Let's Talk Supply Chain

JUNE 5, 2023

Today I’m joined by Logward , an exciting tech brand with a vision of a future where supply chain departments lead the transformation of their industries, instead of simply transporting it. Since Logward’s foundation in April 2018 he is in charge as CEO. What definitely has changed is the attention and the sense of urgency.”

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 3, 2022

Procurement eAuctions may be used in a multitude of sectors and domains, including industrial machinery, supply chains and logistical operations, telecommunications, commodities, and business technical support programs. Introduction to Strategic Sourcing. . Tender-cost-of-sale profits are not included. Macfarlane, 2017).

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

Growing global complexity in supply chain management has forced organizations to look towards technology as their silver bullet; serving as the missing link between people (supply chain actors) and the ability to collaborate at scale. Source: Accenture. Source: Accenture. And How Does it Work? Infographic).

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Jaggaer

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

As the Gartner research note published in September 2018, entitled The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Procurement Software Applications states: “Procurement software applications have been traditionally designed to address mission-critical priorities of procurement leaders. Another disadvantage is that suppliers see little or no value.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

Check out 5 Seismic Shifts in Supply Chain Technology! The sources of data are vast and ever increasing which contributes to the increased volumes of data. doesn’t reside in a database) data sources all contribute to the amount of Big Data. You need full transparency from all of your data sources.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 10, 2018

In February, 2018 it was reported that Amazon was going to launch its own delivery service: Shipping With Amazon! So by adding another option, Shipping With Amazon, to augment their other delivery arrangements Amazon is increasing capacity and its reducing its reliance on third parties. Reduced Cost. Subscribe Here!

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

APRIL 14, 2023

However, their manual planning and budgeting process in spreadsheets posed several challenges, including lack of control, delayed data, poor execution, and the need for continuous follow-up with IT for actual data. They faced obstacles such as a prolonged budget process, manual forecasting, and no product profitability.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

Check out The Digital Supply Chain – Supply Chain 4.0! At Supply Chain Game Changer we believe in sharing experiences and expertise from people in every industry and from across the globe. Neil completely understands the role of technology, I/T, the Supply Chain and business.

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The Procuretech Podcast

OCTOBER 3, 2022

In this episode, we're going to extend that a little bit and talk about supply chain. Democratising Supply Chain Training - Dr. Muddassir Ahmed from SCM Dojo . Today's guest is a big personality in the supply chain space: Dr. Muddassir Ahmed, CEO of SCM Dojo. . He then moved to the UK for a PhD scholarship.

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Arkestro

JANUARY 9, 2024

According to Deloitte, the manufacturing industry was in contraction throughout most of 2023 due to challenges like increased lead times, tight labor markets, and rising costs. As we move into 2024, procurement teams continue to face hurdles like supply chain volatility, geopolitical tensions, budget restrictions, talent shortages, and more.

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Procurement Software

JUNE 4, 2024

As supply chain technology improves for transportation, inventory management and warehousing, the procurement tools for manufacturing businesses now need to step up. This goes way beyond traditional source-to-pay and e-auction platforms. And stepping up, they indeed are. And stepping up, they indeed are.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 6, 2019

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Organizations are ‘going carbon neutral by 2025’, and ‘implementing Artificially Intelligent business systems’ and ‘sourcing form solely environmentally friendly suppliers’. Responsible Sourcing. Subscribe Here! Email Address. 7 KPIs Your Procurement Team May Be Ignoring!

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Procurement Software

MARCH 5, 2024

At its heart is a source-to-pay suite offering a range of functionality, with a complete suite of cloud-based modules. FRDM FRDM is a software company specialising in supply chain risk management. Their software is designed for multinational corporations managing complex supply chains.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 21, 2019

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Although the compliance safety and accountability scores were created in 2010 to enhance fleet management and improve the safety of truckers and civilian drivers, Congressional action in 2018 resulted in the hiding of this data from the public. Subscribe Here! Email Address. Infographic).

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

AUGUST 21, 2023

With over $8 billion of product sourced, nearly 1 million RFQ’s and over 50,000 buyers and suppliers involved, they are the world’s largest manufacturing marketplace. Guest bio: Greg Kress has been Shapeways’ Chief Executive Officer and a member of Shapeways’ Board since January 2018. Today I’m joined by MFG.

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The Procuretech Podcast

OCTOBER 12, 2022

From CPO to Advising Startups - Joanna Martinez from Supply Chain Advisors. She spent the first third of her career in supply chain roles for Johnson and Johnson. Everyone seems to be doing things differently to what they did in 2018 and that was only four years ago. That's the Holy Grail, isn't it?

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 17, 2018

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. I would call myself an accidental supply chain executive!

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Procurement Software

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Apadua Apadua is a professional services sourcing software, based in Cologne, Germany. In addition, Explore uses information from Source and Monitor to update its database. Source is a safe and user-friendly guide through the RFP and awarding process. It also has convenient filters and ways to organise different providers.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

MARCH 14, 2024

5G (fifth-generation mobile technology) is a new standard for cellular networks developed by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3FPP) in 2018 to replace the previous standards of 3G, 4G and 4G LTE. Supply dependable connectivity with real-time results, enabling staff to make faster, more informed decisions about patient care.

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Procurement Insights

APRIL 16, 2025

AI PIERRE’S ANSWER – There is no direct evidence in publicly available sources, including Spend Matters publications or Pierre Mitchells statements, explicitly stating that Pierre Mitchell is opposed to Jon W. SolutionMaps 79 providers, 2023), while Hansens model is specific, reducing direct comparison, per Spend Matters (2023).

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Jaggaer

MAY 24, 2019

In recent years there has been an increase in the outsourcing of services by banks in order to reduce costs and improve their efficiency and flexibility. Outsourcing services can leave banks vulnerable to new sources of risk and new threat s. However, it can also have serious drawbacks. How did this happen ?

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Procurement Heads

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

It’s all the things you would expect in terms of robust Sourcing, SRM and category management across our supply chain, working closely with our business stakeholders and achieving excellent year-on-year results against an ever-increasing set of challenging KPIs.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 13, 2020

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. The Parallel Supply Chain … A Twilight Zone Strategy? Death of Global Supply Chains article and permission to publish here provided by Sam Jenks at kodiakrating.com. Is COVID19 the death of Global Supply Chains? Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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Procurement Heads

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

It’s all the things you would expect in terms of robust Sourcing, SRM and category management across our supply chain, working closely with our business stakeholders and achieving excellent year-on-year results against an ever-increasing set of challenging KPIs.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 12, 2021

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. The HBR Article titled ‘A New Approach to Contracts’, published in 2018 utilizes the agreement between Dell & FedEx to illustrate how a buyer-supplier relationship and agreement can turn a partnership sour quickly. appeared first on Supply Chain Game Changer™.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. The speed of drones is a major selling point for customers, of which 79% say they would be “very likely” or “somewhat likely” to request drone delivery if their package could be delivered within an hour (Source: Walker Sands Future of Retail 2016 Study ). Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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Una

JANUARY 29, 2024

I’m Kris Lance, VP & General Manager at Una, and I believe every Sourcing Hero (that’s you!) I’ve started this newsletter to share my thoughts on news and issues that affect the global supply landscape. While this is true, it’s worth noting that one-third of Texas’ annual budget is supported by federal funds though.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Enhanced with fine-tuning techniques and datasets developed by the open source community, many open models can now outperform all but the most powerful closed-source models on most benchmarks, despite far smaller parameter counts. DeepFloyd and Stable Diffusion have achieved relative parity with leading proprietary models.

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Procurement Insights

APRIL 17, 2025

I have created a poll in the Purchasing & Global Supply Chain Professionals Group. Procurement practitioners feel FOMO from digitalization (70% target) and ESG/regulatory demands, but budgets and ROI focus temper urgency, per PwC. annual budgets, per PwC, and erode stakeholder trust. Impact: Misaligned tools waste 1.2M

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Last year, as life sciences organizations were consumed by the recovery from COVID-19, their focus had to shift rapidly to mitigating supply chain constraints, labor and skill shortages, and by the end of the year, inflationary pressures—all of which were exacerbated by the Russia-Ukraine war.

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Procurement Insights

MAY 31, 2025

Patterns repeat , especially when traced across supply chains, political risk, economic policy, and procurement cycles. Why / Why Not COVID-19 Pandemic (2020) Partially Predictable (Gray Swan) SARS, MERS, and H1N1 had already exposed vulnerabilities in global health supply chains and just-in-time logistics.

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