All Things Supply Chain
FEBRUARY 5, 2025
Last-mile delivery is one of the most critical aspects of the supply chain and logistics process. It requires extensive infrastructure, workers and resources to get packages to their final destinations.
Supply Chain Dive
FEBRUARY 5, 2025
The agency said it's working with Customs and Border Protection to establish a better collection method for additional tariffs placed on China.
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Spend Matters
FEBRUARY 5, 2025
Procurement has evolved from a back-office function to a strategic driver of innovation and value. While technology is at the heart of this shift, jumping on the digital bandwagon isnt always as simple as plugging in some shiny new software. Real transformation demands a mix of creativity, strategy and much patience. Change management isnt a sidekick in this story; its the star of the show.
Supply Chain Dive
FEBRUARY 5, 2025
The Postal Regulatory Commission says the agency isn't "laying a foundation for success,” while Postmaster General Louis DeJoy asserts the Postal Service is on the right track.
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.
Supply Chain Brain
FEBRUARY 5, 2025
Close to half of all parcels entering the U.S. under de minimis exemptions were sent from China, according to a 2023 report by U.S. Congress.
Supply Chain Dive
FEBRUARY 5, 2025
New duties could increase commodity prices, hamper supply chains and impact significant trade relationships, industry groups say.
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Jaggaer
FEBRUARY 5, 2025
Strategic Sourcing Simplified: Best Practices for Maximizing Value Strategic sourcing goes beyond cost savings its about making informed decisions that drive long-term value. A successful approach requires careful assessment of supplier bids, followed by structured onboarding, continuous monitoring, and performance measurement. Now well dive into best practices in these critical areas to ensure a more effective and resilient sourcing strategy.
Supply Chain Brain
FEBRUARY 5, 2025
Rather than asking how can we avoid negative publicity during a recall?, food businesses can flip the question to how can we harness the power of the media to help us protect the public and our brand?
Jaggaer
FEBRUARY 5, 2025
The Power of Source-to-Pay Digital Transformation To put it briefly, source-to-pay refers to the entire process that starts with finding, negotiating with, and contracting the suppliers of materials, goods and services, and culminates in the final payment for those items. JAGGAER characterizes the steps in this process as Spend Management, Category Management, Sourcing , and Contracts.
Supply Chain Brain
FEBRUARY 5, 2025
Ferrari Groups listing will serve as a fresh indicator of whether European IPO activity can build on last years European volumes that topped $20 billion.
Advertiser: GEP
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.
Jaggaer
FEBRUARY 5, 2025
What Is Strategic Sourcing? A Complete Guide Strategic sourcing is a data-driven approach to securing the best value for your organization from its strategic suppliers. The process creates efficiencies across all spend categories, minimizes supply chain risks through improved supplier selection and awards, while giving visibility into pricing and forecasting.
Supply Chain Brain
FEBRUARY 5, 2025
The AI system can provide insights into best practice operating procedures for procurement advisors, as well as data on product forecasts for suppliers.
Jaggaer
FEBRUARY 5, 2025
Strategic Sourcing Success: Best Practices and Key Strategies Of course, there are many definition s of source-to-pay but put simply, strategic sourcing is a data-driven approach to securing the best value for your organization from its strategic suppliers. It is a process that creates efficiencies across all spend categories, minimizes supply chain risks through improved supplier selection and awards, while giving visibility into pricing and forecasting.
Supply Chain Brain
FEBRUARY 5, 2025
Waabi's AI-powered system is designed to allow vehicles to adapt to a variety of different driving conditions and scenarios on roads.
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.
Jaggaer
FEBRUARY 5, 2025
Complete Source to Pay cycle and Strategic Sourcing Guide An optimized Source-to-Pay (S2P) process helps businesses enhance procurement efficiency, reduce costs, and improve supplier collaboration. Strategic sourcing plays a critical role in this transformation, ensuring organizations secure the best value while mitigating risk. Explore the fundamentals of S2P, best practices in strategic sourcing, and the key steps for a successful digital transformation.
CPO Rising
FEBRUARY 5, 2025
CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up series continues this week with fresh supply management technology news and updates covering a few recent major announcements. If you are a sourcing, procurement, or spend… The post Technology Round-Up February 5, 2025 appeared first on CPO RISING - THE SITE FOR CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICERS & LEADERS IN SUPPLY MANAGEMENT.
Jaggaer
FEBRUARY 5, 2025
2024 was widely recognized as a landmark year for elections, with over sixty countries holding significant polls. Across continents, incumbent governments faced mounting dissatisfaction as citizens demanded improved public services. Many taxpayers feel their contributions fail to deliver value for money, citing delayed infrastructure projects, rising costs, and public services struggling to meet growing demand.
Spotlight on Procurement
FEBRUARY 5, 2025
In this episode of Procurement Snapshot, hostJessica Spichersits down withMatthew Lekstutis, Director at Efficio, to discuss the evolving landscape of tariffs and the critical role procurement plays in mitigating risks.
Advertiser: GEP
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
Procurement Insights
FEBRUARY 5, 2025
We must stop analyzing tech jargon and instead focus on practical, human-led, agent-based modeling. When I say agent-based, I am not talking about Agentic AI; I am talking about human agents or stakeholders both within and external to an organization. If we don’t correctly understand how humans interact and their specific objectives, then we cannot adequately train Agentic AI to do what we cannot do ourselves.
Supply Chain Brain
FEBRUARY 5, 2025
Although Trump has repeatedly said he wants the U.S. to retake the Panama Canal, his actual goals could fall well short of that.
Supply Chain Brain
FEBRUARY 5, 2025
Although Trump has repeatedly said he wants the U.S. to retake the Panama Canal, his actual goals could fall well short of that.
Supply Chain Brain
FEBRUARY 5, 2025
Trump has said tariffs will encourage firms to make their products in the U.S., expressing repeated concern about the size of the trade deficit.
Advertiser: ZoomInfo
In today’s ultra-competitive markets, it’s no longer enough to wait for buyers to show obvious signs of interest. Instead, sales teams must be proactive, identifying and acting on nuanced buyer behaviors — often before prospects are fully ready to make a purchase. In this eBook from ZoomInfo & Sell Better, learn 10 actionable ways to use these buyer signals to transform your sales strategy and close deals faster.
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