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Sustainable Warehouse Design: Leveraging BIM for Efficient Facility Planning

All Things Supply Chain

Building Information Modeling (BIM) has transformed how the AEC (Architecture, Engineering, and Construction) sector designs and constructs buildings.

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Tariffs and Trade in 2025: Uncertainty Will Create Opportunity for Supply Chains

Supply Chain Brain

"Companies can take a fresh look at the balance they strike between efficiency and resilience," says Marsh Advisory managing director James Crask.

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ILA, USMX reach tentative deal on 6-year contract

Supply Chain Dive

The agreement comes a week before a previous deal was set to expire, allaying concerns of a potential strike at East and Gulf Coast ports.

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ILA and USMX Reach Tentative Agreement on New Six-Year Master Contract

Supply Chain Brain

The two sides agreed to continue to operate under the current contract until the union can meet with its full Wage Scale Committee, and schedule a ratification vote.

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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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USPS’ transportation consolidation efforts have hurt service: OIG

Supply Chain Dive

The Postal Service's Local Transportation Optimization initiative particularly impacted on-time delivery for rural customers, per an agency watchdog report.

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Zip: Vendor Analysis — Intake and Orchestration, S2P solution overview, roadmap, competitors, user considerations, analyst summary

Spend Matters

This analysis contains excerpts from a piece previously written by Bertrand Maltaverne. This Spend Matters Vendor Analysis provides an overview of Zip and its solution for intake, orchestration and source to pay (S2P). As procurement becomes increasingly strategic and digital, intake and orchestration processes require intricate coordination across various departments, tools and data sources.

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How Piehole.tv uses ProcurementExpress.com to control company spend

Procurement Express

TL:DR Automated approvals make payments to vendors fast and easy. Real-time tracking highlights budget risks early. Accurate payments keep suppliers happy and stress low. The struggle with outdated financial systems As the financial controller at Piehole.tv, Roslynne, known as the fun accountant, faced significant challenges in managing the companys financial processes.

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2025 brings a wave of parcel carrier rate hikes

Supply Chain Dive

Shippers are facing price increases and surcharge changes but have room to negotiate discounts.

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Insurance Market: Modernize operations with AI and automation

Pipefy

The insurance market is undergoing significant changes with the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and automation. These technologies provide insurers with an exceptional opportunity to modernize operations, reduce costs, and enhance the customer experience. The combination of AI and automation addresses challenges like risk management and fraud prevention, while also streamlining essential processes such as claims analysis.

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Generative AI: Ushering In a New Era of Supplier Equity

Supply Chain Brain

Generative AI is changing the game for enterprise procurement, tackling some of the most persistent challenges that organizations face.

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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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Best of 2024: eSourcing 2.0: Making the Case in 2024

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 missed… The post Best of 2024: eSourcing 2.0: Making the Case in 2024 appeared first on CPO RISING - THE SITE FOR CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICERS & LEADERS IN SUPPLY MANAGEMENT.

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China Renews Car Trade-In Subsidy to Boost Hybrid, EV Sales

Supply Chain Brain

The trade-in program doesnt just apply to cars, but also includes home appliances with microwave ovens, rice cookers and water purifiers also now eligible.

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ConvergentIS And SAP Ariba: The Start Of The Metaprise (Intake/Orchestration) Shift

Procurement Insights

EDITOR’S NOTE: In 2007, I wrote what is still one of the most popular posts on this blog: “ The Ariba Interviews: Re-engineering the Future ofOn-Demand. ” Aribas PR firm contacted me, indicating they wanted to schedule an interview with me and a senior executive from the company. The interview would discuss Aribas latest contract win in the Healthcare sector.

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China’s Winter Surge of Flu-Like hMPV Cases Puts Nations on Edge

Supply Chain Brain

China will continue to see multiple pathogens fueling its winter illness outbreak through spring, the countrys CDC said in December 2024.

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GEP Outlook Report 2025

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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U.S. Banking Exodus from Net Zero Alliance Signals Fear of ‘Anti-Woke’ Politics

Supply Chain Brain

Trumps vows to deregulate the energy sector, dismantle environmental rules and drill, baby, drill, were a big part of his campaign platform.

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More Tussles Over Trump Tariffs

Supply Chain Brain

There isnt a snowballs chance in hell that Canada would become part of the United States," said Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau.

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