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Seasoned Leadership in Action™ – An Interview with Stephany Lapierre, CEO at tealbook!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Imagining the Supply Chain of the Future! At Supply Chain Game Changer we believe in sharing experiences and expertise from people in every industry and from across the globe. As such we have introduced our “Seasoned Leadership in Action™” Interview series at Supply Chain Game Changer.

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Logistics IT Solutions’ Role in Near-Record Levels of Trucking Company Acquisitions

Supply Chain Collaborator

The short version is that 2014 came darn close (with 86 trucking and logistics companies acquired) to beating the record of 90 acquisitions set in 2007. To a lesser degree, there have been financial acquisitions too wherein investment companies seek to capitalize on the high demand and low supply of drivers.

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Selecting the right service provider partner for each one of the three steps or stages of procurement digital transformation success

Procurement Insights

As you read this post originally published in May 2007 about “enabling technology and the emergence of the metaprise,” can the three-stage implementation framework be as successful today as it was back then? The Dangerous Supply Chain Myths series was based on my review of the ISM, CAPS and A.T.

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User Adoption and the Rise of the AI Chatbots: The End of Maverick Spend, Vendor Rationalization and Change Management

Procurement Insights

I am talking about a fully interactive, intuitive chatbot through which 90 percent of everyday procurement work can be effectively and efficiently managed. based customers who have contracted vendors, 33 percent of all purchases were from non-contract suppliers. According to their research, of the 45 percent of “their membership’s U.S.-based