Supply Chain Dive

APRIL 25, 2024

The automaker will create an comprehensive electric vehicle value chain in Canada to meet future demand in North America.

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Supply Chain Brain

APRIL 25, 2024

Blind spots in sourcing and a lack of due diligence and industry oversight have made it easier for food fraudsters to penetrate the supply chain.

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Supply Chain Dive

APRIL 25, 2024

The sugar manufacturer is taking advantage of the 20-foot-deep channel at the Port of Baltimore.

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Supply Chain Brain

APRIL 25, 2024

In neighborhoods where NO 2 fumes were especially prevalent, the pollutant was responsible for more than 14% of new asthma diagnoses.

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Advertiser: GEP

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.

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Supply Chain Dive

APRIL 25, 2024

The Brooklyn, New York, 3PL will be launching operations in Los Angeles before the end of April, according to its founder.

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Supply Chain Brain

APRIL 25, 2024

Risk-management initiatives are so important that the C-suite must reassess and rebuild agile, resilient supply chains, says Lisa Morales-Hellebo, founder and managing general partner of Refashiond Ventures.

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Supply Chain Brain

APRIL 25, 2024

E-SMART estimates that backing crashes make up 30% of commercial vehicle accidents.

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Supply Chain Dive

APRIL 25, 2024

“We view removing a supplier from our supply chain as a last resort,” the tech company said.

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Supply Chain Brain

APRIL 25, 2024

There’s a risk in having lots of digital tools that don’t easily share information. They create information silos that result in more work.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

APRIL 25, 2024

In today’s dynamic and uncertain landscape, commerce strategy—what we might formerly have referred to as ecommerce strategy—is so much more than it once was. Commerce is a complex journey in which the moment of truth—conversion—takes place. This reality means that every brand in every industry with every business model needs to optimize the commerce experience, and thus the customer experience , to drive conversion rates and revenues.

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Advertiser: ZoomInfo

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.

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Supply Chain Brain

APRIL 25, 2024

Who is this strange individual called a Chief Supply Chain Officer? And what does it take to become one?

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Art of Procurement

APRIL 25, 2024

On March 29th, it was announced that manufacturers of heavy-duty vehicles must reduce their overall emissions by mandated percentages, starting. The post Examining the Practicality of the EV Truck Mandate appeared first on Art of Procurement.

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Supply Chain Brain

APRIL 25, 2024

More than 100,000 volunteers collected and logged nearly 1.9 million plastic waste items in 84 countries between 2018 and 2022.

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Supply Chain Trend

APRIL 25, 2024

“ There is only one way to eat an elephant: a bite at a time.” Desmond Tutu Outside-in thinking in theory Outside-in thinking makes sense. It has been suggested to include a market, customer, and competitor view in a strategy definition for more than 50 years. It is not new in strategy. It is not new in supply chain management either. Lee’s uncertainty framework (2002) shows how segment your supply chain in demand streams and how to define your supply chain response to that.

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Advertiser: GEP

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

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Supply Chain Brain

APRIL 25, 2024

The hub will include an EV plant, a battery plant, and a processing plant for the key materials needed to make batteries.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

APRIL 25, 2024

We know that understanding clients’ technical issues is paramount for delivering effective support service. Enterprises demand prompt and accurate solutions to their technical issues, requiring support teams to possess deep technical knowledge and communicate action plans clearly. Product-embedded or online support tools, such as virtual assistants, can drive more informed and efficient support interactions with client self-service.

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Arkestro

APRIL 25, 2024

Pouched applesauce producer Materne adds two carton suppliers to its network and cuts $1 million in annual costs by adopting procurement software.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

APRIL 25, 2024

Business process reengineering (BPR) is the radical redesign of core business processes to achieve dramatic improvements in performance, efficiency and effectiveness. BPR examples are not one-time projects, but rather examples of a continuous journey of innovation and change focused on optimizing end-to-end processes and eliminating redundancies. The purpose of BPR is to streamline workflows , eliminate unnecessary steps and improve resource utilization.

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Advertiser: ZoomInfo

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.

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Una

APRIL 25, 2024

Guide to Una Membership This guide to savings and support details the simplified connection process and ongoing assistance you receive as part of your Una membership. Guide to Una Membership Wondering what’s involved in joining a group purchasing organization (GPO) like Una? You don’t have to jump through multiple hoops to get connected to impressive savings.

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CPO Rising

APRIL 25, 2024

Part of the Ardent Partners team made it to Vegas this week for the Coupa Inspire conference. You can expect another article or two covering the briefings, presentations, and conversations that we participated in this week.

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Supply Chain Brain

APRIL 25, 2024

The New York plants are expected to come online sometime between 2028 and 2029, while the Idaho site is planning to open by 2026.

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