All Things Supply Chain

JUNE 15, 2020

While working from home is not usually the norm for many people, it has become the “new normal” due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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ivalua

JUNE 18, 2020

Business changed overnight when lockdowns were announced to curb the spread of Covid-19. As of 12th March, our entire workforce was advised to work from home and shortly thereafter this became mandatory. As a talent acquisition team we are fortunate enough to work at a financially sound and growing company that is still hiring for new roles. However, nearly all aspects from interviewing all the way through to hiring and onboarding have changed in some way.

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ProcurePort

JUNE 17, 2020

Did you know that 80% of the transactions in a typical American procurement department are tail spend? Father of Modern Management, Peter Drucker once said, “You can’t manage what you don’t measure.” Tail spend as we know is spend that is not actively managed and may lead to all sorts of financial difficulties for procurement […]. The post Using Tail Spend Management to Your Procurement Advantage appeared first on ProcurePort Blog.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 19, 2020

Here are three ways internet-of-things devices can help retailers adjust to the new world, and adhere to critical safety standards.

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All Things Supply Chain

JUNE 19, 2020

Peak Shipping Season Runs Aground as Ocean Lines Pull Capacity Ocean container lines are bracing for limited demand during the usual peak shipping season heading into the Fall, with supply…

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ivalua

JUNE 18, 2020

The post Procurement Metrics that Matter in 2020 appeared first on Ivalua.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 18, 2020

In the process of implementing new strategies, companies may overlook these aspects that can affect supply-chain performance.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 17, 2020

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Strategic National Stockpiles and Sourcing for the National Interest! Rare Earth Elements article, and permission to publish here, provided by Joe Carson and Shubho Chatterjee. It’s amazing how quickly $4 trillion dollars can change a conversation. With the onset of the COVID19 pandemic, and the resulting supply chain fallout , many have speculated on how the U.S. found itself so reliant on a foreign country, mainly China, bu

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ivalua

JUNE 18, 2020

The post Ivalua Demo Days appeared first on Ivalua.

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The Procuretech Podcast

JUNE 16, 2020

Procurement has an image problem. We're often seen as the department our stakeholders and business partners run to when they have a problem that requires an immediate reaction. We're often brought in to extinguish the fire extinguisher, but rarely to prevent them from happening. So, how do we move from being a reactionary department seemingly in servitude to our stakeholders, to a better respected business partner that is seen as a value generator.

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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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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 16, 2020

A “return to normality” requires the mending and rehabilitation of the international supply chains that power so much of our globalized economy. But supply-chain leaders must first figure out how to answer some exceedingly difficult questions.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 16, 2020

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Disaster Strikes!!! Is Your Supply Chain Ready To Recover? Recently we took our Granddaughter to see a Cirque du Soleil show. While we had seen several Cirque shows before it was her first time. The show made an indelible impression on her. She talked about it for weeks and will remember it for the rest of her life.

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ivalua

JUNE 18, 2020

London, UK – June 18, 2020 – Ivalua, a leading provider of spend management software, today announced the general availability of its new platform release 166. The release features a broad array of innovations to empower customers to better manage their spend and suppliers. Innovations focus on supporting smarter and faster decisions around supplier relationships and sourcing initiatives, improving the capture and recognition of savings, increasing accounts payable automation and ensuring access

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ivalua

JUNE 17, 2020

Accelerated digital transformation of healthcare supply chains to lower the cost of care and improve patient outcomes now possible. Redwood City, CA June 16, 2020 – Ivalua, a leading provider of global Spend Management Cloud solutions, today announced the availability of a pre-packaged suite of solutions for healthcare providers. The new packages span the full source-to-pay process and enable healthcare providers to digitally transform their supply chain processes to lower the cost of care

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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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ivalua

JUNE 17, 2020

The post “Procurement Metrics that Matter in 2020 Ardent Partners’ Annual Survey Results of Chief Procurement Officers” appeared first on Ivalua.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 15, 2020

Apparel retailers are facing a mounting pile of overstock unlike anything they’ve seen before.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 17, 2020

The growing demand for fast supply-chain processes has reached yet another niche market: the unloading of boxes from pallets, or a so-called depalletization.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 17, 2020

The unfolding pandemic has thrown into sharp relief just how complex and interdependent today's international supply chains are — and how little visibility companies can have over those interdependencies.

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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 Brain

JUNE 18, 2020

U.S. Customs and Border Protection recently reported the seizure of a shipment of Pokémon action figurines valued at more than $600,000.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 15, 2020

Ocean carriers, shippers and truckers can’t stop bickering over an issue that has plagued the transportation industry for years, and shows no sign of being easily solved: the ownership and management of chassis.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 17, 2020

Does your company's strategy still make sense?

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 17, 2020

Growing too quickly can cause delayed deliveries, inefficient inventory management, overworked drivers and disappointed customers.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 15, 2020

Here's what it takes to achieve “optimal symbiosis.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 18, 2020

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. The Supply Chain Carbon Footprint Reduction Strategy. Biofuel is an excellent alternative solution to non-renewable fuel. There is a general assumption that biofuel is only used in the transport industry. Biofuel provides clean up and cooking oil, gives us hydrogen, and much more.

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