Art of Procurement
OCTOBER 31, 2024
Whenever I find out that a company – or a person – decided to do something new in 2020 or. The post Creating a B2C to B to C Improvement Cycle at Walmart Business appeared first on Art of Procurement.
Procurement Leaders
OCTOBER 31, 2024
The study highlights the thinking of 83 CSOs and senior sustainability decision-makers and will assist them in developing their ESG strategies.
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Spend Matters
OCTOBER 31, 2024
Spend Matters honors a vast array of procurement solution providers each year by selecting them for our ‘50 to Know,’ ‘50 to Watch,’ ‘Future 5’ and ‘Hall of Fame’ celebration lists. Discover everything you need to know about these accolades here, including who is on them. For the Future 5, Spend Matters analysts scour the market to find new specialist solution providers that can answer a burning need of procurement practitioners today.
Supply Chain Brain
OCTOBER 31, 2024
This whitepaper helps uncover the key areas that consistently deliver savings, value and continuous improvement in your supply chain and across your business to support your business case.
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Spend Matters
OCTOBER 31, 2024
Spend Matters is delighted to announce the 2024 roster for our ‘Future 5’ list. For the sixth year in a row, our analysts have highlighted five start-ups that excited them the most. This year, the five companies that have proven themselves as potential future trend setters are BlueBean , ivoflow, Covalyze, Halo Ai and True Value Hub. To warrant such attention, these vendors must have a product that is ideally 2 to 5 years old, is used by more than five customers and displays an innovative applic
Supply Chain Brain
OCTOBER 31, 2024
There is general consensus that smart factory tools will transform the way that products are made within five years. What’s less clear is how and where to deploy them.
Purchasing & Procurement Zone brings together the best content for professionals in the purchasing and procurement field from the widest variety of thought leaders.
Supply Chain Brain
OCTOBER 31, 2024
The study theorized that Canada has had a more cooperative relationship between drug manufacturers, government agencies, health care systems and wholesalers.
Supply Chain Dive
OCTOBER 31, 2024
With a targeted recovery rate of up to 96%, the facility will process and recycle enough materials to produce more than 50,000 new battery modules per year.
Supply Chain Brain
OCTOBER 31, 2024
The investigation will focus on the systems Temu has in place to limit the sale of non-compliant products, and risks linked to the addictive design of the service.
Spend Matters
OCTOBER 31, 2024
A common thread among the conversations we’ve had recently with senior procurement practitioners tells of the extent to which attitudes towards risk have changed over the past decade. As little as 10 years ago, we heard stories of pretty much indifference to risk: “supply risk management was young,” we heard, and “we didn’t worry too much about risk; we spent a very small percentage of our time on it.
Advertiser: GEP
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.
Supply Chain Brain
OCTOBER 31, 2024
This white paper presents five essential insights for shippers regarding cargo theft, shedding light on current trends in the U.S. and outlining the most common modus operandi used by these criminal networks.
Supply Chain Dive
OCTOBER 31, 2024
The company is buying two innovation farms in Central America to advance research to protect its coffee supply.
Supply Chain Brain
OCTOBER 31, 2024
As sensitivity and awareness of human rights and environment-related topics grow, so does the volume of correspondent legal frameworks.
Supply Chain Dive
OCTOBER 31, 2024
Taking effect at the end of 2025, the move will also impact an outlet store at the same location as the company trims expenses.
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
Supply Chain Brain
OCTOBER 31, 2024
The agency estimates that its "Clean Ports" grants could eliminate more than 3 million metric tons of carbon pollution over the next 10 years.
Spend Matters
OCTOBER 31, 2024
As part of our Q4 research into supplier risk, third-party and supply-chain risk management (TPRM/SCRM) and the solutions that support it, we have not only conducted analyst- and market-led research in the shape of analyses, advisory, definitions and webinars, but taken the pulse of the practitioners who use that technology and who deal with risk on a daily basis (for example here and here ).
Supply Chain Brain
OCTOBER 31, 2024
Every year, costs will increase, waste will need to be reduced, and sustainability standards will determine how orders are packaged and shipped across the globe. What’s certain is that shippers will be dealing with these challenges for the foreseeable future.
Supply Chain Dive
OCTOBER 31, 2024
Most IT and financial executives surveyed say expenses are rising and money is being spent inefficiently.
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 Brain
OCTOBER 31, 2024
Airbus is planning to replace the head of its commercial aircraft business, and stick with its goal to deliver about 770 aircraft this year.
Procurement Insights
OCTOBER 31, 2024
Don’t miss Matthew Buckingham ’s Forbes article on how modern procurement systems are tackling today’s biggest supply chain challenges – ProcureFocus (October 30th, 2024) I read the above-referenced article, and here is my observation: Has the author said anything regarding predictive analytics, collaborative supplier networks, optimized inventory management, risk management, and automation that you have yet to hear?
Supply Chain Brain
OCTOBER 31, 2024
Understand quantum physics? Neither do we. But you might be able to grasp quantum computing.
Positive Purchasing
OCTOBER 31, 2024
Positive Purchasing Secures Place on G-Cloud 14 Framework to Empower Public Sector Digital Transformation We are delighted to announce our inclusion in the G-Cloud 14 framework for Cloud software, providing UK public sector organizations with streamlined access to our SaaS and digital platforms for strategic procurement and negotiation via The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) Digital Marketplace.
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Supply Chain Brain
OCTOBER 31, 2024
Regulations, customer expectations, and companies’ sustainability objectives will be the driving force for CO2 emissions tracking and reporting. Discover more about the importance of sustainable transportation practices and how to meet the ever-evolving requirements.
Fraxion
OCTOBER 31, 2024
We’re excited to announce that Fraxion has once again been reco gnized by Gartner Digital Markets in Capterra ’s Shortlist and Software Advice’s FrontRunner reports. These accolades highlight Fraxion as a leading software solution in the spend management and expense management categories. Ongoing recognition in these flagship reports is a testament to the value we continue to deliver to our customers.
Supply Chain Brain
OCTOBER 31, 2024
Read this report to find out five important reasons to incorporate retail consolidation into your transportation strategy.
Supply Chain Brain
OCTOBER 31, 2024
Read on to see how forward-looking fleet operators can face inflationary challenges head-on while improving operational metrics.
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.
Supply Chain Brain
OCTOBER 31, 2024
Discover how your enterprise — small or large — can harness AI and ML to automate your supply chain.
Supply Chain Brain
OCTOBER 31, 2024
Experts from leading global technology companies come together to advise on how order fulfillment facilities can use new kinds of technology to avoid the need to move or expand on existing facilities.
Supply Chain Brain
OCTOBER 31, 2024
Advanced technologies such as automated storage and retrieval systems (ASRS) allow warehousing operations to eliminate employee dead time, blend B2B and B2C fulfillment workflows, retain employees, reduce inefficiencies, increase throughput, and maximize space utilization. How? Read on to find out.
Supply Chain Brain
OCTOBER 31, 2024
In 2020, Myers Industries began looking for a way to integrate its planning function across six business groups serving multiple markets and product types.
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
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