Supply Chain Queen
AUGUST 18, 2024
Beneath the surface of the forest floor lies a hidden marvel of nature—the mycelium network of mushrooms. This intricate web connects trees, plants, and other organisms, enabling them to exchange nutrients, information, and resources. Remarkably, this natural system operates with principles that can profoundly inform and improve human-engineered supply chains, particularly as we strive for.
Procurement Leaders
AUGUST 12, 2024
In this Olympic year, it was fitting that we handed out some gold medals at Ovation – Procurement Leaders’ CPO summit that took place last month in the Netherlands. Sadly we didn’t have any real gold medals, but the construct of competition did provide the motivation for CPOs to recognise their peers who they believed were doing something extraordinary to drive progress in sustainability.
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Supply Chain Dive
AUGUST 12, 2024
The agency's Priority Mail Services volume dropped by 40.7% for the quarter that ended June 30 as shippers moved to more cost-effective options.
Art of Procurement
AUGUST 15, 2024
Oceana is a marine conservation nonprofit that has focused on seafood mislabeling for years, or “fish fraud” as it is. The post Fishing for Truth in the Seafood Supply Chain appeared first on Art of Procurement.
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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.
Supply Chain Brain
AUGUST 14, 2024
The concept behind Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZs) is not hard to grasp — they act as secured places for receiving cargo into the U.S. without incurring tariffs, yet. Then, there are multiple ways those tariffs can be reduced. And yet, many companies are failing to make the most of FTZs to reduce costs, because they’re intimidated by the legal and organizational hurdles.
Procurement Templates
AUGUST 28, 2024
17 Preliminary market engagement notices (1) If a contracting authority carries out preliminary market engagement, the authority must— (a) publish a preliminary market engagement notice before publishing a tender notice, or (b) provide reasons for not doing so in the tender notice. (2) A “preliminary market engagement notice” means a notice setting out— (a) that the contracting authority intends to conduct, or has conducted, preliminary market engagement, and (b) any other information specified
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Procurement Leaders
AUGUST 30, 2024
In partnership with Emitwise: Businesses must elevate their capabilities – and those of their suppliers – to calculate supply chain emissions accurately
Supply Chain Dive
AUGUST 9, 2024
The company will assist Global Ecommerce shippers in transitioning to alternative delivery options, interim CEO Lance Rosenzweig said Thursday.
Art of Procurement
AUGUST 22, 2024
The need for freight, and its impact on humanity, can be traced back as far as the Silk Road across. The post Freight Electrification as a Service appeared first on Art of Procurement.
All Things Supply Chain
AUGUST 26, 2024
As a supply chain manager, you understand the importance of reliability.
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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.
Procurement Templates
AUGUST 28, 2024
The global supply chain in 2024 faces a myriad of challenges that continue to disrupt procurement processes across industries. The interplay of economic, geopolitical, environmental, and technological factors has created a volatile environment, compelling organizations to rethink their procurement strategies. In this post, we will explore the major procurement supply chain shocks in 2024, their causes, and the potential responses organizations are adopting to mitigate their impact.
ABC of Procurement
AUGUST 9, 2024
Do you want to create a CV that every Procurement Manager will notice? Here are some tips from someone who reviews and hires based on them. The post Procurement CV – a rant (again) first appeared on ABC of Procurement.
Procurement Leaders
AUGUST 28, 2024
Many of us take access to fresh water for granted. It’s on tap. It’s recyclable. Readily available supplies mean it’s not something we have to worry about. Yet, as CDP’s Miriam Denis Le Seve and Sonya Bhonsle told Procurement Leaders members during a recent Risk and Sustainability Cohort Call, four billion people experience severe water scarcity for at least one month each year.
Supply Chain Dive
AUGUST 20, 2024
The charge is based on billable weight and will impact 12 other countries and territories, starting Sept. 15.
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In this webinar, supply chain industry experts share insights and best practices for enhancing supply chain efficiency, resilience and adaptability. Watch the webinar to learn strategies to develop supply chain maturity and save on costs. Delve into the stages of supply chain maturity, from foundational management to advanced optimization and innovation.
Art of Procurement
AUGUST 29, 2024
I’ve had a number of conversations recently about my content, not the content itself, but the process I go through. The post The (Lost) Art of Accepting Criticism appeared first on Art of Procurement.
All Things Supply Chain
AUGUST 19, 2024
Picture a grand orchestra where each instrument must perform flawlessly to create a harmonious symphony.
Supply Chain Brain
AUGUST 12, 2024
A survey from Gartner found that effectively responding to team resistance and incorporating feedback increased the odds of transformation success by 62%.
Spend Matters
AUGUST 26, 2024
This Spend Matters Vendor Analysis provides an overview of IntelAgree and its contract lifecycle management (CLM) solution. The provider offers end-to-end CLM capabilities and increasingly arises in conversations with practitioners at mid-market firms or large enterprises that are considering a CLM solution. IntelAgree focuses on using AI (including generative AI) to address contract management pain points.
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?
Procurement Leaders
AUGUST 19, 2024
Data has become the lifeblood of business. Much like ice-cold gelato on a summer’s day, leaders just can’t get enough of it. The challenge, as we all well know, is finding the right data, at the right time, and applying it to the right situations to elevate both the quality and impact of decision-making. But as a senior procurement performance manager at one FMCG company shared during a recent Data and Digital Strategy Cohort call, procurement could overcome this challenge by looking to both ext
Supply Chain Dive
AUGUST 7, 2024
Retailers and direct-to-consumer companies aren't scaling back their options in a competitive delivery environment.
Art of Procurement
AUGUST 1, 2024
When you read news that a company is thinking about spinning off a division, it is usually because that division. The post Will FedEx Freight hit the open road? appeared first on Art of Procurement.
All Things Supply Chain
AUGUST 12, 2024
A new study found that 90% of organizations are planning to enhance their ESG investments over the next three years, with a significant focus on improving data management systems using artificial…
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
AUGUST 4, 2024
The latest supply-chain news, analysis, trends and tools for executives in the supply chain management industry.
Spend Matters
AUGUST 5, 2024
Part 2 of this Spend Matters Vendor Analysis focuses on the strengths and opportunities of Ivalua’s S2C solution. We will also look at the voice of the customer and the elements to consider when looking at Ivalua as a potential solution provider. Part 1 of the series provided a history and overview of Ivalua’s S2C solution as well as the solution’s roadmap/vision.
Procurement Leaders
AUGUST 5, 2024
A couple of weeks ago I hosted a CPO Connect call during which we spoke to Sandro Scharlibbe, the former CPO of tier-1 automotive supplier Brose and the newly appointed CEO of Küster Holding. Sandro will be well known to many in the Procurement Leaders community – not least for the many awards he and his team picked up during his time as CPO – but also the work he championed on supplier-enabled innovation, which helped inspire many activities we hosted back in the pre-Covid days.
Supply Chain Dive
AUGUST 1, 2024
Fourteen member countries met for the first time under an agreement to boost supply chain resiliency.
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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.
Procurement Templates
AUGUST 22, 2024
A pipeline notice is intended to give the market place and indication or heads up of upcoming procurement opportunities for the following 18 months. Contracting Authorities are not bound by the information in the notice as this can change over time when requirements become clearer. Actual requirements are in the tender notice 93 Pipeline notices (1) This section applies in relation to any contracting authority that considers that, in the coming financial year, it will pay more than £100 million
All Things Supply Chain
AUGUST 5, 2024
Establishing effective business contracts is crucial for securing the foundations of any enterprise. These documents serve not only as safeguards but also as frameworks for clear operational guidelines.
Supply Chain Brain
AUGUST 26, 2024
Embracing end-to-end, full stack IoT technology is pivotal for the future of supply chain and logistics management.
Spend Matters
AUGUST 15, 2024
This content does not express the views or opinions of Spend Matters. “Never waste a good crisis” is a phrase worth pondering in the realm of digital transformation for supply chains. Historically, major companies neglected supply chain transformation and digital investments until global disruptions, such as the Covid pandemic, forced a change.
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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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