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2022 Logistics and Supply Chain Management Trends

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The past few years have seen unprecedented supply chain challenges largely stemming from COVID-19 disruptions. Consequently, companies are becoming more focused on anticipating, reacting to, and planning for the unexpected through their supply chain strategies. Supply Chain Digitalization.

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Procurement 101: Your Essential Guide to Strategic Sourcing

World of Procurement blog

Value-add : Procurement aims to add value by optimizing processes, consolidating spend, and building supplier relationships. Sources innovation by engaging suppliers in new product/service development. What are the company's goals for growth, cost reduction, sustainability, innovation etc? Purchasing's value-add is more limited.

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4 Predictions on Procurement’s Top Trends in 2023

Arkestro

Among them were supply chain disruptions , inflation, and supply scarcity and shortages. But if there’s one advantage, it’s that crisis creates change and the potential for innovation. The talent shortage in procurement and supply chain is nothing new: it’s been going on for several years now.

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Technology Support in Integrated Business Planning: Automation, Augmentation and Human Centricity

Supply Chain Trend

Preview In his 2019 Foresight article, Niels van Hove examined eight technological hurdles that must be overcome to enable autonomous or ‘lights out’ supply-chain planning. He reasoned that to support such planning we need to implement a third wave of integrated supply-chain planning software.