5 Tips for Determining Your Packaging Design and Materials
All Things Supply Chain
OCTOBER 14, 2019
Package design or initial presentation of your goods and products can, believe it or not, make or break your business.
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Achieving Best-in-Class Procurement
ivalua
OCTOBER 15, 2019
Alex Saric, CMO, Ivalua. In my last post , I discussed how to successfully launch a digital Procurement transformation. A strong start is critical, but it’s just a start. The true potential value of effective digital transformation requires rapid progress, addressing more processes, more spend and more suppliers. Organizations are naturally eager to achieve best-in-class performance, yet most find themselves stuck somewhere along the way, with low to moderate levels of digitization, spend under
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Why Reverse Auction Services Are a Staple of e-Procurement
ProcurePort
OCTOBER 15, 2019
A reverse auction is considered a staple of e-procurement. Unlike a typical auction, the sellers are bidding to obtain a company’s business. The bidding for business generally leads to the prices offered to drop during the period of the procurement auction. A reverse auction targets new suppliers, and sets out to ensure any previous suppliers […].
Procurement: Waterfall Methodology vs. Agile Methodology
Jaggaer
OCTOBER 15, 2019
There are many approaches to delivering a software solution but there are two main categories: waterfall, or traditional methodology, and the more recent agile delivery model. Learn the differences, and how to speed up the success of your procurement processes through agile implementation in our Get Smart webinar. Waterfall is so-called because it is a linear approach to software development.
Load Optimization: A Sustainable Way To Reduce Transportation Costs
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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.
5 Trends in Email Marketing for Supply Chain and Logistics!
Supply Chain Game Changer
OCTOBER 16, 2019
Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. The Green Supply Chain: True Sustainability or Just One Big Marketing Stunt? Article written for Supply Chain Game Changer by, and permission to publish here provided by, Ellie Coverdale. Contrary to the popular belief from years ago, email is alive and well, and more people are using email than ever before.
Putting an End to Supply-Chain Payment Kinks With Automation
Supply Chain Brain
OCTOBER 15, 2019
A world without supply chains would look nothing like the one we know today. But a world without streamlined payments throughout that supply chain is just the world we live in.
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OCTOBER 17, 2019
Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Content Marketing Trends for Supply Chain! Article written for Supply Chain Game Changer by, and permission to publish here provided by, Lara Douglas at Neon Signs Depot. Everyone experiences an overload of ads daily. YouTube, Facebook, and even your email inbox are full of them.
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The Current State of Digital Readiness: Mastering the Supply Chain Data Challenge, 29th October 2019
ivalua
OCTOBER 16, 2019
According to Gartner research, “Organizations believe poor data quality to be responsible for an average of $15 million per year in losses.” What is the impact for you? Organizations preparing to embark on a digital transformation journey quickly discover that without quality data, they will be unable to proceed towards their goals. Join our interactive Q&A webinar session on Tuesday, October 29 at 11 AM EDT / 3 PM GMT.
Autonomous AI Agents Are the Future of Procurement and Supply Chain Operations
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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.
Featuring Our 12 Best Procurement Articles!
Supply Chain Game Changer
OCTOBER 15, 2019
Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Procurement is a core function in every single company. Whether purchasing goods or services to support the company’s product offering or purchasing goods or services to support the infrastructure and operation of the company, Procurement is key. Depending on the type of industry you are in the Procurement of goods and or services can be the largest, or one of the largest, expense areas.
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