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USMX says there is ‘forward movement’ to resolving ILA issues

Supply Chain Dive

The parties had seen talks stall since June after a local dispute arose over the use of automated gates.

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Elite Procurement Leaders to Convene at the Chief Procurement Officer Summit 2024 in Orlando

Supply Chain Brain

The highly anticipated Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) Summit 2024 will be held on November 7-8 at the prestigious Four Seasons Resort Orlando at Walt Disney World Resort. This exclusive event gathers top procurement executives and thought leaders from around the globe to discuss the latest trends, challenges, and innovations in procurement.

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Bassett Furniture temporarily shuts down manufacturing facilities following cyberattack

Supply Chain Dive

Although customers can still place orders and purchase products, the furniture company’s ability to fulfill orders is currently impacted.

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Worldwide Transportation Chaos After Widespread Software Crash

Supply Chain Brain

Many port operations were disrupted, and air freight was hit the hardest, with a recovery period of the complex air cargo network predicted to last days or weeks.

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The Evolution of Control Towers to Command Centers

Are fragmented control towers hindering your supply chain’s growth and response time? Attempting to manage disruptions through various departmental control towers with basic analytic overlays hinders agility and, ultimately, your resiliency. Today’s volatile landscape requires inherent visibility across your entire value chain and the ability to orchestrate course corrections within a unified platform.

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Six Sigma in 2024 – Is It Still Relevant?

Procurement Insights

Over the past few decades, I have written about and interviewed some of the top professionals in this area, including Forrest Breyfogle. Here is the link to the first Six Sigma case study of Forrest’s that I posted on my YouTube channel in 2008 – [link] Watching that video today, the case study seems as relevant now as it did then—maybe even more so.

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AI Ain’t Magic!

Procurement Insights

The # 1 thing you can do to guarantee your procure tech succeeds? Be agent-based, NOT equation-based. Lead with problem-solving, people, and process, then technology, not equation-based, which is technology, process, and people. Jon W. Hansen , one of the top voices of procurement argues that with this mentality YOUR TEAM will always succeed, regardless of the technology.

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Procurement 6 – July 19th, 2024

Art of Procurement

Procurement 6 is a short podcast from Art of Procurement that publishes in the Art of Procurement feed every Friday. The post Procurement 6 – July 19th, 2024 appeared first on Art of Procurement.

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Procurement 2024 BIG Predictions (Part 5): U.S. Election Impacts and Supply Chain Disinformation

CPO Rising

[Editor’s Note: Ardent Partners recently published its Procurement-themed report, “Procurement 2024: BIG Trends and Predictions.” Over the next few weeks, this site will feature articles highlighting the key discussion points from the report. Chief Procurement Officers and their teams head into 2024 with a continued lack of clarity and a need for caution.

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Building a Procurement Strategy Roadmap for Success

Skill Dynamics

Procurement transformation, although innovative and beneficial, often arises alongside a resistance to change, lack of skills and data issues within teams. It isn’t always easy to get everyone onboard, however you can lay the groundwork to make the process as simple as possible, with clear visibility for the team involved. Let’s take a look at how you can develop and implement your procurement strategy roadmap from start to finish and address key challenges you may face along the way, as w

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10 Practical Steps To Reduce Scope 3 Emissions

Scope 3 emissions – which account for 70 – 80% of an organization’s emissions – are complex and multifaceted. They form the bulk of an organization’s environmental impact. It’s no surprise that enterprises still struggle to track and manage these emissions. '10 Practical Steps to Reduce Scope 3 Emissions' guides you through the essential phases of identifying, analyzing, and mitigating these emissions.

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Global IT Collapse Puts Cyber Firm CrowdStrike in Spotlight

Supply Chain Brain

The company pegged the incident to “a defect found in a single content update for Windows hosts,” and said the outage wasn’t down to a cyberattack or security breach.

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