ivalua

AUGUST 19, 2021

Over the last 12-18months, Procurement’s value to an organization has been made abundantly clear and this time it was noticed at the highest levels. Ardent’s research has shown that enterprises realize a savings of between 6% and 12% on every new dollar of spend placed under procurement’s control. Here are some of my takeaways.

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Supply Chain Brain

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

has further expanded its international network with the introduction of service to New Delhi, starting on November 12, 2021. American Airlines Cargo, the shipping arm of American Airlines Inc.,

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All Things Supply Chain

MARCH 19, 2021

Volkswagen to build 6 electric vehicle battery factories in Europe German multinational automotive manufacturing company Volkswagen is planning to become the world’s biggest electric car maker by building six battery…

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ivalua

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Comparably’s lists are based solely on ratings provided by current employees who anonymously rated their companies on Comparably.com over the past 12 months (Nov. 27, 2021 through Nov. Awards Methodology. The final data set was compiled from 15 million ratings across 70,000 companies large and small.

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Procurement Leaders

JANUARY 8, 2024

The CPO Connect conversation was a timely footnote to the ‘year of AI’ – a transitionary 12 months during which the potential impact of artificial intelligence became real and obvious to everyone but the most technology-avoidant luddite.

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Procurement Tactics

JUNE 23, 2023

Bonus PDF: 51 ChatGPT Prompts to 10X Your Productivity in Procurement Download 51 Prompts →  Or receive our famous weekly newsletter 12 Best UK Drop Shipping Suppliers 2023 — Pricing & Reviews The drop shipping industry is saturated but it is still a profitable business in 2023. billion in 2023. Top 3 Drivers of Dropshipping Growth 1.

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Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 19, 2021

BG Strategic Advisors is proud to announce that the 15th Annual BGSA Supply Chain Conference will be Virtual on January 20 - 21, 2021 from 12:00 to 5:30PM EST.

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Procurement Tactics

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

And from 2020 to 2021, income saw a slightly smaller decrease of about 0.6%. in 2021 despite the small decrease in income. . since 2021. Aim to have a 6-12 month cash runway. From 2007 to 2008, the Real Median Household Income decreased by roughly 3.6%. During the COVID-19 recession, income decreased by 2.2%

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Procurement Tactics

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

2021 was the year when the United Kingdom Export Finance (UKEF) led the world into a sustainable future. The UKEF continued to put their export finance managers at the center of the “Exporter’s Edge” campaign from 2021 to 2022. billion which is a decrease of 10% compared to the Q1 of 2021. . A Greener Future For UK’s Export.

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Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 18, 2021

BG Strategic Advisors is proud to announce that the 15th Annual BGSA Supply Chain Conference will be Virtual on January 20 - 21, 2021 from 12:00 to 5:30PM EST.

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ivalua

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Redwood City, CA – October 28th, 2021 – Ivalua, a global leader in spend management, today announced that it has been named a Leader in the 2021 Gartner “ Magic Quadrant for Procure-to-Pay Suites. ” Read a complimentary copy of the full October 2021 report to get an up-to-date view of the market and vendor offerings.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

12 Ongoing sea level rises may be driven by instability and disintegration of ice shelves and ice sheets in Antarctica and Greenland. Nature Geoscience , 14 , 473–478 (2021). 12 ” Is the rate of sea-level rise increasing? 13 2021: Ocean, Cryosphere and Sea Level Change. millimeters (0.1 inches) per year to 3.4

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Procurement Tactics

OCTOBER 31, 2022

in April 2021 to 3% in November 2021. Surprisingly, 19% of recruiters said that salary negotiation can have a positive impact on the hiring process. . Only 10% of recruiters said that salary negotiation can affect their hiring process. . of millennials that negotiated their salary got what they asked for and 26.3%

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Procurement Tactics

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Finding and keeping outsourcing talents are more difficult than ever before for the outsourcing and BPO industry in 2021. In 2021, The United States had the most percentage of outsourced jobs in the world with almost 68% of companies delegating their services. . Or receive our famous weekly newsletter. Finding Outsourcing Talents.

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Strategic Sourceror

OCTOBER 4, 2022

from the same period in 2021, according to the Department of Labor. higher year over year when contrasted with August 2021, it's substantially lower than the rising cost of food overall (11.4%). in the in the 12 months to August for 1 pound of fresh meat. In August alone, the cost of food was up 11.4% It climbed only 0.2%

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Supply Chain Game Changer

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Featuring Our 12 Best Change Management Articles! Featuring Our 12 Best Change Management Articles! Let’s hope for that 2021 brings an end to the pandemic so that we can get on with our lives. Process Based Inventory Turnover Improvement! Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro! Lessons for Life and Business! What are Incoterms?

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Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 28, 2021

The experts make so many predictions for 2021, which can help the investor know more about the future of Litecoin. In the starting period of 2021, the price of Litecoin was at the rate of 124.09 But experts are still predicting that the amount of Litecoin will be at 252 dollars by the end of 2021. Price predictions for Litecoin.

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Bonfire

JANUARY 19, 2022

Over the past two years, K-12 students across North America have had to transition back and forth between virtual and in-person learning. And in October 2021, three leading pediatric health organizations declared that the pandemic-related rise in child and adolescent mental health issues is a national emergency.

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Vested Way

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

We scored ourselves against the ‘12 Ailments of Outsourcing’ as well as how well our contracts followed the Vested Five Rules. They signed their Vested agreement in November 2021 – the first Vested agreement for bp and the third for JLL. I remember the team had to complete some self-assessments.

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Sourcing and Supply Chain

MAY 27, 2021

Session 1 – June 05, 2021, at 19:00 IST. Session 2 – June 12, 2021, at 19:00 IST. Key Take Away Points: Understand industry 4.0 Latest technologies levers How digital transformation happens and what are the benefits, levers used Real-time experience in digital transformation and cost optimization in the industry.

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Procurement Heads

DECEMBER 5, 2022

I was brought in in March 2021 with a mandate to build a commercial function in the operating division of Orbit which is called customers and communities. For me, it is one of the most critical recruitments for the next 12 months for the team. . Well, about 12-24 months ago it was a centralised function. .

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Procurement Leaders

JUNE 9, 2022

While T-Mobile doesn’t employ technicians and drivers itself, in 2021 it launched the NextTech Diversity Programme, which provides a mixture of outreach, training and job placement services to help those from a minority background to find employment within its supply base. Internal communication.

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Claritum

MAY 13, 2021

Bath, UK (May 12, 2021)– Claritum, a provider of a cloud-based organisational process improvement suite of software, today announced that it has been recognised as both a horizontal suite and as being focused on mid-market organisations globally, by this PEAKSPAN and art of procurement technology graphic. said Prof.

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Procurement Tactics

OCTOBER 23, 2022

Some agricultural exports are slower than they were over the same period in 2021. As of September 12, 2022, over 28% of Ukrainian agricultural exports in the Black Sea had decreased to low and lower-middle-income countries. . Ukraine exported 15,700 tonnes of sunflower oil in July 2022 which is 15% more than what it exported in June.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 6, 2021

These boards cost over $12 Canadian, EACH! ” Lumber pricing (USD/1000 board fee) over the last 5 years is shown by tradingeconomics.com as follows: Clearly there has been a spike from a low in April, 2020 rising in September 2020, and then taking off to a peak in May, 2021. Until I went to the cashier, that is.

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Value Match

JULY 14, 2022

Amazon deforestation soared by 22% in the 12 months to July according to Brazil’s space agency, whilst the WWF places the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK responsible for 80% of deforestation caused by EU imports of raw materials. Procurement within the public sector can be a lever for deforestation and achieving net zero.

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Procurement Tactics

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The value of Russia’s energy exports to the EU in the months of March and April was 75% higher than the 2021 levels. . Russia’s total exports have expanded 69.9% year on year in January of 2022. . The value of natural gas exports has risen to 259% and crude oil has increased to 48%. million euros in May 2022. .

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Future Purchasing

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Hence, Procurement need to promote the value and benefits of planning and agreeing which projects are going to be worked on over the next 12-month period with their respective business stakeholders. The importance of strategic alignment.

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Procurement Tactics

OCTOBER 27, 2022

billion in 2021 to $15.71 To keep the supply chain moving, companies must adopt the new trends in the supply chain that tackles driver shortage and invest in driver retention which includes driver incentives to be given by companies. . Logistics Statistical Figures in 2022 That You Should Know. billion in 2022 and is expected to reach $62.7

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Procurement Tactics

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

India achieved merchandise exports of $33 billion in August 2022 which is at similar levels in August 2021. . The export of non-petroleum and non-gems and jewelry from April to August was at $135.49 billion which is an increase of 8.4% over the cumulative value of the said products’ export last year. .

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Strategic Sourceror

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Over the past year (July 2021-July 2022), revenues for small-business owners have jumped nearly 90%. Measuring what wholesalers charge, the cost of goods in August was over 12% more than a year ago , according to the Department of Labor. During this same period, though, their earnings fell by 4%.

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The Thomas Blog

JULY 15, 2022

When it comes to flavorings, our data shows that sourcing for food flavorings jumped 122% year-over-year in 2021. orange reduction from December 2021 to January 2022, underscoring the importance of this insecticide. Elemi oil comes from tropical trees and is a flavoring in food and drinks as well as a fragrance in cosmetics and soaps.

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Procurement Tactics

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Also in Cameroon, it imported 44% of its fertilizer from Russia in 2021. A supply chain disruption will affect the production of bread in Kenya which is the third most consumed food item in the country. . In Ghana, 60% of all its iron ore and steel imports come from Ukraine. Ukraine’s total imports dropped 15.1%

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Strategic Sourceror

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

For instance, during the second quarter, roofing materials cost 11% more than in the same three-month period in 2021, according to data from the National Multifamily Housing Council. Additionally, prices for electrical components were up 12%, appliances by 5% and insulation 10%. Lumber prices, meanwhile, dropped by 5%.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 4, 2021

The shortage is expected to last quite a while longer , which can increase overall prices a lot more by the end of 2021. Overall expenses have also gone down for most households, and most of them have saved up a lot in the past 12 months. GM reported a growth of 4.8% The post The Auto Market Supply-Demand Imbalance is Bad for Buyers!

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 14, 2021

Featuring Our 12 Best Procurement Articles! This, they say, includes value delivery through supplier- enabled innovation (SEI); sustainability through environmental, social and governance (ESG) goals; as well as agility through digitalisation — all of which will enable the business to deliver on its growth agenda” (Procurement Leaders 2021).

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Strategic Sourceror

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

In September, sales for semiconductors fell 3% compared to 12 months earlier and 0.5% Totaling $141 billion during the third quarter, sales were down 3% from the same three-month period in 2021 and by 6.3% from August, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association. from the second quarter.

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