ProcurePort
JANUARY 19, 2022
Direct procurement happens when an entity invites a sole entity to supply goods and services without being subjected to a competitive process. Both public and private institutions have procurement provisions requiring competitive bidding before awarding contracts to suppliers. However, there are situations where the direct procurement method is deemed fit.
All Things Supply Chain
JANUARY 17, 2022
Summary: Transportation management solutions provide valuable features to organizations that manage their own logistics.
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Supply Chain Brain
JANUARY 20, 2022
Shipping companies and software developers are experimenting with self-driving trucks as a way to solve a driver shortage worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic, drawing fire from safety advocates who call the technology a risk to motorists.
ivalua
JANUARY 21, 2022
OMNIA Partners is the largest and most experienced organization in procurement and supply chain management. Covering both the private and public sectors, OMNIA Partners unites industry-leading buying power and world-class suppliers to offer an extensive portfolio?of sourcing solutions and partnerships. Through economies of scale, OMNIA Partners is able to deliver more contracts, in more verticals, with transparent, value-driven pricing.
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ProcurePort
JANUARY 20, 2022
Procurement teams rely on a multitude of frameworks to source and supply needed goods, services, and raw materials. A direct purchasing system (DPS) is a contemporary mode of procurement that has been adopted by numerous enterprises. Explained simply, a direct purchasing system is an automated system that vendors can access at any time. This ‘free […].
All Things Supply Chain
JANUARY 19, 2022
Many supply chain challenges can be overcome by working more closely with partner companies.
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ivalua
JANUARY 20, 2022
valantic creates software and digital process solutions that enable customers to achieve strategic advantages over their competitors. We master the central challenges of digitalization with a uniquely flexible, elementary organizational structure and operational excellence. Visit valantic’s website. The post Valantic appeared first on Ivalua.
ProcurePort
JANUARY 18, 2022
Category management is the process of pulling together similar products in a single category; and then addressing all the diverse initiatives of a single category as a whole. The initiatives captured in a particular category may include merchandising, procurement process, retail, and sales efforts. More precisely, category management bundles together items to avoid scattered, separate […].
All Things Supply Chain
JANUARY 21, 2022
Cargo airlines warn of supply chain disruption due to 5G rollout in the U.S.
Supply Chain Brain
JANUARY 16, 2022
As many Americans worry about empty shelves and delayed packages, looters are taking advantage of the inflow of goods outside of the two southern California ports that are responsible for handling almost half of all U.S. imports.
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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.
ivalua
JANUARY 21, 2022
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Supply Chain Game Changer
JANUARY 19, 2022
Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. The Supply Chain Renaissance Has Begun! Strategies to improve your Supply Chain article and permission to publish here provided by Claire Glassman. The supply chain is a significant part of your overall business strategy and inventory management. An effective and efficient supply chain can help your business improve customer satisfaction and money by minimizing wait times for in-demand products.
ContractSafe
JANUARY 21, 2022
What Is Contract Management in Procurement? Procurement teams are critical for any organization, and because they are responsible for contract management, they have a special place in our hearts here at ContractSafe.
Supply Chain Brain
JANUARY 19, 2022
Data moves through supply chains in many different ways, each with their own advantages and disadvantages.
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
World of Procurement blog
JANUARY 19, 2022
Understanding your Supply Chain through Data As teams have become remote and the need to quickly get all of your Procurement documents in one place (ideally a secure cloud-based solution), the need to understand every part of your supply base has become more valuable than ever before Being remote means we need to get better at collating accurate and trustworthy data throughout the entire Procurement lifecycle, including pre-contract and post-contract signatures.
Supply Chain Game Changer
JANUARY 21, 2022
Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Offline Marketing in the Modern Age! Trade shows article and permission to publish here provided by Amelia Emma. It is recommended that every business owner with dreams of one day growing to be big enough to compete on the international level must attend a major trade show related to their line of business, at least once in their lifetime.
Future Purchasing
JANUARY 19, 2022
The application of category management is not something that arrives fully formed into our organisations but is a journey in the development of understanding and insights. This simple observation clarifies that to excel at cat man and extract the maximum benefit, we need an approach that develops our practice year on year. As this is unlikely to happen without some intervention, we need to plan for that development.
Supply Chain Brain
JANUARY 18, 2022
China’s zero tolerance approach to Covid has idled Toyota Motor Corp. and Volkswagen AG factories — a troubling sign for global carmakers as the omicron variant begins to spread in the world’s biggest auto production hub.
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.
Bonfire
JANUARY 19, 2022
Over the past two years, K-12 students across North America have had to transition back and forth between virtual and in-person learning. For many, ongoing disruptions to learning routines have had a negative impact on mental health and academic success. A recent survey conducted by EdWeek found that high schoolers are getting lower grades, procrastinating more, and feeling more distracted by anxiety than they were before the pandemic.
Supply Chain Game Changer
JANUARY 20, 2022
Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Drop Shipping Teddy Bears! AliExpress article and permission to publish here provided by Dave Chadha. You may have heard of the e-commerce platform AliExpress. If you haven’t, Alibaba, which is owned by Jack Ma, is the parent company of AliExpress. The platform has risen enormously in recent years, and so has people’s skepticism, questioning the possible risks of buying from AliExpress.
Orderhive
JANUARY 17, 2022
In this article, you will find seven eCommerce shipping solutions that you can implement to deliver the best shipping experience to your customers. The post 7 Best Practices for eCommerce Shipping appeared first on Cin7 Orderhive.
Supply Chain Brain
JANUARY 19, 2022
From erecting cardboard cutouts designed to obscure produce shortages to jettisoning their usual discounts and promotions, grocers have turned to a range of solutions to get themselves through the global supply chain crisis.
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World of Procurement podcast
JANUARY 17, 2022
Rich Sains is the Founder of Acada , a Procurement Tech company that looks to remove the mundane admin based work and gives real time insights as to what teams are working on. The awesome part about this solution is that it doesn’t require loads of “admin” to input the data. It gives a central view to Procurement Leaders as to what their team is working on.
EazyStock
JANUARY 17, 2022
The past few years have seen unprecedented supply chain challenges largely stemming from COVID-19 disruptions. As 2022 takes hold, many of the same challenges are present. Consequently, companies are becoming more focused on anticipating, reacting to, and planning for the unexpected through their supply chain strategies. In 2022, key supply chain management trends all lean towards building supply chain resilience.
Shapiro Negotiations Institute
JANUARY 15, 2022
As most master negotiators will tell you, negotiation is a process, rather than an endgame. However, it’s just as important to know that learning how to successfully negotiate is a process as well. So, what’s the benefit of these processes? Conflict is unsettling, and most of us try to avoid it whenever possible. However, conflict can happen anywhere, anytime—it is often driven more by what we feel than what we want or need.
Supply Chain Brain
JANUARY 20, 2022
Bill Catania, chief executive officer of OneRail, describes the need for, and benefits of, micro-fulfillment centers for ensuring efficient and reliable last-mile delivery.
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Financial institutions must navigate a complex web of policies, procedures and regulations to ensure compliance and manage risk. When Hellenic Bank, a leading retail lender in Cyprus, set out to transform its procurement operations, it needed more than just software deployment. It required a partner that would help embed its intricate buying processes — with all its validations, risk assessments and tiered approvals — into a unified system.
Jaggaer
JANUARY 19, 2022
The post TK Elevator Standardizes Procurement Processes with JAGGAER appeared first on JAGGAER.
CPO Rising
JANUARY 20, 2022
By now, you’ve heard the phrases. “The Big Quit.” “The Great Resignation.” “The Great Reassessment.” Around these parts, we’ve typically referred to the massive, massive numbers of workers voluntarily leaving their jobs as a “talent revolution” unlike anything businesses have ever experienced before. Calling this a “revolution” rather than attributing the volatile labor market solely […].
The Procuretech Podcast
JANUARY 18, 2022
On this week’s episode I get to talk to a well-known industry expert and dive into a subject many of you may be confused and excited about in equal measure. Melissa Drew, Associate Partner at IBM is my guest to dive into the topic of use cases for AI in procurement applications. We tackle where we are, where we’re headed and what some of the opportunities and limitations could be for this technology in this space.
Supply Chain Brain
JANUARY 19, 2022
Hundreds of truckers who haul goods at Southern California ports and railyards are petitioning to unionize, hoping to convince federal authorities they’re really employees and not contractors as their company claims.
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