Procurement Heads

OCTOBER 5, 2022

A further one in four (24%) executives admit they do not know if their sustainability efforts are making any positive difference at all, and 20% say they are unaware if their business has any metrics in place to measure the effectiveness of their environmental initiatives in the first place. Only 19% of respondents believe that their business is making genuine progress on its sustainable initiatives.

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All Things Supply Chain

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Every warehouse manager understands how important communication is to the daily activities of the institution.

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RPF360

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Cost savings and cost avoidance are important strategies for procurement teams. Explore how you can differentiate between cost savings vs cost avoidance and see how you can reduce spend using both along with examples. The post Cost savings vs cost avoidance: What’s the difference? appeared first on RFP360.

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Procurement Tactics

OCTOBER 5, 2022

33 Procurement Interview Questions in 2022. Success! First Name. Email. Download Free Whitepaper ?. ?. Or receive our famous weekly newsletter. KPIs in Supply Chain — Everything You Should Know. KPIs in the supply chain are important as the supply chain is the backbone of any modern business. Without it, many companies will fail to deliver their products which will affect their profitability and brand. .

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ProcurePort

OCTOBER 5, 2022

• Quality and timely supplies lead to business process efficiency, increased accuracy, and improved productivity. Unfortunately, you cannot have quality and on-time supplies from your vendors without a well-defined, streamlined, and effective procurement and requisition strategy. • Selecting the best suppliers is the first step to getting quality, affordable, and timely deliveries.

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All Things Supply Chain

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Already today, about 60% of the world’s fish stocks are fished to their capacity limits.

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Procurement Tactics

OCTOBER 6, 2022

33 Procurement Interview Questions in 2022. Success! First Name. Email. Download Free Whitepaper ?. ?. Or receive our famous weekly newsletter. RFP in Project Management — Everything You Should Know. RFP in project management is an important part of the procurement process as it gives you relief once you finally submitted the finished proposal. However, how do you manage your RFPs in your company?

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ProcurePort

OCTOBER 4, 2022

• There is a lot of work that goes into a company’s sourcing and buying activities beyond just the transaction. In many cases, the nature of the transaction and the intended frequency of purchase will dictate the sourcing process. • The fact that information is available and firms can source globally also complicates the sourcing […]. The post Supply Chain Sourcing and Buying 101 appeared first on ProcurePort Blog.

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Supply Chain Brain

OCTOBER 5, 2022

The continued disruption of supply chains suggests that the challenges of the COVID-19 era have been more than a blip in an otherwise stable period of global business. It’s time to take proactive action to prepare.

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SCMDOJO

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Logistics KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) measure how well an organization logistics function is performing. They’re used to evaluate the effectiveness of operations and identify areas for improvement. Logistics KPIs examples can vary from Basic 5 Logistics KPIs to a detailed list of 47 , which you can get from here. Logistics is the central system that controls physical inventory flow in a supply chain.

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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.

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Supply Chain Dive

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Circularity is the epitome of sustainable materials management – linking all life cycle stages for production, use and reuse of materials to protect the environment.

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ProcurePort

OCTOBER 6, 2022

• Efficient and well-ordered suppliers are worth their weight in gold. In an increasingly competitive world, establishing favorable relationships with such high-caliber suppliers is imperative for good business. • But who or what are suppliers? And why are they so important? • In this post, we are going to answer two major questions: What are […].

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Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 2, 2022

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. 6 Ways to Attract Investors to Your Startup Business! One important thing you need to decide when setting up your startup is what type of business structure to choose. There’s no right or wrong answer. The structure you pick will very much be determined by your specific business and your goals.

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Supply Chain Brain

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Retailers are stuck with questions: What happens if there aren’t enough drivers to transport products on time? How do we get more drivers with profits down? And how do we provide a cushion for elevated diesel costs?

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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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Supply Chain Dive

OCTOBER 3, 2022

The retailer plans to “double down” on its white-label delivery service in its second year, a GoLocal exec said in an interview.

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Spendesk

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Accountancy is the job that’s never finished. Whether you’re preparing for tax returns, presenting financial reporting data, or indeed performing month-end close, there’s barely a chance to breathe.

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Una

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Buying Group versus Group Purchasing Organization. By Mackenzie Oakley | October 4, 2022. In the procurement and sourcing world, there are several terms that seem to be used interchangeably when attempting to increase buying power and save money: buying group, group purchasing organization, purchasing cooperative, purchasing group. All of these separate entities serve a common purpose, so is there really a difference between them?

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Purchasing Negotiation Supply Chain Efficiency Suppliers 98

Supply Chain Brain

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Just what is artificial intelligence, anyway? In its ultimate form, will it model, augment or replace human thought?

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Effective cross-functional collaboration and communication heavily influence product launch success. Research shows that as many as 70% of product launches fail due to inadequate coordination among stakeholders, including supply chain, product management, legal, marketing, and change control teams (Gartner, 2022). The 2023 Supply Chain Insights Report highlights that 60% of supply chain disruptions are caused by poor communication and misalignment among cross-functional teams.

Supply Chain Optimization

Supply Chain Dive

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Shipping lines are strategically skipping ports and voyages to control capacity and influence rates after China's Golden Week.

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Spendesk

OCTOBER 5, 2022

The end of the fiscal year is a critical time for finance teams. Each year, finance professionals bury their heads in the books to prepare their end-of-year accounts, statements, and financial reporting.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Optimizing Waste Management in the Warehouse! It’s a fact that recycling and better waste management are important to the environment. But they’re also important to supply chains. Recycling keeps materials out of landfills, which reduces their size and helps them decompose more quickly.

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Supply Chain Brain

OCTOBER 4, 2022

It isn't all about speed, says Satish Natarajan, founder and chief executive officer of DispatchTrack. E-commerce shoppers are more concerned about communication.

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Demand 119

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Supply Chain Dive

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Smarter Sorting is working with the nonprofit to ease the product sorting process for retailers as they look to scale donations.

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Inventory 130

Una

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Episode 85: Revolutionizing the Acquisition Experience with Jaime Gracia. By Kelly Barner | October 5, 2022. When you think about frictionless procurement and leading customer experiences, the federal government is probably not the first entity that comes to mind. And yet, the work that they are doing internally and in collaboration with their supply partners is truly transformational.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Start Your Business’ Sustainability Journey in 5 Steps! A sustainable and environment friendly supply chain is a key component for any successful business. It helps companies to manage their resources more efficiently, reduce costs, improve quality and increase productivity.

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Supply Chain Brain

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Drought has depleted river water levels so much that in some spots barges are getting stuck, and low water levels are causing severe impacts to navigation not seen since 1988.

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Financial institutions must navigate a complex web of policies, procedures and regulations to ensure compliance and manage risk. When Hellenic Bank, a leading retail lender in Cyprus, set out to transform its procurement operations, it needed more than just software deployment. It required a partner that would help embed its intricate buying processes — with all its validations, risk assessments and tiered approvals — into a unified system.

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Supply Chain Dive

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Declining milk production coupled with high demand for seasonal products are driving up the price of butter.

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Spend Matters

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Categories: Procurement Systems & Architecture , Supply Chain , Supply Chain Management , Supply Chain Visibility Tags: EU , procurement systems and planning Food is a universal commodity, and most people take the fresh food supply chain for granted. Shoppers walk into a favorite grocery store, never thinking about how that produce made the trip from field to grocery cart.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. What You Need to Know About Electronic Logging Devices (ELDs)! Having an excellent business fleet is one of the secrets of highly successful companies. Transportation of products for deliveries and staff for meetings is smoother with fleets. A functional digital tachograph can measure significant metrics like speed, driving time, and driver’s activity.

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Supply Chain Brain

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The National Retail Federation forecasts that 2022 retail sales will grow between 6% and 8% over 2021. Sales were up 7.5% during the first eight months of the year.

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