The Amazing Supply Chain of Toilet Roll
All Things Supply Chain
OCTOBER 7, 2019
With 7% of Americans admitting to stealing it from hotels, comedian Johnny Carson causing a shortage of it in 1973 after he joked about the possibility of one and 49%…
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How Digitized Procure-to-Pay Benefits You
ProcurePort
OCTOBER 10, 2019
A new digital era is emerging, with procure-to-pay (P2P) now developed as a digital process. P2P services enhance collaboration between buyers and suppliers and generate an increased value to the supply chain. Going digital with the P2P process allows buyers and suppliers to develop a relationship that benefits both parties. Cloud-based P2P software platforms act […].
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Digital Procurement Transformation: A look Within Financial Services
ivalua
OCTOBER 8, 2019
The post Digital Procurement Transformation: A look Within Financial Services appeared first on Ivalua.
Traditional Warehousing Is Slowing Supply-Chain Evolution
Supply Chain Brain
OCTOBER 11, 2019
The days of static supply chains, both globally and locally, are long gone. Enterprises now must deal with an immense level of complexity and volatility, with continual change being the new normal.
Load Optimization: A Sustainable Way To Reduce Transportation Costs
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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.
Do You Live to Eat or Eat to Live?
Supply Chain Game Changer
OCTOBER 10, 2019
Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Food Waste and World Hunger – The Food Supply Chain is Broken! (Videos). Article written for Supply Chain Game Changer by, and permission to publish here provided by, Debbie Wilson, Advertising Consultant. Nowadays, restaurants, and specifically food, have taken such an important place in our lives, that the answer to that question isn’t obvious anymore.
What’s Next for Digital Procurement?
Jaggaer
OCTOBER 8, 2019
Our survey of the global procurement community and the subsequent report, Digital Transformation in Procurement: How Close Are We? revealed heightened awareness of digital technologies and their potential to transform the procurement function, but little progress over the past two years. It identified a couple of key challenges. We dealt with one of them in the previous article in this series: the need to integrate data across the full spectrum from source-to-pay.
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How Cybercriminals Can Initiate Attack Through a Supply-Chain Partner
Supply Chain Brain
OCTOBER 9, 2019
At least 59% of organizations have suffered cyberattacks through third-party companies, according to a recent study.
The Disintermediation of the Supply Chain!
Supply Chain Game Changer
OCTOBER 8, 2019
Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Want Success? Integrate a Change Leadership Work Stream in your Transformation Program! What is disintermediation? Most definitions of disintermediation characterize it as the elimination of intermediaries, or “ cutting out the middleman “ Further consider that the “Wastes” associated with Lean thinking and principles include transportation, inventory, over production and motion amongst others.
Why SRM (Supplier Relationship Management) Matters – It’s Your Business to Lose!
Ms. Category Management
OCTOBER 9, 2019
SRM is important, why? Suppliers assume they have the business because they are the incumbents. But remember it's your business to lose!
5 Tips to Streamline Your Warehouse
The Network Effect
OCTOBER 7, 2019
The post 5 Tips to Streamline Your Warehouse appeared first on The Network Effect.
Autonomous AI Agents Are the Future of Procurement and Supply Chain Operations
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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.
Underpaying Blue-Collar Workers Hurts Long-Term Profits, Research Shows
Supply Chain Brain
OCTOBER 10, 2019
A growing body of research sheds light on how blue-collar wages affect the U.S. economy.
How to Make Your Business Punchout Ready!
Supply Chain Game Changer
OCTOBER 9, 2019
Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Manage Procurement Spend Like It’s Your Own Business! Article written for Supply Chain Game Changer by, and permission to publish here provided by, Samantha Wallace at greenwingtechnology.com. Punchout catalogs can change many aspects of your business. If you’re selling B2B, then you should consider implementing a punchout catalog to establish more efficiency throughout your supply chain.
QATAR TRADE SUMMIT 2019 – 25 – 27 November 2019
ivalua
OCTOBER 7, 2019
The Qatar Trade Summit is scheduled to be held from the 25th – 27th of November 2019, in Doha, Qatar. The high level summit is conceptualized to address the long term and broad spectrum impact of Logistics and Supply Chain in the nation economic progress. Supplier Management is a growing challenge for Supply Chains. In a world characterized by VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity), there are daily reminders that risk management is no longer an option for Procurement and Supply
Supply Chain Weekly wrap up 10/04/19 – 10/10/19
All Things Supply Chain
OCTOBER 11, 2019
U.S. trade tariffs to be imposed on EU food products The supply of food and drink products that are exported from the EU to the U.S.
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
Building Resilient Supply Chains Across a Volatile Business Landscape
Supply Chain Brain
OCTOBER 7, 2019
Bad weather isn’t the only event that threatens the efficient operation of global supply chains.
CEOs Publicly Reject ‘Shareholder Primacy.’ Do They Really Mean It?
Supply Chain Brain
OCTOBER 7, 2019
For more than 20 years, the Business Roundtable, a lobbying group consisting entirely of chief executive officers, has maintained that the primary mission of corporations is to serve the interests of their shareholders. Now the group wants the world to believe that it values other fundamentals as well.
How Digital-First Retailers Will Succeed This Holiday Season
Supply Chain Brain
OCTOBER 8, 2019
How can retailers foresee what the must-have holiday gifts will be — and, most importantly, manage increased activity accordingly?
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