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Forrester Study “Enabling Smarter Procurement How Modern Software Can Help Address Chief Procurement Officers’ New Priorities”

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How Well Does Your TMS Support Cross-Docking Automation?

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Cross-docking is not a new practice for shippers, but it is one that is increasingly being relied upon in the age of just-in-time supply chain management. Here are some of the factors driving increased use of cross docking as a logistics practice and the ways today’s TMS platforms are making the process easier and more efficient in driving performance and cost savings.

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The Arrival of the ‘Self-Driving’ Supply Chain

Supply Chain Brain

The age of self-driving cars and trucks is nearly upon us. What about self-driving supply chains?

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What is Business Acumen? (Infographic)

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. What is Mentoring? Article originally published by, and permission to publish here provided by, Sam White at Argentus. Business acumen! It doesn’t really matter what industry, it’s the biggest thing that executives tell us they’re looking for when hiring at the sole contributor level and above. For many executives, it’s even more important than relevant experience.

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Load Optimization: A Sustainable Way To Reduce Transportation Costs

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.

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WEBINAR: Procurement Key Issues 2019 with The Hackett Group, 26th March 2019, New York 11:00am / London 4:00pm / Paris 5:00pm

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Source to Pay… The Real Value for Purchasing

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Procure-to-Pay (P2P) and Source-to-Pay (S2P) are two terms often used within the software industry to describe digital solutions that create efficiencies within procurement. And while both systems include many of the same features, they are distinctly different in terms of the functionality, control and the value they deliver. In the simplest of terms, P2P solutions deliver improved processes as it relates to purchasing.

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Machine Learning in Warehouse Management!

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Subscribe Here! Email Address. Imagining the Supply Chain of the Future! Article originally published by, and permission to publish here provided by, Adam Robinson at www.cerasis.com. Machine learning, a branch of artificial intelligence, has already been used across many industries to improve efficiency and productivity. The technology has been in development for some time, with the uptake being slowed down by some industry’s reluctance to adopt it.

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Veolia Strategic Sourcing Complexity Simplified and Transformed with a User-Friendly Platform

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What’s Your Supply Chain IQ?

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Take a look inside our annual Supply Chain Management Resource Guide — featuring more than 60 reports from top minds in technology, logistics and transportation in a variety of industry verticals.

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Impact of Brexit on Warehousing

The Network Effect

We’re all sick of hearing about it, but for business leaders and supply chain managers, Brexit is posing tough questions. The post Impact of Brexit on Warehousing appeared first on The Network Effect.

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Autonomous AI Agents Are the Future of Procurement and Supply Chain Operations

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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Seasoned Leadership in Action™ – An Interview with Stephany Lapierre, CEO at tealbook!

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Subscribe Here! Email Address. Imagining the Supply Chain of the Future! At Supply Chain Game Changer we believe in sharing experiences and expertise from people in every industry and from across the globe. As such we have introduced our “Seasoned Leadership in Action™” Interview series at Supply Chain Game Changer. This interview is with Stephany Lapierre, Founder and CEO at tealbook.

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PROCUREMENT KEY ISSUES 2019: Leveraging Digital Tools to Expand Procurement’s Capabilities

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Sole Source Suppliers – How I saved $1 Million

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How I Saved a $1M dollars with a Sole Source Supplier by Ms Category Management.

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Most Popular Supply Chain Posts of 2018

The Network Effect

Over the last few weeks we’ve been sifting through the analytics to identify the most read posts in 2018. There. The post Most Popular Supply Chain Posts of 2018 appeared first on The Network Effect.

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Freight Procurement Simplified: Bids from Hours to Minutes

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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Visibility and Control is the key to Complex Spend Management

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Claritum Article - Procurement Blog. Contents. 1. Introduction. 2. Why is Complex Spend an Issue? 3. Gaining Visibility and Control. 4. What is the Most Effective Option? 5. Technology Hype. 6. Resources. 1 Introduction. There are unique challenges and opportunities presented by complex, frequently ordered categories of Indirect expenditure, such as marketing services, print, packaging, uniforms & apparel, office supplies and related products and services.

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Read how BCLC enabled better decision making and deeper engagement with suppliers

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The post Read how BCLC enabled better decision making and deeper engagement with suppliers appeared first on Ivalua.

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Cubiquity integrates to Trilogy Print

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Claritum Article - Procurement Blog. Bath, UK (February 14th , 2019) – Claritum, a provider of cloud based spend management solutions, today announced that Cubiquity Media had successfully integrated to Trilogy Print. Allowing Cubiquity to fully automate the placement of and fulfilment of orders with Trilogy Print. Catalogue purchases are automatically placed, as orders, and stock levels monitored for re-ordering of products.

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Procurement Middle East, 24 & 25 April 2019 – Bahrein

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In its 3 rd annual edition, Procurement Middle East Conference has established itself as the region’s most influential annual gathering of leaders in the procurement sector. Ivalua is glad to be the Platinium Sponsor of the 3 rd Procurement Middle East 2019 which will be held on 24 – 25 April 2019 in the Kingdom of Bahrain. Key topics will be raised among them : Aligning your procurement strategies with your corporate strategy.

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How To Align Product Management And Supply Chain Operations For Successful Product Launches

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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Sustainability, Social Responsibility and Automation

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Ivalua Sees Accelerating Momentum with Another Record Year in 2018

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Growth driven by new customer acquisition, regional expansion and continued customer success. REDWOOD CITY, Feb. 12, 2019 — Ivalua, a leading provider of global Spend Management Cloud solutions, today announced another record year. Success was driven by accelerating customer acquisition, continued industry-leading customer retention rates, geographic expansion and dynamic solution innovations.