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Believe It Or Not, Procurement Impacts Every Single Person

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Vishal Patel, VP Product Marketing, Ivalua. You’re probably wondering what i’m going on about here. It’s pretty simple, actually. If you live in a city, state or country, which everybody does, your life and the lives of your family and friends is impacted directly by Procurement. No, I’m not referring to the Procurement department of your company (although, if Ivalua has anything to do about it, there are lots of interesting things happening there too).

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Why is Supply Chain Such a Great Career Path?

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Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. What is Supply Chain Management (SCM)? (Video). When I started my career the term “Supply Chain” had just been coined. As such it was many years before I actually heard of the term “Supply Chain Management” Regardless I pursued my interests and took on an increasingly diverse set of progressive jobs as time went on.

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Future Factories Will Impact the World Far Beyond the Factory Floor

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Managers and workers are embracing digital technologies as the fourth industrial revolution reshapes the global economy.

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Negotiation Tactics Essentials

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Throughout the years I have learned a lot of negotiation tactics. In this blog posts I will show you the tactics that are successful. I will also reveal details and how you can counteract them if the other party applies them on you. So negotiations. Everyone does them. It doesn’t matter if you want it or not but we do it all the time. If you are in the procurement space (like I am) you do it more often.

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From Reactive to Resilient: Charting Your Supply Chain Maturity

Learn strategies to develop supply chain maturity and save on costs. In this webinar, supply chain industry experts share insights and best practices for enhancing supply chain efficiency, resilience and adaptability. Delve into the stages of supply chain maturity, from foundational management to advanced optimization and innovation. Discover actionable first steps to boost your operations and reduce costs.

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Measuring Public Procurement Value, Part 2

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The post Measuring Public Procurement Value, Part 2 appeared first on Ivalua.

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How to Select the Right Pallet Racking for Your Warehouse! (Infographic)

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Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Streamline your Entire Distribution Centre or Warehouse at One Time! Article and infographic, and permission to publish here, provided by Brent Frayser at speedrackwest.com. Organization is a key component to the success of any industry. Keeping track of inventory and supplies can dramatically effect the bottom line, depending on the amount of time and resources allocated to these aspects of the business.

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Claritum serves Heineken

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Claritum Article - Procurement Blog. Bath, UK (June 11, 2019) – Claritum, a provider of cloud based spend management solutions, today announced that Heineken has been added to the many brands procuring marketing goods and services through our Cloud solution. “It gives me great pride to know that significant brands, like Heineken, use Claritum to purchase their branded goods.” said Prof.

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Executing a successful procurement transformation

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The post Executing a successful procurement transformation appeared first on Ivalua.

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Humanless Warehousing: Tips for a Robot-Driven Future!

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Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Keys to Success in Warehouse Management/Order Fulfillment! (Video). Article originally published by, and permission to publish here provided by, Dave Joseph at veridian.info. Mujin, a Tokyo-based company, has developed and deployed the first fully automated, humanless warehousing robotic systems, reports CNBC.

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Don’t Sacrifice Security for Fast Shipping

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How can smaller online sellers compete with the fast-shipping options of giant retailers?

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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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Procurement Challenges Condensed

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Claritum Article - Procurement Blog. Contents. 1. Introduction. 2. Breaking Down the Domains. 3. Identifying the Challenges by the Domain. 4. Conclusion and additional thoughts. 1 Introduction. I took on the challenge of writing a condensed version of all the current Procurement challenges. Basing this on the many articles I have read covering this subject.

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Global Petroleum Show, 11th – 12th June 2019, Calgary

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Ivalua will be at the Global Petroleum Show in Calgary to talk about the Ivalua Procurement Platform and why you should take a look at our solution. You will find our team on Booth #7830. Ivalua attendees: Ty Levine , Brad Calbick. Partner Attendees: OPTIS Vanessa Ng & Rafael Zveibil. If you would like to meet us at the event, please get in touch !

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Armco Barriers In The Warehouse! (Sponsored)

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Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Worst Forklift Accident Ever and Forklift Safety! (Video). Warehouses can be a minefield for damage and injury if the proper risk assessments are not carried out and the correct protection is not subsequently put in place to prevent such issues from occurring. In an age of increased litigation, budgetary constrictions and affordability costs growing even tighter, it has become more important than ever to ensure the right heal

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Five Best Practices in Transportation Telematics

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Telematics promises to transform transportation and the supply chain.

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Autonomous AI Agents Are the Future of Procurement and Supply Chain Operations

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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MilliporeSigma Launches Four-Year Push for Packaging Sustainability

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The quest for supply-chain sustainability requires paying as much attention to the package as the product inside it.