Supply Chain Brain

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The UNCTAD's report released on October 22 found that container trade measured in tons of cargo grew by just 0.3% in 2023.

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Supply Chain Dive

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The railroads are creating the interchange to compete for intermodal service between the two countries.

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Supply Chain Brain

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Roughly two million import and export containers are expected to move through the Port of Coos Bay each year once the new terminal is up and running.

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Arkestro

OCTOBER 22, 2024

In today's fast-paced business environment, procurement teams are often trapped in reactive cycles, limited from providing strategic foresight.

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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 Brain

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The researchers say there might be 5-19 million tons of lithium in an underground brine reservoir in the Smackover Formation.

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Supply Chain Dive

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Under the agreement, battery production for the Mustang Mach-E will be moved from Poland to Michigan.

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Supply Chain Dive

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Matthew Shay said companies averted disruptions related to the East and Gulf Coast port strike by moving goods early.

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Supply Chain Brain

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Although it's unclear what exactly it is that's sparked this recent increase, most of the threats appear to be coming from anonymous accounts on social media.

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Spend Matters

OCTOBER 22, 2024

This content does not express the views or opinions of Spend Matters. In today’s fast-paced business environment, procurement teams are often trapped in reactive cycles, limited from providing strategic foresight. A key solution is embracing digitalization, specifically by integrating orchestration, automation and artificial intelligence (AI) into procurement processes.

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Supply Chain Brain

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Prior to this new expedited process, it would take months to remove a sanctioned vessel from the Panama Ship Registry.

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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 Dive

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The protective equipment manufacturer promoted Eric Fouts to the role after hiring him as VP of supply chain.

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Supply Chain Brain

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The operational challenges that manufacturers face today, including rising raw-material costs, energy price hikes and competition from low-cost imports, has them asking: How can we stay competitive under these conditions?

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Jaggaer

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Research Triangle Park, N.C., October 22, 2024 – JAGGAER, a global leader in enterprise procurement and supplier collaboration, today announced a strategic partnership with AppZen, a pioneer in AI-powered finance automation, to offer AppZen Autonomous Accounts Payable (AAP) in JAGGAER. This collaboration, scheduled to be released later this year, aims to transform invoice processing for enterprises globally by integrating AppZen’s AI technology into JAGGAER’s comprehensive procure-to

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Supply Chain Brain

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Jennifer Chung, director of automation and innovation for North America with DSV, and Laura Adams, director of customer lifecycle marketing with Locus Robotics, tell how Locus helped DSV to meet the seasonal needs of a key customer.

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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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Procurement Insights

OCTOBER 22, 2024

NOTE: The video starts at the 1:27 mark. Overview: In the Informal Discussion / Knowledge Sharing meeting led by James E. Martin, the focus was on the dynamics of procurement and supply chain management, highlighted through Martin’s extensive LinkedIn group, which supports over 160,000 members, providing actionable insights rather than high-level discussions.

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The Procuretech Podcast

OCTOBER 22, 2024

In this episode of The Procurement Software Podcast, host James Meads dives into the essential, often overlooked aspects of digital procurement transformation that go beyond the software itself. He discusses 10 critical factors that organisations must address, such as people dynamics, internal politics, and deep-rooted organisational issues that technology alone can't resolve.

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Procurement Insights

OCTOBER 22, 2024

“Agentic AI is closely related to agent-based modeling, where systems are modeled as agents that act based on a set of rules. In AI, agents move beyond simulation and into real-world application, where they act autonomously to achieve specified goals.” – ChatGPT We are an industry of acronyms and, at times, subtle and not-so-subtle semantics, so it was only a matter of time before the next big industry buzzword or term would pop into our collective conscience.

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