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How d’ya like your eggs in the morning? – Why 3D printing may soon be on the menu (of companies)

All Things Supply Chain

“How d’ya like your eggs in the morning?” is a classic song from the 1951 film, “Rich, Young and Pretty”.

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Managing Supplier Bids with e-Tendering Software

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In the complex, fast-paced global market of the modern world, it pays to use software to lighten the load. Here is what professionals should know about managing supplier bids with e-Tendering software and how it can improve operational efficiency. The Challenges of Managing Supplier Bids throughout the Tendering Process When firms engage in tendering by […].

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What Does “Good” Look Like: Strategic Sourcing

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Doug Keeley, Product Marketing Manager, Ivalua. If you have ever read an article about Procurement best practices, you know that a very small minority of teams are categorized as leaders and an equally small minority are considered laggards. That leaves the vast majority of companies and teams in the middle – and each one of them is working hard every day to be as good as they can given their current priorities, challenges and resources.

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Supply Chains Are Going Green in These Six Ways

Supply Chain Brain

Eco-friendly trends are finally catching on within supply-chain management — and transforming how the industry operates.

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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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Supply Chain Weekly Wrap-Up: 11/22/19 – 11/28/19

All Things Supply Chain

Blockchain could save the food industry billions, according to new research Blockchain could save the food industry $31 billion by the year 2024 according to new data from Juniper Research.

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Rising Detention Times and the Cost of Not Protecting “Shipper of Choice” Status

Supply Chain Collaborator

Sadly, it seems some shippers may have forgotten an important truth about effective carrier relations. ATRI reports detention times have crept up in 2019 following the historic and painful capacity crunch of 2018 during which, shippers pursued “Shipper of Choice” status with their carriers by focusing on ways to make carriers’ lives easier (like reducing detention/dwell time).

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How Industrial IoT Is Transforming Supply Chains

Supply Chain Brain

Supply-chain inefficiencies are having a huge impact the world round. In the UK alone, they cost businesses at least US$1.9 billion annually in lost productivity.

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The Digital Opportunity for 3PL Logistics Operations!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. What is the Digital Supply Chain? Article originally published by, and permission to publish here provided by, Raanan Cohen at bringg.com. Third-party logistics (or 3PL) providers, are standing on the brink of breakout growth. The shipper ecosystem is burgeoning with more delivery orders, more inventory to be managed, more deliveries and more services than ever before.

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Prepare for 2020 by Reviewing Five Important Shipper Metrics in TMS

Supply Chain Collaborator

Your TMS solution (if it is digitization-ready and up to date with a focus on data analytics), is a treasure trove of information a savvy shipper can harness to drive efficiency and savings improvements. Of course, the TMS alone is just a tool and a shipper will also need experienced guidance and proven expertise of a truly collaborative TMS provider/partner.

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Establishing Procurement as a Competitive Advantage

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Alex Saric, CMO, Ivalua. In my previous posts, I looked at how to successfully launch a digital transformation and progress to best-in-class Procurement. Achieving best-in-class is a worthy goal, but should be viewed as an interim one rather than the ultimate objective, at least as typically measured. Most leaders seem to track their progress with metrics such as percent of spend managed and digitization levels, defining best-in-class as being the top quartile or similar high percentage.

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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.

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7 Things to Consider Before Implementing Procurement SaaS

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What is SaaS? . W hen you decide to deploy a SaaS solution for procurement , you are choosing the provider of a service. You don ’ t choose any of the server, storage, or networking specifics, and you don ’ t choose an operating system, or even a language to develop new tools in. Rather, you get an application, such as eProcurement or S upply C hain M anagement.

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How to Avoid Costly Errors in Supply Chain Management!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Disaster Strikes!!! Is Your Supply Chain Ready To Recover? Article provided to Supply Chain Game Changer by, and permission to publish here provided by, Aimee Laurence. Having a productive and efficient supply chain is very important for a business. In supply chain management, it is essential to keep all unnecessary costs mitigated.

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The ‘Modern’ Factory Remains a Dream for Many Manufacturers

Supply Chain Brain

When it comes to running the modern-day factory, there’s a yawning gap between theory and reality.

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Washington 2020 – Jon Stevens

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Jon Stevens. President. Jon is the President of the JLL Digital Businesses. Jones Lang Lasalle is one of the largest commercial real estate and wealth management companies in the world. JLL Digital is a cloud software company focused on bringing innovation to the industry to improve how companies manage properties and advise clients on investment strategy.

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Freight Procurement Simplified: Bids from Hours to Minutes

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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Claritum appoints Pearson May to drive next phase of growth

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Claritum Article - Procurement Blog. Bath, UK (November 26, 2019) – Claritum, a provider of cloud based spend management solutions, today announced a change of accountancy firm to Pearson May in Bath. “This change is fundamental for our next phase of growth.” said Prof. Richard Hillum, Executive Chairman at Claritum. “Pearson May have a solid track record in financial management of fast-growing international technology companies.”.

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Ensuring Your Supply Chain Doesn’t Break on Black Friday!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. The 5 Point Last Minute Black Friday Supply Chain Checklist! The Black Friday/Cyber Monday period is the busiest time of the year in E-Commerce and Retail. For most companies selling in these channels they will see a spike in demand unlike anything they’ve experienced the entire year.