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6 Ways Logistics Optimization Is Shaping Used Car Dealerships’ Success

All Things Supply Chain

Logistics, often the unsung hero of automotive commerce, is decisively shaping how used car dealerships operate and prosper. Smart inventory management isn’t just a tactic; it’s an operational transformation.

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CPO Crunch: Operating models evolve

Procurement Leaders

Operating models can be complex beasts. The traditional conundrum for CPOs has focused on whether to adopt full centralisation, to manage a decentralised environment or to sit on the fence and go down the middle with a hybrid route. The benefits of the former are full compliance and spend leverage, the trade-offs are seen in functional agility, speed to market, and local-market knowledge and diversification.

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‘Sustainable’ Procurement: More Than a Buzzword

Supply Chain Brain

Chief procurement officers must deal with complex global supply chains and disparate country standards, simply to ensure that all involved are adhering to sustainable practices.

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Basware: Vendor Analysis (Part 2) — P2P solution product-level strengths and opportunities, competitors and market analysis, user considerations, voice of the customer, analyst commentary and summary

Spend Matters

Part 2 of this Spend Matters Vendor Analysis focuses on the strengths and opportunities of Basware P2P solution. It also looks at the voice of the customer and the elements to consider when looking at Basware as a potential solution provider. Part 1 of the analysis provides a history and overview of Basware’s P2P solution its roadmap/vision. This content is for members only.

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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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High interest rates are stalling manufacturing growth: May PMI

Supply Chain Dive

With the Federal Reserve unlikely to cut rates this summer, manufacturers aren't keen to invest in new orders or capacity.

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Basware: Vendor Analysis (Part 1) — P2P solution overview, company background, platform and services overview, modules and application overview, roadmap and vision

Spend Matters

This Spend Matters Vendor Analysis updates our coverage of Basware and its procure-to-pay (P2P) solution. Basware is a long-standing veteran in the accounts payable (AP) space and has built its reputation as one of its largest providers. We have covered Basware various times in the last few years. Since we last examined Basware in 2019, a number of changes and enhancements have been made, including M&As that built its enterprise scale.

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How do you know you are really “ready” to attend a live webinar?

Procurement Insights

Yet another webinar. I remember the first webinar I did was in early 2005. Webex was the platform, and there were some initial challenges, such as getting through company firewalls. Not only was the drawbridge up but the entire castle was locked down, as many organizations were unfamiliar with the technology. Today, webinars are as common as wheat in a wheatfield.

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Rainy Relief for Panama Canal As Vessel Draft Deepens Ahead of Schedule

Supply Chain Brain

As of May 26 — and for the first time in all of 2024 — water levels for Gatun and Alhajuela Lakes are above the mark recorded on the same date in 2023.

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Field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) vs. microcontrollers: What’s the difference?

IBM Supply Chain Blog

Field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) and microcontroller units (MCUs) are two types of commonly compared integrated circuits (ICs) that are typically used in embedded systems and digital design. Both FPGAs and microcontrollers can be thought of as “small computers” that can be integrated into devices and larger systems. As processors, the primary difference between FPGAs and microcontrollers comes down to programmability and processing capabilities.

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Watch: Assembling the Puzzle Pieces of Warehouse Technologies

Supply Chain Brain

Today's warehouse might involve many discrete systems, both software and hardware, to meet customer needs for speed and efficiency. But how do you put the pieces together? Brian Kirst, chief commercial officer with SnapFulfil, has an answer.

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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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Scope 3 emissions reporting is a ‘when,’ not an ‘if’ for companies: Bayer, Zycus execs

Supply Chain Dive

ESG experts from the pharmaceutical company and procurement software provider made the case for reporting on scope 3 emissions early during a panel discussion.

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Boeing Submits Safety Plan Amid New Allegations Over 787 Planes

Supply Chain Brain

Boeing will meet with senior FAA leaders weekly to monitor performance metrics, progress, and potential roadblocks for its new safety plan.

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How small business supply chains can keep up with large companies

Supply Chain Dive

A broader supplier base and new technology investments are among the measures SMBs can leverage to mitigate disruptions.

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IATA Head Calls For Realistic Approach to Aviation Net-Zero Goals

Supply Chain Brain

Walsh called on regulators to "have the courage to stop and change tack fast" when it's clear that green aviation policies aren't working.

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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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Elevate Your Business With Innovative Suppliers Sourcing Solutions

Procurement Freelancers

The prosperity of every company is mostly dependent on its suppliers. They offer the goods… The post Elevate Your Business With Innovative Suppliers Sourcing Solutions first appeared on Procurement Blog | Procurement & Supply Chain News.

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Maersk Raises Profit Forecast as Red Sea Disruption Boosts Rates

Supply Chain Brain

This is the second time in about a month Maersk raised its forecast as the world’s supply lines are suffering from a number of disruptions.

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Accurate data may be the solution to managing more than just inventory

Supply Chain Dive

For suppliers, eliminating these common data challenges can be crucial to improving their business practices.

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Streamlining digital commerce: Integrating IBM API Connect with ONDC 

IBM Supply Chain Blog

In the dynamic landscape of digital commerce, seamless integration and efficient communication drive the success of buyers, sellers and logistics providers. The Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) platform stands as a revolutionary initiative to streamline the digital commerce ecosystem in India. When coupled with the robust capabilities of IBM API Connect®, this integration presents a game-changing opportunity for buyers, sellers and logistics partners to thrive in the digital marketp

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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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Magnus Mondays — Solution Provider User Conferences, a Sign of Maturity

CPO Rising

As we’re heading into summer (at least here in Sweden), conference season is winding down for a couple of months before kicking off again in September. This spring I had the privilege of attending Ivalua Now and Coupa Inspire and found both very useful and well arranged.