ProcurePort

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

ProcurePort invited Procurement Insights industry thought-leader Jon Hansen to share his thoughts on automating procurement. Here is what he had to say: There remains a significant gap between the Haves and Have nots in the procurement space. Fortune 2000 companies have moved towards total digitization of all procurement processes (including experimentation with AI and Blockchain). […].

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All Things Supply Chain

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

The highly contagious coronavirus is the cause of new headlines every hour. In addition to the threatening increase in the number of infections and deaths, the economy is also affected.

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

North Carolina State Poole College of Management recently produced this 28 page report entitled “ 2019 Supply Chain Data Quality and Governance Study ”. The report contains some great illustrations of the current state of Data governance across the organizations that were surveyed, with a specific focus on the supply chain. In this blog, I have attempted to extrapolate some of the main points shared by those who are winning, or at least, not losing the war on bad data.

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Supply Chain Brain

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

The key to fighting the coronavirus outbreak lies in the application of supply-chain management principles, and the creation of a global, end-to-end network for partner collaboration in the healthcare industry.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Article originally published by, and permission to publish here provided by, Sam Jenks at kodiakrating.com. I feel you. I was there. In the exact same position, you’re in now. A cynic. A skeptic. A person, utterly exhausted with seeing those two letters: AI. As we see from Deloitte’s CPO Survey in 2018, AI is only fully deployed in 2% of procurement organizations and is far from making any real impact at scale within the digi

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All Things Supply Chain

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Everyone is talking about creating digital and smart supply chains, but few people actually have the knowledge or experience to be “the digital game changer” in their companies.

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Supply Chain Brain

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Healthcare supply chains tend to be high-margin, regulated businesses with strict quality requirements, such as the need for cold-chain storage and transportation. Yet they’re often ripe for improvements across the board.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Do you have a Freight Management Strategy or are you Spinning your Wheels? Freight Management Hell article originally published by, and permission to publish here provided by, Adam Robinson at cerasis.com. The road to freight management Hell is laden with poor freight visibility and outdated systems.

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All Things Supply Chain

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Supply Chain Management Outsourcing has been on many experts’ lists (including Gartner) in regard to the supply chain trends to watch out for in 2020.

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EazyStock

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Inventory Management, Business Growth & Expanding Product Portfolios. At EazyStock we talk to a lot of small- and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) who are struggling to effectively manage their inventory. Three common causes for this are: Complex supply chains as businesses rely on a vast network of manufacturers, distributors and retailers. Expanding product portfolios due to business growth and as customers demand more choice.

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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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SupplyShift

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

Imagine requesting a Q1 financial report from a vendor and receiving data for September through November. “What?” the vendor asks incredulously…“That’s our Q1.” Having a common framework and understanding of terms, requirements, and measurements for evaluation—or standardization—is critical to well-functioning business processes. This is especially true in the case of supply chain sustainability.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. What’s the Difference between Procurement and Purchasing? (Infographic). Why Procurement Transformation Fail article created by, and permission to publish here provided by, Jill Button at [link]. Over these past 28 years of my career in Procurement (yes I started when I was 12), I’ve had the privilege and pain of seeing, not just procurement, but many different types of Transformation initiatives succeed and, unfortuna

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Supply Chain Brain

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

It’s been 20 years since passage of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000. Yet public awareness of human trafficking in global supply chains remains shockingly deficient.

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Claritum

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Claritum Article - Procurement Blog. Contents. 1. Introduction. 2. Bespoke requirements - key sourcing issues. 3. Sourcing Bespoke requirements the right way. 4. Claritum’s solution for bespoke procurement. 1 Introduction. Sourcing of bespoke requirements needs to be managed effectively within an Organisation. Problems can arise when bespoke requirements are purchased directly by employees throughout the organisation or just “passed through” by overworked buyers who have no time to deal with the

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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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SupplyShift

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

Imagine requesting a Q1 financial report from a vendor and receiving data for September through November. “What?” the vendor asks incredulously…“That’s our Q1.” Having a common framework and understanding of terms, requirements, and measurements for evaluation—or standardization—is critical to well-functioning business processes. This is especially true in the case of supply chain sustainability.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Quantum Leap to the Top 10 Supply Chain Skills of the Future! The phrase “Supply Chain Management” was originally coined by Keith Oliver in 1982 and subsequently gained increasing popularity as its usage was proliferated in books and language. That was the start of Supply Chain education.

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Supply Chain Brain

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Even though organizations are increasing their safety-compliance programs, preventable workplace incidents continue to occur.

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Claritum

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

How can you achieve procurement best practice in your organization? In this article we look at what we think are the 5 most important steps towards effective eProcurement. Image of the 5 Steps to best practice Visibility, Control, Efficiencies, Savings and Creating value. Read the article at claritum.com. Visibility. visibilityStep 1 is to get good spend visibility and understand what you are buying and how much you are spending across all your spend categories.

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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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All Things Supply Chain

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Coronavirus impacts Shipping Industry The impact of the coronavirus outbreak is being felt by the shipping industry with ships calling at or through major Chinese ports falling 20% since January…

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Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Article, and permission to publish here, provided by Francis Dimaano at practiceaptitudetests.com. Verbal reasoning tests evaluate your capacity to extract key pieces of information from dense pieces of text. In doing so, your comprehension and general capability is tested and potential employers can form a clearer picture of how you think and act under pressure.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Scott Cleaver, COO at ecobee. 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 at Supply Chain Game Changer.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Network Optimization – What are your Success Criteria? . The fast growing E-Commerce channel makes it an attractive avenue for most companies to participate in. The tremendous amount of investment required to participate in online product sales requires explicit decision making as to how a company is going to fulfill those orders.

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Claritum

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

1: Introduction. Sourcing of bespoke requirements needs to be managed effectively within an Organisation. Problems can arise when bespoke requirements are purchased directly by employees throughout the organisation or just “passed through” by overworked buyers who have no time to deal with the suppliers. This can result in products and services being purchased across the organisation with no consistency of supply, sustainability or quality.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. The Agile Supply Chain! Why Agility is Trumping Lean! Lean management article originally published by Veridian at [link] Permission to publish here provided by Jason Rosing. What is Lean Inventory Management? What techniques are applied to make it successful? More firms are implementing lean inventory management techniques to reduce costs, improve flexibility and have more time to focus on their customers.

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