Procurement Templates

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Happy Valentines day, here is some procurement satire for February the 14th! Lack of Emotional Sensitivity: Procurement departments are typically focused on logistics, cost-effectiveness, and efficiency, which may not align with the emotional nuances and sentimentality of Valentine’s Day. Limited Creativity: Procurement professionals are trained to streamline processes and optimize resources, but they may lack the creativity needed to plan and execute romantic gestures and surprises effect

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Supply Chain Dive

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Lease rates jumped more than 20% to reach $9.72 per square foot last year, according to data from Colliers.

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Supply Chain Brain

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Just months after snarled supply chains led to widespread inventory shortages, the proverbial pendulum has decidedly shifted to the other side.

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All Things Supply Chain

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Marketing is the art of the four “Ps”: Product, promotion, pricing, and placing. Another overlooked “P” falls under the umbrella of “Product”: Packaging.

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Speaker: Benjamin Woll

Enterprise commerce is at an inflection point. Rigid, monolithic platforms slow brands down, but a full replatforming is disruptive and costly. Shopify’s modular architecture offers a flexible, scalable alternative - allowing enterprise brands to modernize without ripping and replacing their entire stack. Learn how Shopify’s composable approach helps modernize commerce stacks while maintaining control over critical systems.

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Procurement Leaders

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

If you live in the UK or keep on top of the British news agenda, you may have seen a story over the past few days concerning a political party announcing a U-turn on its signature green investment policy. What was said? Sir Keir Starmer, leader of opposition Labour party, announced that its flagship £28bn/year green investment pledge would be reduced to £15bn/year, of which only £5bn would be new money.

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Supply Chain Dive

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Producers may experiment with new product formulations to avoid recent heavy price hikes on chocolates.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Remember how cool it felt when you first held a smartphone in your hand? The compact design and touch-based interactivity seemed like a leap into the future. Before long, smartphones became a way of life for organizations worldwide because of all they offer for business productivity and communication. Generative AI ( artificial intelligence ) promises a similar leap in productivity and the emergence of new modes of working and creating.

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Data Ethics Quality Project management 118

Spend Matters

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

In this Spend Matters Vendor Analysis, we provide an overview of Supply Risk Solutions and its solution for supplier (chain) risk management. Supplier risk management is crucial for a variety of reasons. First and foremost, it helps organizations identify and mitigate potential disruptions in their supply chain. Imagine relying on a single supplier for a critical component — if they face a problem, it could jeopardize your entire production process.

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Supply Chain Dive

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The trade organizations cited rising rates, delays and at least $80 billion in cargo that has been diverted around the region amid attacks.

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Supply Chain Brain

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Further, despite the global emphasis on sustainable practices, the study reveals low prioritization of sustainability among logistics companies.

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Advertiser: GEP

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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SCMR (Supply Chain Management Review)

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

With all the technology, labor issues and innovation taking place in supply chain, making it all work together is akin to a large-scale musical production.

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Finale Inventory

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Warehouse labeling can seem like a tedious aspect of inventory control, but it can have a huge impact on your warehouse operations. It’s the difference between hunting for an item and wondering if it’s even the right product when you do find it, or knowing you have the right item in hand within seconds. This is what separates your business from frustrating delays and agitating customers to timely deliveries and raving reviews–and is what the right labeling setup can help facilitate S

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Supply Chain Dive

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The deal is among several partnerships between segment players to capitalize on growing cross-border shipping traffic.

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Supply Chain Brain

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

By leveraging advanced and predictive analytics, organizations will be able to identify potential disruptions before they materialize.

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Advertiser: ZoomInfo

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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SCMR (Supply Chain Management Review)

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

A new survey found U.S. C-Suite executives are over three times more likely to choose India over China for their future supply chain needs.

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Spend Matters

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Neither oral nor text-based conversational AI (also known as conversational user experience [CUX] and conversational interfaces [CUI] the latter of which include chatbots) is by no means new, despite the relatively recent prolific uptake by procurement solution vendors. CUIs and CUXs were hot topics 10 years ago due to the popularization of Siri (Apple), Cortana (Microsoft), Alexa (Amazon), Google Assistant and Facebook’s M.

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Supply Chain Dive

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The lower rates through Ship with Walmart come in a soft demand environment where carriers are more amenable to reduced rates.

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Supply Chain Brain

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Respondents expressed optimism in the economy, and more than 50% say they’ve seen a “greater focus and understanding of supply chains” from those in the C-Suite.

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SCMR (Supply Chain Management Review)

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Gamification is helping warehouse operators maintain an engaged and healthy workforce.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

2024 is coming at us fast and the supply chain is front-and-center when it comes to geopolitical tensions and wars plaguing the globe. Just this week, retail brands called for safe travel on the Red Sea amidst growing rates and delays and regional fighting that has cost over $80B in inventory. Yes, don’t forget the pirates. Just as piracy has eased up on other shores along Somalia, it’s on the rise again there and elsewhere.

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Supply Chain Dive

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The consulting giant sees an opportunity to help private equity firms tackle management of spend, cost and suppliers across their portfolios.

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Supply Chain Brain

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The British Retail Consortium said that it had noticed a “temporary disruption” to some black tea lines, while an industry source suggested that some flavored lines had been delayed.

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Speaker: Becky Parisotto and John Vurdelja

Fulfillment is no longer just about getting products from point A to point B – it's about crafting seamless, scalable, customer first experiences. Flexible fulfillment strategies are more important than ever for those aiming to stay ahead and build resilience as retail enters a new era in 2025. Learn how to optimize fulfillment processes, tackle complex, multi-vendor orders, and create seamless customer experiences – from white-glove delivery for high-value items to quick-ship solutions for ever

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SCMR (Supply Chain Management Review)

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Supply chain’s growing importance in the customer journey has companies looking at the once-behind-the-scenes processes in a new light.

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Spend Matters

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

This Spend Matters Vendor Analysis Update provides an overview of Pactum and its solution for long-tail negotiations. Once a Spend Matters Future 5, Pactum has continued to grow in recent years to make negotiation autonomous for large organizations. It focuses on reaching win-win deals autonomously via its AI system that, without procurement involvement, can negotiate with human supply-side representatives.

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Negotiation Buyers Contract Suppliers 98

Supply Chain Dive

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Employees said they most often stay put for flexibility, fulfillment and good compensation.

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Supply Chain Brain

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Military ships in the region have been attempting to thwart missile strikes on merchant vessels over the past few weeks, but the Houthis have continued their attacks.

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Advertiser: GEP

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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Finale Inventory

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Inventory is the lifeblood of your business. If you’re a retail brand, wholesale distributor, or manufacturer, inventory is the core of your business. You buy inventory, bring it into your facility, and then hope to sell it for more than you paid to generate a profit. As your business grows, your catalog grows, your sales channels grow. As this happens, maintaining accuracy and efficiency becomes increasingly difficult.

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Art of Procurement

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

In today’s digital age, jokes are often made at technology’s expense. I have multiple calls each week where someone apologizes. The post Killer App: The UK Post Office Scandal appeared first on Art of Procurement.

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Supply Chain Dive

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The online tool enables access to instant prices across 70,000 airport connections.

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Price 127

Supply Chain Brain

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The push for supply chain sustainability comes with many built-in benefits, including lower costs, increased efficiency and stronger customer loyalty.

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Advertiser: ZoomInfo

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