ProcurePort
DECEMBER 7, 2023
Efficiency and Accountability Boost: P2P is critical software that automates procurement, reducing mistakes and speeding up decision-making by removing manual inefficiencies. -Real-time visibility, data analytics, and integration with emerging technologies enhance efficiency, cost savings, and financial control, fostering transparency and accountability across procurement operations.
Supply Chain Brain
DECEMBER 6, 2023
C-suite and senior executive leaders have grown to rely on procurement to weigh in on board-level topics — and now they’re craving more insight.
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Una
DECEMBER 5, 2023
Why You Should Hire Older Individuals to Work in Procurement Learn why it makes sense to hire older individuals to work in procurement and take advantage of their talent and experience. By Hugo Britt | December 5, 2023 Search Search In this article, we’ll cover why it makes sense to bring experienced, seasoned individuals into the world of procurement, regardless of the number of candles on their birthday cake.
ProcurePort
DECEMBER 7, 2023
Three-Way Matching Overview – Three-way matching involves comparing purchase orders, invoices, and receiving reports to ensure accuracy in quantities, prices, and terms. – It is a critical financial control mechanism that detects errors, prevents fraud, fosters vendor relationships, ensures regulatory compliance, and contributes to cost control and budgeting.
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.
Procurement Insights
DECEMBER 7, 2023
EDITOR’S NOTE: Here is an excerpt from my response to a LinkedIn post that was championing the importance of data. Data Management as easy as 1,2,3 Does anyone in this discussion stream believe that eating right, getting regular exercise, and at least 8 hours of sleep AREN’T good for you? I went through the list of the 100 people who reacted to this post, and while there are certainly practitioners, an equal number of providers are giving their thumbs up.
All Things Supply Chain
DECEMBER 4, 2023
The holiday season is here, and businesses are working to provide the best customer experience through optimizing their supply chains.
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Supply Chain Brain
DECEMBER 4, 2023
With the help of data analysis and intelligent systems, companies are able to more efficiently manage product returns, repairs, recycling and other processes
IBM Supply Chain Blog
DECEMBER 8, 2023
Last year, almost 200 million people shopped on Black Friday. Online alone, they spent more than $9 billion. This holiday season, shoppers are ready to shop again and they’re prepared to spend even more. Are your IT systems ready to handle any spikes and keep everyone jolly? Or are you worried that incidents—finicky apps, slow page loads or even downtime— might ruin the holiday spirit along with your bottom line?
All Things Supply Chain
DECEMBER 6, 2023
Artificial intelligence (AI) in the workforce has significantly changed several industries. One of the sectors facing a major transformation is supply chain management.
Supply Chain Dive
DECEMBER 8, 2023
The union's leader gave the delivery giant until Monday to rectify the situation impacting a subset of workers at a package sortation hub.
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.
Supply Chain Brain
DECEMBER 6, 2023
Ninety-three percent of the workers in the warehousing/storage industry reported they were paid hourly while an additional 12% said they had to take on another job.
SCMR (Supply Chain Management Review)
DECEMBER 5, 2023
Complex digital supply chains spanning multiple countries and continents offer invaluable flexibility and cost efficiencies, but also growing cybersecurity risks.
Spend Matters
DECEMBER 5, 2023
Artificial intelligence (AI) has (unsurprisingly) become a bit of a buzzword in the procurement industry, causing Spend Matters to devote an entire page to the question of AI in procurement. The buzz over the general applications of generative AI (GenAI), however, threaten to obscure the other radical (albeit niche) changes that our analyst team has deemed worthy of highlighting among this year’s Future 5.
Supply Chain Dive
DECEMBER 7, 2023
The partnership marks the first national consumer electronics retailer available on the DoorDash marketplace.
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.
Supply Chain Brain
DECEMBER 4, 2023
How humans can partner with AI to tackle the pressing societal issue of slavery, for a more resilient and sustainable global supply chain.
SCMR (Supply Chain Management Review)
DECEMBER 7, 2023
Learning these six ingredients for delivering innovation from invention serve as a compass for organizations navigating this dynamic market and striving to maximize return on innovation investment.
Spend Matters
DECEMBER 6, 2023
In this Spend Matters Vendor Analysis we provide an overview of SpendQube and its solution for spend analytics. In today’s rapidly evolving business landscape, every organization strives to make informed choices, optimize resources and drive profitability. Usable data is vital to this decision making. For procurement practitioners, spend analytics tools are indispensable assets.
Supply Chain Dive
DECEMBER 6, 2023
The company said the added fulfillment charges will average $0.15 per unit sold once they take effect next year.
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Supply Chain Brain
DECEMBER 6, 2023
Retailers that embark on supply chain transformation are well-positioned to confront challenges and stay competitive in a rapidly changing marketplace.
Procurement Bulletin
DECEMBER 3, 2023
AI Used in EV Battery Tech Research Last week, we wrote about Swedish battery startup, Northvolt, that has reportedly developed an EV battery made of sodium-ion that doesn’t involve in-demand and expensive materials that current batteries require (e.g. lithium-ion batteries). Further to this, the startup is using AI to help in their research and development of new battery technology.
Spend Matters
DECEMBER 4, 2023
In this Spend Matters Vendor Analysis, we provide an overview of Omnea and its intake management solution. Omnea is a fairly new vendor in the intake space, looking to solve complex and inefficient procurement processes through procurement automation and centralized intake. The vendor takes a comprehensive approach, focusing on the spend control narrative and offering a unified solution that takes a variety of pain points in procurement and supplier management, most notably helping its customers
Supply Chain Dive
DECEMBER 4, 2023
WishPost Smart Parcel will allow shippers who don't sell on the e-commerce platform to use its logistics capabilities.
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
Supply Chain Brain
DECEMBER 5, 2023
Many smaller manufacturers aren’t equipped with the resources necessary to hire supply chain specialists that solely focus on vetting suppliers.
Art of Procurement
DECEMBER 7, 2023
On November 7th, a minimum wage increase was announced for ready-made garment factory workers in Bangladesh. The increase took workers. The post Will the world fiddle while Bangladesh burns? appeared first on Art of Procurement.
IBM Supply Chain Blog
DECEMBER 6, 2023
As the adoption of AI and other technologies continues to expand, it will transform how we perform work with the potential to disrupt 83 million jobs globally and create 69 million new roles by 2025, according to the World Economic Forum. Like other groundbreaking technologies before it, the evolution of AI will create opportunities for new industries, new jobs and new approaches to existing ones.
Supply Chain Dive
DECEMBER 8, 2023
The three-year strategy to modernize operations includes a plan to overhaul the CPG's Barron, Wisconsin, plant to better support brands.
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
Supply Chain Brain
DECEMBER 6, 2023
Only 14% of Gen Zers would consider industrial work as a career, and 26% said they would only take on industrial work as a short-term career.
SCMR (Supply Chain Management Review)
DECEMBER 8, 2023
Research has found some correlation between personality traits and distracted driving behaviors. But there is question on whether businesses can use that information to improve employee safety.
IBM Supply Chain Blog
DECEMBER 7, 2023
The modern pace of data creation is staggering. The average organization produces data constantly—perhaps even continuously—and soon it’s investing in servers to provide ample storage for that information. In time, and probably sooner than expected, the organization accrues more data and outgrows that server, so it invests in multiple servers.
Supply Chain Dive
DECEMBER 8, 2023
The railroad is handling increased grain volumes as more shippers choose to send their products to Midwest processing facilities.
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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