Procurement Leaders

JANUARY 8, 2024

Just before the holidays, Jim Ridgwick, director of procurement at Save the Children, led a Procurement Leaders community session to share how he and his team had executed a significant digital transformation at the charity. The results of the transformation were profound: a 50% reduction in the number of days to delivery, as well as much tighter financial controls and supplier visibility in a sector where “because it’s a matter of life and death, speed is of the essence”.

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Real-time Visibility Procurement Inventory Suppliers 130

Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 10, 2024

When tech companies began offloading their reverse logistics businesses, industry giants with physical capabilities were waiting, eager to see if they could deploy those capabilities in-house.

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Logistics 119

Spend Matters

JANUARY 9, 2024

This content does not necessarily express the views or opinions of Spend Matters. There’s been a lot of hype around AI this year. ChatGPT-3 made almost every news headline, lauded as a groundbreaking tool that will change the operations of every industry. In reality, when the dust settled, it wasn’t the perfect solve-all solution people initially thought it was.

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Procurement Insights

JANUARY 6, 2024

TRIGGER WARNING: This is a parody – no procurement professionals or C-Suite execs should be offended by the contents of this video. However, it does raise an important question – what “other things” will the acceptance of procurement as a strategic partner lead to? Here is another question: Is it time that procurement moves out of the van “down by the river?

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Supply Chain Optimization

Procurement Insights

JANUARY 10, 2024

“There is so much procurement technology out there, but how do you select what is right for you? I am really against doing an RFP, and here are the 3 reasons why.” – “There is so much procurement technology out there, but how do you select what is right for you? I am really against doing an RFP, and here are the 3 reasons why.” – (NOTE: Click the link to find out Bac’s 3 reasons) Nico Bac (LinkedIn Post, January 9th , 2024) Like salt and pepper, Abbott a

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Procurement 69

ProcurePort

JANUARY 9, 2024

In business, organizations rely on vendor relationships to shape their success. These relationships are complex and important for operations. Managing these relationships efficiently is no longer a choice but a strategic imperative. As businesses expand their network of suppliers, service providers, and collaborators, the complexity of vendor management grows exponentially.

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Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 11, 2024

Companies planning longer-term fulfillment strategies for growth and resilience will need direction in reaching "order and delivery excellence," allowing them to move beyond siloed operations.

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Strategy 139

Supply Chain Dive

JANUARY 12, 2024

The agency will audit the aircraft maker’s 737-9 Max production line and suppliers like Spirit AeroSystems, which has been plagued by its own quality woes over the last year.

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SCMDOJO

JANUARY 8, 2024

In this fast-changing world, if you are a supply chain professional looking to stay up-to-date with the latest industry trends, podcasts are the best way to do so. Here we have compiled a list of must-listen supply chain podcasts for people who are interested in knowing everything about the industry. These podcasts cover the latest technological updates and advancements with different industry experts sharing their expertise and knowledge.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

JANUARY 11, 2024

Look behind the scenes of any slick mobile application or commercial interface, and deep beneath the integration and service layers of any major enterprise’s application architecture, you will likely find mainframes running the show. Critical applications and systems of record are using these core systems as part of a hybrid infrastructure. Any interruption in their ongoing operation could be disastrous to the continued operational integrity of the business.

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Advertiser: GEP

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 Brain

JANUARY 8, 2024

The time for pandemic-era thinking is over. This will be the year of strategic supply chain design — but companies must be shrewd in their technology and vendor selection.

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Supply Chain Dive

JANUARY 11, 2024

Wildfires, rains and droughts could cause shipping delays, while agricultural commodities might face shortages from weather and other factors, the analytics firm said.

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Risk Supply chain Supply 132

Procurement Bulletin

JANUARY 7, 2024

Canada Continues Attracting Battery Producers Canada continues to attract investment in the battery supply chain. The latest is a Japanese company considering in investing $1.6 billion in building battery facility in Manitoba. Manufacturing in Canada Slows Down Manufacturing accounts for 10% of Canada’s GDP, but it saw a slowdown in manufacturing last month due to decreasing demand.

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SCMDOJO

JANUARY 12, 2024

Digital learning has reshaped the realm of education, providing college students with the chance to explore a wide range of subjects online. With the rise of digital education, students now have access to courses that were once considered too specialized or unusual for traditional classrooms. This shift has opened doors for learners to delve into unique and fascinating fields of study, such as supply chain , from the comfort of their homes.

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Ethics Innovation Collaboration Networking 97

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 Brain

JANUARY 10, 2024

The National Roadway Safety Strategy showed that roadway safety planning improved for over 70% of the U.S. population while funding for safety improvements went towards 4,515 intersections.

Strategy 119

Strategy 119

Supply Chain Dive

JANUARY 11, 2024

Regional hubs across the country are supporting the growth of local agriculture, tailoring services based on the area of the country and the farmers involved.

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Supply chain Supply 128

SCMR (Supply Chain Management Review)

JANUARY 8, 2024

The bullwhip effect is used by many economists to explain current inventory market dynamics, but it is another term – inventory accelerator – that more accurately reflects what is happening.

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Inventory 96

SCMDOJO

JANUARY 12, 2024

In the realm of college education, classical literature has always held a prestigious position. The study of timeless works by authors like Shakespeare, Jane Austen, and Homer provides students with insights into the human condition and the historical contexts that shaped these narratives. However, as digital technology reshapes the educational landscape, the way students interact with these classical texts is also evolving with fast paced adoption of Modern E-Learning Platforms such as SCMDOJO

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Collaboration Innovation Import 96

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 Optimization

Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 9, 2024

GE Vernova will utilize its Pensacola, Florida factory to fulfill the large order, while tower manufacturing operations will come from facilities in Texas, New Mexico and Colorado.

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Supply Chain Dive

JANUARY 12, 2024

Reuse and recycling could help the U.S. meet up to 40% of its demand for materials critical to the energy transition, according to a new scientific paper.

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Demand 129

IBM Supply Chain Blog

JANUARY 12, 2024

The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) has ushered in a new era of technological progress, offering a spectrum of benefits across industries. AI’s potential to revolutionize operations, enhance decision-making and drive innovation is undeniable. The advantages of AI are numerous and impactful, from predictive analytics that refine strategies, to natural language processing that fuels customer interactions and assists users in their daily tasks, to assistive tools that enhance acce

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Spend Matters

JANUARY 10, 2024

In this Spend Matters Vendor Analysis, we provide an overview of Covalyze and its solution for cost analytics. Many category managers and buyers struggle with data transparency and aggregation. Due to data segregated into multiple systems (ERPs, PLMs), lack of proper MDM, missing technical specifications and manual data management, it is difficult to the point of being nearly impossible to get a holistic view of all the data they need, especially when it comes to deep and detailed information on

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Raw materials Category management Buyers Price 96

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Supply Chain Optimization

Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 10, 2024

Many retailers have started charging a returns fee, but research suggests this is causing shoppers to switch, with 49% being less loyal to brands that charge for returns.

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Supply Chain Dive

JANUARY 8, 2024

The location joins a company hub in Louisville, Kentucky, in closing its day sort on Feb. 16.

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SCMR (Supply Chain Management Review)

JANUARY 9, 2024

Disruption is the new norm within the supply chain, but with C-suite backing, and the right decisions, supply chain managers can better prepare their organizations for the inevitable.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

JANUARY 11, 2024

Successful business owners know how important it is to have a plan in place for when unexpected events shut down normal operations. Modern enterprises face many types of disasters, including pandemics, cyberattacks , large-scale power outages and natural disasters. Last year, companies around the world spent close to USD 219 billion on cybersecurity and security solutions, a 12% increase from the previous year according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) (link resides outside ibm.com.

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Networking Data Risk Import 92

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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 Brain

JANUARY 7, 2024

We’d like to think that all participants in a food supply chain are equally committed to sustainable and environmentally responsible production; never mind the cost. If only that were true.

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Sustainability Supply chain Supply 105

Supply Chain Dive

JANUARY 10, 2024

Instilling a culture of curiosity and looking beyond the typical hiring pool are some of the ways leaders can build promising teams, according to Kearney experts.

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Supply chain Supply 119

Spend Matters

JANUARY 9, 2024

For several years now, Spend Matters has been collecting and publishing a series of articles about procurement, supply and services trends for the year ahead from expert tech and service providers in the market. This year we’re highlighting the customer demands, market movements and advances in procurement tech that are exciting the world of solution providers, how they expect them to shape the S2P landscape next year and how they plan to respond to them.

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Procurement solutions Procurement Procurement team supply chain budgeting 95

SCMR (Supply Chain Management Review)

JANUARY 12, 2024

As shippers navigate goods around low water levels in the Panama Canal and risks in the Red Sea, rates are rising and the risk of downstream disruptions is growing.

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Risk 93

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