All Things Supply Chain

OCTOBER 7, 2019

With 7% of Americans admitting to stealing it from hotels, comedian Johnny Carson causing a shortage of it in 1973 after he joked about the possibility of one and 49%…

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ivalua

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Industrial Transformation ASIA-PACIFIC, a HANNOVER MESSE event is Asia-Pacific’s leading trade event for Industry 4.0! The event brings together an ecosystem of manufacturers, government agencies & businesses ranging from multinational corporations (MNC) to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to shape and support their transformation initiatives.

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ProcurePort

OCTOBER 31, 2019

If you work within the vendor side of B2B business, then you are sure to be accustomed to receiving RFP’s or, “request for proposals” from potential clients interested in your products and services. An RFP consists of a document that companies, operating and searching for enterprise services, can use for a detailed overview of service/product […].

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Supply Chain Brain

OCTOBER 11, 2019

The days of static supply chains, both globally and locally, are long gone. Enterprises now must deal with an immense level of complexity and volatility, with continual change being the new normal.

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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 Game Changer

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. The Digital Supply Chain (SC 4.0) Overview! What You Need to Know! (Video). All of the technologies that we hear about every day, from Blockchain to Virtual Reality, have many areas of applicability in both our personal and business lives. But in the area of Supply Chain, which truly spans the entire operations of most any company, these technologies provide the platform to totally redefine how the work of Supply Chain is con

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Jaggaer

OCTOBER 15, 2019

There are many approaches to delivering a software solution but there are two main categories: waterfall, or traditional methodology, and the more recent agile delivery model. Learn the differences, and how to speed up the success of your procurement processes through agile implementation in our Get Smart webinar. Waterfall is so-called because it is a linear approach to software development.

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ivalua

OCTOBER 29, 2019

A decade ago, very few public sector jurisdictions or agencies were concerned about the amount of disparate systems they were operating and what data-driven challenges this might lead to in the future. If they needed contract management, they put a contract management system in place. If they needed an ERP system or a workforce management system, they would define their requirements and either select a system to implement or build their own. .

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ProcurePort

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Having a robust purchase requisition software solution is crucial for maintaining and growing your business profit. If you want to ensure your company’s core message and bottom line are well-established, procurement software needs to become a priority. Procurement purchase requisition software enables you to keep spending costs as low as possible.

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Supply Chain Brain

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Customer experience is disrupting and changing the supply-chain world from the inside out.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Food Waste and World Hunger – The Food Supply Chain is Broken! (Videos). Article written for Supply Chain Game Changer by, and permission to publish here provided by, Debbie Wilson, Advertising Consultant. Nowadays, restaurants, and specifically food, have taken such an important place in our lives, that the answer to that question isn’t obvious anymore.

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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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Jaggaer

OCTOBER 22, 2019

What Is the Best Way to Secure Sustainable Competitive Advantage from New Technologies? Until now the focus of attention has been process automation or augmentation. Our recently published report, “ Digital Transformation in Procurement: How Close Are We? ”, which is based on a global survey with responses from 391 CPOs and other senior procurement decision makers, showed that most progress had been made with the automation of supplier management, procure-to-pay and spend management processes.

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All Things Supply Chain

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Package design or initial presentation of your goods and products can, believe it or not, make or break your business.

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ivalua

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Procurement transparency exists within the public sector because it is required by law. And yet, not all transparency is equally effective. In order for the public to be well-served by transparency, the agencies providing it need to consider which groups need transparency, why they need it, and what actions they expect to be able to take as a result of what they see.

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ProcurePort

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Today’s business technology landscape is advancing at a rapid rate. Businesses now have the technology available to them to automate large portions of repetitive tasks, streamline operations, and supercharge employee output. Companies that fail to adapt to technology will find themselves losing out to competitors who have successfully embraced change and implemented new solutions to […].

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Supply Chain Brain

OCTOBER 24, 2019

The health of the freight industry seems to appear much different to investors versus those working in the field.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. The Green Supply Chain: True Sustainability or Just One Big Marketing Stunt? Article written for Supply Chain Game Changer by, and permission to publish here provided by, Ellie Coverdale. Contrary to the popular belief from years ago, email is alive and well, and more people are using email than ever before.

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The Network Effect

OCTOBER 7, 2019

The post 5 Tips to Streamline Your Warehouse appeared first on The Network Effect.

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All Things Supply Chain

OCTOBER 28, 2019

“Change of this magnitude is hard. You know you’re on to something when so much pressure builds up.” – David Marcus, Co-creator of Libra on Twitter.

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Speaker: Chris Townsend, VP of Product Marketing, Wellspring

Over the past decade, companies have embraced innovation with enthusiasm—Chief Innovation Officers have been hired, and in-house incubators, accelerators, and co-creation labs have been launched. CEOs have spoken with passion about “making everyone an innovator” and the need “to disrupt our own business.” But after years of experimentation, senior leaders are asking: Is this still just an experiment, or are we in it for the long haul?

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ivalua

OCTOBER 29, 2019

By now, the question has been asked so many times that it is hard to stifle an eye roll: Why can’t the public sector be more like the private sector in the implementation and use of technology? Enormous, complex, global enterprises use procurement technology to manage their spend, suppliers, contracts and bids every day without seeming to run into the same stumbling blocks as the public sector, which operates on a smaller and more localized basis.

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ProcurePort

OCTOBER 15, 2019

A reverse auction is considered a staple of e-procurement. Unlike a typical auction, the sellers are bidding to obtain a company’s business. The bidding for business generally leads to the prices offered to drop during the period of the procurement auction. A reverse auction targets new suppliers, and sets out to ensure any previous suppliers […].

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Supply Chain Brain

OCTOBER 9, 2019

At least 59% of organizations have suffered cyberattacks through third-party companies, according to a recent study.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Want Success? Integrate a Change Leadership Work Stream in your Transformation Program! What is disintermediation? Most definitions of disintermediation characterize it as the elimination of intermediaries, or “ cutting out the middleman “ Further consider that the “Wastes” associated with Lean thinking and principles include transportation, inventory, over production and motion amongst others.

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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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The Network Effect

OCTOBER 31, 2019

The post It’s Halloween: Avoid a Technology Horror Story appeared first on The Network Effect.

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All Things Supply Chain

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Approval for Drone Delivery airline It has been announced that the “Federal Aviation Administration has given UPS approval to run a drone fleet,” therefore enabling the company to create a…

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ivalua

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Alex Saric, CMO, Ivalua. In my last post , I discussed how to successfully launch a digital Procurement transformation. A strong start is critical, but it’s just a start. The true potential value of effective digital transformation requires rapid progress, addressing more processes, more spend and more suppliers. Organizations are naturally eager to achieve best-in-class performance, yet most find themselves stuck somewhere along the way, with low to moderate levels of digitization, spend under

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ProcurePort

OCTOBER 10, 2019

A new digital era is emerging, with procure-to-pay (P2P) now developed as a digital process. P2P services enhance collaboration between buyers and suppliers and generate an increased value to the supply chain. Going digital with the P2P process allows buyers and suppliers to develop a relationship that benefits both parties. Cloud-based P2P software platforms act […].

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Supply Chain Brain

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Even the strongest narrative about international trade flows can shift with jarring suddenness.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Procurement is a core function in every single company. Whether purchasing goods or services to support the company’s product offering or purchasing goods or services to support the infrastructure and operation of the company, Procurement is key. Depending on the type of industry you are in the Procurement of goods and or services can be the largest, or one of the largest, expense areas.

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Jaggaer

OCTOBER 27, 2019

You identified a compliance problem within your procurement process. You came up with a plan. You created PowerPoints and ROI spreadsheets worthy of an award. Your boss loved it. Now all you have to do is get everyone else on board. With a plan that makes such obvious sense, it should be a piece of cake, right? And then comes that one meeting. You know the one.

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All Things Supply Chain

OCTOBER 25, 2019

Wings teams up with FedEx for Drone delivery Wings, a subsidiary of Google parent company Alphabet, has partnered up with FedEx Express to use drones instead of trucks for last…

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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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