ESG Reporting: Challenges and Opportunities
Supply Chain Brain
FEBRUARY 2, 2025
Organizations need emerging technologies and enterprise applications that allow them to enhance transparency and accountability along the supply chain.
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Is this a fair representation of what we can expect from Agentic AI?
Procurement Insights
FEBRUARY 2, 2025
Some will agree with this, and some won’t – what do you think?
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Mastering the Art of Supply Chain Crisis Management
Supply Chain Brain
FEBRUARY 2, 2025
In 2025, we expect to see increased focus on the adoption of visibility systems and risk-management protocols, as businesses prioritize efforts to safeguard their supply chains.
SAP Ariba Users – In The People Versus ChatGPT, Your Feedback Matters!
Procurement Insights
FEBRUARY 2, 2025
Shortly after launching the Procurement Insights blog in May 2007, I was contacted by Ariba, asking if I would like to interview them about their latest contract win in the Healthcare sector. There were very few blogs in those days, and therefore, the medium was considered a new and exciting venue through which providers could connect with the market.
GEP Spend Category Outlook Report 2025
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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.
Realizing the Full Potential of Supply Chain Visibility
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FEBRUARY 2, 2025
Rising demand for visibility, combined with a stronger focus on risk management, will cause a pronounced shift from analog to digitally enabled processes.
Canada strikes back with 25% tariffs on select US goods
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FEBRUARY 2, 2025
The tariffs will target $155 billion worth of goods, such as orange juice, beer and motorcycles, with some duties starting Feb. 4.
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The Procurement Tech Market in 2 Years: How Will It Look?
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FEBRUARY 2, 2025
This week’s piece was inspired by a LinkedIn post from well respected industry commentator Jon W. Hansen. He’s predicting that 75% of AI (procurement tech) solution providers today will be gone by the end of 2025. That’s a pretty bold statement. Just for context, he made this back in September, so I appreciate I’m looking at this with a bit of hindsight.
How GenAI Is Breaking New Ground in Supply Chain Automation
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FEBRUARY 2, 2025
Ask your 3PLs how theyre testing their AI to ensure that it learns from continuous input, and functions accurately.
UPS Stock Plummets on Amazon Announcement
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FEBRUARY 2, 2025
UPS Stock Plummets on Amazon Announcement UPS shares plummeted 14% last week after announcing a gloomy forecast AND that they will cut their business by with Amazon by 50%. UPS found that smaller package deliveries (i.e. Amazon package deliveries) were not very profitable so they mutually agreed to lower their commitments to each other. Amazon accounted for approximately 12% of UPS’ revenue last year.
Revolutionizing SI&OP with AI-Infused Digital Twins
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AI-infused digital-twins are reshaping the production and warehouse landscape, merging human insight with AI-driven precision at the job role level.
5 Ways You Can Win Faster with Gen AI in Sales
Advertiser: ZoomInfo
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.
Reshaping the Future and Global Competitiveness of U.S. Manufacturing
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FEBRUARY 2, 2025
By blending its strengths in innovation with proven global best practices, the U.S. can reclaim its position as a manufacturing leader.
The Clouds Are Lifting: The Future of Supply Chain Collaboration
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FEBRUARY 2, 2025
Technologies like blockchain will enable greater trust among supply chain players, and drive better planning and execution.
Supply Chains 2025: The Uncertainty Principle
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FEBRUARY 2, 2025
The future contains much uncertainty, but also a wealth of opportunities for innovative and far-thinking enterprises.
OKR Overload: How Conventional Wisdom on Performance Metrics Falls Short
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Instead of building out extensive OKRs for each employee and department, companies need to measure what matters.
The Evolving Retailers Fulfillment Strategy: Meeting Demands with Agility
Speaker: Becky Parisotto and John Vurdelja
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Combating the Freight Fraud Epidemic to Protect Supply Chains
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Leveraging technology, tightening verification processes, fostering collaboration and maintaining attention to detail is essential for long-term resilience.
Solving Skills Gaps in Supply Chain Analytics
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In recruitment and retention of talent and expertise, automation will reduce the need for manual updating and maintenance of data-management systems.
Building Supply Chain Resilience With a Contingency Playbook
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Start your journey to risk resilience by working on foundational elements like supplier mapping and standardized risk management processes.
PFAS Challenges and Solutions: Supply Chain Sustainability for Complex Manufacturers
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To reduce risk, manufacturers need to take a proactive stance toward managing their supply chains.
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Procurement Staffing in 2025: Five Key Trends
Supply Chain Brain
FEBRUARY 2, 2025
Professionals are gaining unprecedented exposure across the organization, from manufacturing and sales teams to production and finance departments.
How Warehouses Can Dynamically Adjust to Changing Labor Needs
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By drawing on real-time data, predictive analytics and intelligent scheduling, warehouses can remain agile, efficient and better prepared to meet customer expectations.
How Synchronized Warehouse Operations Can Impact the Bottom Line
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AI-empowered tools, complementary to WMS, exist today that add orchestration, leading to increased efficiencies, reduced costs, optimized inventory and enhanced customer satisfaction.
Overcoming Global Transportation Hurdles for Supply Chain Resilience
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Speaker: Chris Townsend, VP of Product Marketing, Wellspring
Over the past decade, companies have embraced innovation with enthusiasm—Chief Innovation Officers have been hired, and in-house incubators, accelerators, and co-creation labs have been launched. CEOs have spoken with passion about “making everyone an innovator” and the need “to disrupt our own business.” But after years of experimentation, senior leaders are asking: Is this still just an experiment, or are we in it for the long haul?
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To prepare for coming changes, shippers should start by identifying which of their goods will be impacted.
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Mitigating Rare Earth Dependency While Creating New Revenue Streams
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GEP Outlook Report 2025
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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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Technologies such as AI-driven risk due diligence and supply chain multi-tier mapping, supplier collaboration and satellite imaging are revolutionizing supply chain management.
Reimagining Retail: Gigging Customers Into Supply Chain Partners
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The gig-ification of retail supply chains constitutes a movement toward a more adaptive, engaging, and sustainable business model.
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