Procurement Tactics
DECEMBER 6, 2022
33 Procurement Interview Questions in 2022. Download Whitepaper →. . Or receive our famous weekly newsletter. Spend Management — The Ultimate Guide of 2023. Spend management is an important process to reduce losses and mistakes. However, how do you manage your spending? In this article, we will discuss what spend management is. We will tell you the challenges and benefits of spending management.
ivalua
DECEMBER 6, 2022
Author: Hubert Verweij , Head of Procurement Transformation, Capgemini Invent Sweden and Finland. Previously published on Capgemini’s website. Nowadays, Procurement practitioners primarily talk about emerging topics like the reduction of scope 3 emissions, supplier-enabled innovation and supply risk management. These discussions are fed by researchers and thought leaders who emphasize the changing role of Procurement to unlock value potential, mitigate risks and reduce total lifecycle cos
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Supply Chain Dive
DECEMBER 6, 2022
Co-founder and CEO Andy Whiting highlighted Texas, Florida and the Carolinas as states the company plans to grow in.
Supply Chain Brain
DECEMBER 6, 2022
Today’s small-vehicle expedited shipping offers shippers faster delivery and increased agility, which can be a competitive advantage in today’s challenging marketplace. .
Advertiser: GEP
“What should we do about the tariffs?” There’s no straightforward answer — every leader has a different expectation. CFOs want numbers. COOs want action. CEOs want strategy. And supply chain and procurement leaders need to be ready with the right response — fast. That’s why GEP has created a simple three-part framework that will help CPOs and CSCOs brief the board and C-suite with clarity and confidence.
Supply Chain Dive
DECEMBER 6, 2022
The company had to use suboptimal distribution networks and pay more in fees due to slowdowns in returning shipping containers.
Supply Chain Brain
DECEMBER 6, 2022
Nearshoring ensures faster speed to market and quicker transit from manufacturers to customers; suppliers and retailers also enjoy the ease of operating in a more convenient time zone.
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Spend Matters
DECEMBER 6, 2022
Categories: Procurement Strategy & Planning , Risk Performance and Compliance , Services and Indirect Spend Tags: EU , Webinar On December 14, Spend Matters and KPMG are excited to be hosting a webinar to discuss how procurement organizations can find opportunities to drive sustainable value for the business in a period when money, talent and time are in short supply – a hugely topical and relevant discussion we believe in this time of austerity and looming global recession.
Supply Chain Dive
DECEMBER 6, 2022
The clothing retailer has taken several measures to rightsize its inventory, with plans to continue its efforts into the new year.
Spend Matters
DECEMBER 6, 2022
Categories: Procurement , Procurement Commentary , Sponsored Article Tags: EU , Sponsored Article ‘Tis the season to build those jolly-good annual budgets and plans while factoring in the uncertainties about inflation, supply chains and resources. As Procurement anticipates the year ahead, the must-have list should include a solution that can equip and empower team members and leaders with powerful intelligence to drive better business performance not just at the start of the year, but in a dyna
Supply Chain Dive
DECEMBER 6, 2022
The logistics provider will partner with GreyOrange to deploy robots in its fulfillment centers, starting in the UK.
Speaker: Andrew Skoog, Founder of MachinistX & President of Hexis Representatives
Manufacturing is evolving, and the right technology can empower—not replace—your workforce. Smart automation and AI-driven software are revolutionizing decision-making, optimizing processes, and improving efficiency. But how do you implement these tools with confidence and ensure they complement human expertise rather than override it? Join industry expert Andrew Skoog as he explores how manufacturers can leverage automation to enhance operations, streamline workflows, and make smarter, data-dri
Una
DECEMBER 6, 2022
8 No-Brainer Reasons to Join a Group Purchasing Organization. By Hugo Britt | December 6, 2022. In business, a “no-brainer” is a decision that is so easy or obvious that it requires very little debate. Procurement no-brainers include low-risk, high-return activities like centralizing data , paying suppliers on time, and optimizing processes. 8 Reasons to join a group purchasing organization.
Supply Chain Dive
DECEMBER 6, 2022
Towards the end of every year OSHA (the Occupational Safety and Health Administration) releases its list of the top 10 safety violations, which includes the specific number of violations reported in each category. Why is this list essential?
Una
DECEMBER 6, 2022
Episode 93: Empowering Supplier Diversity Managers to Drive Change with Stephanie Lokker. By Kelly Barner | December 7, 2022. Supplier diversity is a good idea – but that fact plus a vision creates very little value. It takes leadership, ownership, and a lot of hard work to convert the vision and social mission behind supplier diversity into tangible results.
SCMR (Supply Chain Management Review)
DECEMBER 6, 2022
With disciplined, scalable and integrated approach to e-commerce order fulfillment and returns management, DHL Supply Chain is well positioned to help retailers efficiently and profitably manage the holiday peak season and the post-holiday returns peak.
Advertiser: GEP
Tariffs are no longer just policy noise. They’re driving real, bottom-line impact. One policy shift and your sourcing strategy is upside down. This bulletin cuts straight to the point. How Market-Leading Companies Are Navigating Tariff Chaos with GEP’s AI-Powered Procurement Platform breaks down how procurement teams are staying ahead of the chaos with real-time insights, smarter sourcing moves and AI-powered agility.
Art of Procurement
DECEMBER 6, 2022
A couple of weeks ago, Philip Ideson posted a LinkedIn snap poll about procurement’s negotiating leverage. He asked whether it. The post Is there such a thing as too much leverage? appeared first on Art of Procurement.
SCMR (Supply Chain Management Review)
DECEMBER 6, 2022
At the 2022 NextGen Supply Chain Conference, Supply Chain Management Review recognized the companies shaping tomorrow’s supply chains.
Positive Purchasing
DECEMBER 6, 2022
In supplier relationship management (SRM), the fundamental question we ask ourselves is, ‘What do we need from our supply base?’. This sounds simple enough and you would be forgiven for thinking that the answer is equally straightforward. Surely our requirements are to have products or services supplied to the correct specification at the right time and at an acceptable price?
SCMR (Supply Chain Management Review)
DECEMBER 6, 2022
GreyOrange partners with SEKO to help provide efficient peak-time operations.
Speaker: Jason Cottrell and Gireesh Sahukar
Retailers know the clock is ticking–legacy SAP Commerce support ends in 2026. Legacy platforms are becoming a liability burdened by complexity, rigidity, and mounting operational costs. But modernization isn’t just about swapping out systems, it’s about preparing for a future shaped by real-time interactions, AI powered buying assistants, and flexible commerce architecture.
Supply Chain Brain
DECEMBER 6, 2022
People with COVID can now isolate at home rather than in state facilities if they have mild or no symptoms. They also no longer need to show tests for most venues, and can travel more freely inside the country.
SCMR (Supply Chain Management Review)
DECEMBER 6, 2022
Major benefits expected to be cost reductions and improved scalability.
Supply Chain Brain
DECEMBER 6, 2022
Rick Thomas, senior vice president of business development with GEODIS, offers an overview of current parcel carrier rates and surcharges, and what the coming peak season might look like. .
Procurement Foundry
DECEMBER 6, 2022
A resilient supply chain is defined by its capacity for resistance and recovery; having the capability to minimize the impact of disruption; and the ability to recover quickly. Even when the current crisis subsides, there will always be the next one on the horizon, making this a critical component of ongoing planning for corporate executives. Habitually, companies think of the tangible benefits of increasing resiliency as an organizational defense – reducing downtime, limiting productivity loss,
Advertiser: GEP
Procurement is in the middle of a tech tsunami. And if it feels like the old playbooks aren’t working anymore, that’s because they aren’t. Agentic AI. Autonomous procurement. Unified source-to-pay ecosystems. These innovations are converging and transforming how procurement teams operate. The GEP 2025 Procurement & Supply Chain Tech Trends Report breaks it all down.
Supply Chain Brain
DECEMBER 6, 2022
Global Container Terminals’ owners Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, IFM Investors and British Columbia Investment Management Corp. have been exploring a sale of the two container terminals.
CPO Rising
DECEMBER 6, 2022
Chief Procurement Officers face a myriad of supply risks from supplier insolvency to union strikes to geopolitical crises to inflation. However, one area of risk that has spiked in recent years but has not been given the depth of coverage that it warrants is fraud. Fraud is our fourth macro-level challenge that CPOs must address […].
Supply Chain Brain
DECEMBER 6, 2022
For Kroger, the next year is critical as it awaits the outcome of its proposal to buy Albertsons for $24.6 billion. .
HICX
DECEMBER 6, 2022
The benefits of supplier centricity. As Adam Brown , Procurement Strategy & Digital Transformation at Maersk puts it, “Procurement needs to play the role of enabler, ensuring that it asserts its role in ‘getting the data shaped up,’ and using its insight and expertise to understand the supplier experience in its entirety.” . This means buyers must focus on putting themselves in the shoes of their suppliers in order to understand and remove the painful friction points.
Advertiser: ZoomInfo
AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.
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