Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 24, 2024

The impacts of tariff are both beneficial in the short run but could be counterproductive in the long run.

Supply chain 113

Supply chain Supply 113

Supply Chain Dive

JANUARY 24, 2024

More normal cargo volume levels are expected for 2024, according to Executive Director Gene Seroka.

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Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 24, 2024

The use of certain green marketing terms can lead to legal repercussions and financial consequences if not employed accurately and responsibly.

Risk 111

Risk 111

SCMR (Supply Chain Management Review)

JANUARY 24, 2024

While most supply chain employees seem happy in their careers, there are some areas where companies can improve employee engagement and the workplace environment to reduce turnover.

Supply chain 106

Supply chain Supply 106

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.

Category management

Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 24, 2024

Kayak said that it experienced a 15-fold increase following the Alaska Airlines incident in the use of its aircraft filter feature, which the company first launched in March 2019.

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Supply Chain Dive

JANUARY 24, 2024

The ground parcel rate per package in Q1 is projected to decline year over year, according to the TD Cowen/AFS Freight Index.

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Supply Chain Dive

JANUARY 24, 2024

With drought conditions limiting canal shipping traffic, rail offers an option to keep containers moving.

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Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 24, 2024

Since January 15, Qatar has diverted at least six shipments destined for Europe around the Cape of Good Hope in southern Africa.

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Spend Matters

JANUARY 24, 2024

In this Spend Matters Vendor Analysis, we give an overview of Hellios, a Supplier Information Management (SIM) solution. In the complex landscape of supplier management, organizations struggle with challenges such as compliance, inconsistent supplier data and growing demands for reporting. Hellios, a supplier information management specialist, addresses these pain points by creating industry-specific communities.

Suppliers 91

Suppliers Management Buyers Collaboration 91

Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 24, 2024

Two percent of the companies surveyed said they were selling off their business operations in China, while another 7% said they were considering a sell-off.

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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.

Data

Supply Chain Dive

JANUARY 24, 2024

Sluggish freight demand is starting to recover, ACT Research noted.

Contract 87

Contract Demand 87

Spend Matters

JANUARY 24, 2024

For several years now, Spend Matters has been collecting and publishing a series of articles about procurement, supply and services trends for the year ahead from expert tech and service providers in the market. This year we’re highlighting the customer demands, market movements and advances in procurement tech that are exciting the world of solution providers, how they expect them to shape the S2P landscape next year and how they plan to respond to them.

Procurement solutions 86

Procurement solutions Procurement Supply Chain Efficiency Suppliers 86

IBM Supply Chain Blog

JANUARY 24, 2024

The online space continues to grow rapidly, opening more opportunities for cyberattacks to occur within a computer system, network, or web application. To mitigate and prepare for such risks, penetration testing is a necessary step in finding security vulnerabilities that an attacker might use. What is penetration testing? A penetration test , or “pen test,” is a security test that is run to mock a cyberattack in action.

Ethics 72

Ethics Networking Risk Sourcing 72

Una

JANUARY 24, 2024

Balancing Procurement's Biggest Priorities in the Fast Lane No matter the industry, Sourcing Heroes need to be adept at identifying and balancing procurement’s priorities to make the biggest impact. By Mackenzie Oakley | January 25, 2024 Search Search In the high-octane world of hypercar manufacturing, where precision meets innovation, sourcing heroes like Robert Čačković must navigate a complex landscape of challenges and opportunities.

supply chain software solutions 52

supply chain software solutions Supply Chain Optimization Innovation Sourcing 52

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

Supply chain

IBM Supply Chain Blog

JANUARY 24, 2024

With the seismic shift wrought by generative AI, the pressure is on IT to modernize and optimize to meet the demand. Cloud service platforms abound promising greater elasticity and savings. There are times, though, when organizations prefer to keep certain applications and data in their own data center—security and compliance requirements or control of sensitive data for example.

Data 60

Data Strategy Demand Budget 60

CPO Rising

JANUARY 24, 2024

[Editor’s Note: Today’s article is a guest post from Blake Wetzel, CEO of AIQ, a leader in procurement consulting and e-auctions. AIQ provides an end-to-end service, from performing the spend analysis to sourcing and qualifying vendors to road mapping the overall renegotiation strategy to running auctions, to delivering renegotiated contracts to the client.

Procurement 52

Procurement Contract Sourcing Strategy 52