Supply Chain Dive

MAY 8, 2024

The broker hopes speeding up responses to emailed quote and appointment requests will improve productivity.

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Supply Chain Brain

MAY 8, 2024

With inflation and interest rates easing, manufacturing investment is on the rise. Several large manufacturers have said they plan to increase capital investments and merger and acquisition deal-making in 2024.

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Supply Chain Dive

MAY 8, 2024

The railroad's new domestic intermodal route cuts transit times from five to three days.

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Supply Chain Brain

MAY 8, 2024

Sales and operations execution (S&OE) plays a pivotal role in ensuring the smooth flow of products from manufacturing to the end consumer.

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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

MAY 8, 2024

Barbie’s parent company is looking to diversify its production footprint in a bid to optimize costs and fulfillment operations.

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Supply Chain Brain

MAY 8, 2024

The report projects that the U.S. will grow its manufacturing share of advanced logic chips to 28% of global capacity by 2032.

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Supply Chain Brain

MAY 8, 2024

Ex-Asia rates have increased by around $1,000/FEU since the end of April, climbing to $4,000/FEU for routes to the U.S. West Coast and Northern Europe.

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Supply Chain Dive

MAY 8, 2024

The initiative could help the e-commerce marketplace shake its reputation as a laggard when it comes to shipping time frames.

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Supply Chain Brain

MAY 8, 2024

The vehicles will be used to move freight and cars, and are the first mass-produced, heavy-duty hydrogen trucks in the world.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

MAY 8, 2024

Amid the dynamic realms of modern business and technology, organizations seek to maintain a competitive edge and elevate business outcomes and user experiences through their SAP investments. The crux of this endeavor lies in fostering continuous value creation throughout the journey. Drawing from my experience with clients across expansive, multi-year SAP engagements, there are three areas where collaborative value creation and charting future roadmaps intertwine seamlessly. 1.

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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

MAY 8, 2024

The platform comes with measurement tools and performance tracking, all geared toward maximizing sustainability for products and suppliers.

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Supply Chain Dive

MAY 8, 2024

Participants will meet Macy’s buyers and marketplace teams, with the potential to become vendors.

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Supply Chain Brain

MAY 8, 2024

Boeing’s largest supplier only expects to ship around 350 fuselages for the cash-cow jetliner this year as the two manufacturers step up inspections.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

MAY 8, 2024

The recent validated what many of us in the industry already knew: Identity has become the leading attack vector. The 2024 report showed a 71% increase in valid identities used in cyberattacks year-over-year. What really puts it into perspective is the realization that you are just as likely to have your valid identity used in a cyberattack as you are to see a phishing attack in your organization.

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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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Una

MAY 8, 2024

EPISODE 164 Aligning Procurement and Legal Operations with Lisa Haitz By Kelly Barner | May 8, 2024 Procurement’s relationship with legal is one of the most important they have. Whether it is allowing procurement to meet (or exceed) their objectives or protecting the company from risk, they need to be “joined at the hip” as we learn from this week’s guest.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

MAY 8, 2024

In the ever-evolving landscape of cybersecurity, businesses are constantly seeking robust solutions to fortify their defenses and navigate the complex challenges posed by cyberthreats. FreeDivision, an IBM Business Partner, stands out in the field by understanding the local needs of its clients. Operating as a security service partner, FreeDivision leverages IBM’s endpoint detection and response (EDR) solution, IBM Security® QRadar® EDR, as part of its solution, freedivision.io,

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Supply Chain Brain

MAY 8, 2024

The batteries in the big rig tractors, manufactured by Volvo, can travel up to 275 miles before a recharge.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

MAY 8, 2024

At IBM Cloud, we are committed to helping enterprises across industries leverage hybrid cloud and AI technologies to help them drive innovation. For true transformation to begin, we believe it is key to understand the unique challenges organizations are facing—whether it is keeping data secured, addressing data sovereignty requirements or speeding time to market to satisfy consumers.

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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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HICX

MAY 8, 2024

Anthony Payne, Chief Marketing Officer of HICX, tells us how working collaboratively with suppliers on sustainable procurement practices could act as an organisation’s competitive advantage. Sustainability isn’t just a ‘nice to have’ anymore – businesses don’t have much of a choice in the world of 2024. With ESG regulations now locked in place, organisations must comply or risk significant penalties.

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NLPA (Next Level Purchasing Association)

MAY 8, 2024

In today’s competitive business landscape, procurement professionals constantly seek ways to optimize costs and maximize value. Spend analysis has become vital in this pursuit, offering valuable insights into historical spending patterns and identifying potential cost-saving opportunities. However, relying solely on spend analysis can limit your cost-saving potential.

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Arkestro

MAY 8, 2024

The post Dallas Innovates: Arkestro’s Electronic Third-party Negotiation Automation System and Tool appeared first on Arkestro.

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Supply Chain Brain

MAY 8, 2024

Wanda Johnson, supply chain technology fellow with Deloitte Consulting LLP, reveals the findings of the firm's annual industry survey, in collaboration with MHI, on the adoption of technology in the supply chain.

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World of Procurement blog

MAY 8, 2024

What is Procurement? Procurement refers to the business processes involved in acquiring goods, services, and work from external suppliers. It involves identifying needs, sourcing potential vendors, obtaining quotes and proposals, negotiating contracts, selecting suppliers, managing relationships, and meeting obligations. Procurement differs from purchasing in a few key ways: Strategic focus : Procurement has a strategic, long-term focus on analyzing spend, reducing costs, managing supplier relat

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Procurement Express

MAY 8, 2024

We’re thrilled to introduce Christian Goldman, who has completely revolutionized the way we do business at Procurement Express. In this conversation, Christian shares his journey of transformation and the profound impact it’s had on our team and our success. We explore the powerful principles of the Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS) and uncover how this framework can help any business thrive.

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World of Procurement blog

MAY 8, 2024

Introduction to Contract Management Contract management is the process of systematically and efficiently managing contract creation, execution, and analysis to maximize operational and financial performance at an organization. Contract management involves coordinating and negotiating agreements to establish business relationships, draft contract terms that protect the company, properly execute contracts, monitor performance, and mitigate risks.

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Procurement Express

MAY 8, 2024

In this post, we feature a special guest, Alex English, from Ion Storage Systems, who will be sharing insights on supply chain management in startups. Alex has extensive experience in supply chain, ranging from consumer electronics to the cutting-edge technology being developed at Ion. Join us as we delve into the world of supply chain and explore the exciting future of battery technology.

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Advertiser: ZoomInfo

As prospects define their problem, search for solutions, and even change jobs, they are generating high-value signals that the best go-to-market teams can leverage to close more deals. This is where signal-based selling comes into play. ZoomInfo CEO Henry Schuck recently broke down specific ways to put four key buying signals into action with the experts from 30 Minutes to President’s Club.

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World of Procurement blog

MAY 8, 2024

What is Supply Chain Management (SCM) Supply Chain Management (SCM) is the management of the flow of goods, services, information and finances as they move from raw materials to final product, from manufacturer to consumer. It involves the active streamlining and integration of key processes across purchasing, manufacturing, warehousing, and transportation.

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CPO Rising

MAY 8, 2024

CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up series continues this week with fresh supply management technology news and updates covering a few recent major announcements. If you are a sourcing, procurement, or spend management solution provider and you are continually innovating the way that procurement and supply chain leaders and practitioners drive value, we’d love to hear from you.

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