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Three examples of how sustainable companies are using green technology

All Things Supply Chain

With global efforts to raise awareness about climate change on the rise, more and more consumers are checking the eco credentials of the companies that they buy from.

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AI in Supply Chain: Five Things to Prioritize

Supply Chain Brain

To cope with the seemingly never-ending supply chain crisis, business leaders are turning to artificial intelligence to make strategic business decisions. .

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Gaining Competitive Advantage via Holistic Supplier Management

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The post Gaining Competitive Advantage via Holistic Supplier Management appeared first on Ivalua.

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Effective Sourcing Processes within a Firm Can Improve Profits for the Firm

ProcurePort

• The sourcing function within any organization is part of the broader procurement efforts. The sourcing function ensures that the organization is getting its products from the most suitable suppliers. • If possible, the sourcing function should influence the supply market through engagement with suppliers for mutually beneficial relationships. • An effective sourcing strategy considers […].

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GEP Spend Category Outlook Report 2025

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 Ask an Expert- With Matthew Wittemeier

All Things Supply Chain

Ocean freight is a key element of cross-border trade allowing huge volumes of goods to be transported across the world.

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Eight Warehouse Implementations That Improve Importing and Exporting

Supply Chain Brain

Even in our brave new world of pandemic disruptions, the most important steps to improve import and export performance are the ones that focus on the fundamentals.

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Top 6 Challenges in Procurement and How to Overcome Those

ProcurePort

• Procurement was long regarded as an administrative function. But it’s slowly emerging to be a strategic and a critical component of any organization. Today, more than ever, procurement has immense potential to impact different areas of expenditure and affect the bottom line. • Business leaders and managers must remember that procurement can best deliver […].

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Supply Chain Weekly Wrap-Up 05/20/2022-05/26/2022

All Things Supply Chain

France struggles with mustard shortage It is likely that French consumers will see a lack of mustard in shops in the coming months due to a shortage of mustard seeds.

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How Automation Is Transforming Delivery and Logistics Behind the Scenes

Supply Chain Brain

The term “automation” often conjures images of warehouse bots and self-driving trucks. But the real magic of automation is much less flashy.

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Turn Accounts Payable into a Strategic Business Partner

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The post Turn Accounts Payable into a Strategic Business Partner appeared first on Ivalua.

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5 Ways You Can Win Faster with Gen AI in Sales

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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The Role of Procurement and Supply Chain in Manufacturing Companies

ProcurePort

• Manufacturing shop floors convert resource inputs into finished outputs. Finished products are packaged and distributed to wholesalers, hypermarkets, retailers, and consumers. • The procurement function in manufacturing ensures that the right products, services, and supplies are procured at the best price. • The procurement function manages the end-to-end process of procuring materials and resource […].

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Greenbiz Highlights Sheri Hinish at Circularity 22 Discussing Community Resilience and Circular Supply Chains

Supply Chain Queen

The post Greenbiz Highlights Sheri Hinish at Circularity 22 Discussing Community Resilience and Circular Supply Chains appeared first on SupplyChainQueen.

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Physical, Financial Visibility: A Dual Approach to Supply Chain Resilience

Supply Chain Brain

Many observers in the global supply chain and logistics industries are eagerly awaiting a restabilization of supply and demand. But it’s time to bust the myth of a “return to normal.”.

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EMEA Procurement Transformation Study: Innovation & Sustainability

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The post EMEA Procurement Transformation Study: Innovation & Sustainability appeared first on Ivalua.

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From Reactive to Resilient: Charting Your Supply Chain Maturity

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.

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11 Benefits of Working in A Coworking Space!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Shared Working Spaces are Great for Business Growth! Are you tired of working in isolation? Is your office space too small or big and empty? It’s time to change your working environment and look for a coworking space near you. Coworking space is fast replacing the conventional offices where you have to fit in a cubicle to focus on your work.

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IvaluaNow: Enabling Procurement’s Role in Carbon Reduction

CPO Rising

Leading supply management suite provider, Ivalua, recently held its annual user conference Ivalua Now as an in-person (but also virtual) event in Washington, D.C. It was another stellar showing of this always well-organized and high-class affair. Ardent analysts participated virtually this year and hope to return in person in 2023. Ivalua’s Innovation Showcase The Day […].

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Coffee Shipped by Sailboat Is the Whimsical Way These Companies Are Cutting Emissions

Supply Chain Brain

There’s never been a more dreamy way to have your coffee delivered than a sailboat across the Atlantic.

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APAC Study: Mitigate Logistics and Supply Chain Disruptions

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The post APAC Study: Mitigate Logistics and Supply Chain Disruptions appeared first on Ivalua.

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The 2nd Generation of Innovation Management: A Survival Guide

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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Why Polkadot Could Be Great For Blockchain!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Blockchain and Information Governance! (Infographic). Polkadot is a blockchain 3.0 platform that allows for the creation of interoperable blockchains, offering scalability and security. The idea behind Polkadot is that if you want to create a new application or run an existing one, you could build it on top of one of these interoperable blockchains and have access to all their benefits without having to start from scratch.

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: How do we attract the new wave of procurement professionals?

Sourcing Solved

We live and work in a busy world in which there is little time to read, watch or listen beyond the headlines. Hello, my name is Iain Campbell-McKenna, and this is “Procurement in 5-minutes.” That’s right, in 5-minutes I promise to tackle some of the biggest challenges and deepest questions our profession and industry face on a day-to-day basis. In today’s 5-minutes I welcome Vice President / CPO Procurement at Inmarsat, Tim Snow to answer the question: “How do we attract the new wave of p

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Two Things to Consider Before Updating Your Logistics Tech

Supply Chain Brain

Logistics technology can be key to achieving customer success. But before choosing it, you need to precisely define your customer groups. .

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Ivalua Announces Carbon Footprint Innovation Cup Winners at Ivalua NOW 2022: How digitally enabled smart procurement can help organizations reduce scope 3 carbon emissions

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Redwood City, CA. May 23, 2022 – Ivalua, a leading provider of Spend Management Cloud solutions, announced the winners of its Carbon Footprint Innovation Cup at its marquee annual event, Ivalua NOW 2022 in Washington D.C. The joint Ivalua/Partner competition focused on developing innovative and ready-to-use capabilities through Ivalua’s powerful ‘no code’ configuration interface, enabling Ivalua’s customers to reduce their scope 3 carbon emissions. .

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GEP Outlook Report 2025

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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The Latest Bitcoin Update!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Bitcoin and the Brutal Truth! Digital currencies have had an especially wild month. However, a regarded statistical surveying firm predicts massive increases in the months to come. In a notice to financial backers, FSInsight anticipated that Bitcoin would outperform $200,000 in the last part of 2022.

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Agile vs Lean Supply Chain: What’s the Difference?

Procurify

Written by: Delaney Rombough. Did you know that only 22 percent of companies have a proactive supply chain network? Technology, market and economic conditions, and customer demand and expectations are constantly changing. That’s why in today’s fast-paced global economy, it’s more important than ever to make sure your supply chain is efficient and reliable. .

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Supply Chain Managers Are Quitting in Unprecedented Numbers

Supply Chain Brain

Supply chain managers quit their jobs last year at the highest rate since at least 2016 due to a mix of burnout and a desire for fatter paychecks.

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Jersey Electricity – Utilities

Barkers Procurement

Jersey Electricity needed help to launch a full review of the procurement function, starting from scoping, discovery, planning and implementation for: Spend analysis. Category management. Systems. Processes. People. Barkers started category councils and reviewed tendering and negotiations practices, delivering £750k savings in the first year. At the same time, processes were defined better and implemented across the organisation.

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10 Ways to Leverage Buyer Signals and Drive Revenue

In today’s ultra-competitive markets, it’s no longer enough to wait for buyers to show obvious signs of interest. Instead, sales teams must be proactive, identifying and acting on nuanced buyer behaviors — often before prospects are fully ready to make a purchase. In this eBook from ZoomInfo & Sell Better, learn 10 actionable ways to use these buyer signals to transform your sales strategy and close deals faster.

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Amazon and Bitcoin – What’s Next?

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Competing against Amazon? You Need A Blue Ocean Strategy! We have seen many people taking a new leap in crypto circles in the past few years, particularly in Bitcoin. Thanks to the meteoric rise of the coin, many people experimented a lot with the coin. Several teenagers and college students have invested in this domain and won big in Bitcoin.

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JAGGAER to Showcase Why Autonomous Commerce is the Future of Procurement for Businesses in the Middle East

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The post JAGGAER to Showcase Why Autonomous Commerce is the Future of Procurement for Businesses in the Middle East appeared first on JAGGAER.

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The Death of Fast Fashion Can’t Come Soon Enough

Supply Chain Brain

We need to take steps to reshore entire industries, and we need to act now. Fashion should be at the top of the list.

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Introducing the Procurement Bill 2022

Value Match

Categories. Best Practice Guides. Bid Management. Business. Case Study. Circular Economy. Community Story. Contract for Change. Environment and Climate. Equality and Inclusion. Government Buying Standards. House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts. Human Rights and Modern Slavery. Legislation. National Audit Office Reports. News. Procurement Best Practice.

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Load Optimization: A Sustainable Way To Reduce Transportation Costs

Discover strategies to optimize load building and achieve significant transportation cost savings. Plus, learn how load optimization can help reduce CO 2 emissions and align with climate regulations and consumer expectations. Finally, discover best practices for sustainable load optimization.