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Supply Chain Essentials Every CEO Should Know

Supply Chain Brain

Chief executive officers typically take a back seat when it comes to supply-chain management, but by forging a greater synergy with supply-chain managers, they can take their organizations on a journey toward prolonged success.

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Unrealistic Total Cost of TMS Ownership Perceptions Often Impact ROI

Supply Chain Collaborator

Everyone loves a bargain. When it comes to cloud TMS software, there’s no shortage of attractively priced solutions offerings from providers large and small, young and old. However, just because a provider offers attractively low subscription fees, it doesn’t mean a shipper is getting the best deal. Sadly, many shippers aren’t aware of all the potential costs associated with TMS ownership.

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What’s the Difference Between Fulfillment and Replenishment?

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. From Click to Ship in 4 Minutes! … Principles for World Class E-Commerce Fulfillment! People who do not work in Supply Chain may hear the terms Fulfillment and Replenishment and consider that they mean the same thing. Interestingly many people who do work in Supply Chain consider the terms Fulfillment and Replenishment to be synonymous.

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How a Leading Retailer is Using a Control Tower to Manage their Supply Chain

The Network Effect

How one of the largest retailers in Africa is using innovative technology to improve customer service while lowering supply chain. The post How a Leading Retailer is Using a Control Tower to Manage their Supply Chain appeared first on The Network Effect.

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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.

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How a Site for Luxury Goods Steers Profits to a Good Cause

Supply Chain Brain

The profit margin for luxury goods is usually far higher than that for lower-priced items. So why not give back some of that money to a good cause – specifically, the education of young girls?

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How Businesses Can Address Modern Slavery in Supply Chains

SupplyShift

In 2015, the UK became the first major world economic power to pass legislation targeting modern slavery. The UK Modern Slavery Act requires companies with revenues greater than £36 million to issue an annual “Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement” outlining the efforts being taken to rid its supply chain of human rights violations. Similar bills have since passed or are being considered by seven other G20 nations.

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Ivalua Public Procurement & Acquisitions Summit to Showcase Innovations & Government Success Stories

ivalua

Premier event for Acquisitions / Procurement practitioners will showcase the innovations and best practices delivering improved efficiency, transparency and value to taxpayers. REDWOOD CITY, Calif. , Feb. 21, 2019 – Ivalua, a leading provider of global Spend Management Cloud solutions, today announced details of an event focused on bringing private sector best practices to the public sector.

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Exposing the Myth of Blockchain: Why the Hype Is Holding You Back

Supply Chain Brain

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How Businesses Can Address Modern Slavery in Supply Chains

SupplyShift

In 2015, the UK became the first major world economic power to pass legislation targeting modern slavery. The UK Modern Slavery Act requires companies with revenues greater than £36 million to issue an annual “Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement” outlining the efforts being taken to rid its supply chain of human rights violations. Similar bills have since passed or are being considered by seven other G20 nations.

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The Most Popular Women in Cryptocurrency!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. What’s the Difference Between Blockchain and Supply Chain? Article and infographic, and permission to publish here, provided by Karthik at [link]. Cryptocurrency is a digital currency and is based on encryption techniques, which are used in regulating the currency units. The same encryption techniques are used in the transfer of funds and these digital currencies operate independently, without the role of a central bank.

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Autonomous AI Agents Are the Future of Procurement and Supply Chain Operations

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.