Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 16, 2025

Crate & Barrel alleges that it had to pay $30 million more than it would have had carriers honored their service commitments.

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Supply Chain Dive

JANUARY 16, 2025

The company concluded that "growing citrus is no longer economically viable for us in Florida," with disease and hurricanes reducing production by 73%.

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Planergy

JANUARY 16, 2025

What's PLANERGY? Modern Spend Management and Accounts Payable software. Helping organizations spend smarter and more efficientlyby automating purchasing and invoice processing. Learn more We saved more than $1 million on our spend in the first year and just recently identified an opportunity to save about $10,000 every month on recurring expenses with PLANERGY.

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Supply Chain Dive

JANUARY 16, 2025

The new delivery offering aims to compete with the U.S. Postal Service as the agency hikes rates on lightweight packages.

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Skill Dynamics

JANUARY 16, 2025

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Supply Chain Dive

JANUARY 16, 2025

The ocean carrier used Craft's supply chain intelligence platform to help navigate last fall's East and Gulf Coast port strike.

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Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 16, 2025

Exports of the steelmaking material from Port Hedland in Western Australia reached 47.6 million tons in December.

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Export 59

Planergy

JANUARY 16, 2025

What's PLANERGY? Modern Spend Management and Accounts Payable software. Helping organizations spend smarter and more efficientlyby automating purchasing and invoice processing. Learn more We saved more than $1 million on our spend in the first year and just recently identified an opportunity to save about $10,000 every month on recurring expenses with PLANERGY.

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Inventory Raw materials Purchasing Risk 52

Procurement Talk with David Byrne

JANUARY 16, 2025

Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Watch on YouTube Summary On this episode, Fraser McBeth, Procurement Director at Volta Trucks, shares his journey from working in established OEMs to leading procurement in a startup environment. He discusses the unique challenges faced during the transition, particularly during the company’s bankruptcy, and how he navigated … Continued The post Leading Through Crisis: Procurement in a Startup World – Episode 107 appeared first on Tale

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Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 16, 2025

Can Mexico keep attracting manufacturers in a time of political and economic uncertainty?

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Procurement Insights

JANUARY 16, 2025

EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is an excerpt from an energized discussion stream on LinkedIn regarding my recent post – What Are Salesforces CEO Marc Benioffs Digital LaborBoundaries? Dr. Thierry Fausten 1st Procurement Transformation & Excellence | Fractional Procurement Executive | Switzerland Exclusive Country Partner CIPS for Business Clearly, Jon W.

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Ethics Procurement Supply chain Collaboration 52

Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 16, 2025

The global economy is on track for a soft landing in 2025, a scenario characterized by stable growth and managed inflation risks.

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Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 16, 2025

Between November and December, seven of nine retail categories tracked by the U.S. Census Bureau also saw year-over-year gains in total sales.

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Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 16, 2025

Canada's provincial and territorial premiers met for five hours, where they discussed how they plan to manage the impacts of potential tariffs from the U.S.

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Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 16, 2025

Although the goal is to guard the U.S. against any and all cyberattacks, Biden singled out China as the "most active and persistent threat.

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Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 16, 2025

The synthetic graphite will be used for EV batteries made by the Ultium Cells joint venture between GM and LG Energy Solution.

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