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The impact of the European energy crisis on supply chains

All Things Supply Chain

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…

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Got Supply Chain Woes? Try Getting Flexible in These Three Areas

Supply Chain Brain

When shipping rates began to rise at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was hope that the situation would be short-lived. Unfortunately, two years later, it has become clear that shipping issues are here to stay. .

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Protected: 2022 Ivalua NOW DC Recap!

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This content is password protected. To view it please enter your password below: Password: The post Protected: 2022 Ivalua NOW DC Recap! appeared first on Ivalua.

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What Is a Procurement Strategy? 8 Steps to Develop One

ProcurePort

• 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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GEP Spend Category Outlook Report 2025

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.

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Event Review: Procurement & Supply Chain LIVE

All Things Supply Chain

On 27th-28th April 2022 I had the opportunity to attend Procurement & Supply Chain LIVE, an event hosted by BizClick Media Group.

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Supply Chains Flare Up Again, Endangering Global Recovery

Supply Chain Brain

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.

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Constructing a Best-in-Class Global Procurement Organization

ProcurePort

• 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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Smart Manufacturing: 5 Factors That Make Your Factory Smart!

Supply Chain Game Changer

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

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Minimizing Retail Supply Chain Frustrations With a Strong Data Strategy

Supply Chain Brain

Supply chains are a bit like utilities: nobody notices them until problems arise. And here’s no escaping notice these days.

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Your supply chain network is only as good as what you can do with it

The Network Effect

The post Your supply chain network is only as good as what you can do with it appeared first on The Network Effect.

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5 Ways You Can Win Faster with Gen AI in Sales

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.

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Supplier KPIs | 7 Performance Indicators You Should Be Measuring

ProcurePort

• 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.

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Top 5 Programmatic Advertising Channels!

Supply Chain Game Changer

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.

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An American Toymaker Doubles Down on Sourcing in China During the Pandemic

Supply Chain Brain

A least one U.S. consumer-products manufacturer has no intention of giving up on China anytime soon. .

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Cold-Email Fails that Will Make You Want to Cringe!

Ms. Category Management

Cold-emails can be easy to mess up! So don't make these easy mistakes.

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From Reactive to Resilient: Charting Your Supply Chain Maturity

In this webinar, supply chain industry experts share insights and best practices for enhancing supply chain efficiency, resilience and adaptability. Watch the webinar to learn strategies to develop supply chain maturity and save on costs. Delve into the stages of supply chain maturity, from foundational management to advanced optimization and innovation.

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The Procurement Manager’s Guide to Vendor Contract Management

ContractSafe

Managing vendor contracts and relationships is an often-underappreciated balancing act that procurement managers face.

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Benefits of Leasing the Audi A3 for your Business!

Supply Chain Game Changer

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.

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Who Should ‘Own’ Smart Fulfillment in Your Organization?

Supply Chain Brain

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.

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Public Course schedule

Positive Purchasing

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.

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The 2nd Generation of Innovation Management: A Survival Guide

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?

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: How do we win the war on talent?

Sourcing Solved

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?”.

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The Top 10 Video Games to Play!

Supply Chain Game Changer

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.

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Five Challenges in Parcel Shipping Optimization

Supply Chain Brain

Parcel shippers face five key obstacles in working to optimize their operations.

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JAGGAER Accelerates Autonomous Commerce Strategy with RFPIO Partnership

Jaggaer

The post JAGGAER Accelerates Autonomous Commerce Strategy with RFPIO Partnership appeared first on JAGGAER.

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GEP Outlook Report 2025

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

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Elevate your Procurement and Supply Chain Game: Join us at ISM World 2022

Zycus Cognitive Procurement

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

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The Future of Accounting is Continuous Accounting!

Supply Chain Game Changer

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.

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Watch: Is AI Smart Enough for Your Warehouse?

Supply Chain Brain

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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Marelli Uses JAGGAER for Procurement Worldwide

Jaggaer

The post Marelli Uses JAGGAER for Procurement Worldwide appeared first on JAGGAER.

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10 Ways to Leverage Buyer Signals and Drive Revenue

In today’s ultra-competitive markets, it’s no longer enough to wait for buyers to show obvious signs of interest. Instead, sales teams must be proactive, identifying and acting on nuanced buyer behaviors — often before prospects are fully ready to make a purchase. In this eBook from ZoomInfo & Sell Better, learn 10 actionable ways to use these buyer signals to transform your sales strategy and close deals faster.

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Revenue Creation & The New Triple Bottom Line with Martin Lee – Episode 56

Procurement Talk with David Byrne

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.

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Workplace Electric Vehicle Charging Station Things To Know!

Supply Chain Game Changer

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.

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U.S. Freight Industry Downshifts From Hectic Pace for Shipping

Supply Chain Brain

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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Using a Bot for Spot Ocean Freight – Alan Holland from Keelvar

The Procuretech Podcast

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.

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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.