All Things Supply Chain
JANUARY 17, 2024
The supply chain is undergoing a sustainability revolution. Organizations conscious of their green credentials are investing in electrification to reduce their carbon emissions.
Procurement Templates
JANUARY 17, 2024
Procurement processes in the USA and the UK share some similarities, but there are also key differences due to variations in legal frameworks, regulations, and cultural practices. It’s important to note that specific details can change over time, and you should always refer to the latest guidelines and regulations in each country. Here are some general differences between procurement in the USA and the UK: Legal and Regulatory Framework: USA: In the United States, procurement is subject to
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Supply Chain Brain
JANUARY 17, 2024
While numerous applications are available for optimizing a variety of logistics functions, the first- and last-mile segments are proving to be especially complex, generating significant costs for shippers and carriers.
Procurement Templates
JANUARY 17, 2024
What is demand management and why should we use it? Criteria: Procurement plays a key role in leading demand management across the organisation with clear benefits as a result.Demand management improvement opportunities have been identified and a prioritised, structured plan is in place to address.Evidence of some benefits achieved is available. Evidence of up to date internal management information availability.
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SCMDOJO
JANUARY 17, 2024
With the increase in online purchases, especially after the health crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic, the eCommerce industry is booming like anything. Most eCommerce and online businesses focus on forwarding logistics and last-mile delivery to reduce delivery time. Unfortunately, the majority of them miss one of the critical aspects of the supply chain – the Return Management of goods.
Supply Chain Dive
JANUARY 17, 2024
Pricing errors on 22.8 million packages over a nearly three-year period were the culprit, the agency's Office of Inspector General said.
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Supply Chain Brain
JANUARY 17, 2024
The new cooperation between Hapag-Lloyd and Maersk will comprise a fleet pool of around 290 vessels with a combined capacity of 3.4 million containers (TEU); Maersk will deploy 60% and Hapag-Lloyd 40%.
Supply Chain Dive
JANUARY 17, 2024
Operational headaches have contributed to financial failures among some suppliers. That has created problems for retailers — and opportunities.
SCMR (Supply Chain Management Review)
JANUARY 17, 2024
Project-based learning is taking off at the university level, giving supply chain graduate students real-world experience to pair with theory-based instruction.
Supply Chain Dive
JANUARY 17, 2024
The company is also sending its own team to review supplier Spirit AeroSystems’ operations in the wake of the Alaska Airlines incident.
Advertiser: GEP
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.
Supply Chain Brain
JANUARY 17, 2024
Workers at 12 Anheuser-Busch factories across the U.S. are seeking a significant wage increase, greater job security and improved retirement options and benefits.
Supply Chain Dive
JANUARY 17, 2024
The agreement between the two shipping giants will start February 2025 and has a target of 90% schedule reliability.
IBM Supply Chain Blog
JANUARY 17, 2024
When it comes to data security , the ancient art of cryptography has become a critical cornerstone of today’s digital age. From top-secret government intelligence to everyday personal messages, cryptography makes it possible to obscure our most sensitive information from unwanted onlookers. Whether shopping online or saving valuable trade secrets to disk, we can thank cryptography for any semblance of privacy we may have.
Spend Matters
JANUARY 17, 2024
For several years now, Spend Matters has been collecting and publishing a series of articles about procurement, supply and services trends for the year ahead from expert tech and service providers in the market. This year we’re highlighting the customer demands, market movements and advances in procurement tech that are exciting the world of solution providers, how they expect them to shape the S2P landscape next year and how they plan to respond to them.
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
IBM Supply Chain Blog
JANUARY 17, 2024
IBM believes in the power of technology and innovation to drive climate solutions, especially for the communities and organizations most impacted by climate change and environmental challenges. At the center of this work is also a commitment to volunteerism, allowing inspired IBMers to combine their talent and skills with passion and purpose. Through the IBM Sustainability Accelerator , a pro-bono social impact program, IBM volunteers donate their time, energy and expertise to help create lastin
Supply Chain Brain
JANUARY 17, 2024
Oil markets are set to remain in deficit through to the end of 2025 unless Saudi Arabia and its allies boost output significantly.
Supply Chain Dive
JANUARY 17, 2024
The home improvement retailer promoted company veteran Margi Vagell to take over for the retiring Don Frieson.
Procurement Insights
JANUARY 17, 2024
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following are my three related comments to the following post by customer service and customer experience expert Shep Hyken : “ Brittany Hodak and I challenge you to “just ask your customers.” Customers want to tell you how you can make their lives easier. They want to let you know how you can make their experience better.
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.
Supply Chain Dive
JANUARY 17, 2024
The deal comes as companies across the globe are facing increased regulatory pressure to report on their scope 3 emissions and carbon footprint.
Supply Chain Brain
JANUARY 17, 2024
The Port of Los Angeles ended up handling roughly 8.6 million TEUs in 2023, a 13% drop off when compared to 2022.
Supply Chain Dive
JANUARY 17, 2024
Separations are scheduled to start in early March and be completed by the end of April, according to a WARN notice.
Supply Chain Brain
JANUARY 17, 2024
Mohamed El-Erian, the former CEO of the investment management firm PIMCO, warned that shipment disruptions caused by Houthi attacks could cause shipping costs to increase while hindering global economic growth.
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Spend Matters
JANUARY 17, 2024
In this Spend Matters Vendor Analysis, we give an overview of ChAI, a pricing/market intelligence solution built to provide procurement teams with deep insights into the evolution of commodities. Understanding the evolution of commodity prices is crucial for procurement professionals. It helps in effective cost management by enabling better budgeting and negotiation with suppliers.
Arkestro
JANUARY 17, 2024
Materne North America, known as the global leader in 'applesauce in a pouch' under the brand GoGo squeeZ, recently partnered with Arkestro, a leading provider of predictive procurement orchestration (PPO) services.
Una
JANUARY 17, 2024
The Basics of Group Purchasing Learn how Una can help turn your sourcing function into a hub for value creation for business leaders and procurement professionals alike. By Hugo Britt | January 18, 2024 Search Search Ready to ditch the old-school procurement playbook and dive into the exciting world of value creation? Well, you’re in for a treat because Una has just released our latest resource: The Procurement Value Creation Playbook: Boosting Business Growth With the Help of a GPO.
Pipefy
JANUARY 17, 2024
Employees spend 60% of their time on “work about work.” This includes responding to emails and messages, waiting for feedback, approvals, or responses, and searching for files or documents. For the average full-time employee with a 40-hour work week, that’s 24 hours of decentralized, repetitive, and tedious tasks that take away from high-value work for process owners and stakeholders.
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Financial institutions must navigate a complex web of policies, procedures and regulations to ensure compliance and manage risk. When Hellenic Bank, a leading retail lender in Cyprus, set out to transform its procurement operations, it needed more than just software deployment. It required a partner that would help embed its intricate buying processes — with all its validations, risk assessments and tiered approvals — into a unified system.
HICX
JANUARY 17, 2024
By Costas Xyloyiannis, CEO of HICX As we kick off the new year, social and environmental governance (ESG) remains a central issue, and big brands remain in the spotlight as they solve how to credibly deliver net-zero targets. Receiving less attention, meanwhile, are fast-growing brands.They should use this time away from the spotlight to prioritise ESG.
Let's Talk Supply Chain
JANUARY 17, 2024
Welcome back to Blended! It’s episode 40, I’m joined by another amazing group of professionals and, today, we’re all about the positivity – because we’re talking about organizations that are doing good. We can all be guilty of being a little bit cynical sometimes when it comes to brands, especially big ones, and their impact on the world. Greenwashing and pinkwashing have both been well-publicized in recent years, as we strive towards achieving greater sustainability and more diverse cultures in
Supply Chain Brain
JANUARY 17, 2024
A panel of experts at the National Retail Federation’s NRF’24 conference in New York said the retail market had a strong holiday season, and would likely continue to thrive.
Procurement Freelancers
JANUARY 17, 2024
Finding competent advisers is a complicated process because negotiating the sourcing process is one of…
Speaker: Paul Heller
Most innovation work proceeds independently from company strategy. As a result, the products that arrive in the market are not well aligned with the company’s goals. This challenge is particularly significant in organizations with transformation-oriented strategies, where innovation must directly support growth, scalability, and strategic pivots. In this session, we will discuss why innovation in large companies is so often not aligned with the company’s strategy and what innovation leaders, pro
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