Procurement Tactics

JANUARY 23, 2023

Procurement success in 2023 with our Strategy Course Download Course Details →  Or receive our famous weekly newsletter What Are the Benefits of Having a Transport Management System? A transport management system is an innovative software used to make the transportation of goods and services throughout a company more efficient. By collecting data on routes, stock levels, drivers’ availability, vehicle tracking, and other pertinent information, a transport management system accurately fore

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All Things Supply Chain

JANUARY 25, 2023

Consumers and businesses alike buy millions of counterfeit products every year, worth billions of dollars.

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HICX

JANUARY 27, 2023

Supplier Lifecycle Management (SLM) allows organizations and their suppliers to develop and cultivate more productive and mutually beneficial business relationships. Nurturing and managing vendor performance through supplier lifecycle management processes enables the organization to control and shape the supplier lifecycle and performance to its advantage while also ensuring that the vendor is set up to deliver an optimal level of service.

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Procurement Leaders

JANUARY 27, 2023

It has long been said that procurement has a unique 360-degree view of the value chain and that is especially true of Tim Snow, CPO and VP of procurement, commercial contracts and insurance at satellite service provider Inmarsat. As the individual in charge of money coming in and money flowing out, it’s only natural that Snow has set his team up in a way that differs vastly from many traditional procurement functions. “Procurement is structured based on the stakeholders we work with,

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Procurement Heads

JANUARY 27, 2023

Like a lot of people, I hadn’t actively sought out a career in recruitment. In fact, I think it’s safe to say recruitment found me. Similar to the Human League song, I’d been working as a waiter in a cocktail bar in Southampton after graduating with a film and Spanish degree at Kingston University and grown weary of long antisocial hours. I got speaking to a customer who worked in recruitment and they suggested I’d be a good match for a career in the profession.

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All Things Supply Chain

JANUARY 27, 2023

Smartphone shipments records its lowest figures since 2013 2022 saw the lowest recorded shipments of smartphones since 2013, a reported 1.21 billion shipments were made last year.

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Art of Procurement

JANUARY 26, 2023

In this week’s podcast, Philip Ideson interviews Vytas Sliesoraitis, a procurement leader turned Ironman competitor. Click here to listen. Vytas. The post Three Key Lessons from a True Procurement Ironman appeared first on Art of Procurement.

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Procurement Heads

JANUARY 26, 2023

That’s according to new research from the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo), the trade association for the recruitment sector.  The data, provided by Vacancysoft, revealed that IT professionals were the most sought-after, with 33,542 jobs in 2022, up 15.8% year-on-year. The banking profession ranked second, closing 2022 with 27,000 new roles constituting a 32.7% increase on 2021 levels.

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Una

JANUARY 24, 2023

EPISODE 99 Leading Change Through Collective Courage with Daniel Oppong By Kelly Barner | January 25, 2023 Each person has a responsibility to make sure that all of their small choices add up to the total impact they want to have – on others and on the world. If we can make those choices in partnership with individuals and organizations that share our vision and values, that impact will be magnified significantly.

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SCMDOJO

JANUARY 23, 2023

If you want to gain more supply chain analytics knowledge, you’re in the right place. We’ve compiled a list of 10 great supply chain analytics books to help you better understand the concepts and strategies behind this vital business field. From foundational reads to more advanced topics, these books will help you start your journey into the world of supply chain analytics!

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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.

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Supply Chain Dive

JANUARY 27, 2023

Product digitization can perform an almost limitless number of tasks throughout your supply chain, from helping spot counterfeit goods to providing specific recycling instructions.

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Procurement Heads

JANUARY 26, 2023

However, according to a study by leading background screening and identity services firm, Sterling, slow hiring processes are adding to these recruitment challenges. According to the data – which comes from a global survey of more than 1,200 HR professionals and perspectives from more than 3,700 recent job seekers – half of the UK’s employers can’t find enough qualified candidates for the roles they have, with almost a third (29%) revealing that their direct competitors are beating t

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Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 25, 2023

Modern-slavery and human-rights due diligence should be integrated as part of a broader sustainable procurement program that encompasses environmental and ethical topics, as well.

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Supply Chain Trend

JANUARY 22, 2023

Some new language has been creeping in the planning vocabulary in the last year or two: planning & decision making. What used to be planning, or a planning system, is now sometimes referred to as planning & decision making. This is most likely influenced by the acknowledgement of the new category decision intelligence by Gartner, for which they provided a definition since 2022.

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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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Supply Chain Dive

JANUARY 27, 2023

The wholesale club chain is adding more distribution centers as it looks to open 30 new stores across the U.S. over the next few years.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

JANUARY 24, 2023

It’s a new year, and Bloomberg has already coined it the 2023 hangover for supply chain leaders. Because professionals across the global chain are still rebalancing inventory levels and offshoring strategies after the start of the decade, hallmarked by unprecedented chaos that pushed the supply chain front-and-center for business leaders and consumers.

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Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 22, 2023

Bindiya Vakil, chief executive officer of Resilinc, lays out five trends and challenges to supply chains to watch for in the coming year.

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Una

JANUARY 25, 2023

Introduction to Una's Food Category Experts Meet our team of food category experts, combining over 20 years of experience working in the foodservice and food distribution industries. By Mackenzie Oakley | January 26, 2023 Search Here at Una, we are passionate about leveraging the combined purchasing power of our members to lock in savings on goods and services you won’t find anywhere else.

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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 Dive

JANUARY 27, 2023

Interest in last mile alternatives is up. Experts say Amazon could take advantage by launching a competing service.

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SCMR (Supply Chain Management Review)

JANUARY 24, 2023

The leap from interacting with technology to a future-ready workforce involves upskilling in areas of digitalization, automation, artificial intelligence and analytics. Here’s how you get there.

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Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 22, 2023

As manufacturers cope with heightened pressures for highly customized orders and sudden changes in demand, they experience a mismatch between their planning and procurement teams.

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Procurement Freelancers

JANUARY 25, 2023

Is your company looking for a supplier or considering switching to a different one in… The post Sourcing Consultants : The Means To Improve Your Business first appeared on Procurement Blog | Procurement & Supply Chain News.

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Supply Chain Dive

JANUARY 23, 2023

Intermodal President Darren Field told investors that “appropriately cautious” shippers want the carrier and its rail partner BNSF to prove they can achieve their service and velocity goals.

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Spend Matters

JANUARY 23, 2023

Categories: Operations , Procurement Strategy & Planning , Procurement Systems & Architecture Tags: PRO This Spend Matters PRO Vendor Analysis provides an overview of Oro, a procurement orchestration platform that aims to make procurement easier and more efficient through the use of powerful, easy-to-configure and smart workflows. At Spend Matters, we have the best vantage point to monitor the evolution of the procurement solutions market.

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Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 22, 2023

Egg supplies are strained, with an industry group estimating there are about 6% fewer hens laying eggs than normal nationwide.

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SCMR (Supply Chain Management Review)

JANUARY 26, 2023

Like most industrial companies, GE Appliances struggled to recruit and retain workers on the line. The solution: Make the work fit the person rather than the person fit the work.

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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.

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Supply Chain Dive

JANUARY 25, 2023

Siddhartha Srinivasa will join AV company and GM subsidiary Cruise as it prepares for production of its Origin vehicle, which has delivery capabilities.

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Negotiations Ninja

JANUARY 23, 2023

What is meant by the “completion” of a negotiation? Is it when the deal is signed? And how do you maintain the relationship once your negotiation is complete? Eliane Karsaklian has developed the concept of building sustainable relationships, which she calls “sustainable negotiation.” What is a sustainable negotiation?

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Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 23, 2023

Following are three areas on which companies and suppliers must focus to repair and innovate their supply chains.

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SCMR (Supply Chain Management Review)

JANUARY 27, 2023

In this webinar, Milena Janjevic, a research scientist at the Megacity Logistics Lab at MIT’s Center for Transportation and Logistics, will discuss new approaches and models for supply chain design, as well as the tools that enable them.

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