All Things Supply Chain
OCTOBER 28, 2024
Organizations navigating increasingly complex global networks have discovered that integrating sustainable practices has multiple key benefits. Sustainability can drastically slash waste, streamline operational efficiency, and even improve employee engagement.
Procurement Leaders
NOVEMBER 1, 2024
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Art of Procurement
OCTOBER 31, 2024
Whenever I find out that a company – or a person – decided to do something new in 2020 or. The post Creating a B2C to B to C Improvement Cycle at Walmart Business appeared first on Art of Procurement.
Supply Chain Brain
OCTOBER 30, 2024
Logistics companies will see costs rise because of the increase in minimum wage and contributions employers will need to make to the country’s National Insurance program.
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All Things Supply Chain
OCTOBER 30, 2024
Last year, Halloween brought neighborhoods to life with lookalikes of Barbie, Spider-Man, and Indiana Jones lookalikes, all inspired by the year’s top trends.
Procurement Leaders
OCTOBER 28, 2024
Last week’s World Sustainability Congress in Amsterdam was an energising experience for many reasons and a reminder of the huge amount of work that CPOs must do to ensure we progress against ESG targets. I was fortunate to have the role of cohost for the event and was left inspired by the level of passion in the room. But I am also convinced that we must do more as a procurement community and profession to accelerate progress.
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Supply Chain Brain
OCTOBER 31, 2024
This whitepaper helps uncover the key areas that consistently deliver savings, value and continuous improvement in your supply chain and across your business to support your business case.
Spend Matters
OCTOBER 31, 2024
Spend Matters honors a vast array of procurement solution providers each year by selecting them for our ‘50 to Know,’ ‘50 to Watch,’ ‘Future 5’ and ‘Hall of Fame’ celebration lists. Discover everything you need to know about these accolades here, including who is on them. For the Future 5, Spend Matters analysts scour the market to find new specialist solution providers that can answer a burning need of procurement practitioners today.
Procurement Leaders
OCTOBER 31, 2024
The study highlights the thinking of 83 CSOs and senior sustainability decision-makers and will assist them in developing their ESG strategies.
Supply Chain Dive
NOVEMBER 1, 2024
CEO Andy Jassy said initial efforts to improve inventory placement are bearing fruit while more investments are underway.
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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.
Supply Chain Brain
OCTOBER 31, 2024
There is general consensus that smart factory tools will transform the way that products are made within five years. What’s less clear is how and where to deploy them.
Spend Matters
OCTOBER 31, 2024
Spend Matters is delighted to announce the 2024 roster for our ‘Future 5’ list. For the sixth year in a row, our analysts have highlighted five start-ups that excited them the most. This year, the five companies that have proven themselves as potential future trend setters are BlueBean , ivoflow, Covalyze, Halo Ai and True Value Hub. To warrant such attention, these vendors must have a product that is ideally 2 to 5 years old, is used by more than five customers and displays an innovative applic
Procurement Freelancers
OCTOBER 29, 2024
Does it feel like your business is spending too much money? You’re not alone. Think… The post Boost Your Business with Procurement and Sourcing first appeared on Procurement Blog | Procurement & Supply Chain News.
Supply Chain Dive
OCTOBER 30, 2024
The manufacturer is pursuing a 90% or higher on-time, in-full rate as it battles supply chain inefficiencies across its vast network.
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
Supply Chain Brain
OCTOBER 31, 2024
The study theorized that Canada has had a more cooperative relationship between drug manufacturers, government agencies, health care systems and wholesalers.
Spend Matters
OCTOBER 28, 2024
Procurement activities and tasks are operational, tactical and strategic. Therefore, depending on the technology used and the processes digitized, the impact of technology can be divided into automation and augmentation, with augmentation being more ‘autogmentation’ [/aw-tog-men-tay-shun/] as we call it. Traditional AI enables organizations to tackle more complex use cases and follow the path to ‘autogmentation,’ which focuses on augmenting human intelligence and knowledg
Procurement Insights
OCTOBER 30, 2024
Regardless of the reasons or for that matter the degree, of the pending talent crunch or vacuum as I like to call it, a successful procurement practice is built upon the commitment (some would say passion) of its personnel. Even though I often refer to the continuing high rate of e-procurement initiative failures, there are examples (however rare) of successful programs.
Supply Chain Dive
OCTOBER 31, 2024
The aerospace company said G700 deliveries fell far short of expectations last quarter due to component exchanges and late engine shipments.
Speaker: Shalini Dinesh
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 Brain
OCTOBER 28, 2024
Seattle-based Basel Action Network sounded the alarm that more than 800 tons of electric arc furnace dust were being illegally transported after the group received a tipoff.
Spend Matters
OCTOBER 29, 2024
On October 31 at 10:30 a.m. ET, the Spend Matters Analyst Team will celebrate Halloween by treating all to a webinar that shares the insights they have derived while compiling this year’s 50 to Watch, 50 to Know and Future 5 lists. These lists mark the 11 th year in which Spend Matters highlights the best in procurement technology development and innovation.
Procurement Insights
OCTOBER 29, 2024
What do you see in the graphic below? – [link] Here is what I see: Best of Suite – In theory, end-to-end back-end platforms consisting of multiple Best of Breed front-end bolt-on ProcureTech solutions. (Think Mendocino Project, DUET, and Microsoft Office concept) Best of Breed – Bolt-on systems transformed to front-end Apps (up to 75% of which will be gone by the end of 2025 via acquisition, absorption, or closing down) Build Your Own Suite – The early stages of the Agent
Supply Chain Dive
OCTOBER 31, 2024
With a targeted recovery rate of up to 96%, the facility will process and recycle enough materials to produce more than 50,000 new battery modules per year.
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Supply Chain Brain
OCTOBER 28, 2024
As we navigate this year’s peak season, several factors are making it unusually challenging, especially for the healthcare industry.
Spend Matters
OCTOBER 28, 2024
Procurement activities and tasks are operational, tactical and strategic. Therefore, depending on the technology used and the processes digitized, the impact of technology can be divided into automation and augmentation, with augmentation being more ‘autogmentation’ [/aw-tog-men-tay-shun/] as we call it. Traditional AI enables organizations to tackle more complex use cases and follow the path to ‘autogmentation,’ which focuses on augmenting human intelligence and knowledg
The Network Effect
OCTOBER 30, 2024
How quickly can you solve our supply chain crossword challenge? Are you faster than your friends.
Supply Chain Dive
OCTOBER 28, 2024
Big Joe’s user-directed AMR pallet movers offer a smart, cost-effective entry into automation — enhancing productivity with no need for expensive upgrades.
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Supply Chain Brain
OCTOBER 31, 2024
The investigation will focus on the systems Temu has in place to limit the sale of non-compliant products, and risks linked to the addictive design of the service.
Spend Matters
OCTOBER 31, 2024
A common thread among the conversations we’ve had recently with senior procurement practitioners tells of the extent to which attitudes towards risk have changed over the past decade. As little as 10 years ago, we heard stories of pretty much indifference to risk: “supply risk management was young,” we heard, and “we didn’t worry too much about risk; we spent a very small percentage of our time on it.
Procurement Bulletin
OCTOBER 27, 2024
Case Study: How General Mills Improved Its Supply Chain Snack giant, General Mills, deals with over 20,000(!!!) suppliers every year. The supply chain operations had still been operating the same it had since the late 90’s. That changed when new CEO, Jeff Harmening, came on board and implemented a goal of being the supply chain leader in data and analytics.
Supply Chain Dive
OCTOBER 28, 2024
Cross-docking inefficiencies are leading to issues bringing inventory into the company's fulfillment network, experts say.
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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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