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Webinar Recap: Procurement 2022, Big Trends and Predictions

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While the procurement industry is consistently evolving and shifting, supply management professionals across the globe have had to quickly prepare for change and innovation in technology, business regulations, and the general speed of commerce. . Disruptions in global supply chains, labor market shortages, strong consumer demand.

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How to Use Group Purchasing as a Cost Reduction Strategy

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The hardest-hit industries were those in which consumer demand plummeted: restaurants, gyms, transportation, construction, theme parks, conventions, oil and gas, automakers, discretionary travel, live sports, hotels, and (of course), airlines. For most of us, 2020 was no time to purchase a new car or book a future trip to Disneyland.

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What to Do When Supply Chains Break Your Heart

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What to Do When Supply Chains Break Your Heart Six helpful tips for what to do – and what NOT to do – when supply chains and supplier partners end up breaking your heart. By Anthony Clervi | February 14, 2023 Search We all know that supply chains can be fragile entities. Things do go wrong, however.

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What is ECommerce Order Fulfillment and Why is it Important?

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Simple Global helps direct-to-consumer firms succeed online by providing a leading eCommerce fulfillment approach to meeting today’s consumer demands. Retailers battled to keep product categories stocked, while services failed to meet rising demand as fulfillment centers maintained their social distance.

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SRM: How to secure the new value that sustainability can bring

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The motivation to become more sustainable goes beyond protecting the organization and is now a means to create competitive advantage, increase market share and build brand value, as today’s consumers demand more from the brands with which they engage. Managing supply chain risk is as much about preparation and management.

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7 Trending Business Practices Disrupting Procurement!

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Due to globalization, growing consumer demands on transparency, the pertinence of sustainable development and technological advancements, procurement and supply chain professionals have been highlighted as an integral part of their organizations. The survey of more than 1,100 U.S. Supplier Enabled Innovation (SEI).