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Tips for Surviving in a Brave New World

Art of Procurement

In 1932, Aldous Huxley published the book Brave New World. At the time, the actual world was perched between World. The post Tips for Surviving in a Brave New World appeared first on Art of Procurement.

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Watch: Is the U.S. Competing With China in EV Battery Production?

Supply Chain Brain

Jeremy Michalek, director of Carnegie Mellon University’s Vehicle Electrification Group, describes the impact to date of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) on efforts to reduce U.S. automakers’ dependence on China for electric vehicle battery production.

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Optimizing Procurement Outcomes with Next-Gen GEP Strategies

Procurement Freelancers

Is buying stuff for your company super hard? You’re not alone. Buying things, paying the… The post Optimizing Procurement Outcomes with Next-Gen GEP Strategies first appeared on Procurement Blog | Procurement & Supply Chain News.

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Tariff Tensions Between China, U.S. Spark 'Sharp Change' in Trade With Mexico

Supply Chain Brain

Vesselbot's data shows that Mexico's Manzanillo Ensenada and Lazara Cardenas ports have seen record-breaking container volumes over the last year.

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Load Optimization: A Sustainable Way To Reduce Transportation Costs

Discover strategies to optimize load building and achieve significant transportation cost savings. Plus, learn how load optimization can help reduce CO 2 emissions and align with climate regulations and consumer expectations. Finally, discover best practices for sustainable load optimization.

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Spend Matters Future 5 2024 — Introducing ivoflow

Spend Matters

Spend Matters honors a vast array of procurement solution providers each year by selecting them for our ‘50 to Know,’ ‘50 to Watch,’ ‘Future 5’ and ‘Hall of Fame’ celebration lists. Discover everything you need to know about these accolades here, including who is on them. For the Future 5, Spend Matters analysts scour the market to find new specialist solution providers that can answer a burning need of procurement practitioners today.

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Global Inventory Trends and Challenges Shaping SMBs

Supply Chain Brain

Netstock’s new inventory management 2024 benchmark report provides businesses with data needed to measure their performance against industry peers, identify areas for improvement, and set realistic, actionable goals.

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How to Drive Customer Experience Back Into Your Supply Chain

Supply Chain Brain

By integrating advanced strategies and digital technologies, manufacturers can cultivate stronger customer relationships and drive long-term success in the B2B landscape.

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Why apparel companies embrace supplier scorecards

Supply Chain Dive

The tool can help build more transparent sourcing relationships and better measure supply chain metrics.

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Indonesia Forms $1.2B Battery Venture with China’s CATL

Supply Chain Brain

The project in Karawang, West Java, aims to scale up battery production to 15 gigawatts a year.

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Amazon deploying AI tech in delivery vans

Supply Chain Dive

Vision-Assisted Package Retrieval aims to help drivers quickly find packages and save time on routes.

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Autonomous AI Agents Are the Future of Procurement and Supply Chain Operations

As early as next year, procurement and supply chain operations will begin to adopt AI agents, often called “agentic AI,” to work alongside employees to make and execute decisions with precision across procurement and even the most complex global supply chains. Unlike LLM-based generative AI tools such as ChatGPT, these AI agents do not require prompts from humans.

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Problem-Solving, Agent-Based Modelling And What A ProcureTech Demo Should Do

Procurement Insights

Jon W. Hansen It seems that many vendors underestimate the importance of their unique selling proposition and how it matches our needs and set them apart. – To make a decision and defend it to top management, we as procurement professionals need clear, compelling evidence of value. Many vendors are beginning to recognize this and ask us for our input to improve their presentations, offers, and demos. – I also recommend using an Agile Procurement Approach for selecting suppliers.

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Podcast | Can India Rival China as a Manufacturing Superpower?

Supply Chain Brain

Is India on the verge of eclipsing China as a global manufacturing powerhouse?

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53 Contract Management Statistics Ahead of 2025

ContractSafe

Contracts bind, guide, and set the pace for every transaction, partnership, and agreement in the business world. But as the landscape evolves, so does the art and science of effective contract management.

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JAGGAER strengthens UK public sector leadership with Mark Roberts’ appointment

Jaggaer

Roberts’ decades of experience will boost JAGGAER’s UK Public Sector strategy in Central and Local Government London, 17 October 2024 : JAGGAER, a global leader in enterprise procurement technology and supplier collaboration, is delighted to announce the appointment of Mark Roberts as its UK Public Sector Director. The appointment confirms JAGGAER’s long-term commitment to serving the UK public sector with award-winning insights and expertise to help it effectively leverage the potential of crit

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Freight Procurement Simplified: Bids from Hours to Minutes

Speaker: Eric Berdinis, Ran Sun, & Chris Chmielewski

Procuring freight can be cumbersome, time-consuming, and error-prone. If you’re frustrated with the complex and manual processes for obtaining bids for your contract and spot freight, you’re not alone. In today’s fast-moving supply chain environment, optimizing these processes is critical to staying competitive and cutting costs. Join this exclusive webinar with experts from Uber Freight to learn how the latest digital tools and automation can transform your freight procurement strategy by strea

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Amazon Latest Tech Giant to Invest in Nuclear Power for Data Centers

Supply Chain Brain

Amazon's SMRs will be able to generate around 320 megawatts of capacity in the initial stages, with the option to increase that total to 960 megawatts.

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Biden-Harris administration opens tariff exclusion process for some manufacturers

Supply Chain Dive

The exclusions come as some companies scramble to find alternative suppliers outside China.

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Samsung Electronics Workers in India End Month-Long Strike

Supply Chain Brain

The strike began on September 9, at a Samsung Electronics factory that manufacturers home appliances.

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