All Things Supply Chain

APRIL 7, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought many lasting effects.

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Supply Chain Brain

APRIL 4, 2021

Companies risk losing more than 40% of annual profit once a decade in a world threatened by trade wars, cyberattacks, pandemics and climate change.

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ivalua

APRIL 9, 2021

Ensuring supply chain continuity, identifying new revenue opportunities, and improving decision making are key focuses as firms recover from the pandemic. 8 April, Redwood City, CA – Ivalua, a leading provider of global spend management cloud solutions , has announced the latest findings of a worldwide study of supply chain, procurement and finance business leaders on restoring growth.

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ProcurePort

APRIL 8, 2021

IT, or information technology, is an essential department of every organization. Especially in today’s digital era, modern businesses need to invest in an IT vendor or create in-house solutions themselves. Oftentimes, though, businesses choose to outsource IT services and bring in external teams. This makes IT supplier management a must. As such, the responsibilities revolved […].

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All Things Supply Chain

APRIL 9, 2021

Heinz ketchup shortage due to COVID-19 The latest shortage due to the Coronavirus pandemic is ketchup, and it’s hitting America’s most popular brand, Heinz, with shortages at chains like Long…

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Supply Chain Brain

APRIL 9, 2021

Business owners and supply-chain professionals are understanding more and more the power of automation and robotics.

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ProcurePort

APRIL 7, 2021

What is direct sourcing in recruiting and how does it affect your procurement efforts? When it comes to purchasing and supply chain management, sourcing plays a pivotal role. Sourcing is a key component of procurement. It impacts to cost, employee turnover, production as well as the overall bottom line. There are two types of sourcing […]. The post What is Direct Sourcing in Recruiting?

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Supply Chain Game Changer

APRIL 9, 2021

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. 5 Minute Job Interview Tips for Success! Impressive resume article and permission to publish here provided by Jessica Fender. The supply chain industry is highly competitive and crowded. People are fighting their way up the professional ladder, and it can be quite a challenge to secure your spot.

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Supply Chain Brain

APRIL 6, 2021

In this conversation with SupplyChainBrain Editor-in-Chief Bob Bowman, Tony Uphoff, President and Chief Executive Officer of ThomasNet, reveals the findings of the company’s latest North American Manufacturing Trends report, covering the fourth quarter of 2020.

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ivalua

APRIL 8, 2021

The post Sara Omer appeared first on Ivalua.

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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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ProcurePort

APRIL 6, 2021

SMEs, or small-to-medium-sized enterprises, are an important aspect of the economy. While every nation has a slightly different approach to their categorization and classification, they retain global significance for a variety of reasons. One of those reasons is simply due to numbers. SMEs plainly outnumber big businesses, and handily at that. In turn, this means […].

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Supply Chain Game Changer

APRIL 9, 2021

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Earn Money with Bitcoin! Investing in Bitcoin article and permission to publish here provided by Jean Nichols. How will anyone determine whether one should invest in cryptocurrencies or the philosophy behind the same purchase securities when there is too much noise and misleading knowledge about it?

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Supply Chain Brain

APRIL 8, 2021

Demand for semiconductors is surging as life becomes increasingly digital, but all that computing power comes at a cost.

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ivalua

APRIL 8, 2021

Procurement’s role and status has been on an upward trajectory for many years, accelerating during the COVID-19 crisis. CEOs increasingly understand that how they spend and manage their suppliers can support a broad range of objectives. But there is one general exception. Procurement has remained an afterthought at most organizations when the topic shifts to growing revenue.

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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 Trend

APRIL 5, 2021

This article is my commentary on an article published in Foresight , written by the authors of the book Humachine: Humankind, Machines, and the Future of Enterprise (Sanders & Wood, 2020). For the original Foresight article and other commentary, you can go here. INTRODUCTION: A NEW ERA. The authors of The Humachine make a valid point that enterprises should not focus on artificial intelligence (AI) alone if they wish to leap forward in automation, productivity, and competitiveness while stay

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Jaggaer

APRIL 8, 2021

The post Solving the Digital Adoption Crisis appeared first on JAGGAER.

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Supply Chain Brain

APRIL 9, 2021

ETQ, a global SaaS provider, has recently announced Reliance NXG, an update to their quality management software for customers in manufacturing, life sciences, electronics, food and beverage, automotive, aerospace, and additional industries.

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ivalua

APRIL 8, 2021

Supplier diversity is not a new concept. Many organizations have had some form of program in place for many years, with a myriad of agencies certifying vendors for one of many possible types of diversity. Yet the scale of such programs has generally been very limited. The real challenge is that supplier diversity has generally been viewed as competing with other objectives, such as cost reduction or lowering risk.

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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 Game Changer

APRIL 8, 2021

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Featuring Our 10 Best Warehouse Order Fulfillment Articles! Get Our EBOOK HERE. EStore order fulfillment article and permission to publish here provided by Carl Torrence. With the launch of Amazon’s Prime Membership back in 2005, the rules of the ecommerce game changed. Amazon Prime offered free two-day and cost-effective one-day/overnight delivery options; exclusive to their members.

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Jaggaer

APRIL 6, 2021

The post JAGGAER Named a 2021 Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice for Procure-to-Pay Suites appeared first on JAGGAER.

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Supply Chain Brain

APRIL 8, 2021

Andrew Hogenson, global head of consumer goods, retail and logistics with Infosys Consulting, offers insight into the big-box retailing landscape when the pandemic subsides, and how retailers will have to adjust.

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ivalua

APRIL 7, 2021

The post Forrester Restoring Growth Webinar appeared first on Ivalua.

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Supply Chain Optimization

Supply Chain Game Changer

APRIL 6, 2021

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Supply Chain Risk Management is a Cirque Du Soleil Calibre Act! GET our EBOOK HERE. In March of 2021 the world was astonished when a large cargo ship, the Ever Given, became stuck in the Suez Canal. Virtually everyone is oblivious to the movement of any single cargo ship around the world.

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Procurement Innovation with Raj Verma

APRIL 8, 2021

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Supply Chain Brain

APRIL 5, 2021

Steven Tompkins, director of sector development for agriculture and rail with Inmarsat, discusses the role of satellite communications in ensuring that shipments of the COVID-19 vaccine remain at designated temperatures for safe transport and delivery.

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ivalua

APRIL 7, 2021

The post Ivalua for Healthcare appeared first on Ivalua.

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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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World of Procurement blog

APRIL 8, 2021

Many of you will know that I’m a straight-up procurement nerd. I would say that I’m a Contract Procurement Nerd who loves to fuse both the legal elements with the practical, straight-talking elements of Procurement. At this intersection, I often find the Statement of Work (often abbreviated to SoW). The Statement of Work is the main document that sets out the specific activities the parties to the contract will undertake whereas the contract will set out the framework to govern these obligations

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Claritum

APRIL 8, 2021

“BRIGHT by Claritum is the very latest in B2B Marketplaces.”,” said Prof. Richard Hillum, Executive Chairman at Claritum. “A BRIGHT marketplace enables remote trade for small and medium sized Enterprises within Networking groups.”. Bright by Claritum allows you to create your own buyer and supplier collaborative network group, within a wider ecosystem of buyers and suppliers.

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Supply Chain Brain

APRIL 7, 2021

Locus, a global B2B SaaS company, has announced the release of Locus NodeIQ, an automated supply chain decision-making platform that enables companies to perform end-to-end network and inventory optimization.

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ivalua

APRIL 7, 2021

The post Que aporta una solucion “Source-to- Pay” y como sacarle el maximo rendimiento? appeared first on Ivalua.

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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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