Arkestro
SEPTEMBER 5, 2023
As the economy teeters between a so-called ‘soft landing’ and all-out recession, an emerging consensus across C-suites has taken shape: the time to cut costs is now. Once again, all eyes are on procurement. A recent study from CreditSafe showed an eye-popping 95% of North American manufacturers plan to push for cost reductions with their suppliers in the next six to twelve months.
Art of Procurement
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
“You can’t unscramble eggs.” – J.P. Morgan U.S. Steel was formed in 1901 when J.P. Morgan financed the merger of. The post Nerves of U.S. Steel appeared first on Art of Procurement.
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Spend Matters
SEPTEMBER 6, 2023
In today’s diverse society, businesses have a crucial role to play in fostering equality and inclusion. However, the business world often needs to improve to reflect the true diversity of society, both within companies and in their supply chains. To bridge this gap, organizations are increasingly embracing the concept of supplier diversity in their procurement processes.
All Things Supply Chain
SEPTEMBER 8, 2023
First American Uranium Reports on New Mexico’s Past Uranium Mining First American Uranium is highlighting the historical uranium production in New Mexico, particularly in the Grants district, where the company’s…
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SCMDOJO
SEPTEMBER 12, 2023
Unlock efficient inventory management with ABC classification. Learn the steps, benefits, and use SCMDOJO's tool for quick analysis.
Supply Chain Dive
SEPTEMBER 8, 2023
A new ground-based surveillance system will allow UPS to fly Matternet M2 drones without a visual line of sight throughout the route, setting the stage for increased delivery activity.
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Art of Procurement
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
Founded in 1894 by Milton Hershey, The Hershey Company has seen their share of ups and downs. Not only have. The post Getting a Kiss From a World Class Supply Chain appeared first on Art of Procurement.
IBM Supply Chain Blog
SEPTEMBER 5, 2023
This is part four in a five-part series on mainframe modernization. The secret to mainstreaming the mainframe into today’s modern, cloud-centric IT environments is to make the experience of working with the mainframe like the experience of working off the mainframe—especially the developer experience (DX). Historically, working on the mainframe was an entirely different experience from the distributed world.
All Things Supply Chain
SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
Amazon and Maersk renew biofuel partnership The demand for sustainable ocean transportation services is growing, with a wide range of industries, including fashion, retail, automotive, and more, seeking eco-friendly shipping…
Spend Matters
SEPTEMBER 13, 2023
In today’s diverse society, businesses have a crucial role to play in fostering equality and inclusion. However, the business world often needs to improve to reflect the true diversity of society, both within companies and in their supply chains. To bridge this gap, organizations are increasingly embracing the concept of supplier diversity in their procurement processes.
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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 Dive
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
Greenhouse gases used in supply chains represent the largest source of most industries’ carbon footprint, but many firms are just beginning to account for them.
Supply Chain Brain
SEPTEMBER 5, 2023
Companies are always going to face the unexpected and unpredictable. The hard part is knowing how to prepare for these supply chain trends strategically.
SCMDOJO
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
In the dynamic landscape of supply chain management, precise terminology is paramount. Whether you’re a seasoned procurement professional or just stepping into the world of sourcing and acquisitions, understanding the nuances of procurement synonyms can make all the difference. In this comprehensive guide for 2023, we’ve compiled a list of essential procurement synonyms, shedding light on the subtle distinctions that set each term apart.
IBM Supply Chain Blog
SEPTEMBER 8, 2023
Brands that deliver an excellent customer experience (CX) will always be more resilient than those that don’t. Giving our customers personalized support at every stage of their journey is proven to earn their longtime loyalty—and keep them from switching to a competitor. The challenge, however, is that many teams operate in siloes that inhibit them from applying their customer insights in meaningful ways.
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
All Things Supply Chain
SEPTEMBER 1, 2023
Shell to Shelve Plan to Shrink Its Carbon Footprint Shell Plc’s Chief Executive Officer, Wael Sawan, has terminated the company’s ambitious carbon offsets program, a plan to develop environmental projects…
Spend Matters
SEPTEMBER 14, 2023
Spend Matters constantly updates its understanding of the state of the procurement tech market via RFIs for our SolutionMap dataset, vendor interviews, global event attendance and product demos with the aim of keeping tech-selection decision makers ahead of market trends. But we also endeavor to grow our understanding of the wants and needs of the customers using that tech – the practitioners.
Supply Chain Dive
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
The collaboration with Dexterity AI aims to help the delivery giant more efficiently load the wide variety of shipments it handles.
Supply Chain Brain
SEPTEMBER 5, 2023
Speculation swirled that the device achieved 5G capabilities, which would make it the first such handset since the Shenzhen-based electronics firm lost access to advanced chipmaking technologies in 2020.
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.
SCMR (Supply Chain Management Review)
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
By identifying friction points and eliminating them so that planners do not perceive new tools as a risk to their job performance, leaders will develop trust among their teams that will lead to greater adoption.
IBM Supply Chain Blog
SEPTEMBER 6, 2023
Generative AI is powering a new world of creative, customized communications, allowing marketing teams to deliver greater personalization at scale and meet today’s high customer expectations. The potential of this powerful new tool spans the entire end-to-end marketing process, from internal communications and productivity to customer-facing channels and product support.
All Things Supply Chain
SEPTEMBER 4, 2023
In the Sahel region of Africa, political instability and corruption has run rife since decolonisation from European nations. Arbitrary borders were drawn without the consideration of who they will affect.
Spend Matters
SEPTEMBER 11, 2023
In today’s diverse society, businesses have a crucial role to play in fostering equality and inclusion. However, the business world often needs to improve to reflect the true diversity of society, both within companies and in their supply chains. To bridge this gap, organizations are increasingly embracing the concept of supplier diversity in their procurement processes.
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Are fragmented control towers hindering your supply chain’s growth and response time? Attempting to manage disruptions through various departmental control towers with basic analytic overlays hinders agility and, ultimately, your resiliency. Today’s volatile landscape requires inherent visibility across your entire value chain and the ability to orchestrate course corrections within a unified platform.
Supply Chain Dive
SEPTEMBER 11, 2023
While it works to reduce stock levels, the discounter is also investing in new planning tools to help manage flows at stores and distribution centers.
Supply Chain Brain
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
The project to make bricks from recycled drinks bottles instead of oil-based plastic would actually have led to higher carbon emissions over the product’s lifetime, Lego said.
SCMR (Supply Chain Management Review)
SEPTEMBER 6, 2023
Transportation planning for the furniture and home goods industry presents a complex puzzle, and traditional planning methods often fail to account for the inherent randomness and variation in real-world operations.
IBM Supply Chain Blog
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) burst into the mainstream in 2023, lighting a fire under businesses to integrate enterprise-grade versions into their processes. By 2024, 60% of C-suite executives are planning to pilot or operate generative AI in some way, indicating that generative AI’s public-facing platforms have awakened the world to its groundbreaking capabilities For Communications Service Providers (CSPs) and Network Equipment Providers (NEPs), in particular, generative AI ho
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All Things Supply Chain
SEPTEMBER 15, 2023
Tesla reinvents carmaking with breakthrough Tesla is reportedly on the verge of a game-changing development in electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing.
The Network Effect
SEPTEMBER 12, 2023
AI is big in supply chain management, but there are places it is ideally suited to, and other areas that are highly problematic. Ranjit Notani explains.
Supply Chain Dive
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
Whether it's due to natural disasters, geopolitical tensions, economic downturns, or unforeseen events, companies need to be prepared to withstand changes in the supply chain to maintain their operations and serve their customers.
Supply Chain Brain
SEPTEMBER 11, 2023
Now volatility is end to end, and supply chain planning extends beyond order fulfillment to sustainability and resiliency. The good news: They’ve updated the operator’s manual.
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