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Building a Resilient Supply Chain with Better Data

Art of Procurement

In 2018 Harvard Business Review predicted that in 5-10 years automation would likely replace the supply chain function. “The trend. The post Building a Resilient Supply Chain with Better Data appeared first on Art of Procurement.

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The benefits of automated attack surface management

IBM Supply Chain Blog

Can security teams keep up with attack surface risks without automated processes? Survey data indicates that the answer is no. In a 2023 survey of IT and cybersecurity professionals , nearly three-quarters (72%) said attack surface discovery alone takes more than 40 person-hours to complete. That does not include the additional time it takes for security teams to analyze the discovery data, prioritize actions and mitigate risks.

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Sustainability and green logistics: reshaping the supply chain

Supply Chain Dive

The rise of sustainable practices and green logistics is revolutionizing supply chain. Companies are taking steps to reduce their carbon footprint and adopt environmentally friendly practices in their logistics operations.

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Supply chain stability remains elusive

SCMR (Supply Chain Management Review)

While supply chain disruptions have lessened, ASCM and KPMG’s Stability Index continues to point to increased global instability.

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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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Support a Struggling Supply Chain with Digital Thread

Supply Chain Brain

When manufacturing, quality management and supply chain planning systems are all working synchronously, manufacturers are better equipped to adapt and respond to supply chain disruption.

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Navigating CSRD Regulation: What Procurement, Supply Chain, and Finance Leaders Need to Know

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Ivalua Spend Management Insights [ivory-search] Navigating CSRD Regulation: What Procurement, Supply Chain, and Finance Leaders Need to Know June 12, 2023 | | Sustainability by Vishal Patel In an effort to drive sustainability and combat climate change, the European Union has introduced the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD). This new regulation builds upon its predecessor, the Non-Financial Reporting Directive (NFRD), and brings about significant changes that impact organizatio

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UPS workers authorize strike in thick of Teamsters contract negotiations

Supply Chain Dive

Although expected, the vote allowing union leaders to call a strike ramps up pressure on the company to reach a new agreement.

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Germany Warns of Industry Shutdown if Russian Gas Stops Flowing

Supply Chain Brain

Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck said German policymakers should avoid "making the same mistake again" of assuming the economy will be unaffected by the Russian war in Ukraine.

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Get Ready for Success! 4 Critical Workstreams for Successful Procurement Implementation

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Ivalua Spend Management Insights [ivory-search] Get Ready for Success! 4 Critical Workstreams for Successful Procurement Implementation June 14, 2023 | | Thought Leadership by Vishal Patel Implementing a procurement application requires careful planning and execution, but combining it with a successful strategy can also ensure stakeholder buy-in, improve communications, support change management, reduce cost, and increase speed to market.

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Dove’s Real Beauty Campaign: Evolution of a Social Message

Art of Procurement

In 2004, Dove revolutionized skincare marketing by launching their ‘Real Beauty’ Campaign. Celebrated for the decision to represent women of. The post Dove’s Real Beauty Campaign: Evolution of a Social Message appeared first on Art of Procurement.

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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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FedEx to close sites in Texas, Georgia

Supply Chain Dive

About 120 employees, primarily couriers, will be impacted by the two Sept. 4 closures.

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THE BIG INTERVIEW WITH VICKY HINCHLIFFE

Procurement Heads

For Procurement Heads’ latest Big Interview, Vicky spoke with Gemma Burman about her procurement career and procurement’s role within Cadent. How did you get into procurement? When I finished my qualification in business studies, I joined a laser company as an administration assistant and part of that role was buying stationery and coordinating travel arrangements.

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Supply Chain Planning Must Become Decision-Centric

Supply Chain Brain

The environment in which chief supply chain officers find themselves has changed significantly in recent years, but most organizations have failed to adjust their approach to planning.

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The Missing Step to Most Supply Chains that Increases Efficiency

SCMDOJO

As a business owner, you always seek ways to increase efficiency and decrease costs. As supply chain professionals, we must understand the role of Effectiveness & Efficiency in Supply Chain Optimization But while you may have already implemented changes, you feel like there’s still something missing to decrease your cost. The truth is: there is.

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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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ILWU details path to ratifying West Coast port labor deal

Supply Chain Dive

Members could take months to approve a deal, said union president Willie Adams.

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CPO Spotlight: Clive Berrington

Procurement Heads

For Procurement Heads ‘ latest CPO Spotlight, he spoke with Dan Goodson about how he got into procurement & what he’s doing to improve diversity. How did you get into procurement? I’m not one of those people who, as a child, had their long-term career vision in place. It has been much more of an evolution over my career. I have done various roles throughout that time in project management, commercial, finance, strategy, and then latterly in procurement.

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Supply Chain Forecasting: The Machine Learning Revolution

Supply Chain Brain

Machine learning, a subset of artificial intelligence, is a game-changer that allows businesses to transcend outdated methods and transform the way they operate.

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[Pod] Procurement 6 – June 16th, 2023

Art of Procurement

Procurement 6 is a short podcast from Art of Procurement that publishes in the Art of Procurement feed every Friday. The post [Pod] Procurement 6 – June 16th, 2023 appeared first on Art of Procurement.

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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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Deliveries keep getting faster. Will it last?

Supply Chain Dive

Shippers adjusted to pandemic-related disruptions to reach customers faster. But shifting shopper preferences and cost-cutting efforts may slow things down.

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How to Choose the Right Last-Mile Delivery Technology for Your Business

Let's Talk Supply Chain

How to Choose the Right Last-Mile Delivery Technology for Your Business Last-mile delivery is complex. It’s a challenge that shippers and carriers worldwide are battling every day. Will my deliveries reach my customers on time? How do I know which route is the shortest and the fastest for my deliveries? How do I manage my fleet? How can I keep track of all my deliveries?

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Association of American Railroads Files Lawsuit Against California

Supply Chain Brain

The lawsuit argues the California Air Resources Board doesn't have the legal authority to promote an "untenable" In-Use Locomotive rule.

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Reshoring isn’t the only change taking place in supply chains

SCMR (Supply Chain Management Review)

Reshoring has received a lot of attention, but more companies are shifting parts of their supply lines from China to other Asian countries.

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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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Batteries on freight trains could be tapped to support the power grid in emergencies: study

Supply Chain Dive

Berkeley Labs says mobile storage batteries are a possible resource to assure grid reliability in the future.

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3PL Integration: Building an Expandable and Resilient Orchestration Solution

SCMDOJO

In today’s competitive market, the successful operation of a business hinges on the smooth integration of various processes and information management systems, especially when it comes to 3PL integration. With the complexity and challenges involved, many businesses find themselves overwhelmed. Thankfully, outsourcing logistics services to a reliable third-party logistics provider (3PL) can make a significant difference.

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Watch: Proximo Spirits' Journey to Decision Intelligence: A Case Study

Supply Chain Brain

Luis Gonzalez, global supply chain director of Proximo Spirits, a subsidiary of Becle, relates the company's search for a decision-intelligence tool, and its partnership with Aera Technology.

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Is there a “right” cloud strategy for banking?

IBM Supply Chain Blog

As public cloud technology and hybrid multicloud architectures are being adopted in financial institutions at an increasing rate, we’re observing that their counterparts in the public sector— central banks—are a long way behind, due at least in part to a profoundly risk-averse approach. While central banks have a very different mission from commercial banks, what they do have in common is the need to modernize their IT operations to support digital transformation, contain costs

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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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Improved autonomy leads to profitable robot deliveries for Cartken

Supply Chain Dive

The company’s sidewalk-roaming robots are now able to navigate complex situations on streets "with basically no intervention," its CEO said.

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What Pharmaceutical Companies Need to Know About DSCSA

The Network Effect

The post What Pharmaceutical Companies Need to Know About DSCSA appeared first on The Network Effect.

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U.S. Slips in Supply Chain Ranks After Child-Labor Violations

Supply Chain Brain

The U.S. saw its ranking decline on almost all metrics, according to an analysis published June 14 by the ESG advisory and analytics company Elevate.

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IBM watsonx.ai: Open source, pre-trained foundation models make AI and automation easier than ever before

IBM Supply Chain Blog

Sometimes the problem with artificial intelligence (AI) and automation is that they are too labor intensive. That sounds like a joke, but we’re quite serious. Traditional AI tools, especially deep learning-based ones, require huge amounts of effort to use. You need to collect, curate, and annotate data for any specific task you want to perform.

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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.