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DHL will pay $8.7M to settle allegations it gave Black workers more dangerous assignments

Supply Chain Dive

While Black workers moved “large, heavy packages,” their White colleagues sorted letters, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleged.

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ivoflow: Vendor Analysis —  Direct spend management solution overview, roadmap, competitors, user considerations, analyst summary

Spend Matters

This Spend Matters Vendor Analysis provides an overview of ivoflow and its solution for direct spend management. Global supply chains are under constant pressure because uncertain geopolitical factors, rising energy costs, highly volatile raw material markets and increasing international competition make global supply chains and procuring goods challenging and unpredictable.

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The Walmart RFID Tagging Mandate: Advantages and Compliance Strategies

Supply Chain Brain

While some retail supply chain leaders may initially feel hesitant about investing in achieving RAIN-tagging compliance, doing so can deliver significant upside potential.

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What is Supply Chain Management? A Guide to Success

SCMDOJO

Are you interested in understanding how businesses effectively manage their supply chains? Look no further – this guide is here to help you grasp the fundamentals of supply chain management (SCM) and how it can lead to success. Whether you’re a business owner, manager, or simply curious about the inner workings of the global economy, this article will provide you with a solid foundation.

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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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Crossing the chasm of S2P beyond Procurement and Finance

Spend Matters

The source-to-pay (S2P) application suite was created to be a one-stop-shop technology choice for procurement professionals — offering the potential for ‘suite synergy’ that delivers value beyond the sum of the individual process-centric modules. But there are some endemic technology gaps with a suite approach that can’t be fixed easily with more S2P features, with a simple/elegant UX, or even with an attractive underlying digital platform to allow better integration (e.g., via numerous open API

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Survey: 80% of Consumers Would Pay More for Sustainable Products

Supply Chain Brain

71% of consumers said that when comparing two products priced at $10 or less, they would choose the one that follows sustainable practices.

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Watch: Laser-Focused Logistics: The Value of LiDAR Technology in the Supply Chain

Supply Chain Brain

LiDAR, a remote-sensing method using pulsed lasers to measure range, is proving to be of high value in supply chain automation, says Peipei Zhao, president of North America with Robosense.

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Embedded fleet spend management - a new era of profitability

Supply Chain Dive

Siloed management systems foster inefficiency and profit loss. Embedded finance offers an integrated solution, paving the way for enhanced profitability.

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U.S. Companies Call for Crackdown on Chinese Solar Imports

Supply Chain Brain

U.S. manufacturers are calling for tariffs ranging between 70% and 271% on solar panels coming from four Southeast Asian countries.

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Designing for the future by transforming procurement

Supply Chain Dive

Today’s procurement organizations often face internal and external challenges that can impact efficiency and effectiveness.

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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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Red Sea Diversions Spew Carbon Emissions Equal to 9 Million Cars

Supply Chain Brain

While significant, the extra emissions are a fraction of what the shipping industry spews into the atmosphere each year.

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It’s time to fuel change: Ocean carriers consider alternative fuels

Supply Chain Dive

Let’s look at the alternative fuels under consideration for ocean shipping.

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VeloxCon 2024: Innovation in data management

IBM Supply Chain Blog

VeloxCon 2024 , the premier developer conference that is dedicated to the Velox open-source project, brought together industry leaders, engineers, and enthusiasts to explore the latest advancements and collaborative efforts shaping the future of data management. Hosted by IBM® in partnership with Meta, VeloxCon showcased the latest innovation in Velox including project roadmap, Prestissimo (Presto-on-Velox), Gluten (Spark-on-Velox), hardware acceleration, and much more.

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Monogram Foods taps Kellogg veteran as supply chain head

Supply Chain Dive

Larry Elliott will oversee strategic sourcing, logistics and customer service and continuous improvement at the company.

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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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Cloud spend management: Take control of your costs

Fraxion

Cloud spend management: A guide to optimizing your costs Cloud computing has seen a significant surge in adoption across industries, driven by its intrinsic scalability, flexibility, and accessibility. Organizations have embraced the cloud to leverage its potential for easily scaling resources and adapting to changing business needs with unparalleled flexibility.

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404: Parking Your Truck Is As Easy As 1, 2, 3, with Truck Parking Club

Let's Talk Supply Chain

Today I’m joined by Truck Parking Club , a logistics tech brand that is on mission to help truckers save time and fuel by efficiently finding and reserving truck parking across the U.S. Truck Parking Club has a network of instantly reservable hourly, daily, weekly and monthly truck parking locations. With a network of over 200 sites across the U.S., Truck Parking Club connects truckers to locations, providing parking for truckers and monetizing vacant properties for landowners.

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Top 10 Procurement Podcasts You Should Listen To: A Curated Collection for Industry Professionals

World of Procurement blog

In the world of procurement, continuous learning and staying abreast of the latest industry trends, innovations, and best practices are not just beneficial but essential. As your trusted guide through the complexities of the procurement world, we understand the importance of accessible, insightful, and forward-thinking resources. This is why today, we've curated a list of the top 10 procurement podcasts.

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U.S. Demand for Shein, Temu Prompts Rise in Air Cargo Rates

Supply Chain Brain

The market in air cargo from China to the U.S. is already under strain because of limited flights.

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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 — Coupa Inspire 2024: From BSM to Margin Multipliers

CPO Rising

Last week the Ardent Partners analyst team attended Coupa Inspire at the fashionable Aria Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. According to Coupa, this was the largest Inspire so far with about 3,000 attendees and 50 sponsors/partners in the exhibition hall (or the community village as Coupa calls it).

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Biden Administration Enacts Suite of Guardrails for Use of AI

Supply Chain Brain

The executive order includes a report from the Department of Energy on how AI can be used to reach various climate goals.

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How fintech innovation is driving digital transformation for communities across the globe  

IBM Supply Chain Blog

To meet the demands of today’s consumers, enterprises must be continuously innovating. But innovation doesn’t happen in silos. Fintechs, for example, have been transformational for the financial services industry, from democratizing finance to establishing digital currencies that revolutionized the way that we think of money. As fintechs race to keep up with the needs of their customers and co-create with larger financial institutions, they can leverage AI and hybrid cloud solutions