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The Role of a Sourcing Specialist on a Procurement Team

ProcurePort

As with any sort of team that is composed of various people with varying obligations, procurement teams are normally staffed with a spectrum of professionals and specialists. Each member on a procurement team has a specific set of obligations and duties that need to be fulfilled in order to keep the entire procurement department operating […].

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Best Practice Guide to Invoice to Pay

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What is Invoice to Pay? Invoice to Pay is a request for payment by a supplier, and technology helps to make this simple, fast and more efficient for the Supplier and the Accounts Payable team. Invoice to Pay sits at the end of a Procurement process that starts with a need, moves through selecting and contracting with a supplier and ends with delivery of goods or services. .

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Automated Freight Forwarders – Out With The Old In With The New

All Things Supply Chain

Logistics in general is a very overlooked and under appreciated industry.

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10 Critical Supply Chain Lessons from The Pandemic! (Video)

Supply Chain Game Changer

Coronavirus Exposes Global Supply Chain Fragility! The Coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc throughout the world. In some places the pandemic has been controlled and life is getting back to a new normal. Yet in many other cases the pandemic is spreading aggressively and even realizing a devastating resurgence, particularly in the United States.

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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.

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The Source to Pay Life Cycle in a Procurement Year

ProcurePort

A lot of people often ask us, ‘What is source to pay process?’ Many people are under the impression that procure-to-pay and source-to-pay is the same thing. And we can see why it may be easy to confuse the two. Procure to pay is an end-to-end process that involves sourcing, placing orders for goods with […]. The post The Source to Pay Life Cycle in a Procurement Year appeared first on ProcurePort Blog.

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AP Automation Best Practice Guide

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Taking AP Automation and Invoice Processing to new levels of performance. Unlock the power of AP automation and hit new heights in straight-through-processing by utilizing smart matching within one-click workflows that manage line level allocations and tax treatment automatically. 70% increase in invoice processing efficiency’ – Crédit Agricole. Remove of overhead of payment queries with real-time Supplier updates.

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Little Holiday Joy for Retailers, Preparing for a Peak Season That Could Go Bust

Supply Chain Brain

Right about this time in any “normal” year, ocean carriers and truckers would be entering their annual peak season for freight volumes, in expectation of that ever-reliable holiday shopping bonanza.

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How to Prevent Shipping Damage! (Infographic)

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Anatomy of the Perfect Unboxing Experience! (Infographic). Shipping Damage article and permission to publish here provided by excelsior.ph. Shipping damage can cost any business owner a significant loss in annual gross sales. Although it can be prevented, damages on shipping can happen more often and might bring a series of detrimental effects for both the buyer and the seller.

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How JAGGAER and the UK Ministry of Justice Exceed Public Procurement Demands

Jaggaer

?. Public sector procurement is stuck in limbo – frequently the differences between public and private sector seem enormous, but they’re of te n exaggerated or misunderstood. We sat down with Richard Hogg, Managing Director, JAGGAER UK, and Jim Rawlings, Commercial Direc tor, UK Ministry of Justice, to talk through the challenges and misconceptions about digital procurement in the public sector.

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5 steps for Procurement to impact on financial results

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Read the article at claritum.com. Introduction Procurement is a complex. multidisciplinary team activity that crosses all areas of the business. The variables and complexities of purchasing products and services, from basic supplies through to strategic purchases, make Procurement a key. resource within the business. In addition, there are distinct specialist areas that are unique to. the procurement function.

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Autonomous AI Agents Are the Future of Procurement and Supply Chain Operations

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.

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How Electric Trucking Will Improve the Environment

Supply Chain Brain

With hybrid and fully electric cars more popular than ever, it’s no surprise that electric semi-trucks are a compelling topic for discussion within the shipping industry.

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Digital Twinning of Supply Chains!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. The Digital Supply Chain Road is Full of Potholes, Construction and Accidents! Digital Twinning article and permission to publish here provided by Jenis Sheth. This Digital Twinning of Supply Chains article focuses on transformative ideation of transport & logistics value chains.

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Collaboration with Startups – Dr. Gisela Linge from Strategy Meets Reality

The Procuretech Podcast

Buying smart, and measuring total value rather than just price, is a popular concept right now. And for good reason, given the supply chain fragilities that the Covid-19 pandemic has laid bare. Nonetheless, the automotive industry is one that's renowned for being particularly cutthroat in its often combative relationships with suppliers. My guest on today's show, Dr.

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Supply Chain Weekly Wrap-Up: 07/31/20 – 08/06-/20

All Things Supply Chain

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Freight Procurement Simplified: Bids from Hours to Minutes

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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Top 5 Challenges to Home Office Shipping

Supply Chain Brain

For businesses that ship large volumes of parcels or documents, the mail center has been a vital hub for managing communication and cost. In the era of COVID-19, businesses are turning to enterprise-class multi-carrier management systems as a way to address these five ship-from-home challenges.

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Amazon Makes Sweeping Changes for First Prime Day of Pandemic

Supply Chain Brain

Amazon.com will kick off its first Prime Day since the coronavirus outbreak later this week in India — modifying almost everything about the retail bonanza to navigate the realities of a new era.

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Why the U.S. Can’t Break China’s Monopoly on Rare Earth Metals — Part 3

Supply Chain Brain

These are the necessary steps toward developing a research-and-development partnership among the private sector, government and academia to wrest control of the REE supply chain from China.

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Beirut Explosion Destroys Tons of Lebanon’s Food Stocks

Supply Chain Brain

The huge explosion in Lebanon’s capital of Beirut tore through major grain silos, stoking fears of shortages in a nation that imports nearly all its food and is already reeling from economic crisis.

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How To Align Product Management And Supply Chain Operations For Successful Product Launches

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.

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How COVID-19 Is Accelerating Pre-Existing Trends in Supply Chains

Supply Chain Brain

As global trade enters the second half of 2020, it’s becoming evident that the pandemic hasn’t redrawn the maps of sourcing as predicted — but rather has accelerated a number of pre-existing trends.

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Brain Corp Launches In-Store Autonomous Delivery Robots for Commercial Retail

Supply Chain Brain

Brain Corp, an AI company creating transformative core technology in the robotics industry, announced that its manufacturing partners are involved in multiple pilots and initial deployments of BrainOS-powered autonomous delivery tugs.

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Watch: Who’s Investing in Autonomous Mobile Robots?

Supply Chain Brain

Ash Sharma, senior research director with Interact Analysis, traces investment patterns in autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), where they're being deployed today, and the state of the technology.

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Sendle Introduces Seamless Delivery for Etsy Sellers

Supply Chain Brain

Sendle, acarbon neutral shipping carrier specifically designed for small business, has announced a new Etsy integration to help ease small business shipping challenges fueled by the coronavirus pandemic.

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The Ultimate Guide to Transportation and Load Building Optimization

Enhance your transportation and load building efficiency with our comprehensive guide. Learn to tackle today's supply chain challenges and optimize your approach with advanced planning strategies. This guide covers: Supply Chain Challenges: Discover how transportation planning can address critical issues and improve efficiency. Load Building Benefits: Understand how effective load building can enhance your transportation processes.

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Podcast | How the Pandemic Will Change Talent Recruitment

Supply Chain Brain

The post-pandemic age will require a whole new way by which employers recruit, hire and retain talent.

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APL Logistics Launches Suite of Carbon Management Solutions

Supply Chain Brain

APL Logistics recently announced a suite of products to measure, manage and mitigate GHG emissions in the shipping and logistics sector.