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FedEx targets growth in 4 customer segments

Supply Chain Dive

Network changes and new capabilities aim to snag market share in healthcare and automotive B2B, U.S. e-commerce, global air freight and Europe.

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What’s The Price (Buynamics): Vendor Analysis — Cost Management solution overview, competitors, user considerations, analyst summary

Spend Matters

This Spend Matters Vendor Analysis gives an overview of Whats The Price (WTP), a solution built to quickly provide procurement professionals with insights into the costs and prices of any product or commodity. Successful supplier negotiations begin long before a category manager sits down at the negotiating table. Effectively sourcing a product or component requires understanding the fundamentals driving a category, the competitive dynamics in a given industry and a negotiation strategy based on

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How AI Can Help Avoid Future Holiday Season Disruptions to Supply Chains

Supply Chain Brain

As they enter the new year, businesses need to be preparing for the next holiday rush. Artificial intelligence can help.

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Shein joins CBP’s import data sharing initiative

Supply Chain Dive

The pilot program aims to prevent illegal and hazardous products from entering the U.S.

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From Rigid To Resilient: Why Enterprises Need Shopify's Modular Commerce Now

Speaker: Benjamin Woll

Enterprise commerce is at an inflection point. Rigid, monolithic platforms slow brands down, but a full replatforming is disruptive and costly. Shopify’s modular architecture offers a flexible, scalable alternative - allowing enterprise brands to modernize without ripping and replacing their entire stack. Learn how Shopify’s composable approach helps modernize commerce stacks while maintaining control over critical systems.

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Shein Pledges 'Rigorous Transparency' with CBP Data Program

Supply Chain Brain

The program dates back to 2019, and was first designed to gather import data on low value shipments from major retailers to better identify counterfeit goods.

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Why better supply chain visibility is critical in 2025

Supply Chain Dive

Optimizing supply chains will be crucial this year, but is your manufacturing operation ready to take on the challenge?

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Reverse logistics simplified: Should you manage returns in-house?

Supply Chain Dive

Struggling with returns? Discover key factors for reverse logistics success and how we can help!

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Mastering FIFO: A Guide for Procurement Teams

NLPA (Next Level Purchasing Association)

What makes FIFO (First-In, First-Out) such a vital strategy for inventory management in Purchasing and Procurement? In the fast-paced and ever-changing world of supply chains, FIFO stands out as a simple yet transformative approach. By ensuring the oldest inventory is used or sold first, this inventory methodology helps businesses reduce waste, boost efficiency, and confidently meet industry standards.

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US Steel and Nippon File Lawsuit Against Block of Sale

Supply Chain Brain

US Steel has warned that a failure to conclude a deal would put thousands of U.S. union jobs at risk and that it would close some steel mills.

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The AI Sustainability Revolution: Transforming Business Beyond Technology

Supply Chain Queen

The AI Sustainability Revolution: Transforming Business Beyond Technology In today’s rapidly evolving business landscape, artificial intelligence isn’t just another technological toolit’s a fundamental force reshaping how we approach sustainability and business transformation. Drawing from my experience as a global sustainability leader, I’ve observed AI following a trajectory remarkably similar to the Internet revolution: what began.

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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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Canada's Atlas Van Lines Targets Boost to Cross-Border Logistics

Supply Chain Brain

Orbit Brokers will merge into the logistics division of Atlas, and help streamline the company's customs processes in the months to come.

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Best of 2024: Magnus Mondays — GenAI Is Cool, but Should Everything be Automated?

CPO Rising

Editors Note: Over the next few weeks on CPO Rising, were publishing some best of 2024 articles as we reflect on last year and begin tackling 2025. If you havent… The post Best of 2024: Magnus Mondays GenAI Is Cool, but Should Everything be Automated? appeared first on CPO RISING - THE SITE FOR CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICERS & LEADERS IN SUPPLY MANAGEMENT.

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How retailers and manufacturers are navigating tariff concerns

Supply Chain Dive

Companies are evaluating sourcing plans and procurement networks ahead of expected trade landscape changes under President-elect Donald Trump.

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Retail in 2025: Price and Convenience Will Continue to Trump Tech

Supply Chain Brain

The greatest benefits of tech in 2025 will be felt further back up the retail supply chain, where it can lower costs by better managing inventory and distribution.

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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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Boeing Culture Overhaul a ‘Work in Progress,’ Buttigieg Says

Supply Chain Brain

Oversight of the planemaker will soon pass to President-elect Donald Trumps administration once he begins his second term in office on January 20.

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Donations to GOP Could Save U.S. Companies from Trump Tariffs

Supply Chain Brain

Although 14.6% of exemption applications for Trump's 2018 tariffs were approved, that number jumped to 18.5% for those that contributed to the GOP.

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