Supply Chain Dive

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Reducing touch points and increasing proximity to manufacturing and procurement locations is a priority for firms, according to KPMG.

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Supply Chain Brain

OCTOBER 15, 2024

With only 27 days between Thanksgiving and Christmas, this holiday shopping season is shorter than normal, prompting consumers to avoid the last-minute shopping spree

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SCMDOJO

OCTOBER 15, 2024

What do you often think about business growth? What is the heck behind lean productivity, profitability, and good relations with suppliers and customers? This is how Cost and value are distributed throughout the Supply Chain. Business Growth, Profitability, and internal and external customer relationships solely depend on Cost. Even so, the game-changer in the fast-paced business world is how well you manage the Cash Conversion Cycle throughout the Supply Chain.

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Supply Chain Dive

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Up to 140,000 vehicles for Volkswagen and its brands like Audi and Porsche will be processed annually at Port Freeport to support Central and Western U.S. dealers.

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Supply Chain Brain

OCTOBER 15, 2024

While many recognize the need to upskill and reskill supply chain planners, most aren't placing enough emphasis on building planners’ confidence and giving them the space to innovate.

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Supply Chain Dive

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Added fees from the delivery giants are clashing with heightened shipping discounts, but customers have options to limit the impact, experts say.

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Supply Chain Dive

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Exxel Outdoors’ multimillion-dollar relocation project places its U.S. warehouse facility closer to its manufacturing plant in Haleyville, Alabama.

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Supply Chain Brain

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Susan Riitala and Thor Malouf, London-based partners in the Shipping and Transportation Group of global law firm Reed Smith LLP, discuss the coming of autonomous cargo vessels.

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Supply Chain Dive

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The sports retailer aims to increase supplier engagement and reliability as well as monitor production processes through Inspectorio’s AI-powered platform.

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Supply Chain Brain

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Boar's Head recalled more than seven million pounds of deli meat nationwide, and shut down the Jarratt, Virginia, plant the tainted meat originated from.

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As early as next year, procurement and supply chain operations will begin to adopt AI agents, often called “agentic AI,” to work alongside employees to make and execute decisions with precision across procurement and even the most complex global supply chains. Unlike LLM-based generative AI tools such as ChatGPT, these AI agents do not require prompts from humans.

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Supply Chain Dive

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The discount grocer partnered with Fabric and Uber and will continue to expand its on-demand delivery operation across New York City.

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Supply Chain Brain

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The line will connect with a €2.7 billion ($2.9 billion) track that will link Uganda’s capital of Kampala to Malaba at the border with Kenya.

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Supply Chain Dive

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The company continues to link up with regional and specialty grocers as it bolsters its delivery services beyond restaurants.

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Supply Chain Brain

OCTOBER 15, 2024

What are the biggest challenges when dealing with a new circularity landscape? Not just regulatory, but also ESG pressure from consumers, clients, and investors. We would like to highlight the challenges from the voice of a customer to understand how they are dealing with it, and what is a good place for others to start.

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Speaker: Eric Berdinis, Ran Sun, & Chris Chmielewski

Procuring freight can be cumbersome, time-consuming, and error-prone. If you’re frustrated with the complex and manual processes for obtaining bids for your contract and spot freight, you’re not alone. In today’s fast-moving supply chain environment, optimizing these processes is critical to staying competitive and cutting costs. Join this exclusive webinar with experts from Uber Freight to learn how the latest digital tools and automation can transform your freight procurement strategy by strea

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Supply Chain Dive

OCTOBER 15, 2024

One of the company’s distribution centers was offline following the storm, with shipments delayed up to two weeks.

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Procurement Freelancers

OCTOBER 15, 2024

As a buying agent, are you concerned about your future, your professional advancement, and job… The post Emerging Career Trends and Opportunities for Purchasing Agents first appeared on Procurement Blog | Procurement & Supply Chain News.

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Jaggaer

OCTOBER 15, 2024

JAGGAER recognized for its business sustainability commitments and performance Research Triangle, NC, 15th October, 2024 : JAGGAER, a global leader in enterprise procurement and supplier collaboration, today announces it has been awarded a Gold Medal from EcoVadis for its sustainability performance. The Gold Medal places JAGGAER among the top 5% of all companies rated by EcoVadis in the 12 months prior.

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Procurement Insights

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Here is the review of a demo about which I wrote on Friday: Globality Demo > The Road to the ProcureTech Cup: Episode 25-06 (Click on the link to access and watch the demo) Here is my take on the Globality Demo: From what I saw, it is an excellent application, but nothing unique compared to what I have seen in many other demos. There is a component or element that can read text and allow the buying group to consolidate and coordinate the information it uses – think of it as a Globality versi

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Speaker: Shalini Dinesh

Effective cross-functional collaboration and communication heavily influence product launch success. Research shows that as many as 70% of product launches fail due to inadequate coordination among stakeholders, including supply chain, product management, legal, marketing, and change control teams (Gartner, 2022). The 2023 Supply Chain Insights Report highlights that 60% of supply chain disruptions are caused by poor communication and misalignment among cross-functional teams.

Supply Chain Optimization

Jaggaer

OCTOBER 15, 2024

JAGGAER recognized for its business sustainability commitments and performance Research Triangle, NC, 15th October, 2024 : JAGGAER, a global leader in enterprise procurement and supplier collaboration, today announces it has been awarded a Gold Medal from EcoVadis for its sustainability performance. The Gold Medal places JAGGAER among the top 5% of all companies rated by EcoVadis in the 12 months prior.

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SCMDOJO

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Industrial equipment is exposed to constant wear-and-tear and they may deteriorate faster than expected when it’s not properly maintained. As investments, these machines cost you a lot of money to procure and the least you could do is allow them to get damaged, leading to unwanted repair costs on top of having to buy expensive replacement parts. The lack of effective maintenance can also lead to problems in the production line.

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Jaggaer

OCTOBER 15, 2024

JAGGAER recognized for its business sustainability commitments and performance Research Triangle, NC, 15th October, 2024 : JAGGAER, a global leader in enterprise procurement and supplier collaboration, today announces it has been awarded a Gold Medal from EcoVadis for its sustainability performance. The Gold Medal places JAGGAER among the top 5% of all companies rated by EcoVadis in the 12 months prior.

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Supply Chain Brain

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The plans still have to be approved by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, as well as local agencies.

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The Procuretech Podcast

OCTOBER 15, 2024

In this episode of The Procurement Software Podcast, host James Meads sits down with Paul Gurr, founder of Provalido, to dive into the nuances of building and managing a high-impact savings pipeline. From stakeholder alignment to identifying various different savings and value-driving categories, we drill down into key strategies and share insights to give your budgeting process a nudge in the right direction this Q4.

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Arkestro

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The post Inbound Logistics: What’s the First Thing You Would Do to Combat Cargo Theft? appeared first on Arkestro.

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Supply Chain Brain

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Wolfspeed bills itself as the world's leading manufacturer for silicon carbide computer chips, a material that makes semiconductors more energy-efficient and durable.

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