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How Procurement can help to drive Supplier-led innovation

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Alex Saric, Chief Marketing Officer, Ivalua. In today’s competitive business landscape, consumers demand a continuous cycle of new products and services, and the gap between each launch is shrinking. This means companies are under more pressure than ever to innovate at pace. A business’s ability to develop and launch new products that meet customer expectations quickly and profitably is critical to overall success.

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The rise of the electric vehicle – Is your terminal ready?

All Things Supply Chain

The rise of the electric vehicle is inevitable now as China and the EU have created strict regulations to achieve a more environmentally friendly way to drive.

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Can the ‘Smart’ Factory Revive U.S. Manufacturing Productivity?

Supply Chain Brain

A recent study touts the “smart” factory as a magic bullet that can solve any number of manufacturers’ problems, from low productivity growth to uncompetitive operations.

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5 Procurement Questions for Santa

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After pulling a few strings, we managed to catch Santa on one of his few coffee breaks at this busy time of year to fire five burning questions at the reigning world champion in procurement. Christmas is a holiday worldwide, but the busiest time at work for you. When does your year start? Actually we get Christmas wish lists all year long. Children have wishes all throughout the year but it really gets going in October.

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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.

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Ivalua Now Washington DC Journey to Procurement Excellence 4-6 May, 2020

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The post Ivalua Now Washington DC<br> Journey to Procurement Excellence <br> 4-6 May, 2020 appeared first on Ivalua.

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The Supply Chain Detective™ and the Inventory Turnover Mystery!

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Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Featuring Our 10 Best Inventory Management Articles! The company I had just joined went to market declaring that it was a world leader in Distribution and Logistics. As I settled into the job and started learning, and studying, the various Supply Chain metrics I was surprised when I looked at the Inventory Turnover performance of the company.

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eInvoicing Standards Continue to Push the AP Revolution

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With Brexit , trade wars , economic crises and recessions, 2019 has been far from boring. One of the measures governments often take to address tough economic conditions, by strengthening the collection of indirect and customs taxes, is to implement electronic invoicing mandates. New mandates announced or implemented in the last year include Italy , Greece and India , with more on the horizon.

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Accelerating Procurement Transformation, Procurement Leaders Webinar

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The post Accelerating Procurement Transformation, Procurement Leaders Webinar appeared first on Ivalua.

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B2B Connectivity Leading The Way For Digital Supply Chains!

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Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Preparing Business for the Digital Supply Chain! Oracle Interviews Mike Mortson! Article and permission to publish here provided by FreightPOP. There is an abundance of chatter in shipping and freight about digitizing supply chains, with reports that more spending than ever before is being poured into developing software and platforms.

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3 Simple (But Effective) Ways to Modernize Your Supply Chain

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The post 3 Simple (But Effective) Ways to Modernize Your Supply Chain appeared first on The Network Effect.

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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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Using Shipping Data to Meet E-Commerce Customer Demand

Supply Chain Brain

Two top components of customer experience are delivery and transparency, according to a recent report.

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Claritum releases “order window” capability

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Claritum Article - Procurement Blog. Bath, UK (December 5, 2019) – Claritum, a provider of cloud based spend management solutions, today announced the inclusion of “Order Window” functionality for their product. This “Order Window” functionality allows users to add their requirements to an overall pending order, so that an appropriate volume discount can be achieved across the organisation.

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How Shipping Software Innovation Led a Technology Company Into Freight Management!

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Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Why don’t you have a TMS (Transportation Management System) Solution yet? Article and permission to publish here provided by FreightPOP.com. Have you ever been extremely frustrated with a process at work? That was where we were six years ago. Our technology business, Horizon Technology, was being hindered by our shipping processes.

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When Fighting for Equality Isn’t Enough #WSW

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Dec-2019 - When Fighting for Equality Isn't Enough, Sometimes You Need to Re-Write History.

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Freight Procurement Simplified: Bids from Hours to Minutes

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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Supporting Retail Logistics in the Cloud

Supply Chain Brain

To compete in today’s e-commerce landscape, companies need next-gen software applications.

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Claritum’s top ten 2020 predictions for Procurement

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Claritum Article - Procurement Blog. Claritum’s top ten 2020 predictions for Procurement. Shortage of skilled and qualified Procurement professionals will drive further automation into Indirect Spend categories. Procurement will come around to realise that it’s not about the automation. It’s all about the user experience of the automation. AI will finally find its primary use in data cleansing and supporting analytics.

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New research from Ivalua shows UK businesses’ cost focused approach with suppliers is blocking innovation 

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Businesses more reliant than ever on suppliers as the pace of innovation increases, but two-thirds view their relationships as primarily transactional. London, UK – December 5, 2019 – Research from Ivalua , a global leader in spend management cloud solutions , has shown that two thirds (67%) of UK businesses say innovation is being blocked by a focus on cost reduction.

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2019’s Significant Procurement Developments in Review

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Procurement might not always seem like the most exciting corner of the business world, but 2019 has brought us some truly riveting developments. Here’s a peek at some of the most significant and pertinent procurement news. The Drive for Digitalization In the past, most procurement tasks were carried out manually and involved exchanges of papers […].

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How To Align Product Management And Supply Chain Operations For Successful Product Launches

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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Supply Chain Weekly Wrap-Up: 11/29/19 – 12/05/19

All Things Supply Chain

Ford is making car parts with McDonalds waste In 2018, McDonalds sold 822 million cups of coffee in the US resulting in a lot of coffee chaff, which is the…

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Join UltraShipTMS at the 2019 NY Produce Show

Supply Chain Collaborator

Will you be at the 2019 New York Produce Show and Conference in New York City December 10th through the 13th? We’ll be there and would love to meet you! UltraShip’s Charles Sperry will be in attendance all week and is available to meet you to share how our powerful platform for food shipping/logistics helps the largest food shippers overcome even the most complex transportation logistics challenges.

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Collaborate to Win: How greater collaboration will give UK organisations a competitive advantage, 26th February 2019, London

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Exclusive VIP Event for Procurement and Supply Chain Leaders at the Royal Lancaster Hotel in London. In today’s challenging business landscape, companies are battling it out to stay ahead of the competition, meet increasing customer expectations and develop new products at a faster pace than ever before. As the pressure to innovate increases, procurement professionals need to be able to quickly identify areas for innovation and effectively engage internal stakeholders and suppliers on new produc

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Claritum’s top eleven Procurement predictions for 2020

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Claritum Article - Procurement Blog. Claritum’s top eleven 2020 predictions for Procurement. Shortage of skilled and qualified Procurement professionals will drive further automation into Indirect Spend categories. Procurement will come around to realise that it’s not about the automation. It’s all about the user experience of the automation. AI will finally find its primary use in data cleansing and supporting analytics.

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The Ultimate Guide to Transportation and Load Building Optimization

Enhance your transportation and load building efficiency with our comprehensive guide. Learn to tackle today's supply chain challenges and optimize your approach with advanced planning strategies. This guide covers: Supply Chain Challenges: Discover how transportation planning can address critical issues and improve efficiency. Load Building Benefits: Understand how effective load building can enhance your transportation processes.