Procurement Templates

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Nailing Soft Skills in Procurement: The Unseen Superpower Hard skills and soft skills – which is more important? The answer is, really, that it depends. Hard skills are undoubtedly crucial in specific occupations, but there isn’t a job in the world that doesn’t require soft skills. Even those specializing in specific skill sets need soft skills to work collaboratively in a team.

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Procurement Bulletin

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Swedish Breakthrough in EV Battery Production Swedish battery startup, Northvolt, has reportedly developed an EV battery made of sodium-ion that doesn’t involve in-demand and expensive materials that current batteries require (e.g. lithium-ion batteries). This breakthrough could solve the constraints posed by current battery production requirements and cut the costs of production as well.

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Procurement Templates

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

The Future of Procurement: Navigating the AI Revolution Metaverse? Chatbots? Machine Learning? How familiar are you with these words? Perhaps now might be a good time to start getting cozier with your AI knowledge. The advent of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has undeniably altered the employment landscape, sparking debates about its potential to replace conventional jobs.

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Supply Chain Brain

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

The U.S. regulator the Federal Trade Commission is engaged in a lawsuit against the company, accusing it of anti-competitive practices – something Amazon has denied.

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Procurement Templates

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

I’m going to share some real procurement stories that have happened to me, since we are on the theme of memes, I will let on what really happens in the day of a procurement manger. If you want to read the other version click here In the early days of my career I was working at a global company and I let out a tender. I got the most surprising feedback from a supplier.

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Supply Chain Brain

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Hospitals across the U.S. are facing an escalating crisis: acute shortages of vital medical supplies.

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Supply Chain Brain

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

China’s plan for global economic dominance has run into a snag.

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Procurement Freelancers

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Are you tired of the never-ending struggle with suppliers to meet your organization’s needs?

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Supply Chain Brain

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

How does a professional organization like the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals spread the word about supply chain careers? And where does academia fit in?

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Procurement Insights

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

EDITOR’S NOTE: This post was originally published in the Procurement Insights blog on December 3rd, 2007 – almost 16 years ago. So, why am I reposting it today? I t was a very ambitious project with an equally ambitious outcome – driving 21st-century procurement. Recognizing “the challenging piece” is linked” to understanding “the kind of interaction you want to resolve with customers and supply chain partners.

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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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NOVEMBER 26, 2023

The incident is the latest in a string of attacks since Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen issued a threat to target ships until Israel’s military operation against Hamas ends.

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