Procurement Leaders

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Last week, Procurement Leaders released the CPO Compass 2025 – a unique piece of thought leadership that aims to challenge the assumptions that underpin leaders’ long-term planning. It’s a chance to step back and reflect; to look at the world differently. This year we’ve explored three key topics that CPOs will have to navigate over the coming years: navigating the world’s accelerating “geoeconomic fragmentation” as trading blocs become increasingly common; understanding the balance and interp

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Innovation Leadership Collaboration Suppliers 130

Supply Chain Brain

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

John Gardner owns a small business that sells to the U.S. military. He’s also a vocal proponent of reinvigorating America's entire domestic manufacturing base.

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Procurement Bulletin

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Canada Post Strike Looming As holidays start to ramp up, Canada Post has a looming strike hanging over everyone’s heads. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) announced they have voted ​in favour of going on strike​ should labour talks not come to agreement. Montreal Dock Workers Go On Partial Strike Canadian supply chains are just hurting this time of year, with Montreal dock workers ​going on partial strike​ with no specified end date.

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Supply chain Supply 63

Supply Chain Brain

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Elon Musk and other conservative activists blame some of the planemaker's problems with aircraft quality on its decision to add diversity goals to its bonus targets in 2022.

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Quality 105

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Art of Procurement

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

“The visionary leaders can see the opportunities but also recognize that, while traditional skills in procurement still remain very, very. The post Building a ‘Dream Scenario’ of Procurement Excellence appeared first on Art of Procurement.

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Procurement Management 52

Supply Chain Brain

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

A case study on how Gather AI’s autonomous drones are helping a retailer of sports memorabilia to keep near-perfect track of its extensive high-value inventory, and virtually eliminate the problem of shrink within the warehouse.

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Inventory 102

Supply Chain Brain

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

As micro-fulfillment centers implement a mixture of systems and services to perform the last mile of the fulfillment process, a lack of reliable connectivity could hinder their performance.

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Logistics 95

Supply Chain Brain

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

We congratulate the winner and finalists of this year’s Supply Chain Innovation Award competition, and trust that their examples will motivate others to seek out new ideas and solutions.

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Innovation Supply chain Supply 98

Supply Chain Brain

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

The French automaker joins forces with Shippeo, provider of a real-time logistics visibility platform, to shed manual processes and gain real-time visibility of parts moving from suppliers to its plants.

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Real-time Visibility Supply chain Logistics Management 89

Supply Chain Brain

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

One of the world’s largest energy companies joins with a global real estate services firm to deploy methodology developed by the University of Tennessee to reorganize its workplaces internationally.

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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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Supply Chain Brain

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

PITT OHIO increases efficiency and reduces costs for its pickup, delivery and linehaul trucking business by replacing outdated legacy systems with an AI-powered platform.

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Supply Chain Brain

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Critical areas of risk in inbound supply — including supplier reliability, on-time delivery and order cost containment — are highlighted and prioritized through the system’s risk cohorting feature.

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Risk Suppliers Supply 91

Supply Chain Brain

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

The Port of Montréal Longshoremen’s Union, CUPE Local 375, called an unlimited strike on October 31 that directly blocks the Viau and Maisonneuve terminals.

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Supply Chain Brain

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

The automation of munitions management and logistics operations at a U.S. Air Force base, in partnership with SEE ID, saved some 250 man-hours per week, while improving operational readiness.

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Logistics Management 76

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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