All Things Supply Chain
MAY 2, 2022
The topic of energy has been widely discussed since the climate crisis began, and now, energy is experiencing a crisis of its own, due to the current events happening in…
ProcurePort
MAY 5, 2022
• What is procurement strategy? • Procurement is a hinge operation in most organizations. Done right, it greatly facilitates cost mitigation, improves risk and supply chain management, and expedites sourcing. • In order to tap into all the benefits of procurement, however, it’s imperative to have a good procurement strategy. • But what is procurement […].
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ivalua
MAY 5, 2022
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SCMDOJO
MAY 6, 2022
Modern enterprises rely on supply chain software to track several activities, including manufacturing and distribution of goods. However, most of these systems were created before web technologies existed or were in their infancy. Many supply chain systems are closed-source, all-in-one, proprietary, expensive, and difficult to customize ( read Why ERP Sucks ).
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All Things Supply Chain
MAY 4, 2022
On 27th-28th April 2022 I had the opportunity to attend Procurement & Supply Chain LIVE, an event hosted by BizClick Media Group.
ProcurePort
MAY 4, 2022
• Are you looking to transform your sourcing operations and wondering how you can build a best-in-class procurement organization? • whether you’re a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), multinational cooperation, or a business with regional and international operations, building a global procurement organization might just be the answer to your problem. • Here are five steps to […].
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Supply Chain Game Changer
MAY 5, 2022
Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Industry 4.0 – Smart Manufacturing of the Future! (Infographic). The manufacturing industry has been changing rapidly, aided by the newest software systems and machinery. Consumers continue to demand customized products, adding to the challenge of low-cost production. Manufacturers have been forced to look hard at their production methods, labor costs, and transportation expenses, among numerous other areas throughout t
The Network Effect
MAY 6, 2022
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ProcurePort
MAY 3, 2022
• A procurement function without supplier performance KPIs is likely a fruitless process. While this procurement function may work in the short term, it cannot meet long-term procurement needs and changing supply chain demands. • Measuring your suppliers’ performances help you evaluate your end-to-end procurement processes, providing total visibility into business processes.
Supply Chain Brain
MAY 1, 2022
Global supply chains are knotting up from China to Denmark, sparking re-examinations of things as macro as globalization itself and micro as trucking efficiency around American ports.
Advertiser: GEP
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
MAY 6, 2022
Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. How to Promote Social Networks with Content Marketing! Different channels for programmatic advertising were created to make ad campaigns effective. If this tool is applied, the ads are placed on websites without human participation. It is also helpful for publishers and optimization of their inventories.
Positive Purchasing
MAY 6, 2022
Supplier Relationship Management - Intensive Online Public Course. Cost: £1,460 +VAT pp* Date: 12-13 September and 3-4 October 2022 Venue: Delivered online as a series of 4 x 3.5 hour workshops. An intensive Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) course aimed at purchasing professionals and potentially some key stakeholders. This course is designed to help practitioners manage important suppliers and develop specific interventions to achieve business goals.
Sourcing Solved
MAY 5, 2022
We live and work in a busy world in which there is little time to read, watch or listen beyond the headlines. Hello, my name is Iain Campbell-McKenna, and this is “Procurement in 5-minutes.” That’s right, in 5-minutes I promise to tackle some of the biggest challenges and deepest questions our profession and industry face on a day-to-day basis. In today’s 5-minutes I welcome the Managing Partner at Solvint Switzerland, Dirk Spijkers to answer the question: “How do we win the war on talent?”.
Supply Chain Brain
MAY 2, 2022
Supply chains are a bit like utilities: nobody notices them until problems arise. And here’s no escaping notice these days.
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
MAY 1, 2022
Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. 5 Ways to Reduce Fleet Management Costs! Leasing a car for business is becoming quite popular as there are many benefits in doing so. Specifically, financial benefits, which is really what any business would like to hear. It is a cheaper option over buying, it comes with tax benefits as well as the option of driving different cars.
The Procuretech Podcast
MAY 3, 2022
This week we're taking on a very relevant topic in today's marketplace. Given the current supply chain crisis and geopolitical instability, what better time to speak to a guest from a unique eSourcing solution? Alan Holland, CEO of Keelvar, is here to tell us how AI can offer something more immediate, spot and transactional, in these unstable times when agility matters.
Zycus Cognitive Procurement
MAY 4, 2022
Join us at ISM World 2022. For many, ISM World annual conference will mark the return of large world-class conferences offering the best of both worlds with In-person & Digital, and the Zycus team couldn’t be more excited to be a part of it. We’ve had such an explosive year so far – from onboarding multiple new customers, to getting first-hand recognition from Forrester & Gartner on enabling procurement transformation for large enterprises using AI, to expanding our global presence and
Supply Chain Brain
MAY 6, 2022
Much has been written about AI software and robotics in the warehouse from a technology and functionality perspective. Far less has been written about the broad question of who “owns” this type of “smart fulfillment” in an organization.
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
MAY 5, 2022
Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. How to Shake Up Your Gaming Experience! The year is already filled with a large variety of interesting games, many of which are still subject to release, making for an exciting wait for many gamers. For those who enjoy the offline story mode experience, these 10 games have been highly recommended for gamers who would rather play outside an online game server.
Procurement Talk with David Byrne
MAY 3, 2022
Listen in Apple Podcasts Listen in Spotify Listen in Google Podcasts Episode show notes “You’ll start to think, ‘I’ll be making a sourcing decision against one of the biggest elements of our impact within the next few years, which might almost commit me already to 2030’. It’s about getting that … Continued. The post Revenue Creation & The New Triple Bottom Line with Martin Lee – Episode 56 appeared first on Talent Drive.
Fraxion
MAY 2, 2022
The concept of spend analysis has been around for decades, although awareness of it has been limited. With procurement evolving into a strategic function, more businesses are realizing the benefits of spend analysis in maximizing value and savings from their indirect spend.
Supply Chain Brain
MAY 4, 2022
A gauge of logistics stress in the U.S. economy eased in April as freight transportation cooled, a sign that the broader economy is downshifting to a speed that remains expansionary.
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Supply Chain Game Changer
MAY 4, 2022
Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Spreadsheets – A History and a Future! Let’s face it, before now, accounting was boring! As an accountant, you’d have to wait for long, tiring hours to input small accounting transactions. Then there was the dreaded spreadsheet that was used to run reports manually. Most times, the closing process at the end of the month grabs the full attention of accountants.
Negotiations Ninja
MAY 1, 2022
“Say Less, Get More” is Fotini Iconomopoulos’ latest book where she teaches negotiators unconventional ways to get what they want—i.e., say less to get more. But the average person avoids negotiating. Anything that could bruise egos, cause conflict, or make someone feel a sense of loss, can cause people distress. When this happens, Fotini sees people go into flight, fright, or freeze.
Fraxion
MAY 2, 2022
The concept of spend analysis has been around for decades, although awareness around it has been limited. With procurement evolving into a strategic function, spend analysis is gaining momentum as more businesses realize the benefits of maximizing value from their indirect spend. However, conducting it is a complex undertaking without the business intelligence that spend analytics software affords.
Supply Chain Brain
MAY 2, 2022
Employers at West Coast ports at the center of the U.S. supply chain crisis released a study extolling the benefits of automation a week before the start of labor talks where the issue is set to feature.
Advertiser: GEP
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.
Supply Chain Game Changer
APRIL 30, 2022
Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. The Electric Vehicle Charging Station Infrastructure! Businesses are under continuous pressure to be greener, with customers, employees and the government expecting companies to become more sustainable. One survey revealed that 83% of consumers think businesses should do more to be environmentally sustainable.
ContractSafe
MAY 6, 2022
Managing vendor contracts and relationships is an often-underappreciated balancing act that procurement managers face.
Ms. Category Management
MAY 4, 2022
Cold-emails can be easy to mess up! So don't make these easy mistakes.
Supply Chain Brain
MAY 6, 2022
Once you understand your data landscape, the application of artificial intelligence becomes much more manageable, says Roger Counihan, chief revenue officer at CognitOps.
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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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