Procurement Heads

OCTOBER 26, 2022

How did you get into procurement? It was during my time at Tesco. I actually have a background in finance, but I was looking at labour services and the commercial prospect of combining services and multiskilling staff, before I knew what facilities management was. I was asked by the CPO if I fancied the challenge and have never looked back. What are the roles and responsibilities the procurement function holds within your organisation?

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RPF360

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Many businesses have experienced supply chain disruptions recently. Find out if your organization needs to switch from Traditional to Agile procurement. The post Agile procurement vs. traditional procurement appeared first on RFP360.

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Procurement Tactics

OCTOBER 27, 2022

33 Procurement Interview Questions in 2022. Success! First Name. Email. Download Free Whitepaper ?. ?. Or receive our famous weekly newsletter. Logistics Statistics 2022 — 18 Key Figures. Logistics statistics in 2022 allow people, especially professionals, to see the growth of logistics today and in the coming years. However, what are the factors that affect logistics and figures to see its growth?

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ivalua

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Opportunities and Challenges. One of the most significant investments in our nation’s infrastructure, the $550 billion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) , has begun to release its first waves of funding. While this bill is transformative for states, cities, counties, utilities, and education, there are massive hurdles that must be addressed before any initiatives are implemented.

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Procurement Heads

OCTOBER 26, 2022

How did you get into procurement? It was during my time at Tesco. I actually have a background in finance, but I was looking at labour services and the commercial prospect of combining services and multiskilling staff, before I knew what facilities management was. I was asked by the CPO if I fancied the challenge and have never looked back. What are the roles and responsibilities the procurement function holds within your organisation?

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Positive Purchasing

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Jonathan O’Brien looks at what the coming food crisis means for all of us and how procurement functions must get creative to navigate their way through the challenging times that lie ahead. We ain’t seen nothing yet! There has been much written about the cost of living crisis but what we’re about to see will blow that out of the water. Put simply, we ain’t seen nothing yet!

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ivalua

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Nearly a third (32%) of procurement teams concede to cutting corn ers with their sourcing criteria for suppliers to secure supply. 81% of procurement teams feel pressured by executive teams to respond more quickly and effectively to challenges such as inflation, disruptions, and shortages. 49% believe that global supply chains won’t fully recover to pre-Covid operational norms until 2024 or beyond.

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Supply Chain Dive

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Levi Strauss, J.M. Smucker and three others completed the first aggregated purchase power agreement under the retailer’s Project Gigaton, which encourages vendors to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.

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Supply Chain Brain

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Argo AI, darling of Ford and VW, is shutting down. Tesla’s self-driving claims are under criminal investigation. It's the end of years of faulty presumptions about driverless-vehicle technology.

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Procurement Tactics

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Ukraine Import Statistics 2022 – 18 Key Figures. Ukraine’s import statistics are a very hot topic, especially due to the war between Russia and Ukraine. In this article, we will discuss the status of Ukraine’s import statistics. We will check how its imports are doing in the national market and what factors affect its imports. . Once you finish this article, you will know Ukraine’s import statistics which will allow you to grasp the situation of its imports in the country.

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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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OCTOBER 24, 2022

Under Pressure, Will Procurement Take Performance Higher in 2023? . Procurement and supply chain teams have been trying to hold the line against macroeconomic and global market forces that have been pushing hard against them for nearly three years. But the line has been slipping. If they aren’t able to overcome their challenges, 2023 could be their breaking point. .

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Supply Chain Dive

OCTOBER 27, 2022

With just 3.6% of global reserves, access to the critical mineral is vital to the country’s sustainable energy plans.

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Supply Chain Brain

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The supply chain of the future has clear visibility and is collaborative. Organizations will need to understand the state of the supply chain in real time, while aligning cross-functionally to reduce ad-hoc firefighting.

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Procurement Tactics

OCTOBER 23, 2022

Ukraine Export Statistics 2022 – 18 Key Figures. Ukraine’s Export Statistics allow people all over the world to know its situation despite the invasion of Russia. . In this article, we will tell you the figures regarding Ukraine’s export statistics amidst the ongoing war. We will discuss the relevant factors regarding Ukraine’s export that will let you know more about its situation. .

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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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Strategic Sourceror

OCTOBER 27, 2022

For retailers, inventory shrinkage is an unavoidable reality. Whether it's caused by products containing defects, items getting lost or misplaced during shipping or a variety of other scenarios, when merchandise isn't available for purchase, it's chalked up to shrinkage. Another shrinkage contributor is theft, and based on a newly released report , it's a multi-billion dollar problem across the country.

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Una

OCTOBER 25, 2022

How to Improve Procurement Efficiency. By Hugo Britt | October 26, 2022. Procurement was once known for imposing clunky purchasing processes. In recent years, however, many teams have managed to successfully shake off this long-outdated reputation. Procurement professionals are now celebrated for their innovation, creativity, agility, and cost-saving initiatives.

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Supply Chain Brain

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Traditional spreadsheet solutions do not work anymore. Today’s “plug ‘n play” technology solutions are purpose-built to evolve materials management.

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Supply Chain Dive

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Experts note that shipping rates are negotiable, but how amenable the delivery giants will be to concessions is up for debate.

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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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Strategic Sourceror

OCTOBER 27, 2022

To paraphrase a familiar axiom, you don't fully appreciate the things that make your day-to-day business affairs possible until those things either aren't there anymore or aren't performing. This was a sentiment shared by just about every product-based company during the pandemic, when the efforts designed to stamp out COVID-19 wound up wiping out supply chains more than anything else.

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Una

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Episode 88: Global Energy Supply and Demand with Kris Lance. By Kelly Barner | October 26, 2022. Although Europe’s energy challenges may be different than the ones faced in the United States, there isn’t any location or industry that isn’t being affected by the high prices or short supply of gas, oil, and electricity. In this episode of The Sourcing Hero podcast, Host Kelly Barner welcomes back Kris Lance, Senior Director at Una, for a recurring monthly conversation about current news stories.

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Supply Chain Brain

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Italy’s Guardia di Finanza is alleging that Pfizer’s unit, Pfizer Italia Srl, transferred excess capital to affiliates in the U.S. and the Netherlands to avoid taxes on profits.

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All Things Supply Chain

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Shipping hazardous materials requires following specific procedures to identify the contents and avoid accidents properly.

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Supply Chain Dive

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Agility, visibility and connectivity are all essential when it comes to keeping your warehouse or distribution center secure—not just during the holiday season, but all year.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Supply Chain’s Moment of Truth Has Arrived! We are at an interesting inflection point in the history of Supply Chain and Logistics. It is no longer sufficient to think locally. We must think global logistics! I recently had the opportunity to talk with La Chang, CEO at Think Global Logistics (TGL).

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Una

OCTOBER 25, 2022

How to Market Procurement's Value Beyond Cost Savings. By Hugo Britt | October 25, 2022. Surprise and delight is a marketing strategy used by savvy brands as a highly effective means of customer retention. Done correctly, it can drive increased brand engagement, encourage positive word of mouth, and lead to repeat purchases. But why should procurement surprise and delight its stakeholders?

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Supply Chain Brain

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Creating resilient and agile supply chains requires leveragING economies of scale when working with suppliers while minimizing risk, disruptions and shortages.

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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 Dive

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Members of the Consumer Goods Forum, such as PepsiCo and Unilever, say better chemical recycling infrastructure will help them meet ambitious packaging goals.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. For a Successful Business Improve Supply Chain! The need to strengthen supply chain cannot be overstated; it’s vital for efficiency, profitability, and reputability against competitors. However, the chain must be streamlined to avoid wasting time and money. This means making sure every aspect of the process is working as it should, including logistics and operations, suppliers, and the internal team.

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Spend Matters

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Categories: Procurement Strategy & Planning , Purchasing , Technology Tags: procurement strategy and planning , SaaS It’s time procurement caught up with the fourth industrial revolution. Procurement, as it is traditionally understood, was born during the second industrial revolution, thanks to the electrification of industry the growth of railways and telegraphic communication.

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Supply Chain Brain

OCTOBER 24, 2022

A vast shadow fleet of tankers with unknown owners is being amassed to service Moscow’s interests, despite the harshest sanctions on Russian exports in history.

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