Supply Chain Brain
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024
If East and Gulf Coast ports are forced to shut down, the U.S. could see inventory shortages, higher costs at grocery stores, and months-long container backlogs.
Supply Chain Dive
SEPTEMBER 25, 2024
East Coast and Gulf Coast seaports are extending hours and sharing contingency plans as they prepare for disruption.
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Art of Procurement
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
I pre-interview about a dozen people each month for all of the podcasts produced by Art of Procurement. One thing. The post Developing and Deploying Digital Empathy appeared first on Art of Procurement.
All Things Supply Chain
SEPTEMBER 25, 2024
With the global population expected to reach nearly 10 billion by 2050, as projected by the United Nations, and climate change threatening agricultural productivity, securing the global food supply chain…
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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.
Procurement Leaders
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024
A few years ago, I had a conversation with Gregoire Letort, the then CPO of Electrolux, who talked about how, when it comes to justifying investment in supplier innovation programmes, success comes down to storytelling rather than building robust business cases. His argument made sense for a number of reasons. First, supplier innovation is a no-brainer if you start with a reminder that the capability, knowledge and intellectual property that exists within the supply base far outstrips that of an
Supply Chain Dive
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
The International Longshoremen’s Association has refused to continue negotiations, the United States Maritime Alliance said in a statement Wednesday.
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All Things Supply Chain
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024
Walmart is, with nearly $611.298 billion in fiscal year 2023, the biggest grocery chain in the United States. With over 10.400 stores worldwide, including 5.300 in the U.S.
Finale Inventory
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
The upcoming Q4 holiday shopping season is set to be one of the most lucrative a nd unpredictable yet. With a perfect storm of factors in play—ranging from shifting consumer habits and economic pressures to supply chain hiccups—this season will be anything but predictable. For e-commerce sellers, it’s not just about riding the holiday wave, but preparing for some unexpected twists and turns along the way.
Supply Chain Dive
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024
The initiative won't impact on-time shipments, but it will allow the carrier to increase the number of deliveries it makes per stop, CEO Raj Subramaniam said.
Supply Chain Brain
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
Managers are also looking to reduce their risk by diversifying their supply chains, with nearly 70% planning to develop new relationships with alternative suppliers.
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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.
Spend Matters
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
For this year’s Spend Matters Fall 2024 SolutionMap release – our comprehensive methodology designed to help organizations evaluate and select procurement solutions – we launched a new module: third-party (and supply chain) risk management (TPRM and SCRM). This module is a data-backed granular view of risk management solution providers and their capabilities (including suites, supplier-management–centric, and TPRM and SCRM specialists).
Arkestro
SEPTEMBER 24, 2024
Achieving competitive outcomes in procurement is crucial for optimizing costs and ensuring high-quality supplies. In a recent discussion, Spend Matters Senior Analyst Bertrand Maltaverne and Arkestro Founder and CSO, Edmund Zagorin explored the nuances of procurement strategies, focusing on both traditional methods involving multiple suppliers and innovative approaches that leverage single-supplier engagements effectively.
Supply Chain Dive
SEPTEMBER 27, 2024
The platform for e-commerce merchants features capabilities that support other carriers like UPS and the U.S. Postal Service.
Supply Chain Brain
SEPTEMBER 25, 2024
Traditional supply chain risk-management strategies are based on limited and static sources of insight, and often fail to support cross-functional collaboration
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Spend Matters
SEPTEMBER 24, 2024
A This content does not express the views or opinions of Spend Matters. Achieving competitive outcomes in procurement is crucial for optimizing costs and ensuring high-quality supplies. In a recent discussion , Spend Matters Senior Analyst Bertrand Maltaverne and Arkestro Founder and CSO, Edmund Zagorin explored the nuances of procurement strategies, focusing on both traditional methods involving multiple suppliers and innovative approaches that leverage single-supplier engagements effectively.
SCMDOJO
SEPTEMBER 24, 2024
Make vs Buy Analysis is an essential decision-making tool in supply chain management that significantly influences profitability, flexibility, and competitiveness. It helps businesses decide whether to produce goods internally (make) or source them externally (buy), weighing costs, quality, scalability, and capacity. What is a Make vs Buy Analysis? Make vs Buy Analysis evaluates whether to manufacture a product in-house or purchase it from suppliers.
Supply Chain Dive
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
The carriers reported disruptions Thursday in the Tampa Bay area as the hurricane advances along Florida's western coastline.
Supply Chain Brain
SEPTEMBER 22, 2024
Why isn’t intermodal commanding a bigger share of the domestic freight market?
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?
Spend Matters
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
In business, potential risk lurks everywhere, and procurement professionals need to be aware of what is out there. However, even a dip into the risks procurement professionals face can leave readers drowning in a sea of terms, definitions and acronyms. To help those still orienting themselves to the landscape of risk, we’ve broken down the main terms used to describe the various aspects of managing risk.
SCMDOJO
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024
Ever felt overwhelmed by paperwork in supplier onboarding? Managing documents, contracts, and certifications can be hard. Luckily, good document management, like using PDFs, helps a lot. But how can you organize these documents better for onboarding? Here’s a simple guide to help. Later you can learn why it’s important to combine PDFs into one document.
Supply Chain Dive
SEPTEMBER 24, 2024
BNSF and Union Pacific have paused shipments as demand outpaces capacity, setting up transportation challenges for exporters ahead of fall harvest.
Supply Chain Brain
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024
Inaction on AI adoption isn’t just risky—it's potentially catastrophic for retailers aiming to remain competitive in today's fast-paced market.
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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
Spend Matters
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024
Earlier this week, Workday announced its agreement to acquire Evisort, a contract lifecycle management (CLM) provider, for an undisclosed amount. According to the press release, the acquisition will enable Workday to add AI-powered document intelligence solutions across its finance and HR suite. How might the acquisition of Evisort factor into Workday’s plans, and what might this reveal about the CLM market?
The Network Effect
SEPTEMBER 24, 2024
The post Ensuring Supply Chain Resilience Through Enhanced Visibility appeared first on The Network Effect.
Supply Chain Dive
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024
Aratum’s robust, easy-to-use platform helps your supply chain stay resilient and scalable as you grow.
Supply Chain Brain
SEPTEMBER 27, 2024
Several terminals at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach remained closed on September 27, after a tractor-trailer overturned on a vital artery for cargo.
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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.
Spend Matters
SEPTEMBER 25, 2024
In this Spend Matters Vendor Analysis we provide an overview of NPI and its solution for SaaS intelligence. Enterprise IT buyers face unique challenges and complexities due to lack of pricing transparency, increasingly high volumes of contract renewals and generally overwhelmed procurement teams. SaaS intelligence vendors such as NPI address these issues with a dedicated SaaS procurement management tool (that NPI augments with deep pricing intelligence) which helps organizations struggling with
Procurement Insights
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
Tom Craig – Finance took enterprise ERP and made it an accounting tool. And limiting how much and what used. It meant companies wasting money on the unused part they paid for. Will they limit AI the same way? Jon W. Hansen EDITOR’S NOTE: Take a few moments to access Tom’s original LinkedIn post and join the discussion stream by sharing your thoughts.
Supply Chain Dive
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
The manufacturer is leveraging its logistics partnerships to help the nonprofit bring food to communities in need across Europe.
Supply Chain Brain
SEPTEMBER 24, 2024
BNSF stopped issuing permits for trains carrying grain into Mexico between August 21 and September 20, before extending the policy through September 30.
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