messaging protocol), REST (an architectural style) and GraphQL (a programming language and tool) simplify software development by enabling third-party data and services integration.

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Kroger to close 3 e-commerce fulfillment facilities

Supply Chain Dive

The grocer said it will shutter one Ocado-powered spoke in South Florida and two others in Texas in late May.

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MSC to Buy Italian Shipping Newspaper Group

Supply Chain Brain

The move means the Gianluigi Aponte-founded company has followed in the footsteps of CMA CGM by getting into the media business.

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Autonomous AI Agents Are the Future of Procurement and Supply Chain Operations

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.

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Holistic asset management for utility network companies

IBM Supply Chain Blog

Addressing challenges of the energy transition with grid asset management The energy transition is gearing up to full speed as renewable energy sources replace fossil-based systems of energy production. The grid itself must green to operate within the environmental, social and governance (ESG) objectives and become carbon neutral by 2050. This shift requires energy utility companies to plan their grid asset management holistically as they find a new balance between strategic objectives.

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Biden Administration to Release $60M for Rebuilding, Recovery After Collapse of Baltimore Bridge

Supply Chain Brain

The Biden Administration had immediately pledged to pay to rebuild the Key Bridge out of federal funds.

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Create a lasting customer retention strategy

IBM Supply Chain Blog

Customer retention must be a top priority for leaders of any company wanting to remain competitive. An effective customer retention strategy should support the company to maintain a healthy stable of loyal customers and bring in new customers. Generating repeat business is critical: McKinsey’s report on customer acquisition states (link resides outside of ibm.com) that companies need to acquire three new customers to make up the business value of losing one existing customer.

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Navigating the Changing Payments Landscape: AP Trends To Know in 2024

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JAGGAER's latest news on procurement & sourcing. Read now: Navigating the Changing Payments Landscape: AP Trends To Know in 2024.

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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

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Empowering career growth amidst global challenges 

IBM Supply Chain Blog

Finding the right recipe for career growth can challenge global clients. At Conagra, a leading food manufacturer, prioritizing employee growth and career mobility became paramount, especially amidst the recent pandemic. The company recognized the need for a strong skills foundation, empowering its workforce to develop talents and explore new career opportunities within the organization.

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Mapping Your AI Success (2019 Versus 2023/24)

Procurement Insights

2019 – Dr. Elousie Epstein, A.T. Kearney 2023 Dr. Elouise Epstein, Partner at Kearney 2019 Versus 2023 (Dr. Elouise Epsein) So, what happened between 2019 and 2023? How many of these are new start-ups? How many have been around for more than a decade? How many have been around for many decades? How many from the 2019 map made it to the 2023 map?

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Biden-Harris Administration Finalizes Strongest Ever GHG Standards for Heavy-Duty Vehicles

Supply Chain Brain

Clean Freight Coalition (CFC) executive director Jim Mullen strongly criticized the standards, pointing to massively increased costs for truck operators.

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