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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Spend Matters
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
In this Spend Matters Vendor Analysis, we provide an overview of Supply Risk Solutions and its solution for supplier (chain) risk management. Supplier risk management is crucial for a variety of reasons. First and foremost, it helps organizations identify and mitigate potential disruptions in their supply chain. Imagine relying on a single supplier for a critical component — if they face a problem, it could jeopardize your entire production process.
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.
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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
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.
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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.
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.
Supply Chain Dive
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
Employees said they most often stay put for flexibility, fulfillment and good compensation.
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?
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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
How Businesses Can Save Money on Food Procurement Costs A play-by-play for navigating rising food procurement costs and what strategies businesses can implement to save money, promote operational efficiency and protect product quality. DOWNLOAD PLAYBOOK Table of Contents Introduction Why Do Food Costs Keep Rising? Understanding Food Procurement How to Save Money on Food Procurement Costs Save on Food Purchases With Group Purchasing Benefits of Working With a Foodservice GPO Case Study Example Co
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.
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
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.
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Financial institutions must navigate a complex web of policies, procedures and regulations to ensure compliance and manage risk. When Hellenic Bank, a leading retail lender in Cyprus, set out to transform its procurement operations, it needed more than just software deployment. It required a partner that would help embed its intricate buying processes — with all its validations, risk assessments and tiered approvals — into a unified system.
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.
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 carriers, each with a capacity of 45.96 million gallons, will be wholly owned by Nakilat and chartered out to affiliates of QatarEnergy.
Fraxion
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
In 2024, financial leaders must demonstrate agility in response to changes marked by emerging technologies, evolving mandates, shifting talent markets, and the need for strategic cost management. This article explores key topics shaping financial agendas, providing insights into navigating the trends and challenges projected for the year.
Speaker: Paul Heller
Most innovation work proceeds independently from company strategy. As a result, the products that arrive in the market are not well aligned with the company’s goals. This challenge is particularly significant in organizations with transformation-oriented strategies, where innovation must directly support growth, scalability, and strategic pivots. In this session, we will discuss why innovation in large companies is so often not aligned with the company’s strategy and what innovation leaders, pro
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