ProcurePort
SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
Purchase orders and invoice software contain crucial information about your financial business activity. More clearly, invoices and purchase orders indicate whether transactions are sales or purchases. While purchase orders and invoices share similar details, such as invoice number, vendor information, order details, price, and general information of a transaction, invoices and purchase orders are intrinsically […].
Supply Chain Brain
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
China’s energy crisis is shaping up as the latest shock to global supply chains as factories in the world’s biggest exporter are forced to conserve energy by curbing production.
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ivalua
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
The post Creating Tail Spend ROI Through an Improved Buyer Experience appeared first on Ivalua.
Supply Chain Queen
OCTOBER 1, 2021
"Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect. "– Chief Seattle, 1854 In Episode 61, Sheri Hinish joins Sandra Macquillan, EVP + CSCO of Mondelez, an epic leader and Rebel extraordinaire who is forging a bold. Read more. The post Leading a Bold Path for Sustainable + Transparent Supply Chains with Sandra Macquillan (Mondelez) appeared first on SupplyChainQueen®.
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ProcurePort
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
Invoice purchase order software (I/PO software) refers to technology that syncs purchase orders created by buyers and invoices generated from fulfilled purchase orders. It’s a pragmatic solution that has simplified life for procurement teams and vendors. In case you’re still on the fence about investing in invoice purchase order software read on to learn about […].
Supply Chain Brain
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
From high-class problems to difficulties finding life’s necessities, the pandemic has convulsed global supply chains on such a scale that few industries, socio-economic classes or regions are immune.
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Jaggaer
SEPTEMBER 27, 2021
The post Contract Management 101: Everything You’ll Ever Need to Know appeared first on JAGGAER.
ProcurePort
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
Expense management is a key concern in business because unmonitored spending can easily hurt an otherwise profitable enterprise. The management process involves tracking how employees are using their spending leeway and reimbursing such expenses. Expense management methods have evolved to include sophisticated software solutions that allow the collection of data for analytics processes.
Supply Chain Brain
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
As automakers scramble to make electric vehicles with longer ranges and speedier charging times, the chip industry has a message for them: You’re doing it wrong.
Supply Chain Game Changer
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. The New Mission for Employee Health and Safety! Workplace safety article and permission to publish here provided by Catherine Park. Regardless of the industry you are in, it’s important that you think about keeping your employees safe. According to the National Safety Council , workplace injuries cost employers $171 billion in lost productivity, medical expenses, and legal fees.
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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.
The Network Effect
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
The post What Are the Most Cost-Effective Packaging Automation Systems? appeared first on The Network Effect.
Solvoyo
SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
Using AI in inventory management helps enhance inventory replenishment, improve employee performance, support data accessibility and reduce cost. The post How AI Can Help Inventory Management appeared first on Solvoyo.
Supply Chain Brain
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
Patrick Penfield, a professor of practice in supply chain management and director of executive education at the Syracuse University Whitman School of Management, offers a view into supply chain congestion, delays and pricing for the remainder of this year.
Supply Chain Game Changer
SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Rise of the Warehouse Robots! Autonomous mobile robots article and permission to publish here provided by Luke Goodwin. An autonomous mobile robot (AMR) is a robot that can move around its environment without an operator or a fixed, predetermined route. An AMR uses sensors to study and understand its environment, thus using the most efficient way to perform its tasks.
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
The Procuretech Podcast
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
AI is a term that often scares anyone who is not familiar with the technology and the application. In this episode, we're going to cover some of the different use cases for AI in the procurement space, and then dive into master data as a specific case study. Adriano Garibotto, Co-Founder and Chief Sales & Marketing Officer of Italian procurement data management company Creactives is my guest on this week's show to break down this not-as-scary-as-it-sounds technology!
Solvoyo
SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
Using AI in inventory management helps enhance inventory replenishment, improve employee performance, support data accessibility and reduce cost. The post How AI Can Help Inventory Management appeared first on Solvoyo.
Supply Chain Brain
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
The U.S. and the European Union agreed to work together to shape the rules and standards around crucial technologies and coordinate their approaches to key trade issues at an inaugural meeting of a new cooperation body.
Supply Chain Game Changer
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. The Supply Chain Detective and the Distribution Centre Disaster! I was brought into the company to make changes happen. The company was facing overwhelming competition from a global behemoth. The product portfolio was outdated and the company needed to enter new markets with new products.
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.
IBM Supply Chain Blog
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
This is a 3-part blog series to prepare you for the upcoming holiday season. Think Santa is the only one to make the holidays a success? Think again. As the final blog of a three-part series with IBM, this article will share with you realistic ways retailers can optimize their holiday season by leveraging data, managing fulfillment, being proactive in shopper care and offering consumers consistent experiences no matter where they prefer to shop.
Spotlight on Procurement
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
Ruth Todd CBE, formerly Programme Director at UK Vaccine Taskforce, talks about her leadership role in the Vaccine Taskforce (VTF), the organisation created by the UK Government to bring together the public, private, and academic sector to lead on the most pressing challenges of recent times – finding a viable vaccine against COVID-19. In the podcast Ruth talks us through the story of the taskforce and the challenges faced along the way, from its founding in the darkest days of the pandemic thr
Supply Chain Brain
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
China’s current energy crisis can be traced back in part to a legal amendment targeting miners that garnered little notice when it went into effect in March.
Supply Chain Game Changer
SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Trust! The “X” Factor! Transformation of HR article and permission to publish here provided by Alex Chapman. How we worked has changed drastically in the last decade. Even though the pandemic was a harbinger of transformations in business models worldwide, organisational cultures also changed.
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IBM Supply Chain Blog
SEPTEMBER 27, 2021
By now we’ve all heard the rumblings (and the roars!) about how myriad challenges – backlogged ports, factory shutdowns, and shipping delays – are going to impact holiday shopping this year. According to Business Insider , the cargo ships waiting off the coast of California are creating record backlog. We don’t want to minimize the serious impact of these substantial roadblocks – especially as the retail industry enters the eight-week holiday shopping window that accounts for a
Jaggaer
OCTOBER 1, 2021
The post Establishing a World-Class Procure-to-Pay Process appeared first on JAGGAER.
Supply Chain Brain
SEPTEMBER 26, 2021
Skyrocketing demand for boxes and packing materials during the pandemic has slashed paper production across North America, and it couldn’t have come at a worse time for retail companies.
Supply Chain Game Changer
SEPTEMBER 27, 2021
Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. The Pallet Supply Chain and Lumber Price Impacts! The requirements for plastic pallets for international shipping are quite different from domestic shipping. Plastic Export Pallets are defined by ISPM-15. The clauses of International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures No. 15 were developed and constituted by IPPC.
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Financial institutions must navigate a complex web of policies, procedures and regulations to ensure compliance and manage risk. When Hellenic Bank, a leading retail lender in Cyprus, set out to transform its procurement operations, it needed more than just software deployment. It required a partner that would help embed its intricate buying processes — with all its validations, risk assessments and tiered approvals — into a unified system.
Supply Chain Brain
SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
The world’s electric grids are creaking under the pressure of volatile fossil-fuel prices and the imperative of weaning the world off polluting energy sources. A solution may be at hand, thanks to an innovative battery that’s a cheaper alternative to lithium-ion technology.
Supply Chain Brain
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
Don’t expect shoppers to abandon the convenience and ease of efficient e-commerce once the pandemic wanes.
Supply Chain Brain
SEPTEMBER 26, 2021
Prime Minister Boris Johnson is under increasing pressure to do more to ease a supply chain crisis in Britain after pumps ran dry at some gasoline stations because of panic buying.
Supply Chain Brain
SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
Challenge: A European fulfillment company was looking to accelerate growth and improve accuracy, flexibility and proficiency in its operations. The company ships millions of packages to more than 250 customers around the world.
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Are fragmented control towers hindering your supply chain’s growth and response time? Attempting to manage disruptions through various departmental control towers with basic analytic overlays hinders agility and, ultimately, your resiliency. Today’s volatile landscape requires inherent visibility across your entire value chain and the ability to orchestrate course corrections within a unified platform.
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