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Top 6 Supply Chain Trends for 2019

All Things Supply Chain

The year 2019 has only just begun, so now would be a suitable time to look into the question of which supply chain trends lie ahead for the coming year.

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Eliminating Slavery in Supply Chains: A Job Unfinished

Supply Chain Brain

In recent years, a torrent of new laws and regulations enacted globally have aimed to eliminate forced labor from modern-day supply chains. Are they having any impact?

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Brilliant Logistics Life Hack for Transportation Planners in 2019

Supply Chain Collaborator

The following logistics life hack, specifically directed at transportation managers, presses an existing TMS element into service in an unexpected, unorthodox way and promises to save shippers significantly on freight costs by providing an innovative way to validate rates in a volatile environment. You’ll be shocked you hadn’t thought of it yourself!

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Procurement Interview Questions & Answers

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. The Negotiation Before the Negotiation! Article and permission to publish here provided by Nikita S at [link]. Procurement, or Purchasing, is an area of Supply Chain that involves and requires very specific skills and expertise. This is particularly apparent if you are hiring a Procurement professional, you are looking for a Procurement job, you are looking to outsource anything, or you are dealing with Procurement people in the course of conducting business.

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GEP Spend Category Outlook Report 2025

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.

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How Service Based Companies Increase Profit Part 2: How to Defend Against Them

Ms. Category Management

Part 2: How Service Based Companies Increase Profit and How to Defend Against Them.

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Amazon Delivery: Should Shipping and Fulfillment Businesses Be Worried?

Supply Chain Brain

It seems that every year we can expect Amazon to test a new delivery service.

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Procurement Transformation Delays – The Role of Personality!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Pain Points – An Opportunity to Innovate and Expand! Article provided to Supply Chain Game Changer by Katalin Brennan at Eyvo E-Procurement. We’ve all heard of the need for Procurement to embrace the Digital Transformation for many years. So why are so many organizations still in the beginning of this process? Why are industry projections failing to materialize despite ample technological advancements?

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How Service Companies Increase Profit – Part 1

Ms. Category Management

How Service Based Companies Increase Their Profit Part 1 - by Ms Category Management.

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How Donating Merchandise Can Solve Inventory Issues

Supply Chain Brain

With the new year comes an old problem: how to dispose of excess inventory without feeling like you’re just throwing dollars out the door.

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The Supply Chain Detectiveâ„¢: The Mystery of the Prima Donna Boss!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. The Supply Chain Detective : The Case of the Unpaid Invoices! My plane had just landed. I turned on my cell phone. And almost immediately my CEO called. “Have you heard from Rick? Nobody’s heard from him in several days.” Rick was my new boss, the CPO, a guy that the CEO hired a couple of months before. “No I haven’t heard from him either.

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5 Ways You Can Win Faster with Gen AI in Sales

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.