Mon.Apr 08, 2024

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Collaboration Crossroads: Breaking Down Silos and Building Bridges

All Things Supply Chain

Collaboration within a company is one of the many keys to its overall success. But unfortunately, many studies suggest organizational silos stop effective collaborations from occurring within companies.

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CPO Crunch: When it comes to AI, the key to starting is starting

Procurement Leaders

Given it’s dominated almost every conversation over the past 18 months, it was no surprise that artificial intelligence was top of everyone’s minds at the recent Americas Procurement Congress in Miami. What was evident from the discussions in the room is everyone understands the importance and the potential of AI. The issue leaders continue to grapple with, however, is identifying and prioritising use-cases for the technology – particularly when budgets are limited.

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Watch: The Risk to Supply Chains From Increasing Trade Restrictions

Supply Chain Brain

Amir Fadavi, senior director with K2 Integrity, advises on the risks that supply chains face today in complying with a growing number of trade regulations and restrictions.

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Supply chains and corrugated packaging: A marriage made to last

Supply Chain Dive

Products that arrive in perfect condition can capture the hearts and minds of consumers.

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GEP Spend Category Outlook Report 2025

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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Taiwan Company to Get Billions in Federal Funds for New Chip Factory in Arizona

Supply Chain Brain

TSMC will get $6.6 billion in federal subsidies for a third semiconductor factory in Arizona, set to open by 2028.

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LSQ: Vendor Analysis — Working capital solution overview, roadmap, competitors, user considerations, analyst summary

Spend Matters

This Spend Matters Vendor Analysis provides an overview of LSQ and its solution for Working Capital Management. LSQ is an active participant in the fintech industry with its LSQ platform, which offers a suite of working capital management solutions. From spend insights to supplier management and payment management, LSQ’s FastTrack provides essential tools for businesses.

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Pitney Bowes launches regional delivery service in Midwest

Supply Chain Dive

The added coverage means shippers can reach 90% of the U.S. in 1 to 3 days via the offering.

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Boeing’s 777 ‘Gliders’ Signal More Cash Woes

Supply Chain Brain

The bottleneck highlights how Boeing’s manufacturing challenges extend beyond its cash-cow 737 Max jet.

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Top 20 most-asked questions about Amazon RDS for Db2 answered

IBM Supply Chain Blog

The new Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for Db2 offering allows customers to migrate their existing, self-managed Db2 databases to the cloud and accelerate strategic modernization initiatives. In our recent  webcast , IBM, AWS, customers and partners came together for an interactive session. In this session:   IBM and AWS discussed the benefits and features of this new fully managed offering spanning availability, security, backups, migration and more.

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U.S. Treasury Secretary Mulls Possible Tariffs on Green Energy Exports from China

Supply Chain Brain

Yellen had previously expressed concerns that China's surplus of green technology exports could be hurting American manufacturers.

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5 Ways You Can Win Faster with Gen AI in Sales

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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Why CHROs are the key to unlocking the potential of AI for the workforce 

IBM Supply Chain Blog

It’s no longer a question of whether AI will transform business and the workforce, but how it will happen. A study by the IBM® Institute for Business Value revealed that up to three-quarters of CEOs believe that competitive advantage will depend on who has the most advanced generative AI. With so many leaders now embracing the technology for business transformation, some wonder which C-Suite leader will be in the driver’s seat to orchestrate and accelerate that change.

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Southwest Airlines Boeing Plane Makes Emergency Landing After Engine Cover Falls Off

Supply Chain Brain

The Boeing 737-800 out of Denver International Airport was supposed to fly to Houston on April 7 before an engine cowling came off and hit the wing flap.

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Product lifecycle management for data-driven organizations 

IBM Supply Chain Blog

In a world where every company is now a technology company, all enterprises must become well-versed in managing their digital products to remain competitive. In other words, they need a robust digital product lifecycle management (PLM) strategy. PLM delivers value by standardizing product-related processes, from ideation to product development to go-to-market to enhancements and maintenance.

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Streamlining Multiple Legacy IT Into a Single Data Ecosystem

Supply Chain Brain

Freight brokerage and transportation management company Transportation Insight needed to streamline multiple legacy systems for interacting with customers and carriers.

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GEP Outlook Report 2025

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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Unlocking the Power of Predictive Procurement Orchestration for Financial Success

Arkestro

This eBook was primarily written for the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) or Head of Finance roles in the manufacturing industry.

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A Mandate for Manufacturers: Resolve to Fight Payment Fraud in 2024

Supply Chain Brain

Fraudsters are becoming more sophisticated by the day. Are manufacturers being proactive enough to fight the growing threat of vendor payment fraud?

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The Difference Between Logistics and Supply Chain

NLPA (Next Level Purchasing Association)

The globalized world relies on efficient and well-coordinated supply chains. But within this complex system, two terms often get thrown around interchangeably. While intrinsically linked, there’s a crucial difference between the two. Understanding this distinction is essential for anyone entering the procurement, purchasing, or supply chain field.

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Greenhouse Gas Protocol – Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Accounting and Reporting Standard

Value Match

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10 Ways to Leverage Buyer Signals and Drive Revenue

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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Magnus Mondays: Zip — One App to Rule Them All?

CPO Rising

We’ve written about intake management and procurement process orchestration (IM&PPO) a couple of times previously. It’s certainly a topic and solution set that is gathering a lot of interest from procurement organizations, investors, and consultants alike.

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Biden Administration Shares Timeline for Restoring Traffic to Port of Baltimore

Supply Chain Brain

According to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the hope is have the main shipping channel to the port fully reopened by the end of May.

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$8M grant will double auto capacity at Port of Baltimore’s only unaffected terminal

Supply Chain Dive

New parking lots at Tradepoint Atlantic will allow Sparrows Point to welcome more ships after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, President Joe Biden said.

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What Are Fusion Teams: Definition and Core Attributes

Pipefy

What are fusion teams? Fusion teams are multidisciplinary squads that blend together technology, analytics, and domain expertise, and organize their work by technologies or functions. Rather than a structure that includes traditionally separate or independent teams, interests, or organizational roles, fusion teams are linked and share accountability for business, technology, and customer outcomes.

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From Reactive to Resilient: Charting Your Supply Chain Maturity

In this webinar, supply chain industry experts share insights and best practices for enhancing supply chain efficiency, resilience and adaptability. Watch the webinar to learn strategies to develop supply chain maturity and save on costs. Delve into the stages of supply chain maturity, from foundational management to advanced optimization and innovation.