Procurement Leaders
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
If you live in the UK or keep on top of the British news agenda, you may have seen a story over the past few days concerning a political party announcing a U-turn on its signature green investment policy. What was said? Sir Keir Starmer, leader of opposition Labour party, announced that its flagship £28bn/year green investment pledge would be reduced to £15bn/year, of which only £5bn would be new money.
Supply Chain Brain
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
By leveraging advanced and predictive analytics, organizations will be able to identify potential disruptions before they materialize.
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Supply Chain Dive
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
Employees said they most often stay put for flexibility, fulfillment and good compensation.
SCMR (Supply Chain Management Review)
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
A new survey found U.S. C-Suite executives are over three times more likely to choose India over China for their future supply chain needs.
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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.
Finale Inventory
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
Inventory is the lifeblood of your business. If you’re a retail brand, wholesale distributor, or manufacturer, inventory is the core of your business. You buy inventory, bring it into your facility, and then hope to sell it for more than you paid to generate a profit. As your business grows, your catalog grows, your sales channels grow. As this happens, maintaining accuracy and efficiency becomes increasingly difficult.
Supply Chain Brain
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
Balbir Singh Dhillon, the head of Audi India, said that the Red Sea situation is impacting the German carmaker’s deliveries to customers in India.
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Supply Chain Dive
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
Savannah’s port processed 422,287 total TEUs while the Port of Brunswick had a record year for auto units.
IBM Supply Chain Blog
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
An evolution of customer experience (CX) was to be expected. Throughout modern history, organizations have encountered internal and external challenges that changed how they interact with customers and how customers view those organizations. Advancements in technology mean customers can order virtually any product and receive it in less than a week.
Supply Chain Dive
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
After throwing in the towel in December, the struggling e-tailer’s remaining products — $85 million worth — are being liquidated along with warehouse equipment.
IBM Supply Chain Blog
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, enterprises are facing the complexities of information overload. This leaves them grappling to extract meaningful insights from the vast digital footprints they leave behind. Recognizing the need to harness real-time data, businesses are increasingly turning to event-driven architecture (EDA) as a strategic approach to stay ahead of the curve.
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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.
Supply Chain Dive
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
The agency touted the "wide adoption" of its Ground Advantage service in its quarterly results as it competes against UPS and FedEx.
Procurement Insights
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
While you likely use all of the following resources, which one will ensure you choose the right solution provider? When I say the right solution provider, I am talking about the one that makes you most confident that you will have a successful outcome for your digital transformation initiative. A Solutions Map Media Recognition, e.g. Forbes A Provider-authored Case Study A Practitioner-authored Case Study How Do You Like Them Apples?
Supply Chain Dive
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
As a growing asset-based carrier in 2024, having an efficient truck dispatch system in place is more critical than ever for managing your expanding fleet, optimizing complex operations and winning the most profitable loads – particularly dedicated lanes.
Una
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
EPISODE 152 Spending for Maximum Social Impact with Colin Downie By Kelly Barner | February 14, 2024 Is it possible to change the life of someone, and their family, and their community just by making purposeful decisions about corporate spending? Yes it is – and it doesn’t cost as much as you might think. In this episode of The Sourcing Hero podcast, Host Kelly Barner welcomes Colin Downie.
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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
Supply Chain Dive
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
The home appliance company expects to cut at least $100 million more from its operations as it sees productivity improvements.
IBM Supply Chain Blog
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
Customer experience (CX) defines a customer’s journey with a company, including both direct and indirect touchpoints. Businesses that place the emotional needs of the buyer persona at the forefront of the customer experience strategy fosters great relationships. Forrester reports that customer experience is a high priority for about 75% of global business and technology professionals and their organizations.
Supply Chain Dive
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
The European Commission's Net-Zero Industry Act trails similar actions by U.S. legislators to prop up manufacturing.
IBM Supply Chain Blog
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
SAP ECC has been the ERP solution for over two decades that runs the core business of many global enterprises. While SAP released their next-generation ERP, S/4HANA, in 2015 and announced its plans to discontinue the support for ECC by 2027, more than 60% of customers have yet to initiate their move to S/4HANA 1. A key reason for this hesitancy is the complexity and cost of migrating to a new ERP platform.
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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.
Supply Chain Dive
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
The company is offering other retailers a range of logistics capabilities, including storing and delivering products, through a newly launched service.
Supply Chain Brain
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
Between now and 2030, North American automakers have the potential to leverage new processes and practices to reduce their production costs while reimagining a traditional domestic industry
Barkers Procurement
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
Enzen required a cost effective and reactive legal and commercial service to enable their bid team to respond to utility regulated tender opportunities. The service needed to ensure that prompt and pragmatic legal and commercial advice was provided and built into Enzen’s commercial submissions over a two-year period. Barkers responded with an innovative legal and commercial ‘retained service model’ ensuring effective and experienced support could be promptly provided in an efficient and value ad
Supply Chain Brain
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
Dr. Louis Perrault, the president of the Québec Association of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons, said that the province has established a contingency plan if the situation worsens.
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Una
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
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Supply Chain Brain
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
The carriers, each with a capacity of 45.96 million gallons, will be wholly owned by Nakilat and chartered out to affiliates of QatarEnergy.
ContractSafe
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
Just as we've swapped briefcases for cloud storage and boardroom meetings for virtual chats, it's high time contract management got its modern-day makeover.
Supply Chain Brain
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
The world’s top commodity trader will seek to sell its 49% stake in Koniambo Nickel SAS, according to a statement from KNS.
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As prospects define their problem, search for solutions, and even change jobs, they are generating high-value signals that the best go-to-market teams can leverage to close more deals. This is where signal-based selling comes into play. ZoomInfo CEO Henry Schuck recently broke down specific ways to put four key buying signals into action with the experts from 30 Minutes to President’s Club.
Negotiations Ninja
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
Sales is the transference of belief. If you yourself aren’t sold on the product or service, you can’t transfer that belief to another human. You can’t convince your way in. Are you bought into the ROI of your product or service? Do you care about serving your customers and helping them achieve results?
Supply Chain Brain
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
Join us on March 26 for a webinar hosted by SupplyChainBrain, where experts from Locus Robotics, Bricz and Tecsys will share insights and practical guidance on how to successfully address this challenge.
Let's Talk Supply Chain
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
Today I’m joined by long-standing supply chain tech company GAINS , for the third and final show in our collaborative series together. GAINS is the supply chain performance optimization company. Its platform drives faster, smarter decisioning everywhere inventory matters. So, with GAINS, supply chain teams can make all the right decisions – at speed and scale – to right-size inventory, strengthen performance, and fulfill customer promises.
Supply Chain Brain
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
SupplyChainBrain has announced a partnership with TFEST24, the premier gathering of 1000+ senior supply chain, procurement, IT and sustainability professionals, taking place at the Colosseum Kino in Berlin from November 11 to 13, 2024.
Speaker: Chris Townsend, VP of Product Marketing, Wellspring
Over the past decade, companies have embraced innovation with enthusiasm—Chief Innovation Officers have been hired, and in-house incubators, accelerators, and co-creation labs have been launched. CEOs have spoken with passion about “making everyone an innovator” and the need “to disrupt our own business.” But after years of experimentation, senior leaders are asking: Is this still just an experiment, or are we in it for the long haul?
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