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CPO Spotlight: Karl Poulsen

Procurement Heads

For Procurement Heads’ latest CPO Spotlight, he spoke with James Dobbin about what drew him to financial and professional services and what some of the biggest challenges facing the sector are. How much has changed in the world of Procurement since we last spoke in 2019 ? It seems like a lifetime ago! Lots has changed, lots in the economy, the wider society, and geo-political events as well all impacting the supply chain as well as the pandemic, the list is almost endless.

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Episode 97: No One Climbs Mount Everest Alone with Dylan McCabe

Una

EPISODE 97. No One Climbs Mount Everest Alone with Dylan McCabe. By Kelly Barner | January 11, 2023. When you are starting a new company, it is a challenge to convince customers that they should choose you over their alternatives. When you are also pioneering a completely new business model for your target market, that challenge increases substantially.

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Procurement, meet no-code development

Art of Procurement

The user experience associated with procurement technology has come a long way. I’m dating myself here, but procurement used to. The post Procurement, meet no-code development appeared first on Art of Procurement.

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Supply chains 2022: A year in pictures

Supply Chain Dive

Rising inflation, strike threats and slowing demand triggered a wave of business uncertainty following months of growth. Take a look back at 13 memorable moments.

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GEP Procurement & Supply Chain Tech Trends Report

The technological landscape is dynamic and changes quickly. And for procurement and supply chain leaders looking to harness the power of technology to navigate complex challenges and an uncertain business environment, keeping up with the latest trends can be its own obstacle. So, what’s on the technological horizon for procurement and supply chain for the year ahead?

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Watch: What Happens to the Semiconductor Supply Chain If China Invades Taiwan?

Supply Chain Brain

John Ferguson, chief executive officer of TBM Consulting Group, discusses the importance of Taiwan to global semiconductor production, and tells how the supply chain would be impacted by China invading Taiwan.

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Walgreens expands use of automated pharmacy fulfillment centers

Supply Chain Dive

The addition moves the chain closer to its goal of building 22 facilities, helping to eliminate repetitive tasks for pharmacists.

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Bunge to spend $550M on protein concentrate plant

Supply Chain Dive

The Indiana facility, which will create about 70 full-time jobs, will make key ingredients used in the production of plant-based foods, processed meat and other products.

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U.S. Container Imports on Downward Track in 2023

Supply Chain Brain

U.S. inbound container volumes fell in December to close to pre-pandemic levels, as forecasts point to deeper declines in the coming months.

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Time to calibrate the impact of ESG on procurement

SCMR (Supply Chain Management Review)

With climate change becoming a focal point across industries, ESG strategy requirements are only going to play a bigger role in supply chain buying decisions.

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Hot warehouse market shows signs of cooldown

Supply Chain Dive

Supply has now outstripped demand for the second straight quarter, according to Cushman & Wakefield.

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Scaling Logistics for Success: A White Claw Story

Speaker: Scott Campbell and Molly Feller

As the demand for your products skyrockets 🚀, you're likely experiencing logistical challenges that are preventing you from scaling your business. The sudden surge in demand can be exciting, but it can also put a strain on your supply chain and logistics operations. In this webinar, join Scott Campbell, Vice President, Logistics & Demand at Mark Anthony Services and Molly Feller, VP Logistics as a Service Operations at e2open, as they explore the challenges that arise when companies expe

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New Year Insights for the procurement solutions and services marketplace 2023: Efficio

Spend Matters

Categories: Best Practice , Commentary , Procurement Strategy & Planning Tags: EU , Insights Series For several years now, Spend Matters has been collecting and publishing a series of articles about predictions and insights in procurement, supply and services trends for the year ahead from expert tech and service providers in the market. This year is no different as we’ve framed the subject around “insights,” highlighting providers' observations from the year they’ve left behind and how the

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Rivian falls short on EV production amid supply chain stall

Supply Chain Dive

The electric vehicle maker has faced production downtime because of a shortage of a “key component,” executives previously said.

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Amazon Expands Prime Delivery Service to More Web Stores

Supply Chain Brain

Amazon for years has worked to expand its e-commerce success beyond its own webstore.

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FedEx Ground makes further cuts to Sunday home delivery coverage

Supply Chain Dive

Effective mid-March, the service will cover more than half the U.S. population. It once reached nearly 95% of the country.

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Rethinking Direct Materials Sourcing: The Tools You Need To Manage Costs, Risks and Sustainability

Direct materials sourcing is evolving, with procurement now tasked not only with cost efficiency but managing sustainability and risk management. The environment is marked by heightened demand and expectations, compounded by challenges such as rising input prices, supply chain disruptions and geopolitical tensions. While some embrace cutting-edge tools like AI and blockchain for global trade functions, others lag in technology adoption.

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Fairmarkit webinar on Demystifying Autonomous Sourcing: Concepts, Drivers and Enablers

Spend Matters

Categories: Sourcing , Sponsored Article , Technology Tags: Sponsored Article The end game of “Autonomous” in intelligent process automation is fairly well hyped, but the concept is attainable once you understand some elements. And there is no more impactful business area than the Sourcing area. Though procurement has historically been known as the last on the digital transformation train, many new automated techniques for intelligent demand aggregation, hyper-automation of sourcing execution, a

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Planning for the Future (and present!) of Warehouse Automation

Supply Chain Brain

This webinar is a must-see for any supply chain or warehouse professional who's either planning to attend Promat 2023 or still deciding to attend. In this webinar we will discuss what the future of distribution has to hold in 2023 and beyond. .

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How Relationships & Innovation Drive Public Sector Value with UK Health Security Agency’s Commercial & Category Director, Victoria Cope – Episode 68

Procurement Talk with David Byrne

Listen in Apple Podcasts Listen in Spotify Listen in Google Podcasts Listen on Amazon Episode show notes “If you are purely doing procurement and commercial on paper, the paper doesn’t stand the litmus test,” Victoria Cope’s career roles are supremely varied and her credentials numerous, so she serves as … Continued. The post How Relationships & Innovation Drive Public Sector Value with UK Health Security Agency’s Commercial & Category Director, Victoria Cope &#

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FedEx to Pare Sunday Deliveries Again as E-Commerce Wanes

Supply Chain Brain

The move is the latest step in FedEx’s effort to reduce costs, improve efficiency and deal with a decline of package volume as people return to shopping at retail stores.

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Supply Chain Orchestration: A New Era in Supply Chain Management

When the only certainty is uncertainty, what does that mean for today’s supply chain management approaches? This eBook delves into how supply chain orchestration can help businesses unlock agility, transparency, intelligence, and trust across their end-to-end supply chain.

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CLDA appoints new interim executive director

SCMR (Supply Chain Management Review)

Mark McSweeney has served in CEO capacities for 29 years including national and international trade associations.

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FAA Alert System Outage Causes Disruption to U.S. Flights

Supply Chain Brain

The ground stop was lifted at 9am January 11, with the FAA declaring that operations were “resuming gradually across the United States.”.

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New Year Insights for the Procurement Solutions and Services Marketplace 2023: JAGGAER

Jaggaer

The post New Year Insights for the Procurement Solutions and Services Marketplace 2023: JAGGAER appeared first on JAGGAER.

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Amtrak Passengers Stranded for 29 Hours Feared They Had Been Kidnapped

Supply Chain Brain

The train was delayed for more than 29 hours after being rerouted due to a derailed CSX freight train.

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GEP Outlook Report 2024

Procurement and supply chain leaders have faced their share of disruption and economic turmoil these past four years. Whether from geopolitical tensions or the havoc caused by the pandemic and its aftershocks, plenty of challenges remain. Despite this, leaders are seeing a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel — inflation is decreasing, interest rates are leveling off and supply chain volatility is easing.

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Procurement 2023: BIG Trends & Predictions

CPO Rising

Join Ardent Partners on January 26th from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM ET for a discussion on Procurement 2023: BIG Trends & Predictions. Chief Procurement Officers and their teams head into 2023 amidst great uncertainty and caution. While the pandemic will not be the major story of 2023 (we hope), it is still lingering and […].

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International Negotiation — The Ultimate Guide of 2023

Procurement Tactics

33 Procurement Interview Questions in 2023. Download Whitepaper →. . Or receive our famous weekly newsletter. International Negotiation — The Ultimate Guide of 2023. International negotiation is so frequent nowadays due to the interdependence of countries with one another. However, not many people understand it fully. . For this article, we will discuss what international negotiation is.