US Postal Service’s transportation shakeup: What shippers should know
Supply Chain Dive
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
The agency's proposal would add an extra day in transit for some volume at post offices far away from its major processing plants.
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Boeing Must Be ‘in the Green’ Before 737 Max Cap Is Lifted, FAA Head Says
Supply Chain Brain
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
The FAA capped output of Boeing’s 737 Max at a rate of 38 per month in the wake of a January 2024 near-catastrophe, in which a door cover blew off during flight.
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Ocean carriers form ‘Premier Alliance’
Supply Chain Dive
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
In an evolution of THE Alliance, Ocean Network Express, Hyundai Merchant Marine and Yang Ming Marine will cooperate on trade lanes starting in 2025.
Bulk Shipping: A Key Strategy for Cross-Border Trade
Supply Chain Brain
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
Bulk shipping and consolidation strategies are emerging as potential tools for businesses looking to simplify their international shipping.
How Hellenic Bank Transformed Its Indirect Procurement Operations With GEP Software
Advertiser: GEP
Financial institutions must navigate a complex web of policies, procedures and regulations to ensure compliance and manage risk. When Hellenic Bank, a leading retail lender in Cyprus, set out to transform its procurement operations, it needed more than just software deployment. It required a partner that would help embed its intricate buying processes — with all its validations, risk assessments and tiered approvals — into a unified system.
Shippers, forwarders prep for turbulent air cargo market
Supply Chain Dive
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
With e-commerce demand already up 30% year to date, peak season activity is expected to heat up, according to a report from Xeneta.
How Robotic Process Automation Helps Reduce Business Costs
Supply Chain Brain
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
The fact that employees spend many paid work hours on clerical tasks doesn’t help a company's bottom line.
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Hamburg Port Workers Urged by Union to Accept Deal
Supply Chain Brain
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
Some rail operators were locked out of the Port of Hamburg on the morning of September 6.
Lowe’s, Home Depot supplier to open distribution center in Kansas
Supply Chain Dive
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
Construction tools and equipment maker Marshalltown’s $27 million facility investment will feature robotics and automation.
How Useful Is The Gartner Hype Cycle for Procurement and Sourcing Solutions
Procurement Insights
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
“The Gartner Hype Cycle for Procurement and Sourcing Solutions helps companies understand the maturity and potential of different procurement technologies over time. First introduced to the procurement space around the early 2000s, it categorizes technologies into different phases of the hype cycle: “Innovation Trigger,” “Peak of Inflated Expectations,” “Trough of Disillusionment,” “Slope of Enlightenment,” and “Plateau of Productivity.
AstraZeneca Defends China Compliance In Wake of Staff Detentions
Supply Chain Brain
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
Chinese authorities are looking into the company’s collection of patient data to assess whether it infringed on data privacy laws.
How To Set Up Innovation So That It Aligns With And Enables Corporate Strategy
Speaker: Paul Heller
Most innovation work proceeds independently from company strategy. As a result, the products that arrive in the market are not well aligned with the company’s goals. This challenge is particularly significant in organizations with transformation-oriented strategies, where innovation must directly support growth, scalability, and strategic pivots. In this session, we will discuss why innovation in large companies is so often not aligned with the company’s strategy and what innovation leaders, pro
Why SEO is a detrimental hoax to justify control of the narrative on the Internet and its impact on GenAI Scraping
Procurement Insights
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
Around the same time I started working earnestly with using self-learning algorithms in the late 1990s, SEO “officially” became a thing. Conceptually, I understood the potential benefits. However, I also understood the risks of using algorithms to search, sort, and control the dissemination of information. It is one of the reasons I thumb my nose at LinkedIn’s algorithmic attempt to limit the distribution of content by penalizing people for things like tagging or including nece
FedEx Fulfillment Invests in Robotics Firm
Supply Chain Brain
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
FedEx will use Nimble’s fulfillment centers in North America to expand robotics capabilities and attract more e-commerce customer.
How to make SAP more intuitive - Shaun Syvertsen from ConvergentIS
The Procuretech Podcast
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
In this episode of The Procurement Software Podcast, host James welcomes Shaun Syvertsen, CEO of Convergent IS, to discuss how organisations can enhance their procurement processes by improving the user experience of SAP. They delve into the complexities of the system and share insights on how to leverage procurement technology to simplify the intake-to-procure process for companies who use SAP as their ERP.
How to show procurement software ROI: Start small!
Procurement Software
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
Proving that there is an ROI on procurement software is often tough. Our colleagues in Sales tend to get given whatever they want to facilitate their roles, but we definitely have it tougher. Rather than complain about it, I’m going to explain how to embrace it. It’s all about starting small and building momentum. Make your stakeholders happy on a shoestring budget , and get some small wins that create a snowball effect.
The Current and Future Use of Gen-AI in Supply Chains
Advertiser: GEP
AI isn’t the future. It’s here, now. 30% of businesses have invested in AI. Another 57% will do it in the next 12 months*. From demand forecasting to inventory optimization, risk mitigation to sustainability — AI is set to transform everything. But here’s the secret: success will only come from strong human-AI collaboration, reveals this new new Economist Impact report.
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