Supply Chain Dive

AUGUST 13, 2024

The box retailer’s cross border network provides full container load freight service from China to the U.S.

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Supply Chain Brain

AUGUST 13, 2024

Automakers based in South Korea are taking action to address the growing fears over EV safety, after an unplugged electric Mercedes-Benz sedan caught fire.

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Supply Chain Dive

AUGUST 13, 2024

CPKC and Canadian National Railway have stopped shipments of hazardous goods ahead of potential work stoppage.

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Supply Chain Brain

AUGUST 13, 2024

The new facility will serve more than 100 DICK's Sporting Goods brick-and-mortar stores across a handful of states.

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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

AUGUST 13, 2024

Companies that invest in the pricey technology may need to wait two to three years on average to see a return on investment, market analyst Ash Sharma said.

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Supply Chain Brain

AUGUST 13, 2024

The Department of Transportation's FLOW initiative was first launched in 2022 as a response to disruptions brought on by the pandemic.

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Supply Chain Brain

AUGUST 13, 2024

Negotiation is an intricate dance of strategy, psychology and skill. Success often hinges on the ability to balance confidence with a strategic mindset.

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The Procuretech Podcast

AUGUST 13, 2024

This episode of The Procurement Software Podcast tackles the often-overlooked challenge of securing a budget for procurement technologies. Host James Meads provides actionable strategies to overcome this hurdle, emphasising the importance of starting small with pilot studies and opting for affordable, user-based software solutions. He also explores how procurement professionals can work smarter by reallocating existing budgets.

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Supply Chain Brain

AUGUST 13, 2024

Houthi rebels have not claimed responsibility for the attacks, but have targeted at least 70 other ships in the Red Sea since October of 2023.

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The Procuretech Podcast

AUGUST 13, 2024

This episode of The Procurement Software Podcast tackles the often-overlooked challenge of securing a budget for procurement technologies. Host James Meads provides actionable strategies to overcome this hurdle, emphasising the importance of starting small with pilot studies and opting for affordable, user-based software solutions. He also explores how procurement professionals can work smarter by reallocating existing budgets.

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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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Supply Chain Brain

AUGUST 13, 2024

Hosted by telecoms media and events specialist Total Telecom, this year’s event welcomes 7,500 attendees from over 2,000 organizations.

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Fraxion

AUGUST 13, 2024

We’re excited to announce the latest update to our procure-to-pay suite: invoice matching enhancements. These upgrades significantly improve the efficiency and accuracy of the invoice matching process, making it easier than ever to match invoices with purchase orders and received items to manage risk in accounts payable processes.

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Procurement Insights

AUGUST 13, 2024

Seeing that the world is super-hyped by Artificial Intelligence, let’s see what ChatGPT AI said when I asked the following question: How can (Solution Provider) help its customers during a rail strike? (NOTE: In my next post, I will dig a little deeper into the specific areas each provider’s solution addressed, but it is worth noting that there were similarities across the board.

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Procurement Insights

AUGUST 13, 2024

Do you know why solution providers insist on using an equation-based model, which results in an 80% ProcureTech failure rate, instead of a proven agent-based model to solve problems? Because you can’t sell solving problems. Because you can’t package it in a neat and easy-to-understand marketing pitch. Because problem-solving isn’t a scalable product, you can mass market.

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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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