Procurement Tactics
JULY 17, 2023
Bonus PDF: 51 ChatGPT Prompts to 10X Your Productivity in Procurement Download 51 Prompts → Or receive our famous weekly newsletter Choosing a Contract Management Tool Choosing a contract management tool is crucial for your business as you need to select what suits your company the best. However, what are the factors that you need to consider when choosing one?
Supply Chain Brain
JULY 16, 2023
Leveraging analytics software with supply chain data helps shippers predict freight market trends, lower operating costs, negotiate rates more effectively and respond to disruption quickly.
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Procurement Leaders
JULY 19, 2023
In partnership with Tradeshift: Making the right move before anyone else can deliver significant business benefits.
SCMR (Supply Chain Management Review)
JULY 20, 2023
New research from The Hackett Group found that top-performing procurement organizations spend 21% less on operations than their peers.
Speaker: Benjamin Woll
Enterprise commerce is at an inflection point. Rigid, monolithic platforms slow brands down, but a full replatforming is disruptive and costly. Shopify’s modular architecture offers a flexible, scalable alternative - allowing enterprise brands to modernize without ripping and replacing their entire stack. Learn how Shopify’s composable approach helps modernize commerce stacks while maintaining control over critical systems.
Supply Chain Brain
JULY 18, 2023
As inflation lingers, the tough times for the freight industry are likely to continue. But shippers and carriers have the power to combat rising costs.
All Things Supply Chain
JULY 21, 2023
Mercedes-Benz incorporates ChatGPT in Supply Chain Mercedes-Benz plans to integrate OpenAI’s ChatGPT technology into its manufacturing processes and vehicles.
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Procurement Heads
JULY 19, 2023
For our latest CPO Spotlight, Stephen spoke with Sagar Bhardwaj , Head of Practice – Consumer, about what has changed for him professionally since he last spoke with Procurement Heads. How much has changed for you professionally since your last Head2Head with us? Our organisation is up and running, we have Category Managers, and we have regional teams.
Supply Chain Brain
JULY 20, 2023
Wheat prices grew by 8.2% on the European stock exchange from July 18 to July 19 while U.S. wheat futures rose by 8.5%.
Supply Chain Dive
JULY 20, 2023
The parcel carrier's growing delivery network can now reach 80% of the U.S. population.
Procurement Tactics
JULY 20, 2023
51 ChatGPT Prompts to 10X Your Productivity in Procurement Download ChatGPT PDF Procurement Courses Or receive our famous weekly newsletter US Stone Supplier — Industry and Applications, Benefits, Types, Pricing, and Reviews US Stone Industry and Applications The US stone industry is a major economic driver generating billions of dollars in revenue each year and employing hundreds of thousands of people.
Advertiser: GEP
2025 will feel familiar, in some regards. The procurement and supply chain category management landscape will remain turbulent, with geopolitical tensions, worries over fresh tariffs, rising costs, and supply chain disruptions posing significant challenges. But you should also expect some lightning-fast changes in 2025 as artificial intelligence continues to upend the way enterprises and procurement, supply chain, and category management professionals operate.
SCMDOJO
JULY 18, 2023
Contract management plays a crucial role in the procurement process, as it helps ensure compliance, mitigate risks, and optimize supplier relationships. By effectively managing contracts, organizations can maximize the value of their procurement activities and minimize potential issues. In this guide, we will explore the key benefits and importance of contract management in procurement and provide insights on how to implement effective practices.
Supply Chain Brain
JULY 20, 2023
UPS said that it is pleased to be continuing contract negotiations and that it's prepared to meet some of the union’s demands for better pay and more benefits.
Supply Chain Dive
JULY 19, 2023
A return to the bargaining table is welcome news for shippers, as the union says it will strike Aug. 1 if a tentative deal isn't reached.
Procurement Tactics
JULY 21, 2023
Menu Course Library 1. Negotiation Course Learn from industry experts who negotiated billion $ deals 2. Procurement Strategy Take the lead with our proven 5-step procurement strategy 3. Sustainable Procurement Maintain high profitability while moving toward sustainability 4. ChatGPT & AI Use ChatGPT to automate procurement processes 5. Junior Procurement Management Kickstart your career and become a procurement expert Access To All Unlimited access to all courses & templates Platform F
Advertiser: ZoomInfo
Incorporating generative AI (gen AI) into your sales process can speed up your wins through improved efficiency, personalized customer interactions, and better informed decision- making. Gen AI is a game changer for busy salespeople and can reduce time-consuming tasks, such as customer research, note-taking, and writing emails, and provide insightful data analysis and recommendations.
Spend Matters
JULY 19, 2023
This Spend Matters Insider vendor analysis provides an overview of Productiv and its SaaS procurement and management solution. Managing applications and procuring SaaS manually can cause critical pain points, such as siloed systems and poor alignment across stakeholders. Procurement, Finance and IT teams often lack a single source of truth, relying instead on spreadsheets, documents and contracts scattered across various platforms.
Supply Chain Brain
JULY 19, 2023
The new location offers direct planeside recovery, immediate unit load device (ULD) transfers to the facility and reduced processing fees.
Supply Chain Dive
JULY 19, 2023
Maritime employers had already ratified a deal when an ILWU Canada division rejected it, leading longshore workers to again walk off the job on Tuesday.
Procurement Tactics
JULY 19, 2023
Menu Course Library 1. Negotiation Course Learn from industry experts who negotiated billion $ deals 2. Procurement Strategy Take the lead with our proven 5-step procurement strategy 3. Sustainable Procurement Maintain high profitability while moving toward sustainability 4. ChatGPT & AI Use ChatGPT to automate procurement processes 5. Junior Procurement Management Kickstart your career and become a procurement expert Access To All Unlimited access to all courses & templates Platform F
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Positive Purchasing
JULY 18, 2023
The Fact Is We All Negotiate Whether it’s with our partner, our parents, children, friends, suppliers, customers or even our colleagues, when we want somebody to do something, we may well need to persuade them. And this is very much what negotiation is – persuading somebody else to either see something our way, or to do something that we want.
Supply Chain Brain
JULY 21, 2023
The organization said that it will not be able to begin manufacturing chips in 2024, as originally planned, due to a skilled worker shortage.
Supply Chain Dive
JULY 18, 2023
As companies consider realistic options for diversifying their supply chains, one Supply Chain Dive panelist asked if partners are ready to respond to new changes.
Procurement Tactics
JULY 20, 2023
Menu Course Library 1. Negotiation Course Learn from industry experts who negotiated billion $ deals 2. Procurement Strategy Take the lead with our proven 5-step procurement strategy 3. Sustainable Procurement Maintain high profitability while moving toward sustainability 4. ChatGPT & AI Use ChatGPT to automate procurement processes 5. Junior Procurement Management Kickstart your career and become a procurement expert Access To All Unlimited access to all courses & templates Platform F
Speaker: Becky Parisotto and John Vurdelja
Fulfillment is no longer just about getting products from point A to point B – it's about crafting seamless, scalable, customer first experiences. Flexible fulfillment strategies are more important than ever for those aiming to stay ahead and build resilience as retail enters a new era in 2025. Learn how to optimize fulfillment processes, tackle complex, multi-vendor orders, and create seamless customer experiences – from white-glove delivery for high-value items to quick-ship solutions for ever
Arkestro
JULY 21, 2023
All Case Studies Whitepapers Webinars Videos Press Blog Featured News Dover Chemical Corporation Leverages Arkestro to Streamline Procurement, Increase Cost Efficiency read more Koch Engineered Solutions Achieves Procurement and Supply Chain Success with Arkestro read more In The News SupplyChainBrain: Will AI Drive the Next Wave of Supply Disruptions?
Supply Chain Brain
JULY 20, 2023
If Germany approves the expansion plans, Tesla’s gigafactory will be able to increase its battery storage capacity to 100 gigawatt hours per year from 50 gigawatt hours currently.
Supply Chain Dive
JULY 17, 2023
The company implemented warehouse automation in four locations and has "other projects in the works,” a spokesperson said.
Let's Talk Supply Chain
JULY 20, 2023
Zarrin Lilani on How Women Lead in Supply Chain At Let’s Talk Supply Chain, we’re passionate about closing the gender gap to expand innovation through diversity. Making this hard dichotomy shift isn’t just about good business ethics either. It’s a business investment in an industry that’s anything but predictable. Research shows that women in supply chain empower more curiosity and agility—empowering breakthrough business outcomes at organizations across the globe—these are the women whose stori
Advertiser: GEP
For years, you and your team have fought an uphill battle. Supply disruptions. Cost pressures. ESG compliance. You name it, and you’ve had to navigate it. In 2025, many challenges will persist, but procurement and supply chain teams have a powerful tool with rapidly advancing capabilities to tackle them — artificial intelligence (AI). The GEP Outlook 2025 report examines the disruptive transformation AI is driving in procurement and supply chains, alongside other key trends and the macroeconomic
Procurement Bulletin
JULY 16, 2023
Renewable Energy Will Generate a Third of World’s Electricity by 2030 As the OG companies of O&G (oil & gas) clamber to get into renewable energy, a new report by non-profit Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) finds that one third of the world’s electricity will be powered by wind and solar by 2030 (that’s very soon for the math challenged).
Supply Chain Brain
JULY 16, 2023
When water levels fall, it threatens to choke shipping on the waterways and raise transportation costs.
Supply Chain Dive
JULY 18, 2023
Months of talks led to a nearly two-week strike and cargo standstill, but concluded after a settlement was proposed by government mediators.
Spend Matters
JULY 17, 2023
This Spend Matters Vendor Analysis provides an overview of DraftOnce, a contract drafting solution by Blue Burro Technology. Unlike traditional contract lifecycle management (CLM) solutions, DraftOnce does not focus on the full contract lifecycle. Its sole purpose is document preparation (specifically procurement contracts). As it is not a full CLM solution, DraftOnce can complement existing CLM systems or, depending on an organization’s needs, replace them outright.
Advertiser: ZoomInfo
In today’s ultra-competitive markets, it’s no longer enough to wait for buyers to show obvious signs of interest. Instead, sales teams must be proactive, identifying and acting on nuanced buyer behaviors — often before prospects are fully ready to make a purchase. In this eBook from ZoomInfo & Sell Better, learn 10 actionable ways to use these buyer signals to transform your sales strategy and close deals faster.
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