Coca-Cola turns to Microsoft’s AI services for its supply chain
Supply Chain Dive
MAY 2, 2024
The beverage giant signed a $1.1 billion deal as it explores the use of AI to streamline operations, boost efficiency and more.
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CPO Crunch: Contending with the complex new world
Procurement Leaders
MAY 2, 2024
Many years ago, I interviewed the CPO of a well-known consumer goods company. The CPO in question was relatively new to the role, full of enthusiasm and laser-focused on extracting innovation and value from the supply base, as you might expect. We spoke a lot about value creation, about supplier relationship management and about how he was structuring his team with that purpose in mind.
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How Mexico’s presidential candidates expect to leverage nearshoring
Supply Chain Dive
MAY 2, 2024
Modernizing border crossings, improving legal certainty and improving roads and rail networks were among the ideas candidates raised during a presidential debate.
How AI Can Power Eco-Friendly Deliveries
Supply Chain Brain
MAY 2, 2024
By harnessing AI for activities such as load optimization, route planning, predictive analytics and dynamic scheduling, businesses can start to find ways to trim their carbon footprint.
GEP Spend Category Outlook Report 2025
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.
UPS, FedEx fuel surcharge hikes to heat up delivery prices
Supply Chain Dive
MAY 2, 2024
The tweaks come on top of percentage increases the two delivery giants levied in December as they look to grow per-package revenues.
How Manufacturing Execution Systems Can Solve Staffing Shortages
Supply Chain Brain
MAY 2, 2024
Implementing advanced technologies such as an MES allows businesses to alleviate the immediate challenges associated with staffing shortages, and lay the groundwork for long-term workforce resilience.
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Inflation Tops List of Concerns for Supply Chain Leaders in New Survey
Supply Chain Brain
MAY 2, 2024
Leaders also said they've struggled to hire and retain skilled supply chain-focused workers in the last two years.
Replacing Good Intentions with Good Outcomes at Whistl
Art of Procurement
MAY 2, 2024
“The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry.” Scottish poet Robert Burns wasn’t thinking of 21st-century corporate business. The post Replacing Good Intentions with Good Outcomes at Whistl appeared first on Art of Procurement.
Maersk Expects Red Sea Shipping Disruptions to Persist for Most of 2024
Supply Chain Brain
MAY 2, 2024
Despite those disruptions, Maersk still lowered its expected operating loss for the year from $5 billion to between zero and $2 billion.
Mastering Agility and Resilience in Your Supply Chain
SCMDOJO
MAY 2, 2024
The modern business landscape is characterized by volatility, uncertainty, and complexity. Economic crises, marked by unpredictability and irregularity, present formidable challenges. The COVID-19 pandemic, along with disruptions such as Brexit, trade wars, and geopolitical tensions, has highlighted the need for business leaders to take a closer look at their supply chains to strike a balance between resilience and efficiency.
5 Ways You Can Win Faster with Gen AI in Sales
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.
Watch: Getting Ready for SEC's Emissions Reporting Requirement
Supply Chain Brain
MAY 2, 2024
To comply with a new reporting requirement by the Securities and Exchange Commission, public companies need to be able to measure their supply chain emissions, says Michael Wohlwend, managing principal with Alpine Supply Chain Solutions.
Procurement job interviews: Why you should be screening a potential employer versus the employer screening you
Procurement Insights
MAY 2, 2024
“You don’t need to be the CEO to make an impact. Start with your team, lead by example, and let the results speak for themselves.” – Simon Sinek ( LinkedIn post by Terri MacLeod, Senior Director of Procurement, Nutrien) Since the early 1980s, there have been far too many times following a lecture or webinar, procurement professionals have asked me the following: I agree with everything you say and am so “pumped” to apply what you presented when I return to the
Lufthansa to Cut Costs After $908M in First Quarter Losses
Supply Chain Brain
MAY 2, 2024
Lufthansa estimates weeks of airline worker strikes impacted first quarter earnings by as much as €350 million.
Mastering Resilience in Your Supply Chain
SCMDOJO
MAY 2, 2024
The modern business landscape is characterized by volatility, uncertainty, and complexity. Economic crises, marked by unpredictability and irregularity, present formidable challenges. The COVID-19 pandemic, along with disruptions such as Brexit, trade wars, and geopolitical tensions, has highlighted the need for business leaders to take a closer look at their supply chains to strike a balance between resilience and efficiency.
GEP Outlook Report 2025
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
Podcast | Can We Regulate AI Without Killing It? (And Will It Kill Us?)
Supply Chain Brain
MAY 2, 2024
Will generative artificial intelligence be the salvation or damnation of humanity?
Procurement 6 – May 3rd, 2024
Art of Procurement
MAY 2, 2024
Procurement 6 is a short podcast from Art of Procurement that publishes in the Art of Procurement feed every Friday. The post Procurement 6 – May 3rd, 2024 appeared first on Art of Procurement.
Change Management Models: Key Concepts and Definitions
Pipefy
MAY 2, 2024
Organizational change is a routine part of business today due to the rapid pace of operations, technological advances, and market shifts. Change is rarely easy, but it becomes even more challenging as an organization’s size and complexity increase. Your business must determine the best way to implement changes once the need becomes apparent, which will require a strategic approach to change management.
BearingPoint Recognized as Global Partner of the Year by JAGGAER
Jaggaer
MAY 2, 2024
JAGGAER's latest news on procurement & sourcing. Read now: BearingPoint Recognized as Global Partner of the Year by JAGGAER.
10 Ways to Leverage Buyer Signals and Drive Revenue
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.
The One Where We Relate Taylor Swift Lyrics to Procurement
Una
MAY 2, 2024
The One Where We Relate Taylor Swift Lyrics to Procurement Love it or hate it, lessons and lyrics alike can be related back to the poetic dance that is procurement and Taylor Swift. By Mackenzie Oakley | May 2, 2024 Search Search Its been nearly a fortnight since Taylor Swift released her newest record-breaking album, The Tortured Poets Department. As you can imagine, like the elder millennial that I am, I have the songs playing on repeat trying to decipher meanings and Googling the words I don&
Airbus Reaches Deal With Canada Workers, Averting Lockout Threat
Supply Chain Brain
MAY 2, 2024
A rejection of the deal would have triggered a lockout starting on May 2 at the Mirabel manufacturing plant near Montreal.
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