All Things Supply Chain

MAY 20, 2024

In the bustling world of construction, fleets of vehicles and equipment are the gears that keep projects moving forward.

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ABC of Procurement

MAY 18, 2024

Especially for those new to procurement, navigating procurement ethics is sometimes complex. Here are the dos and don'ts. The post Procurement ethics – the dos and don’ts first appeared on ABC of Procurement.

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Procurement Templates

MAY 21, 2024

An example of typical evaluation criteria for professional services. Don’t forget this is a generic list and you will need to tailor it to your specific tender and ensure that it links back to the specification 1. Experience and Expertise (20 points) Number of years in business (5 points) Relevant industry experience (5 points) Technical expertise and certifications (5 points) Client portfolio and case studies (5 points) 2.

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Procurement Leaders

MAY 20, 2024

And that’s a wrap! An incredible three days of inspiration, collaboration and networking saw the World Procurement Congress 2024 bring together more than 1,000 procurement rockstars in London, culminating in the glamour of the World Procurement Awards. What an experience, what an inspiration, what a community! It’s incredibly difficult to give justice to the sheer level of insight that was shared across the days of this event; the amount of progress that individual procurement executives will ma

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Supply Chain Brain

MAY 20, 2024

A shift to shorter supply chains not only helps manage the unpredictability of costs, but also strengthens supply chain resilience by reducing dependency on distant suppliers.

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Supply Chain Dive

MAY 24, 2024

While there has not been a "wholesale shift" in volumes to the West Coast, conversations have started, per a Port of Los Angeles media briefing.

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SCMDOJO

MAY 20, 2024

Modern supply chains are more efficient and faster than ever before. However, the emergence of technology boosted brands’ access to customers in the first place, and thus, a need for more efficient supply chain practices. This article reviews how traditional internet technologies have influenced today’s supply chain solutions. The Importance of Modern Supply Chain Solutions As eCommerce becomes a more prevalent part of our business world, modern supply chain solutions have become the norm.

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Supply Chain Brain

MAY 22, 2024

Supply chain attacks have become increasingly sophisticated, and manufacturing stakeholders should prepare for the cyber threats that are most likely to impact their operations.

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Supply Chain Dive

MAY 23, 2024

The resources generated by the new system will support Toyota Logistics Services’ vehicle-processing and distribution center at the port.

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Spend Matters

MAY 23, 2024

This content does not express the views or opinions of Spend Matters. There has been a steady stream of supply chain crises in the news this spring, from shipping delays in the Middle East due to regional conflict to the halting of semiconductor production in Taiwan and the upending of imports and exports out of Baltimore. Each unexpected event serves as a reminder to stakeholders across the supply chain that disruption is inevitable — but it doesn’t have to be unpredictable.

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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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IBM Supply Chain Blog

MAY 20, 2024

The physics of atoms and the technology behind treating disease might sound like disparate fields. However, in the past few decades, advances in artificial intelligence, sensing, simulation and more have driven enormous impacts within the biotech industry. Quantum computing provides an opportunity to extend these advancements with computational speedups and/or accuracy in each of those areas.

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Supply Chain Brain

MAY 19, 2024

The Port of Baltimore has seen roro and container vessel traffic resume with the opening of a deep-water channel on May 14, allowing access to four alternative channels.

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Supply Chain Dive

MAY 23, 2024

The retailer is looking to “sell much more of much fewer products" over the long term, founder Kevin Plank said.

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Spend Matters

MAY 20, 2024

This Spend Matters Vendor Analysis provides an update on Agiloft and its contract lifecycle management (CLM) solution. We last covered Agiloft in 2020, and the provider has since continued to build advanced functionalities to appeal to large organizations. Agiloft’s product updates have centered around AI, including recent generative AI releases. Overall, the provider has cemented its position as a best-of-breed provider that can compete against any CLM provider on the basis of solution depth, w

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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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IBM Supply Chain Blog

MAY 24, 2024

The exchange of securities between parties is a critical aspect of the financial industry that demands high levels of security and efficiency. Triparty repo dealing systems, central to these exchanges, require seamless and secure communication across different platforms. The Clearing Corporation of India Limited (CCIL) recently recommended (link resides outside ibm.com) IBM® MQ as the messaging software requirement for all its members to manage the triparty repo dealing system.

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Supply Chain Brain

MAY 19, 2024

Manufacturers are rethinking their sourcing strategies, and for that exercise the chief procurement officer occupies center stage. But there’s another executive who’s playing an equally vital role.

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Supply Chain Dive

MAY 20, 2024

Dave D’Angelo has experience with product development in the sporting goods industry and will aim to help the company with new opportunities.

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Spend Matters

MAY 21, 2024

Many procurement solution providers claim to be ‘platform’ providers. What is the difference between an app provider and a platform provider? And does it even matter to procurement or others in general? In this article, prt of which originally published in 2014, our analysts explain why it does. This content is for members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read.

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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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IBM Supply Chain Blog

MAY 23, 2024

Data is the lifeblood of every organization. As your organization’s data footprint expands across the clouds and between your own business lines to drive value, it is essential to secure data at all stages of the cloud adoption and throughout the data lifecycle. While there are different mechanisms available to encrypt data throughout its lifecycle ( in transit , at rest and in use ), application-level encryption (ALE) provides an additional layer of protection by encrypting data at its so

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Supply Chain Brain

MAY 20, 2024

Unlike conventional software, which becomes outdated as time passes, newer AI-driven machine-learning systems become increasingly sophisticated with age.

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Supply Chain Dive

MAY 23, 2024

The gift provider's efforts include placing inventory closer to end customers as it looks to mitigate fuel surcharges and other fees.

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Spend Matters

MAY 22, 2024

Spend Matters is researching the personal viewpoints and the practical application of AI among leaders in the procurement profession. We are welcoming both opinion and real-life use cases from senior procurement and supply practitioners to bring genuine first-hand insights to like-minded procurement professionals. If you would like to join the dialog please reach out to us or submit your points of view or observations here.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

MAY 20, 2024

Machine learning (ML) has become a critical component of many organizations’ digital transformation strategy. From predicting customer behavior to optimizing business processes, ML algorithms are increasingly being used to make decisions that impact business outcomes. Have you ever wondered how these algorithms arrive at their conclusions? The answer lies in the data used to train these models and how that data is derived.

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Supply Chain Brain

MAY 22, 2024

When it comes to environmental impact, the supply chain has a visibility problem — and not just between external partners.

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Supply Chain Dive

MAY 24, 2024

The retailer limited instances of shipments originating from out-of-market areas and multiple deliveries per order in Q1.

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Spend Matters

MAY 20, 2024

In this guest post from Jeff Gibbons of The Hackett Group, he identifies six (sometimes overlooked) critical factors to ensuring a successful procurement transformation. This content is for members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read. The post Procurement Transformation: Six key success factors appeared first on Spend Matters.

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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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The Network Effect

MAY 23, 2024

The post Generative AI: Force Multiplier for Autonomous Supply Chain Management appeared first on The Network Effect.

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Supply Chain Brain

MAY 22, 2024

Over the last year, 73% or merchants saw impacts to their businesses from international shipping problems such as delays, damaged products or theft.

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Supply Chain Dive

MAY 20, 2024

While some grocers are scaling back on opening e-commerce-focused facilities, the grocer plans to add more of them to its Texas footprint.

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Spend Matters

MAY 21, 2024

Spend Matters chose Intake and Orchestration as its main research theme for this quarter because we believe it is the fastest-growing procurement tech market segment today. If you’d like to understand more about what intake management and orchestration mean for procurement, read our Guide to Intake and Orchestration. As part of our research, we are conducting analyst-led analysis / thought leadership , solution provider deep-dive analyses , webinars and interviews with both the practitioners who

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