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Entrepreneurs Can Navigate the Essentials of Business Contracts With This Guide

All Things Supply Chain

Establishing effective business contracts is crucial for securing the foundations of any enterprise. These documents serve not only as safeguards but also as frameworks for clear operational guidelines.

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CPO Crunch: Descend in style

Procurement Leaders

A couple of weeks ago I hosted a CPO Connect call during which we spoke to Sandro Scharlibbe, the former CPO of tier-1 automotive supplier Brose and the newly appointed CEO of Küster Holding. Sandro will be well known to many in the Procurement Leaders community – not least for the many awards he and his team picked up during his time as CPO – but also the work he championed on supplier-enabled innovation, which helped inspire many activities we hosted back in the pre-Covid days.

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Ivalua: Vendor Analysis (Part 2) — S2C solution product-level strengths and opportunities, voice of the customer, competitors and market analysis, user considerations, analyst commentary and summary

Spend Matters

Part 2 of this Spend Matters Vendor Analysis focuses on the strengths and opportunities of Ivalua’s S2C solution. We will also look at the voice of the customer and the elements to consider when looking at Ivalua as a potential solution provider. Part 1 of the series provided a history and overview of Ivalua’s S2C solution as well as the solution’s roadmap/vision.

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Budget constraints may be behind hiring uncertainty in 2024, survey says

Supply Chain Dive

Although most hiring managers have a positive outlook on the remainder of the year, some reported their companies don’t have enough money to hire.

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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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Box First or Box Last? Punching Through Your Packaging Process

Supply Chain Brain

The complexity of order fulfillment is at an all-time high with warehouses utilizing technologies such as WMS, ASRS, AMR’s and AGV’s to manage, store, and move items throughout a systematic process with the goal of getting orders out the door quickly and accurately. But what about the shipping box?

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FLOW aids GE Appliances’ fast-growing logistics network

Supply Chain Dive

Joining the federal platform is one piece of the appliance manufacturer's larger supply chain strategy, VP of Logistics Marcia Brey told Supply Chain Dive.

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The expanding role of visibility in the connected supply chain

Supply Chain Dive

As global supply chains become increasingly intertwined, organizations need robust, unified technology platforms to deliver better visibility.

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Houthi Rebels' Attack on Container Ship is First in Two Weeks

Supply Chain Brain

Houthis launched a missile at the Liberian-flagged Groton on August 4, shortly before the Yemeni rebel group said that it had also shot down a U.S. spy drone.

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FedEx strengthens China e-commerce access to US

Supply Chain Dive

The delivery giant is bolstering its FedEx International Connect Plus offering as cross-border demand booms.

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AS/RS: Not Just For Retail Anymore

Supply Chain Brain

In this webinar from SupplyChainBrain, experts from Tecsys, EXOTEC and Sedlak debunk this myth to reveal how integrating advanced systems can transform industrial distribution. Explore the benefits of AS/RS, discover how to implement it, and get tips for transitioning from legacy systems.

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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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Slow auto demand drags NXP Semiconductors’ inventory

Supply Chain Dive

The company's revenue was down last quarter as its plan to normalize inventory levels takes longer than expected.

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Visibility Is Key to Transportation Management Success

Supply Chain Brain

A survey by Descartes shows a correlation between financial performance and the strategic importance that senior management places on transportation management and related technology.

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Parcel carrier Veho to grow Midwest market penetration

Supply Chain Dive

The company will begin operating in Detroit and Columbus, Ohio, later this summer as it eyes further expansion in 2025.

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Long-Feared Canada Rail Strike Could Arrive by End of August

Supply Chain Brain

The Railway Association of Canada says that more than half of the country's exports are moved by rail each year, worth an estimated $200 billion.

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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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Magnus Mondays (Reprisal) — Category Management: All Talk No Action?

CPO Rising

[**Over the next few weeks, we’ll be running “best of” Magnus Mondays posts, reprising some of the most popular topics of the series. Magnus returns with new content in August.]… The post Magnus Mondays (Reprisal) — Category Management: All Talk No Action? appeared first on CPO RISING - THE SITE FOR CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICERS & LEADERS IN SUPPLY MANAGEMENT.

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Partnerships in the Real World: Great Supply Chain Partners 2024 Case Studies

Supply Chain Brain

Our annual 100 Great Supply Chain Partners issue is dedicated to showing what supply chain excellence looks like in the real world — through partnership.

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New York Cannabis Dispensaries Struggle With 'Supply Crunch'

Supply Chain Brain

CANY blames the issues on changes in growing practices, with 26% of cultivators saying they planted less in 2024 than they did in the previous year.

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U.K. Food Industry Says Imports Being Sent Back to EU Because of Lack of Testing Capacity

Supply Chain Brain

The U.K. is now facing a shortage in laboratory capabilities and is more reliant on international partners for help with sample testing.

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How To Align Product Management And Supply Chain Operations For Successful Product Launches

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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CrowdStrike Says Delta CEO Ignored Help Offer During Outage

Supply Chain Brain

The allegation builds upon CrowdStrike’s claim that Delta rejected the cybersecurity provider's repeated attempts to help.

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