Supply Chain Brain

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Global cocoa production fell by 14% in the 2023-24 season, as output slowed in both Cte dIvoire and Ghana, where at least 60% of the world's cocoa is produced.

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Supply Chain Dive

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

The facility will support the retailer’s growing store footprint and include automated pallet storage, case-handling equipment and mixed-case pallet building.

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Supply Chain Brain

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Whether youre a logistics manager, supply chain leader, or transportation professional, this webinar will equip you with actionable insights to improve cost efficiency and enhance operational performance.

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Supply Chain Dive

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

The Oreo maker warned of “unprecedented” inflation for the commodity that may reduce its earnings, while the Kisses giant cautioned of a disconnect between fundamentals and market price.

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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 Brain

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

The U.S. Department of Agriculture expects egg prices to increase by another 20% by the time the year is out.

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Supply Chain Dive

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

The health food manufacturer expects the facility to reduce transportation time and mileage, providing fuel and maintenance savings.

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Supply Chain Dive

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

The agreement connecting the carriers’ mainline services across major trades lanes to Asia took effect Sunday, the agency said.

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Supply Chain Brain

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Top executives from the worlds biggest shipping companies have cautioned that any return to the Red Sea is likely to be slow given the volatility of tensions in the Middle East.

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Skill Dynamics

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Risks are guaranteed when dealing with a supply chain, but that doesnt mean you can afford to ignore them. Understanding and addressing any legal issues within your supply chain is vital to ensuring compliance with regulations and developing an effective chain that can operate efficiently and at scale. Your supply chain professionals need high-quality training around supply chain legal issues to make sure that your organization is safeguarded against threats and to navigate legal complexities ea

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Supply Chain Brain

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Whats needed to help turn contracts into strategic assets is contract lifecycle management.

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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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Procurement Insights

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

This company – ProPurchaser, reminds me of that old American Express “Do You Know Me Commercial.” You probably wouldn’t if you weren’t around and old enough to watch television in the 1970s or 1980s. The premise for the ads was quite simple: They featured celebrities who were well-known by name but not always by face. Each ad showcased a celebrity discussing their achievements and the challenges of not being recognized in person, concluding with the individual prese

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Spotlight on Procurement

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Emma-Jane Houghton, Director of Estate Strategy & Planning for theAtomic Weapons Establishment, is responsible for all master-planning activities at AWE. Prior to this, she led the commercial establishment of AWEs multi-billion-pound, flagship infrastructure programme: Future Materials Campus. During this conversationEmma-Jane Houghand hostSimon Lipscombexplore her personal reflections on what the concept of clienting really means, the importance of client organisations enhancing their clien

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Procurement Insights

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Are you familiar with the old saying, “Lead, Follow, or Get Out of the Way?” In a previous post, I wrote the following: “AI can and will do amazing things if properly trained and given the correct foundational understanding of the tasks it is meant to automate and improve. My doubt has never been about the technologys ability; my concerns are with human misunderstanding, misinterpretation, and an inability to understand our critical role in enabling AI or any technology to achi

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Supply Chain Brain

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

The EU, Canada and Mexico all warned that Trump's newly-announced steel and aluminum tariffs would not go unanswered.

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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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