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What are the Pillars of Sustainable Procurement?

ProcurePort

Sustainable procurement is gaining popularity as people prioritize environmental concerns, social responsibility, and ethical practices in today’s global discussions. Companies are recognizing the significance of using procurement practices that align with present business requirements. These practices also contribute to building a sustainable and resilient future.

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3 key holiday strategies for suppliers: Are you ready?

Supply Chain Dive

The holiday season is critical, but it doesn’t have to be chaotic and stressful. The right strategies can help you stay ahead of the curve so your business can take on holiday pressure with renewed confidence.

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How to Optimise a Small Procurement Department

Barkers Procurement

There are several different reasons why you might wish to optimise your procurement department. Your business or organisation could be entering a new growth phase or a growth strategy phase. You might be developing a new product or breaking into a new market. Then there are more straightforward business reasons such as the need to control costs and increase profitability.

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‘It is everywhere’: Rooting out forced labor from supply chains

Supply Chain Dive

Only half of surveyed procurement executives feel they are making effective progress on modern slavery risks in their sourcing, according to a recent Gartner report.

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GEP Spend Category Outlook Report 2025

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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Understanding Purchase Orders: A Deep Dive into the Procurement Process

ProcurePort

In global commerce, the Purchase Order (PO) is a crucial document that facilitates the exchange of goods and services. This document is crucial for a smooth purchasing process. It ensures that businesses receive what they need on time. In this exploration, we will examine the concept of a purchase order. We will understand the different […] The post Understanding Purchase Orders: A Deep Dive into the Procurement Process appeared first on ProcurePort Blog.

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The 10 Largest Cargo Ships in the World in 2023

All Things Supply Chain

In the world of global trade and logistics, cargo ships are the unsung heroes that transport goods across the oceans, linking manufacturers, suppliers, and consumers worldwide.

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Food suppliers feel the pinch on cold storage

Supply Chain Dive

Construction is booming, but it may not be enough to meet rapidly rising demand for warehouse space.

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IBM named a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Digital Process Automation Software, Q4 2023

IBM Supply Chain Blog

Forrester Research just released “The Forrester Wave™: Digital Process Automation Software, Q4 2023: The 15 Providers That Matter Most And How They Stack Up” by Craig Le Clair with Glenn O’Donnell, Renee Taylor-Huot, Lok Sze Sung, Audrey Lynch, and Kara Hartig and IBM is proud to be recognized as a Leader. IBM named a Leader In the report, Forrester Research evaluated 15 digital process automation (DPA) providers against 26 criteria in three categories: Current offering,

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AI in Procurement and ‘Autogmentation’ Part 4 — Procurement use cases of AI and Generative AI

Spend Matters

In This content is for members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read. The post AI in Procurement and ‘Autogmentation’ Part 4 — Procurement use cases of AI and Generative AI appeared first on Spend Matters.

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Using Drones to Improve Inventory Count Accuracy

Supply Chain Brain

Employees no longer spend long, tedious hours doing manual inventory with forklifts, and there is now less likelihood of misplacing product.

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5 Ways You Can Win Faster with Gen AI in Sales

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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Intermodal shippers to get another US-Mexico option in January

Supply Chain Dive

J.B. Hunt and BNSF are teaming up with Grupo México Transportes on a rail and truck service linking multiple cross-border markets.

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Top 6 Kubernetes use cases

IBM Supply Chain Blog

Kubernetes , the world’s most popular open-source container orchestration platform , is considered a major milestone in the history of cloud-native technologies. Developed internally at Google and released to the public in 2014, Kubernetes has enabled organizations to move away from traditional IT infrastructure and toward the automation of operational tasks tied to the deployment, scaling and managing of containerized applications (or microservices ).

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Supply Chain Sustainability Pressures Persist

SCMR (Supply Chain Management Review)

Supply chain sustainability efforts continue to ramp up, but while companies are responding to global challenges, economic pressures are a different story.

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Watch: All About Visibility — And the Tools That Make It Possible

Supply Chain Brain

Rich Kilmer, chief executive officer of CargoSense, brings us up to date on the technology that enables shipment visibility — including the internet of things and digital twins — and what shippers are really looking for in that department.

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From Reactive to Resilient: Charting Your Supply Chain Maturity

In this webinar, supply chain industry experts share insights and best practices for enhancing supply chain efficiency, resilience and adaptability. Watch the webinar to learn strategies to develop supply chain maturity and save on costs. Delve into the stages of supply chain maturity, from foundational management to advanced optimization and innovation.

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How Black Friday and Cyber Monday test supply chain adaptability and resilience

Supply Chain Dive

How proactive inventory planning and operations management can keep brands from falling behind during the holiday season.

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How to accelerate your data monetization strategy with data products and AI

IBM Supply Chain Blog

Data monetization is a business capability where an organization can create and realize value from data and artificial intelligence (AI) assets. A value exchange system built on data products can drive business growth for your organization and gain competitive advantage. This growth could be internal cost effectiveness, stronger risk compliance, increasing the economic value of a partner ecosystem, or through new revenue streams.

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AI in Procurement and ‘Autogmentation’ Part 3 — How similar is Generative AI to other previous technologies?

Spend Matters

In the previous parts of our series, we covered AI in detail, highlighting its evolution over time and the different levels of AI. We also covered the state of AI adoption in business and procurement. However, we didn’t address the elephant in the room: generative AI. Generative AI has captured the attention of many people because of the broad use cases that it can cover (anyone can relate to a tangible use case, which is very different from other past technologies such as blockchain) and of its

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The Hidden Cost of Plug-in Hybrid Fleets

Supply Chain Brain

The savings as well environmental benefits of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) vanish when fleet drivers fail to charge and become overly reliant on the gasoline engine.

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The 2nd Generation of Innovation Management: A Survival Guide

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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Los Angeles, Long Beach ports offering $60M to aid in purchase of zero-emission trucks

Supply Chain Dive

The vouchers to acquire Class 8 drayage trucks come ahead of emissions rules for new trucks in California.

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TikTok Moving Into Logistics

Procurement Bulletin

Toyota Increases Wages for US Factory Workers After the recent UAW labor deal has probably led to Toyota increasing wages for its American non-union workers. TikTok Moving Into Logistics As TikTok looks to increase it’s social e-commerce usage, the social media platform is offering outsourced logistics to bolster it’s e-commerce functionality.

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Drought Continues to Impact Panama Canal Transit Times

SCMR (Supply Chain Management Review)

Ongoing drought conditions continue to impact the ability of large cargo ships to quickly traverse the Panama Canal.

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Watch: Building Environmental Sustainability in Supply Chains

Supply Chain Brain

Jagadish Turimella, chief operating officer and co-founder of GEP, offers some best practices that companies can adopt for ensuring that their supply chains are prioritizing sustainability.

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GEP Outlook Report 2025

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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US Postal Service plans 2024 rate hikes for Ground Advantage, other products

Supply Chain Dive

The price increases, which are slated to take effect on Jan. 21, come as the agency faces continued financial challenges.

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Supply Chain Post Mortem: Convoy

Art of Procurement

Convoy (2015 – 2023) was a freight brokerage that aimed to disrupt a high-volume, low-margin space by applying advanced automation. The post Supply Chain Post Mortem: Convoy appeared first on Art of Procurement.

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The Shift from China is Leading to India

SCMR (Supply Chain Management Review)

India has seen a 44% increase in exports to the U.S. as American companies looking to diversify their supply chains turn away from China.

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U.S. Signs Nuclear Cooperation Pact with the Philippines

Supply Chain Brain

The agreement was signed by the Philippines’ energy secretary and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken November 16 in San Francisco, California.

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10 Ways to Leverage Buyer Signals and Drive Revenue

In today’s ultra-competitive markets, it’s no longer enough to wait for buyers to show obvious signs of interest. Instead, sales teams must be proactive, identifying and acting on nuanced buyer behaviors — often before prospects are fully ready to make a purchase. In this eBook from ZoomInfo & Sell Better, learn 10 actionable ways to use these buyer signals to transform your sales strategy and close deals faster.

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Amazon unveils heavy-lifting warehouse robot Titan

Supply Chain Dive

A fulfillment center in San Antonio is the first to use the technology in its operations to carry larger and bulkier items.

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An introduction to Wazi as a Service

IBM Supply Chain Blog

In today’s hyper-competitive digital landscape, the rapid development of new digital services is essential for staying ahead of the curve. However, many organizations face significant challenges when it comes to integrating their core systems, including Mainframe applications, with modern technologies. This integration is crucial for modernizing core enterprise applications on hybrid cloud platforms.

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Spend Matters Future 5 2023 — Introducing ORO Labs

Spend Matters

The procurement technology market is evolving rapidly and deploying the latest power that innovation can bring to support the changing and challenging needs of its customers. In an ever-crowded space it’s hard for those who rely on these platforms and systems to keep ahead of the latest developments. For that reason, Spend Matters analysts make it their mission to scour the market to find those new solution providers that can fulfil a very specialist role to fulfill the procurement needs of toda

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Poor Data Capture: The Silent Killer of Profitability in Logistics

Supply Chain Brain

The process of collecting logistics data from multiple sources such as barcodes, text and objects, and converting it all into an electronic format, can enable better outcomes for the business. But getting it wrong can have the opposite effect.

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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.