Spend Matters

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Procurement solution providers are engaged in a race to implement GenAI in their solutions. It is in part due to the global interest in GenAI that was triggered by the launch of ChatGPT in November 2022 and in part due to the opportunity to easily enable their applications with (Gen)AI as integration with third-party GenAI tools (like ChatGPT) reduces the barrier to entry to the world of AI-enabled solutions.

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All Things Supply Chain

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Medical supply chains have endured a number of public health crises, from the HIV epidemic to viral outbreaks to substance abuse to the recent COVID-19 pandemic.

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Supply Chain Dive

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Amazon making more deliveries in house, shifts to other carriers and buy online, pick up in store initiatives contributed to the company's Q4 volume decline.

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Procurement Leaders

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

It can be draining just reading about the chaos brought about by global risks that continue to hit the headlines; from Houthi Rebel strikes in the Red Sea to ongoing speculation about Chinese intentions towards Taiwan, to the potential fallout from “the year of elections”. That said, being on the sharp end of having to respond to some of these events is a different matter entirely, and it’s a situation that many in the Procurement Leaders community find themselves in constantly.

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Supply Chain Brain

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Mexican exports to the U.S. topped out at $475.6 billion, beating China which saw its exports to the U.S. fall by 20% year-over-year to $427.2 billion.

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Procurement Templates

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

Project-Planner Download A “plan on a page” typically refers to a concise and condensed representation of a comprehensive plan or strategy presented on a single page. This approach is commonly used in business, project management, and various organizational contexts to provide a quick and accessible overview of key goals, objectives, and action items.

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SCMDOJO

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The fast-evolving business trends and technologies bring new challenges to every organization. One of these issues is making sure that the amount of products they have matches what they’re supposed to have, also known as stock discrepancy. To mitigate the issues of the end-to-end supply chain and cope with customer expectations, organizations are constantly focusing on reducing the delivery lead time.

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Supply Chain Brain

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The headlines about shortages and disruptions in healthcare supply chains aren’t going away anytime soon. The industry needs help.

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Procurement Templates

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

Weekly-Planner Download You might like the daily planner and P lan on a Page The post Weekly Planner appeared first on Procurement Templates.

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Supply Chain Dive

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Despite the decline in global rates, air freight volumes rose 10% year over year due to shipper concerns.

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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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IBM Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

It’s hard to imagine a business world without cloud computing. There would be no e-commerce, remote work capabilities or the IT infrastructure framework needed to support emerging technologies like generative AI and quantum computing. Determining the best cloud computing architecture for enterprise business is critical for overall success. That’s why it is essential to compare the different functionalities of private cloud versus public cloud versus hybrid cloud.

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Supply Chain Brain

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

As this vital technology continues to advance at an exponential rate, businesses that embrace AI in their supply chain operations will be well-positioned for long-term success.

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Art of Procurement

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

On January 5th, Alaska Airlines flight 1282 left Portland, Oregon en route to Ontario, California. Just minutes into the flight, The post Savings v. Safety in Aircraft Manufacturing appeared first on Art of Procurement.

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Supply Chain Dive

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Global awareness was one skill Elliott Rodgers highlighted during remarks at Manifest Vegas 2024.

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Advertiser: GEP

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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SCMR (Supply Chain Management Review)

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

More than three-quarters of supply chain operations say they are still facing a workforce shortage, with managers and analysts most in need.

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Supply Chain Brain

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

There is a balance between the current financial perspective and the need to take measured risks to continue to grow in the market.

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Spend Matters

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

We recently concluded our annual insights series, which, throughout the months of December and January, gives insights for the year ahead from procurement-related tech and service providers. Our respondents gave us their observations on 2024 and how they anticipate them shaping the market in the year to come. It has been a fascinating read, and our senior analyst Bertrand Maltaverne has the privilege of wrapping it up and adding his own observations.

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Supply Chain Dive

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The retailer has partnered with software company Shelf Engine to boost ordering, efficiency and in-stock levels of fresh foods.

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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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SCMR (Supply Chain Management Review)

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Artificial intelligence, augmented reality and machine learning are driving value from the business office to the warehouse.

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Supply Chain Brain

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

While the overall picture is mixed, some Chinese-linked vessels have to pay as little as 0.35% of their hull and machinery value to obtain insurance for transit.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Tackling global climate change and tracking greenhouse gas emissions has become an all-hands-on-deck endeavor. The World Bank recently launched an initiative, in collaboration with NASA and the European Space Agency, to collect and organize satellite-based measurements of concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. 1 Back on Earth’s surface, companies around the world are also tracking greenhouse gas emissions —the ones produced by their businesses and value chains.

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Supply Chain Dive

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The latest infusion will help the startup reach new markets and develop its artificial intelligence and other technology.

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Spend Matters

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

This Spend Matters Vendor Analysis provides an overview of Workfellow and its solution for process and task intelligence. Workfellow is a process- and task-mining vendor that enables process visibility and provides recommendations for how their operations can be approved. The solution minimizes redundant work, achieves savings through undiscovered process automation, streamlines processes by eliminating unnecessary steps, hastens customer response times and removes the need for manual data trans

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Supply Chain Brain

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

One challenge stalling manufacturers' ability to cut carbon emissions is a lack of data, with supplier information notoriously hard to obtain. Solving this problem is a top priority.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Every asset manager, regardless of the organization’s size, faces similar mandates: streamline maintenance planning, enhance asset or equipment reliability and optimize workflows to improve quality and productivity. In a recent IBM Institute for Business Value study of chief supply chain officers, nearly half of the respondents stated that they have adopted new technologies in response to challenges.

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Supply Chain Dive

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Supply remains scarce due to heavy rains and the spread of black pod disease in West Africa, according to a recent CoBank report.

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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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Procurement Insights

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

“You asked me what the difference maker for me in my career has been; it has been leading in a way that builds relationships authentically with people in order to get results. Being transparent and authentic about what I’m doing and then doing what I say I’m going to do.” – Steven Williams, Frito-Lay and Quaker CEO I shared the following comment in a post by Steven Williams , who started his career many years ago as a buyer and is today Frito-Lay and Quaker’s

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Supply Chain Brain

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The agreement, which took effect in January, allows gas to be shipped via pipeline to Italy and then on to Germany, a spokesperson for Sonatrach said.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

In 2024, sustainability is taking center stage. Efforts to track and reduce emissions, environmental impact and contributions to climate change are no longer rare or optional; instead, they’ve become the norm. Businesses, governments and individuals now see sustainability as a global imperative. Advanced technologies, more stringent reporting standards and stronger support from stakeholders are building momentum for eco-friendly initiatives and the incentives that encourage them.

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Supply Chain Dive

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The city was late on registering 77% of its contracts in the first half of its fiscal year, leading to long payment delays and financial issues for contractors.

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Advertiser: GEP

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.

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