All Things Supply Chain
JANUARY 13, 2020
From the implementation of Industry 4.0, the increased importance of being sustainable, the rise of supply chain technology or blockchain, the 2010’s saw some significant changes to the supply chain.
ProcurePort
JANUARY 16, 2020
What is Indirect Spend Analysis? Spend on goods and services that are outside the manufacturing process or your company’s product itself is regarded as indirect. Indirect spend can include expenditures on everything related to internal stakeholders, including professional fees, IT and equipment and other office supplies. These are essentially fixed costs, compared to direct spend, […].
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Supply Chain Brain
JANUARY 14, 2020
Despite the super-hype around technologies like artificial intelligence and the internet of things, many companies still rely on paper and spreadsheets to complete critical tasks.
Supply Chain Collaborator
JANUARY 16, 2020
Been reading about Blockchain for the Supply Chain? Machine Learning for demand planning and efficient transportation routing? Artificial intelligence (AI) and lights out supply chain management? Chances are, your supply chain logistics operations are not quite ready to embrace these cutting-edge technology-fueled strategies. But that shouldn’t prevent you from at least considering tomorrow’s tech when you’re selecting a TMS platform today.
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ivalua
JANUARY 14, 2020
The post Ivalua ALL Spend, ALL Suppliers, NO Compromises appeared first on Ivalua.
ProcurePort
JANUARY 13, 2020
The procurement sector can be challenging, confusing, and bewildering given the rapid and unrelenting pace of industry progress in today’s global market. Utilizing the types of reverse auction teams understand and excel in is crucial in market success these days. Introducing Reverse Auctions Reverse auctions are one of the most curious phenomena of the procurement […].
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
JANUARY 14, 2020
Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. The Ocean Plastics Environmental Crisis! 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 here at Supply Chain Game Changer.
EazyStock
JANUARY 14, 2020
Do you need inventory planning software? Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) platforms are a big investment for any organization. They also take a lot of time and resources to design, customize and implement. But once they’re up and running, there’s no doubt they offer a wealth of benefits, including streamlined processes, improved productivity, centralized data and better departmental collaboration.
Ms. Category Management
JANUARY 14, 2020
Webinar on Martech Procurement: Please join Ms. Category Management and other amazing Sourcing Professionals in a Webinar in best practices in Sourcing the Martech Stack!
Supply Chain Brain
JANUARY 13, 2020
As consumers become more eco-conscious, they push brands to adopt more sustainable practices. Many have responded by increasing their reliance on returnable industrial packaging.
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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
JANUARY 16, 2020
Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Cash Is King! Creating a Culture Focused on Money Management. Accounts Receivable and Payable article originally published by, and permission to publish here provided by, Nathan Miller at tesorio.com. Cash flow is the number one reason why most businesses fail: 82% of small businesses go under due to poor cash flow.
Jaggaer
JANUARY 14, 2020
Whether your organization is purchasing raw steel, injection molded plastics, or fully finished office supplies and IT equipment, a st reamlined P2P system can be a game changer. By optimizing the areas where you spend the most, your compan y and organization can drive significant savings in your supply chain. However, by focusing only on your largest spend categories, you may be overlooking easy opportunities for big savings. .
Ms. Category Management
JANUARY 15, 2020
Everything is going fine until you get a call and find out "unfortunately, this is going to take a lot more than we initially thought." Cue an increase in pricing and scope to give you the ultimate business betrayal scope creep.
Supply Chain Brain
JANUARY 17, 2020
With each passing year, the use of technology in manufacturing continues to grow, and blue-collar job requirements become more sophisticated, further widening the skills gap.
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
JANUARY 15, 2020
Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. The Supply Chain Detective™: The Case of the Unpaid Invoices! It was early September and I was sitting in my office preparing for a meeting. I was in the Retail Industry which meant that in Supply Chain this was the beginning of the frantic Holiday season. The last thing we needed was a Distribution Centre disaster.
Claritum
JANUARY 16, 2020
Bath, UK (January 16th, 2020) – Claritum, a provider of cloud based spend management solutions, today announced that Claritum has been recognised by Bath Life Awards as a rapidly growing company in the technology and innovation space. "It is fantastic news to gain recognition as a local growing company." said Prof. Richard Hillum, Executive Chairman at Claritum.
All Things Supply Chain
JANUARY 17, 2020
Maritime Shipping: It’s all smooth sailing despite historic fuel switch Members of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) decided to implement a major maritime fuel change aimed at reducing emissions.
Supply Chain Brain
JANUARY 13, 2020
IBM is bringing artificial intelligence and blockchain technology to bear on supply-chain management — with a twist.
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
JANUARY 15, 2020
Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Shiny New Technology or Back to the Basics? What is Your Strategy? Responsive Supply Chain article originally published by, and permission to publish here provided by, Dave Joseph at veridian.info. Creating a Responsive Supply Chain in advance of the peak shopping season is a no-brainer.
Claritum
JANUARY 16, 2020
Claritum Article - Procurement Blog. Bath, UK (January 16th, 2020) – Claritum, a provider of cloud based spend management solutions, today announced that Claritum has been recognised by Bath Life Awards as a rapidly growing company in the technology and innovation space. “It is fantastic news to gain recognition as a local growing company.” said Prof.
ivalua
JANUARY 14, 2020
As more procurement and supply chain processes become digitized, the importance of high quality, well managed data will skyrocket. With the rise of automation transitioning more operational heavy lifting into the realm of computers, data becomes the only viable mechanism for monitoring and improvement. Data quality and governance therefore hold two-fold importance in this new digital supply chain world: The quality of the data driving analytics and business decision making determines the ultimat
Supply Chain Game Changer
JANUARY 14, 2020
Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. How to Synchronize Your Supply Chain! . Have you ever tried to drive in a blinding snowstorm or when the rain or fog is so thick that you can’t see in front of your car? It’s not possible! And it’s risky to even try! So why is it that the Supply Chain in so many companies is being run without the end to end visibility needed to even function, yet which we have in our personal lives?
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Supply Chain Game Changer
JANUARY 12, 2020
Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. 5 Best Practices in Omnichannel Customer Service! . “The system is down. We can’t ship any customer orders. We’re not sure when the system will be back up again.” Coming into the Holidays, the busiest time of the year, that is the last thing that I wanted to hear.
Supply Chain Game Changer
JANUARY 12, 2020
Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Cash Is King! Creating a Culture Focused on Money Management. . We have written many blog posts about Change Leadership and Culture Change. At its core the overall objective is creating a High Performance Organization (HPO). For a truly High Performance Organization is one in which their will be high morale and an innate ability to achieve superior results for all stakeholders in the company.
Supply Chain Game Changer
JANUARY 12, 2020
Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. 10 Supply Chain Investment Challenges – Real and Imagined! . The advancement of digital technology enables the real-time, intelligent management of the Supply Chain. But any company’s Supply Chain can still involve tens of thousands of skus, thousands of bills of material, thousands of suppliers, hundreds of transportation vendors, dozens of manufacturing facilities and distribution centres, and numerous customer
ivalua
JANUARY 13, 2020
The post Baylor Scott & White Health – Freeing Caregivers to Focus on Patients Through Healthcare Supply Chain Digitization appeared first on Ivalua.
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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.
ivalua
JANUARY 14, 2020
The post 2019 Supply Chain Data Quality and Governance Study appeared first on Ivalua.
Supply Chain Game Changer
JANUARY 14, 2020
Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. 5 Trends in the Gartner Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies. Gartner recently announced their Top 25 Supply Chains List. I always find it interesting to see the list, to see who came out on top, and to hear what their views are on prevailing trends. But as I review the list, compare it to prior years, and consider the scoring methodology I do wonder whether the list in its current form continues to be relevant for identifyin
Supply Chain Game Changer
JANUARY 17, 2020
Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. . It’s been 6 months since we launched supplychaingamechanger.com. Our goal has always been to share experiences and expertise. The site has evolved. The number of categories has continued to grow. And the response has been absolutely tremendous. In that time [link] was also selected by Feedspot as one of the Top 75 Supply Chain Blogs on the Internet.
ivalua
JANUARY 15, 2020
Redwood City, CA – January 16, 2020 – Ivalua, a leading global spend management cloud provider, and OJC Consulting, recognised software solutions implementation and consulting provider, have been chosen to transform procurement operations at Laerdal Medical – a world leading provider of training, educational and therapy products for lifesaving and emergency medical care.
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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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