Supply Chain Collaborator

JANUARY 25, 2016

Headline: Truck Stocks Plunge in 2015. Headline: US Rail Stocks Seen Rising 20% This Year Despite Six-Year Low for Cargo in 2015. Now is the time to invest in technology to help improve supply chain efficiency and transportation cost-efficacy. Over the Road Trucking.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 60

Agile and Lean Supply Chain supply chain budgeting Supply Chain Efficiency Inventory 60

Procurement Insights

MAY 22, 2025

Founded in 2015 and headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area (Saratoga, CA), Certa has quickly established itself as a digital backbone for managing supplier, customer, and partner relationships across all risk domains and lifecycle stages. I will share these results with you today. Everything about Certa.ai Summary Table: Certa.ai

Supply Chain Efficiency 40

Supply Chain Efficiency supply chain budgeting Stakeholder engagement Agile and Lean Supply Chain 40

Procurement Insights

APRIL 16, 2025

Pierre Mitchells Profile: Leads procurement research at Spend Matters, with 30 years of experience in supply chain and digital transformation, per Spend Matters (2022). Advocates for clean data as critical for agility and resilience, per Tealbook (2021), and coined guided buying, focusing on tech-enabled processes, per LinkedIn.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 52

Agile and Lean Supply Chain Data Procurement Quality 52

EazyStock

MAY 20, 2020

At the same time, companies are dealing with erratic customer behavior and badly disrupted supply chains. Why COVID-19 is Driving Supply Chain Digitalization. In 2019 MHI and Deloitte published their report “Elevating Supply Chain Digital Consciousness”. The Benefits of Supply Chain Digitalization.

Supply Chain Efficiency 52

Supply Chain Efficiency Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Optimization supply chain software solutions 52

Supply Chain Trend

JULY 2, 2020

A recent study suggests that supply chain planners spend 50% of their time on data gathering and tinkering with it. Knowing this, who wants a job in supply chain planning when you just finished your degree? How can supply chain attract the best talent when all you do is tying data together?

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 78

Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Optimization Innovation Supply chain 78

Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 5, 2021

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Procurement is one of the sole functions in an organization that can truly implement and realizes quality and sustainability initiatives in the line; considering procurement’s ability to impact the global supply chain network at the supplier level. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

Suppliers 98

Suppliers Management Supply Chain Efficiency Agile and Lean Supply Chain 98

Supply Chain Game Changer

APRIL 13, 2021

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. At Supply Chain Game Changer we believe in sharing experiences and expertise from people in every industry and from across the globe. From 2009 to 2015, in the midst of a national recession, I served as Director, and later VP, of Engineering at Addepar, a wealth management platform.

Leadership 61

Leadership Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Efficiency Supply chain 61

Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Check out The Digital Supply Chain (SC 4.0) Innovation is a team effort requiring collaboration and buy-in from all levels within an organization, and it’s especially true when it comes to bringing innovation to the supply chain. A Blueprint for Successful Supply Chain Innovation. What You Need to Know!

Innovation 45

Innovation Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Optimization Supply Chain Efficiency 45

SupplyShift

MAY 27, 2021

During our supply chain emissions webinar on May 19th, industry leaders from CDP , Engie Impact , and Philip Morris International came together to explore trends in Scope 3 emissions reporting and what tools and strategies are out there to turn supplier data into action on Scope 3. . Elevate the Role of Procurement.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 52

Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Efficiency Supply chain Supply 52

Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Today manufacturers must continually look for waste reduction, process improvement and supply chain efficiency to meet competitive pressures and their customers’ cost reduction requirements. Programs such as Lean have become a popular means to develop a culture of simplification and constant improvement.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 44

Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Optimization Supply Chain Efficiency Innovation 44

SupplyShift

MAY 27, 2021

During our supply chain emissions webinar on May 19th, industry leaders from CDP , Engie Impact , and Philip Morris International came together to explore trends in Scope 3 emissions reporting and what tools and strategies are out there to turn supplier data into action on Scope 3.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 40

Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Efficiency Supply chain Supply 40

IBM Supply Chain Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

In 2015, Google donated Kubernetes as a seed technology to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) (link resides outside ibm.com), the open-source, vendor-neutral hub of cloud-native computing. Kubernetes provides teams with both software system development and maintenance to improve overall agility.

Data 107

Data Sourcing Demand Management 107

Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

From The Terminator to Blade Runner, pop culture has always leaned towards a chilling depiction of artificial intelligence (AI) and our future with AI at the helm. Industry observers tack this resurgence to 2015, when fast and powerful parallel processing became accessible. Check out Supply Chain 4.0! Infographic) .

Supply Chain Efficiency 54

Supply Chain Efficiency Agile and Lean Supply Chain Buyers supply chain software solutions 54

IBM Supply Chain Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Starbucks also paid careful attention to its supply chain, ensuring is products were ethically sourced and offering specialty drinks that in some geographic locations could be difficult to find. The company’s early focus on talent management for service employees was a major differentiator, as well. .

Business strategy 69

Business strategy Strategy Leadership supply chain budgeting 69

Barkers Procurement

MARCH 14, 2024

In addition, suppliers embracing ESG will drive innovation for new products, where agile companies could hold the advantage. An example of this is the fashion brand BooHoo who face a £100 million lawsuit from investors due to anti-slavery failures in their supply chain, which wiped up to £1 billion off the organisation’s corporate value.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 52

Agile and Lean Supply Chain Ethics Supply chain Sustainability 52

Jaggaer

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

Balancing Cost, Resiliency, and Sustainability in Procurement: Insights from Georg Roesch Procurement professionals across industries and markets are struggling to keep their supply chains agile in a world of constant disruptions. Georg Well, I would say realities have changed and we can all see this now, right.

Sustainability 52

Sustainability supply chain software solutions Procurement Agile and Lean Supply Chain 52

NLPA (Next Level Purchasing Association)

APRIL 5, 2023

With the increasing complexity of supply chains and the growing importance of sustainability and social responsibility, the role of procurement professionals has become more critical than ever. A prime example of such a failure is the Volkswagen emissions scandal that came to light in 2015.

Procurement 52

Procurement Negotiation supply chain budgeting Supply Chain Optimization 52

IBM Supply Chain Blog

APRIL 5, 2023

This partnership allows the public healthcare cluster to remain agile and navigate ongoing changes in compliance and technology. From cloud adoption to digital transformation, to applications management, IBM Consulting has been helping SingHealth’s IT systems and infrastructure keep the lights on for two decades.

Logistics 60

Logistics Innovation Budget Management 60

Procurement Software

MARCH 5, 2024

FRDM FRDM is a software company specialising in supply chain risk management. Their software is designed for multinational corporations managing complex supply chains. It helps large enterprises like Virgin, Coca-Cola, Boeing, and IBM map, monitor, and mitigate ESG risks across their global supply chains.

Real-time Visibility 52

Real-time Visibility supply chain software solutions Procurement Supply Chain Efficiency 52

Supply Chain Trend

JULY 28, 2018

Leaning in, eye contact, mindful and generous with a smile always wins from arms crossed, absent minded, staring down or laying back on your chair. Develop curiosity to seek to understand before being understood (again a habit from Covey) to develop a deep understanding of what the other wants and needs. A need to focus on the individual.

Leadership 68

Leadership Supply Chain Efficiency Change management Real-time Visibility 68

IBM Supply Chain Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Since 2015, IBM has provided the IBM Event Streams service, which is a fully-managed Apache Kafka service running on IBM Cloud® Since then, the service has helped many customers, as well as teams within IBM, resolve scalability and performance problems with the Kafka applications they have written.

Networking 62

Networking Data Price Management 62

Supply Chain Trend

JULY 28, 2018

Leaning in, eye contact, mindful and generous with a smile always wins from arms crossed, absent minded, staring down or laying back on your chair. Develop curiosity to seek to understand before being understood (again a habit from Covey) to develop a deep understanding of what the other wants and needs. A need to focus on the individual.

Leadership 60

Leadership Supply Chain Efficiency Change management Real-time Visibility 60

Let's Talk Supply Chain

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Let’s “unpack” the second problem: When a supply chain manager or senior analyst commits to fixing the issue of inefficient packing, they almost never consider the fact that reducing air is only half the battle. . Since 2015, he’s been evangelizing the use of AI to achieve cost-efficient and environmentally sustainable shipping.

Supply Chain Optimization 64

Supply Chain Optimization supply chain software solutions Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Efficiency 64

IBM Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Recognizing this, the Department of Defense (DoD) launched the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) in 2019, the predecessor to the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO), to develop AI solutions that build competitive military advantage, conditions for human-centric AI adoption, and the agility of DoD operations.

Ethics 91

Ethics Supply Chain Efficiency Data Risk 91