Spend Matters

JUNE 20, 2024

This content does not express the views or opinions of Spend Matters. As the digital landscape expands, the convenience of online transactions is shadowed by the increasing prevalence of payment fraud, paired with the traditional risk of fraudulent paper checks. With scams ranging from duplicate billing to false vendor invoices and overcharging, businesses face significant risks that can impact their financial integrity.

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Supply Chain Dive

JUNE 20, 2024

Trade growth from Tier 1 suppliers ahead of the facility's production launch increased the port's May activity.

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Suppliers 132

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 20, 2024

Over the last decade, the world has changed dramatically for manufacturers. But so has technology, with a host of new tools for streamlining operations, automating tasks and saving on costs.

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Art of Procurement

JUNE 20, 2024

In 2019, Pioneer Natural Resources, an independent shale oil producer in West Texas, was worth $24 Billion. Their CEO, Scott. The post Former Pioneer Oil CEO Scott Sheffield – Colluder or Scapegoat? appeared first on Art of Procurement.

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Supply Chain Optimization

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 20, 2024

Many companies have been busy restructuring their supply chains from global to regional or local for a few years now. But what problems are they trying to solve?

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Supply Chain Dive

JUNE 20, 2024

The $100,000 purchase will help build new services for shippers and carriers, Delivered CEO Andrew Hurst said.

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Supply Chain Dive

JUNE 20, 2024

In its latest ESG report, the chocolate giant outlined how it plans to work alongside communities and governments to create a more resilient supply chain.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 20, 2024

Yemen’s Houthi militants managed to strike the MV Tutor with a seaborne drone, killing one crew member and injuring others.

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Supply Chain Dive

JUNE 20, 2024

The home improvement company is collaborating with suppliers to map out sustainability targets.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 20, 2024

Citing more than 59,000 separate violations, state regulators say Amazon failed to disclose quotas to workers at two warehouses near Los Angeles.

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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.

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Una

JUNE 20, 2024

How Procurement and Legal Can Team Up to Deliver Value, Minimize Risk The alliance between procurement and legal has a direct impact on business outcomes and protecting the organization from risk. By Mackenzie Oakley | June 20, 2024 Search Search Procurement’s relationship with legal is one of the most important and necessary alliances they can form.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 20, 2024

As of June 20, the company says it's replaced 95% of its plastic pillows with recyclable paper fillers at its North America fulfillment centers.

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Procurement Insights

JUNE 20, 2024

“Jon, if Mars wants cocoa, it will get cocoa – there is no chocolate shortage.” The above statement from one of the industry’s top commodity thought leaders got the wheels spinning in my head. It also reminded me of the post I wrote many years ago – Public Sector Procurement Practice and the Principles of External Economies, Clustering and the Global Value Chain.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 20, 2024

Are robots that are modeled after the human form the best choice for warehouse operations?

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Warehouse operations 98

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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HICX

JUNE 20, 2024

Fraud is a prevalent issue that impacts society as a whole and requires ongoing attention to reduce threats from fraudsters’ increasingly sophisticated tactics. It is currently on the rise and is forecast to continue on that trajectory for the foreseeable future. According to procurement consultants Comprara, it is estimated that by 2027, more than $348 billion will be lost globally due to fraud.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 20, 2024

The companies made the demand in a closed-door meeting with Beijing’s Ministry of Commerce on June 18.

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Demand 95

Supply Chain Dive

JUNE 20, 2024

Several shippers are diversifying their carrier mixes this year in a bid to reduce transportation costs.

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Bidding 86

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 20, 2024

Chloride and pH levels were highest in northern Pennsylvania just east of the wreck, and along the U.S.-Canada border.

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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.

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