All Things Supply Chain

MAY 6, 2024

The transport of goods across the sea and across countries requires an intricate network of data to effectively get items delivered by their due date.

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ProcurePort

MAY 6, 2024

Integration serves as the cornerstone of effective spend management solutions, facilitating seamless connectivity across disparate systems and data sources. By enabling enhanced visibility and automation, integration empowers organizations to optimize spending, strengthen compliance, and drive strategic decision-making. The Role of Integration in Spend Management In today’s dynamic business landscape, organizations face increasing pressure to optimize […] The post The Vital Role of I

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Supply Chain Brain

MAY 6, 2024

The funds include $50 million for small- and medium-sized companies to retool existing facilities into making parts for the EV supply chain.

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Supply chain Supply 116

Spend Matters

MAY 6, 2024

This Spend Matters Vendor Analysis provides an overview of DocJuris and its contract analytics solution. DocJuris is a contract markup specialist that uses AI to expedite the contract review process. As a markup-focused solution, DocJuris aims both to save time spent reviewing documents and to identify potential risks based on preconfigured, customer-specific settings.

Contract 108

Contract Contract management Buyers Negotiation 108

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

MAY 6, 2024

With AutoPilot and AutoPilot Central, the company says, supply chain managers can reduce planning time by 97%, reduce inventory waste by 13%, and optimize labor planning, among other benefits.

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Supply Chain Dive

MAY 6, 2024

Watchdog Earthsight called the certifier’s audit “so flawed as to be almost worthless.

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The Network Effect

MAY 6, 2024

The post How Autonomous Vehicles Will Transform Last-Mile Delivery appeared first on The Network Effect.

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Networking Logistics 89

Supply Chain Brain

MAY 6, 2024

Boeing has warned that it won’t deliver as many Dreamliner jets as anticipated in 2024.

Supply chain 105

Supply chain Supply 105

Supply Chain Dive

MAY 6, 2024

Implement practical strategies to boost supply chain sustainability while managing print projects.

Sustainability 88

Sustainability Strategy Supply chain Supply 88

Supply Chain Brain

MAY 6, 2024

Join the upcoming webinar to learn how a smart data fabric can be used to unify data across disparate sources and accelerate AI-driven decision intelligence.

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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

MAY 6, 2024

EDITOR’S NOTE: I am now starting to build my Analyst Solution Map of ten solution providers who I not only see as leaders in their specific area of service but will, through the use of an agent-based model , ensure successful implementations and promised practitioner outcomes. In short, my creditability as an analyst will be and is linked to your success.

Negotiation 85

Negotiation Supplier negotiation Suppliers Contract 85

Supply Chain Brain

MAY 6, 2024

Sometimes a breach of contract by a supplier is completely unexpected, but other times you might see it coming weeks or months in advance, and be left wondering about your options.

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Contract Supply chain Suppliers Supply 98

IBM Supply Chain Blog

MAY 6, 2024

The global economy runs on transactions, and 70% of transactions by value run through an IBM Z® mainframe. Many of the world’s largest enterprises rely on IBM Z to support their core business, and by a process of continued innovation, IBM Z brings industry-first technologies to our clients with each new generation. Modern mainframe skills are critical as businesses implement AI, modernize their applications, integrate across the enterprise and continue digital transformation.

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Collaboration Innovation Demand Strategy 85

Supply Chain Brain

MAY 6, 2024

Officials spoke about allegations that include firing union activists and holding a mandatory meeting where an executive discouraged unionization.

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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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IBM Supply Chain Blog

MAY 6, 2024

Successful clinical studies hinge on efficiently recruiting and retaining diverse participants. Yet, clinical trial professionals across the globe grapple with notable challenges in these areas. In this chapter of the IBM series on clinical trial innovation, we spotlight key strategies for boosting recruitment speed, helping to ensure diversity, and harnessing digital advancements.

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Real-time Visibility Data Influencing Strategy 80

Supply Chain Brain

MAY 6, 2024

This stemmed from guarantees Boeing made to regulators in 2015 and 2021 after a pair of enforcement actions related to violations of safety protocols.

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Supply Chain Dive

MAY 6, 2024

Small modifications can help future-forward companies move confidently toward the energy transition.

Sustainability 75

Sustainability 75

Supply Chain Brain

MAY 6, 2024

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s new climate disclosure rules underscore the mounting pressure on businesses to prioritize environmental sustainability.

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Management Sustainability 97

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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IBM Supply Chain Blog

MAY 6, 2024

Successful SAP ERP modernization programs begin with clear organizational alignment on wanted outcomes and expected business value, end-to-end scope and roadmap. This alignment is critical to enterprises that run their core operations on SAP ECC for years. It helps them determine where to start their modernization initiatives and how to prioritize, organize and plan to see the value of this investment.

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Change management Strategic planning Sustainability Strategy 67

Supply Chain Brain

MAY 6, 2024

Todd Burke, president of global business development at electronic components distributor Smith, reviews the conclusions of the company’s 2024 Preview Market Intelligence Report on the semiconductor industry.

Inventory 88

Inventory 88

Supply Chain Dive

MAY 6, 2024

Investors have started to question what supply chains will do if the November elections usher in another era of high import taxes.

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Supply chain resilience Supply chain Suppliers Supply 66

IBM Supply Chain Blog

MAY 6, 2024

IBM and AWS study: Less than 25% of current generative AI projects are being secured The enterprise world has long operated on the notion that trust is the currency of good business. But as AI transforms and redefines how businesses operate and how customers interact with them, trust in technology must be built. Advances in AI can free human capital to focus on high-value deliverables.

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ContractSafe

MAY 6, 2024

As your small business grows, you may find yourself struggling to keep up with the new influx of contracts. What was once a manageable stack of paperwork is now a mountain, and your trusty old spreadsheet system just isn't cutting it anymore.

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Arkestro

MAY 6, 2024

The post CPO Rising: The Slow Evolution of eSourcing is Finally Speeding Up appeared first on Arkestro.

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CPO Rising

MAY 6, 2024

As I’ve mentioned before, my procurement technology career began years ago in eSourcing. I worked for a company called IBX (which was first acquired by Capgemini that later sold it to TradeShift).

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