All Things Supply Chain
NOVEMBER 2, 2020
In supply chain management, data and its targeted analytics are necessary to make statements about important influences on the supply chain: Which deliveries are often uncertain?
Supply Chain Brain
NOVEMBER 2, 2020
The adoption by logistics providers of modern-day technology is a case of applying digital solutions to an analog world.
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Supply Chain Game Changer
NOVEMBER 4, 2020
Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Get Our EBOOK HERE. Weighbridge article and permission to publish here provided by Emily Bartels. As businesses grow in this era of technology, they aim to enhance their efficiency and productivity. Technology makes businesses more efficient and productive in the best possible ways.
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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.
All Things Supply Chain
NOVEMBER 4, 2020
“The world is in trouble”, said David Attenborough who recently broke Instagram records with his campaign aiming to tackle environmental crises and share potential solutions.
Supply Chain Brain
NOVEMBER 1, 2020
From smart cartonization to last-mile delivery and beyond, supply chains offer fertile ground for new technologies to improve sustainability by trimming wasted fuel, materials and time.
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Jaggaer
NOVEMBER 5, 2020
The post The Lowdown on the 2020 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Procure-to-Pay Suites appeared first on Jaggaer.
All Things Supply Chain
NOVEMBER 6, 2020
Amazon shipping costs outpace sales growth due to soaring pandemic operating expenses Amazon’s shipping costs increased by 57% Year on Year in the third quarter to reach $15 billion.
Supply Chain Brain
OCTOBER 31, 2020
More companies are waking up to the need for change, and this year’s crop of candidates was especially strong.
SupplyShift
NOVEMBER 4, 2020
2020 has been a defining year for transparent supply chains. When the pandemic hit, most people expected sustainability efforts to take a back-seat role. On the contrary, companies seem to be more focused than ever on driving sustainability in supply chains. In fact, Gartner, Deloitte, and McKinsey all echoed the same sentiment early on in the pandemic – transparency is the only way to be proactive about supply chain vulnerabilities going forward.
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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.
GoProcure blog
NOVEMBER 3, 2020
As we enter the final calendar quarter of what has been a tumultuous year, many companies need to cut costs to get budgets back on track. Ideally, finance and procurement teams can start with cost savings that do not affect the quality of operations. One way to find that balance, and perhaps even improve operations, is to move from a single source to a multisource procurement strategy.
EazyStock
NOVEMBER 6, 2020
Maintaining cost-effective inventory levels is critical for any manufacturer, wholesaler, supplier or retailer. But just how much inventory is the right amount to hold? How can you ensure you have enough to cover fluctuating demand without over-stocking? How long can you hold ‘healthy’ stock until it becomes excess or even obsolete? Most businesses struggle to find an optimized balance between these two costly challenges.
Supply Chain Brain
NOVEMBER 2, 2020
Ann Marie Uetz, head of the coronavirus task force with the law firm of Foley & Lardner LLP, discusses the results of a pair of surveys about how executives are responding to supply-chain disruptions caused by the pandemic and rising geopolitical tensions.
SupplyShift
NOVEMBER 4, 2020
2020 has been a defining year for transparent supply chains. When the pandemic hit, most people expected sustainability efforts to take a back-seat role. On the contrary, companies seem to be more focused than ever on driving sustainability in supply chains. In fact, Gartner, Deloitte, and McKinsey all echoed the same sentiment early on in the pandemic – transparency is the only way to be proactive about supply chain vulnerabilities going forward.
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Jaggaer
NOVEMBER 3, 2020
The post How to Strengthen Your Supplier Management Strategies appeared first on Jaggaer.
ProtoCast
NOVEMBER 2, 2020
Welcome to the very first episode of ProtoCast, where every 2 weeks we will bring coffee break-sized podcasts full of insightful content to the procurement community during these difficult times. This inaugural episode looks at how ProctoCast came into being, and how we fit into the Proctopus network and community. Join the Proctopus group on LinkedIn Looking forward to have you with us on our journey into ProctoCasting!
Supply Chain Brain
NOVEMBER 5, 2020
As part of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a new rule requiring stricter controls over the monitoring of food products throughout the supply chain.
Supply Chain Game Changer
NOVEMBER 3, 2020
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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?
Supply Chain Brain
NOVEMBER 4, 2020
Patrick Thielen, senior vice president of financial lines with Chubb, explains why malware attacks are on the rise, and what manufacturers must do to protect their people and systems from cyber criminals.
Supply Chain Brain
OCTOBER 31, 2020
Tackling the job of assessing all of its contracts for indirect-materials spend, Intel Corp. scraps a laborious and outdated manual process, and puts its entire supply chain on the road to digitization.
Supply Chain Brain
NOVEMBER 2, 2020
VeriShip, a shipping expense optimization platform, announced a merger with Sifted, a provider of a data science-driven predictive logistics platform.
Supply Chain Brain
NOVEMBER 6, 2020
The digital transformation of supply chains has been underway since 2010, but COVID-19 kicked it into top gear.
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For years, you and your team have fought an uphill battle. Supply disruptions. Cost pressures. ESG compliance. You name it, and you’ve had to navigate it. In 2025, many challenges will persist, but procurement and supply chain teams have a powerful tool with rapidly advancing capabilities to tackle them — artificial intelligence (AI). The GEP Outlook 2025 report examines the disruptive transformation AI is driving in procurement and supply chains, alongside other key trends and the macroeconomic
Supply Chain Brain
OCTOBER 31, 2020
Rob Wilson, president of Employco USA, offers advice on how employers should protect workers from contracting the coronavirus in the workplace, and what action to take when they do.
Supply Chain Brain
NOVEMBER 4, 2020
The last few months have seen a lot of so-called risk-management strategies fall by the wayside, as businesses have scrambled to cope with unimaginable upheavals in supply chains and consumer habits brought about by COVID-19. What’s the best way to cope with a crisis? The first piece of advice is old as the hills: Don’t panic. You might think you have the right tactics and strategies in place, but in the real world you’re likely to be blindsided by a disaster, whether it’
Supply Chain Brain
NOVEMBER 1, 2020
Warehouses are deploying artificial intelligence to optimize their packing operations.
Supply Chain Brain
NOVEMBER 1, 2020
Voice recognition software can cut costs and save time, but is it worth the investment in licenses and training?
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Supply Chain Brain
NOVEMBER 4, 2020
Avetta, a provider of supply chain risk management, launched Avetta Financial Risk, a tool for evaluating and monitoring the financial health of your supply chain, providing detailed financial metrics and ratings for accurate supplier evaluation.
Supply Chain Brain
NOVEMBER 5, 2020
Product returns are big business for U.S. companies, both at the B2B and B2C levels. As Purolator International National Business Development Manager Randy Stomp explains, "Returns have become, quite frankly, too big to ignore." But rather than treat returns as necessary evils, smart retailers are turning them into opportunities.
Supply Chain Brain
NOVEMBER 4, 2020
Rosemary Coates, executive director of The Reshoring Institute, explains why the coronavirus pandemic might finally be the crisis that drives manufacturers to shift production from China back to the U.S.
Supply Chain Brain
NOVEMBER 5, 2020
With staff off work, an economic slowdown, and swings in the supply and demand for essential goods, new Covid-related restrictions will add to pressure on logistics firms and supply chains.
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