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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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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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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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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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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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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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H&M’s ‘green’ financing tool supports supplier sustainability

Supply Chain Dive

The collaborative program aims to help manufacturers overcome the funding hurdles of implementing sustainable practices. Here's how.

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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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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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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.