All Things Supply Chain

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Tomorrow marks the 2024 U.S. presidential election, a pivotal event with significant implications for supply chains.

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Supply Chain Brain

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The World Trade Organization estimates the global cost of food fraud to be anywhere between $30 billion and $50 billion each year.

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Spend Matters

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

In this Spend Matters Vendor Analysis, we give an overview of IDAS, a solution from M.K. Technologies built to address critical challenges faced by manufacturers, particularly unexpected late deliveries, which can halt production lines and damage customer relationships. By providing a unique supplier portal that integrates data from various ERP systems, IDAS helps manufacturers maintain on-time delivery rates, ensuring operational efficiency and stability in complex supply chains.

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Supply Chain Brain

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

We’ve seen a wave of companies retreat from DEI initiatives due to social media negativity and brand perception.

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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.

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Supply Chain Dive

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The toy and game company’s long-term transformation plan has focused heavily on shrinking inventory, a trend that continued in Q3.

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Supply Chain Brain

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

With a 76,000-pallet capacity, the distribution center is Maersk's largest in the country to date.

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Supply Chain Brain

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The partnership helps Amazon expand the inventory of fresh products and supermarket staples available to shoppers in Mexico.

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Supply Chain Dive

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Make sure your drivers are safe not only for themselves but others around them with safety programs.

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Procurement Insights

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

EDITOR’S NOTE: More than two decades ago, the foundational elements for successfully utilizing advanced, self-learning algorithms to optimize the procurement process using an agent-based model were well established. Somewhere along the line, we got distracted by SaaS and digital transformation, and now we are at risk of being sidetracked by Agentic AI.

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Supply Chain Dive

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Incorporating AI into procurement is a technical endeavor that must consider the human impact to be successful, 4C Associates’ director of digital innovation writes.

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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.

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The Good Spending

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The comparison—where a $100K sales win gets a $10K bonus, but saving $100K on a procurement contract gets nothing—might seem like a compelling argument for unfairness at first glance. However, this comparison oversimplifies the complex roles of sales and procurement teams. Let’s unpack this misconception from different angles. Different Objectives and Impact While it’s tempting to see a $100K sales win and a $100K procurement savings as equivalent financial achievements, their impact on business

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Supply Chain Dive

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The toolmaker has been formulating a mitigation strategy since the spring, with the company planning to shift production away from China.

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Procurement Insights

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The National Association of State Procurement Officials is proud to make the State and Local Government Procurement: A Practical Guide, 4th Edition, available to government professionals, students, suppliers, educators, and others interested in learning about public procurement. Since the publication of the 3rd Edition, this guide has continued to be adopted by many procurement offices for use in their internal training programs and resource libraries.

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Supply Chain Dive

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The denim manufacturer has committed to achieving net-zero emissions by 2050 and reducing scope 3 emissions 42% by 2030.

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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

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CPO Rising

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

When I joined Ardent Partners a year ago, my very first article was about the proliferation of procurement solutions. My experience at the DPW conference and, perhaps to a lesser… The post Magnus Mondays — Feature, Product, or Company? appeared first on CPO RISING - THE SITE FOR CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICERS & LEADERS IN SUPPLY MANAGEMENT.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

  In today’s episode of Women in Supply Chain, I’m joined by award-winning industry leader, Annie Torikian. Annie has been a driving force for efficiency and innovation in supply chain management for over 25 years. Over the course of her long career with Tecsys, Annie has spearheaded numerous transformative initiatives and served as a mentor for women, as well as being an invaluable member of her community.

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Supply Chain Dive

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

A rulemaking proposal being issued by early December is very likely, according to former White House COVID-19 supply coordinator Tim Manning.

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Supply Chain Brain

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

A leading business group called for government intervention to prevent costly economic damage.

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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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