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Supply Chain Weekly Wrap-Up 03/03/2023-03/09/2023

All Things Supply Chain

Following the U.S. The Netherlands is set to impose chip export control on China The government of the Netherlands is moving forward with export restrictions on semiconductor manufacturing equipment.

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Electrolux’s Mirela Boldu on managing supply chain threats through education and collaboration

Procurement Leaders

Risk has become an increasingly important focus for Stockholm-headquartered consumer goods giant Electrolux, which has thousands of Tier-1 suppliers. With such a large supply base, it’s not surprising to hear the business faces many different threats, including cyber risks, material availability challenges and logistics risks – to name but three.

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How to reconfigure the global supply chain

SCMR (Supply Chain Management Review)

A prevailing conclusion from the learnings of the past years is that we should move away from a “manufacturing center of the world” to be better prepared to mitigate the shortages and transport challenges. But it’s not that simple.

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How Overstock is wooing new suppliers and weathering retail’s inventory torrent

Supply Chain Dive

While 2022’s discounting frenzy cost the online retailer market share, the CEO told Supply Chain Dive it’s looking to grow through new categories and brands.

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Manufacturing Sustainability Surge: Your Guide to Data-Driven Energy Optimization & Decarbonization

Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions

In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets.

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Why We Should Treat the Defense Supply Chain as a Network

The Network Effect

The post Why We Should Treat the Defense Supply Chain as a Network appeared first on The Network Effect.

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Alphabet’s Wing expects drone network to deliver millions of packages by mid-2024

Supply Chain Dive

The subsidiary of Google’s parent company aims to handle deliveries at a lower cost than ground transportation.

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Procurement as a Profit Center

The Good Spending

Three years ago, I wrote in " The Technology Procurement Handbook ": "Three horsemen of Apocalypse – decentralization, automation, and outsourcing – entered the realms of procurement and conquered the transactional and presentation layer. They're further aiming at category management, reporting, and operational SRM ; the closer you're to the center, the safer your job is.

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Webinar: Discover Financial Services’ Digital Transformation Journey

SpendHQ

The COVID-19 pandemic has cast a long shadow over business and society, and CPOs and their teams will have their work cut out for them if they are going to climb out from under it. For procurement, 2022 will be a more demanding year as teams deal with the ongoing pandemic, inflationary (and budgetary) pressures, as well as greater supply chain risk, and an evolving team staffing model.

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CPO Rising Listicle: 10 Essential Elements to Creating a Supplier Contract

CPO Rising

The Best-in-Class contract management approach is multi-tiered, relying on an interconnected series of capabilities that ultimately drive visibility and insights and are founded on repeatable principles via the standardization, automation, and linkage of key processes (e.g., sourcing and contract management) within the greater strategic sourcing process.

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The Very First Blog Post

Procurement Insights

What was the topic of your very first blog post? (share the link in the comments). Here is the link to my first Procurement Insights post on May 18th, 2007: [link] Are the observations still relevant today? Can you name the service provider – one of the first sponsors of my blog, started by Dave Stephens , that is now an industry giant?

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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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How To Manage Contracts Effectively: Beginner’s Guide

ContractSafe

Managing contracts can feel like chasing a pack of hyperactive puppies.

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The Road to a Stronger Business is through Procurement

HICX

By Costas Xyloyiannis, supplier experience expert and CEO of HICX When ESG rose to the top of the board agenda, leader needed to see how compliant and ready their businesses were across multiple areas. To gain this clarity, they sought a department that could capture, analyse and report on supplier information. Ideally, they wanted a single team that had worked with 100% of suppliers across the business – which didn’t exist.

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How To Manage Contracts Effectively: Beginner’s Guide

ContractSafe

Managing contracts can feel like chasing a pack of hyperactive puppies.

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CPO-led transformation is as much internal as external

HICX

By Ilkhan Ozsevim, editor of Procurement Costas Xyloyiannis, CEO of HICX, in a recent Supply Management article outlines how CPOs can forge valuable transformations that last Costas Xyloyiannis , CEO of HICX , the low code platform for Supplier Experience Management (SxM) has been a regular contributor to Procurement Magazine , covering issues as divergent as sustainable procurement, digitalisation, supplier relationships, net-zero, sustainability and SxM.

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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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Why cutting software budgets now could cost you money in the long run

EazyStock

As we navigate a cost-of-living crisis that has seen prices and inflation soar, budgets are becoming tighter at home and work. To prevent drastic decreases in profitability or increases in debt, finance teams are scrutinizing budgets and balance sheets to find areas to cut to make savings. Changes in business priorities could also see companies shift their focus and budgets to new business initiatives.

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