Supply Chain Brain
JANUARY 10, 2024
When tech companies began offloading their reverse logistics businesses, industry giants with physical capabilities were waiting, eager to see if they could deploy those capabilities in-house.
Supply Chain Dive
JANUARY 26, 2024
Organizations are using the technology to simplify complexity, save time, reduce frustration and potentially cut back headcounts.
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Supply Chain Dive
JANUARY 4, 2024
Here’s a look at how the technology is making waves in supplier management, predictive analytics and more, from Vroozi's Shaz Khan.
Supply Chain Brain
JANUARY 8, 2024
The time for pandemic-era thinking is over. This will be the year of strategic supply chain design — but companies must be shrewd in their technology and vendor selection.
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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
JANUARY 16, 2024
Unmonitored supply chains, underlying inventory assets, a host of third parties, and frequent transactions make the manufacturing and retail industries a sweet spot for procurement and inventory fraud schemes.
Procurement Leaders
JANUARY 23, 2024
The concept of ‘energy transition’ fascinates me. It’s a simple phrase; one that rolls off the tongue and suggests a satisfyingly straightforward process – stop using one form of energy, start using another. Simple, clean, impactful. The reality, of course, is very different. Energy transition will be spectacularly difficult, messy and eye-wateringly expensive to achieve.
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Art of Procurement
JANUARY 11, 2024
Effective today, Dial P for Procurement is the Art of Supply podcast. Building on the strength of the category-leading Art. The post Introducing Art of Supply appeared first on Art of Procurement.
Supply Chain Dive
JANUARY 8, 2024
The location joins a company hub in Louisville, Kentucky, in closing its day sort on Feb. 16.
Supply Chain Queen
JANUARY 20, 2024
As Davos themes around AI and trust in the future of work, society and health of our planet can be seen across social media, what if AI could create world peace and just societies to progress SDG 16? And how?Here are a few use cases in action ⤵️1. Conflict Prediction and Prevention??AI can analyze large.
Supply Chain Brain
JANUARY 11, 2024
Companies planning longer-term fulfillment strategies for growth and resilience will need direction in reaching "order and delivery excellence," allowing them to move beyond siloed operations.
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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 Leaders
JANUARY 28, 2024
As we, and more than 40 CPOs from our global community of leaders, embark on the process of judging the World Procurement Awards 2024 , it was a privilege to look through many of the entries before our panel of experts get stuck into the process this coming week. It’s reassuring and inspiring to see both the impact being made by procurement, but also the passion with which those working in the function are going about their business.
Procurement Templates
JANUARY 17, 2024
Procurement processes in the USA and the UK share some similarities, but there are also key differences due to variations in legal frameworks, regulations, and cultural practices. It’s important to note that specific details can change over time, and you should always refer to the latest guidelines and regulations in each country. Here are some general differences between procurement in the USA and the UK: Legal and Regulatory Framework: USA: In the United States, procurement is subject to
ProcurePort
JANUARY 9, 2024
In business, organizations rely on vendor relationships to shape their success. These relationships are complex and important for operations. Managing these relationships efficiently is no longer a choice but a strategic imperative. As businesses expand their network of suppliers, service providers, and collaborators, the complexity of vendor management grows exponentially.
Supply Chain Dive
JANUARY 30, 2024
Risk is sparing no mode of transportation in 2024, as geopolitics, labor talks, freight demand and capacity fluctuations will continue to alter supply chain strategies.
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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.
SCMR (Supply Chain Management Review)
JANUARY 19, 2024
Warehouse efficiency is enhanced by six crucial factors that signal when the time is right to embrace automation.
Supply Chain Brain
JANUARY 18, 2024
In the last few years, the growing sophistication of artificial intelligence has brought unprecedented levels of precision, efficiency and innovation to supply chain management.
Procurement Leaders
JANUARY 16, 2024
Procurement Leaders’ CPO community will gather next Thursday to discuss the concept of early supplier involvement – a simple idea that formalises how key suppliers are involved early enough to contribute maximum value to a buying organisation’s strategic initiatives. Those procurement functions pursuing a deliberate supplier-enabled innovation programme will see the early involvement of suppliers as a positive thing.
Procurement Templates
JANUARY 17, 2024
What is demand management and why should we use it? Criteria: Procurement plays a key role in leading demand management across the organisation with clear benefits as a result.Demand management improvement opportunities have been identified and a prioritised, structured plan is in place to address.Evidence of some benefits achieved is available. Evidence of up to date internal management information availability.
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?
Let's Talk Supply Chain
JANUARY 18, 2024
It’s a new year, and there are reasons to suggest that 2024 might be a departure from the fresh chaos that has hallmarked supply chain since the 2020’s started, or at least a de-escalation. Over the last few years, supply chain professionals have navigated an endless array of challenges. When managing logistics and supply chains, they’ve responded to global pandemic factory closures, volatile and spiking inflation, and geopolitical tensions including wars that have limited critical supplies—thin
Supply Chain Dive
JANUARY 5, 2024
Rates from Asia to the U.S. East Coast reached $3,900 per FEU in the past week, with additional surcharges to start this month, according to Freightos.
SCMR (Supply Chain Management Review)
JANUARY 22, 2024
The automotive supply chain survived the semiconductor shortage, but there are plenty of potentially unsettling disruptions on the docket for 2024.
Supply Chain Brain
JANUARY 1, 2024
While recent actions won’t end the issue of forced labor entirely, this may well be a meaningful milestone in the long-running effort.
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
Procurement Leaders
JANUARY 8, 2024
Just before the holidays, Jim Ridgwick, director of procurement at Save the Children, led a Procurement Leaders community session to share how he and his team had executed a significant digital transformation at the charity. The results of the transformation were profound: a 50% reduction in the number of days to delivery, as well as much tighter financial controls and supplier visibility in a sector where “because it’s a matter of life and death, speed is of the essence”.
Procurement Templates
JANUARY 5, 2024
UK Agencies, not in any particular order: Michael Page Procurement & Supply Chain Bramwith Consulting Hays Procurement 1st Executive Procurement PeopleCloud Portfolio Procurement Procurement Heads Edbury Daley Reed Procurement & Supply Chain Barclay Meade Procurement & Supply Chain Standing out in a job application process can be challenging, but it’s definitely possible.
IBM Supply Chain Blog
JANUARY 22, 2024
It’s the news no organization wants to hear―you’ve been the victim of a ransomware attack, and now you’re wondering what to do next. The first thing to keep in mind is you’re not alone. Over 17 percent of all cyberattacks involve ransomware —a type of malware that keeps a victim’s data or device locked unless the victim pays the hacker a ransom.
Supply Chain Dive
JANUARY 22, 2024
Aggressive discounting from FedEx and UPS pose a threat to carrier diversification, but competitors are striking back.
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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.
SCMR (Supply Chain Management Review)
JANUARY 24, 2024
While most supply chain employees seem happy in their careers, there are some areas where companies can improve employee engagement and the workplace environment to reduce turnover.
Supply Chain Brain
JANUARY 31, 2024
Robotics and technology companies have doubled down on development of applications to support the supply chain, especially in the warehouse.
The Network Effect
JANUARY 25, 2024
The post My Biggest Takeaways from NRF 2024 – Retail’s Big Show appeared first on The Network Effect.
Procurement Templates
JANUARY 5, 2024
Creating a comprehensive contract management checklist involves several key steps to ensure effective oversight and compliance. Here’s a detailed checklist you can use: Contract Initiation: Define contract objectives and requirements. Identify stakeholders and their roles. Establish contract terms and conditions. Preparation and Drafting: Create a draft reflecting agreed-upon terms.
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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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