All Things Supply Chain
APRIL 19, 2021
Recently, supply chains in many businesses have become vulnerable due to uncertainties surrounding the current business environment due to impacts such as the pandemic.
ivalua
APRIL 23, 2021
The Pixar building is one of the most vivid examples of how successful companies value cross functional collaboration within their organisation. The building was originally planned by Steve Jobs as three separate buildings for the computer scientists, animators and executives at Pixar; but he realised that the building layout could maximise the collaboration between all different parts of the organisation. .
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ProcurePort
APRIL 22, 2021
There’s an old phrase that goes, ‘communication can’t be a one-way street.’ The saying applies to communication in all of its contexts really, from personal to professional or otherwise. The same principle applies directly to the pursuit of building long-lasting customer or client relationships in professional settings. Taking this a step further, it also is […].
SCMDOJO
APRIL 23, 2021
A career in Supply Chain can be fun, creative, rewarding, and smart for the long term, so if you want to learn more about “How to Career Change To Supply Chain”, you are on right track! Businesses will always need supply chain professionals to manage the information flow & product flow of their products, no. Continue reading. The post 6 Strategies To Make a Career Change To Supply Chain appeared first on SCMDOJO.
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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.
Supply Chain Brain
APRIL 19, 2021
David Simchi-Levi, professor of engineering systems at MIT, brings us up to date on the results of applying a supply-chain “stress test” to companies in multiple industries.
ivalua
APRIL 20, 2021
Your organization’s total spend is a powerful tool to wield. Leveraging purchasing power to capture volume- based pricing within a competitive supply chain builds sticky relationships with healthy suppliers, keeps input costs low, and acts as a hedge against inflation. If we apply the adage of, “Whomsoever holds the gold makes the rules”, we can further leverage this purchasing power to unlock working capital, improve capital efficiency, and generate savings.
Purchasing & Procurement Zone brings together the best content for professionals in the purchasing and procurement field from the widest variety of thought leaders.
Supply Chain Game Changer
APRIL 17, 2021
Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. All you need to know about cryptocurrency article and permission to publish here provided by Jean Nichols. You need a way to swap your fiat currencies for crypt if you buy it for the first time. Users can purchase, sell, and retain cryptocurrencies via crypto exchanges. Currently, these organizations charge fees when ordering and withdrawing funds.
Supply Chain Brain
APRIL 20, 2021
As demand for faster fulfillment surges, the sweet spot where customer experience meets cost efficiency gets smaller. Ballooning trip volumes, LTL capacity crunches, increasing fuel consumption, lack of driver availability and the need to scale self-service type delivery models pose significant operational challenges for 3PLs/carriers. To help you address these challenges, hear how global 3PLs/carriers efficiently balance customer experience and operational costs by leveraging intelligent delive
ivalua
APRIL 23, 2021
The post How Procurement Can Become the Growth Engine for Your Business appeared first on Ivalua.
ProcurePort
APRIL 20, 2021
Supply is a huge part of the economy. Making sure that materials are getting where they need to so that businesses can continue to operate is a vital aspect of a thriving economy. The last year demonstrated this first-hand for society. With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, supply chains all across the globe began […]. The post Getting Real and Resilient in Direct Procurement Execution appeared first on ProcurePort Blog.
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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.
Supply Chain Game Changer
APRIL 22, 2021
Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Use Your Small Business Credit Card Wisely. Payment protection tips article and permission to publish here provided by Muhammad Zayan. When you run an online business, it’s your responsibility to keep the business secure, both for yourself and your customers. To handle various issues with payment gateway worldwide functionality, you need to take care.
Supply Chain Brain
APRIL 18, 2021
Abe Eshkenazi, chief executive officer of the Association for Supply Chain Management, discusses the findings of a new report by ASCM and the Economist Intelligence Unit, examining how more than 300 publicly listed companies withstood and responded to supply-chain shocks of the last year.
Negotiation Training by TableForce
APRIL 22, 2021
How to negotiate price increases, both getting a price increase for sellers as well as defending against price increases for buyers, is a HOT topic at the moment. Geopolitical decisions have disrupted global supply chains and sellers have all the power right now. Buyers are often negotiating delivery dates, and quantities, sometimes price doesn’t [.
SpendHQ
APRIL 20, 2021
The post Spend Matters Names Spend Analytics Software Solution SpendHQ Value and Customer Leader in Q1 2021 SolutionMap appeared first on SpendHQ.
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
Supply Chain Game Changer
APRIL 23, 2021
Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. GET our EBOOK HERE. Disinfecting your business article and permission to publish here provided by Susan Melony. Cleaning has always been an important consideration when running a business. It is even more important now. COVID-19 has shown us just how quickly germs can spread. Not only will disinfecting your business help prevent this virus from spreading, it can also keep you and your employees safe from other viruses, like t
Supply Chain Brain
APRIL 22, 2021
The pressure to develop a customer-centric supply chain has been growing for years, a timeline that was drastically accelerated by the global COVID-19 pandemic.
Negotiation Training by TableForce
APRIL 22, 2021
Negotiating price increases, both getting a price increase for sellers as well as defending against price increases for buyers, is a HOT topic at the moment. Geopolitical decisions have disrupted global supply chains and sellers have all the power right now. Buyers are often negotiating delivery dates, and quantities, sometimes price doesn’t come up [.].
Jaggaer
APRIL 20, 2021
The post JAGGAER Release 21.1 Empowers Global Procurement Teams, Improves User Experience, and Automates Daily Tasks appeared first on JAGGAER.
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.
Supply Chain Game Changer
APRIL 20, 2021
Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Last Mile Delivery: Stop Shipping Air and Empty Boxes! Get Our EBOOK HERE. During the pandemic more people have been shopping online than ever before. It stands to reason that with lockdowns in place and many physical stores being closed, that ECommerce ordering and shipping is a great alternative to face to face shopping.
Supply Chain Brain
APRIL 21, 2021
Sixty percent of global consumers cite sustainability and social responsibility as essential considerations when choosing which products to buy. They look to their preferred food brands to make the best decisions, but are those companies looking out for their consumers’ best interest?
Negotiation Training by TableForce
APRIL 20, 2021
Is Negotiation Compatible with Having a Goal of Sustainability? Negotiation is about getting the best deal we can, isn’t it? So, how can we think sustainably when we are negotiating with customers and suppliers and we have financial targets to hit and bosses to impress? Although what does “sustainability” mean anyway? In business it’s about [.
Spotlight on Procurement
APRIL 20, 2021
Paul Ekins OBE, Professor of Resources and Environmental Policy at University College London (UCL) boldly speaks out on sustainability and environmental economics. Paul is one of the most esteemed thinkers in this field and was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2015 New Year Honours for services to environmental policy.
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Supply Chain Game Changer
APRIL 22, 2021
Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Truckers and the Future of Work! Get Our EBOOK HERE. Younger workers in trucking article and permission to publish here provided by Susan Melony. Trucking is one of the most important industries in all of America, with trucking companies responsible for supporting the vast majority of the nation’s communities and helping to transport countless tons of freights from place to place every single day.
Supply Chain Brain
APRIL 21, 2021
Rob Handfield, Bank of America Professor of Supply Chain Management with the Supply Chain Resource Cooperative in the Poole College of Management at North Carolina State University, discusses the reasons behind the current worldwide shortage of ocean containers, and what carriers and manufacturers must do to solve it.
Negotiation Training by TableForce
APRIL 20, 2021
Negotiation Meets Sustainability – A Personal Story I talked in my last blog about how negotiation can genuinely create lasting and sustainable benefits for all stakeholders by focusing on needs and not wants, working on really understanding the other side’s sheet of paper, not falling prey to one’s ego and listening. This will then lead [.
Procurement Rising
APRIL 18, 2021
Ian Maher is the Vice President & Head of Strategic Sourcing at Global Atlantic Financial Group, but he wasn’t always. In this episode, Ian shares his approach to onboarding into a new Chief Procurement Officer role, the important role that relationships have played in his success, and the value of data in managing third-party contracts. Thinking about taking a new job in procurement?
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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 Game Changer
APRIL 19, 2021
Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. 5 Ways to Reduce Fleet Management Costs! Get Our EBOOK HERE. Fleet inspection software article and permission to publish here provided by Dee Gardner. The North American fleet management software market size is on the rise and predicted to keep rising. There’s a good reason behind.Your fleet inspection software helps keep your fleet operations moving smoothly.
Supply Chain Brain
APRIL 21, 2021
BSI, a specialist in business standards company, announced the launch of BSI Connect, an integrated platform supporting audit, risk governance and supply chain services.
Negotiation Training by TableForce
APRIL 20, 2021
Negotiation Meets Sustainability: I have been exploring the theme of how effective negotiation is compatible with a mindset of sustainability, and not focused on simply price and cost. The proliferation of Impact Investing is a clear sign that having a purpose to do good and not just make profit is the way forward, and [.
All Things Supply Chain
APRIL 23, 2021
Over €172 million of products stolen from supply chains in EMEA Product thefts from supply chains in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) in 2020 produced losses of more…
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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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