Fri.Sep 27, 2024

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Lithium Battery Fire Halts Work at Los Angeles, Long Beach Port Terminals

Supply Chain Brain

Several terminals at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach remained closed on September 27, after a tractor-trailer overturned on a vital artery for cargo.

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FedEx opens fdx access to all US customers

Supply Chain Dive

The platform for e-commerce merchants features capabilities that support other carriers like UPS and the U.S. Postal Service.

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The Five Most Important Questions To Understand the Future of AI procurement platforms

Procurement Insights

Today’s post will not be long, but it will be very different and insightful because you will be the one writing it. By the way, this assignment or exercise is in and of itself a simple yet telling demonstration of the past, present, and future implementation process. Within the answers to the following five questions, you will discover why most implementations fail and, more importantly, gain insight into how you can reverse that trend and succeed regardless of the technology platform. 

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eSourcing 2.0: Making the Case in 2024

CPO Rising

If you missed yesterday’s webinar “Sprint to Sourcing Gold: Optimize Your Procurement Strategy,” I emphasized the critical importance that eSourcing technology plays in a strategic sourcing program when it comes… The post eSourcing 2.0: Making the Case in 2024 appeared first on CPO RISING - THE SITE FOR CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICERS & LEADERS IN SUPPLY MANAGEMENT.

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How To Align Product Management And Supply Chain Operations For Successful Product Launches

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.

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Procurement 6 – September 27th, 2024

Art of Procurement

Procurement 6 is a short podcast from Art of Procurement that publishes in the Art of Procurement feed every Friday. The post Procurement 6 – September 27th, 2024 appeared first on Art of Procurement.

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Duncan Jones weighs in on solution provider demo reluctance

Procurement Insights

The following is a comment shared by Duncan Jones about Wednesday’s post Why Is It So Hard To See An Actual Demo Of A ProcureTech Solution? DUNCAN JONES —I expect it’s as Pierre Laprée suggested—the most effective demo requires more discovery, and you haven’t convinced the vendor that you’re sufficiently important to merit the investment of scarce pre-sales resources.