Empowering CPO

MAY 4, 2023

Introduction A. Importance of procurement in modern businesses In today’s fast-paced and competitive business landscape, procurement plays a crucial role in driving efficiency, cost savings, and overall success. By effectively managing the purchasing process, companies can better control their expenditures and optimize their supply chain, ensuring the availability of the right products and services at the right time.

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Procurement Tactics

MAY 4, 2023

18 Must-Have Negotiation Skills For Procurement Professionals Download Course Details →  Or receive our famous weekly newsletter Challenges in Sustainability Faced by Procurement Teams Adopting sustainability in procurement has many challenges that the procurement team must address to aim for sustainability. However, what are these challenges? In this article, we will discuss what sustainable procurement is.

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Art of Procurement

MAY 4, 2023

Bed Bath & Beyond was founded in New Jersey in 1971. Popular for its effective use of the ‘superstore’ concept, The post [Pod] Bed Bath & Beyond’s Decline from Superstore to No-more appeared first on Art of Procurement.

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Procurement Tactics

MAY 4, 2023

18 Must-Have Negotiation Skills For Procurement Professionals Download Course Details →  Or receive our famous weekly newsletter Contract Auditing — Everything You Should Know Contract auditing allows parties to know their obligations and follow them thoroughly. However, what is it? In this article, we will discuss what contract audit means. We will tell you the purpose and the different types of auditing contracts.

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Advertiser: GEP

Procurement and supply chain leaders are presented with their fair share of challenges, with a host of tools and strategies to resolve them. That said, what’s the best path forward to leverage this year’s trends? In this recap of a recent GEP-WBR webinar, 7 Leadership Themes for Procurement & Supply Chain Leaders in 2024, GEP’s Pramod Sethumadhavan explores seven vital leadership trends that will help guide procurement and supply chain decision-makers.

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Supply Chain Dive

MAY 4, 2023

The bankrupt retailer has big trade debts to numerous suppliers as well as transportation and other service providers.

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Art of Procurement

MAY 4, 2023

Procurement 6 is a short podcast from Art of Procurement that publishes in the Art of Procurement feed every Friday. The post [Pod] Procurement 6 – May 5th, 2023 appeared first on Art of Procurement.

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Una

MAY 4, 2023

How to Manage Risk Using a Group Purchasing Organization A play-by-play for mitigating risk within your procurement function and the wider organization by utilizing the power of group purchasing. DOWNLOAD PLAYBOOK Manage Risk Using a Group Purchasing Organization Procurement and supply chains carry risk for an organization, ranging from spiraling costs to reputational, operational, and compliance risks.

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Supply Chain Brain

MAY 4, 2023

Managing supply chain risk and resiliency are more than buzzwords, they are what drive us to succeed and by extension the success of the businesses we support. The last three years have shown us that as supply chain leaders we can never prepare enough.

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SCMR (Supply Chain Management Review)

MAY 4, 2023

We cannot know all of the regulations and building codes in foreign locations, but we can use common sense and ask common sense questions about our supply chain partners. The collapse of Rana Plaza in 2013 shows us why.

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Supply Chain Brain

MAY 4, 2023

Deeply embedded in the production and movement of goods around the world, forced labor is notoriously difficult to spot, much less eradicate.

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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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Spend Matters

MAY 4, 2023

Categories: Podcasts , Source to Pay Tags: Podcasts Everything is a service these days. So, with XaaS becoming ever more dominant, procurement gets both the opportunity to help organizations navigate these waters and the challenge to reconsider procurement’s relationship with the broader organization. In this podcast, Pierre Mitchell, Chief Research Officer at Spend Matters, and Gordon Donovan, Global Director for Market Research at SAP, discuss what ‘services procurement’ means when everything

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Supply Chain Brain

MAY 4, 2023

By engaging trading partners on a sustainability journey, organizations can cascade the expansion of sustainable business practices throughout the supply base

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SCMR (Supply Chain Management Review)

MAY 4, 2023

A control tower can transform supply change management, creating a digital supply chain that is faster, cheaper, and more resilient than the old one.

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Supply Chain Brain

MAY 4, 2023

Reducing the distance between products and transportation speeds fulfillment, which in turn helps with sustainability efforts.

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Advertiser: GEP

Generative AI goes beyond just automating tasks and providing real-time answers. Did you know that implementing generative AI reduces sourcing cycle times and allows for faster decision-making across procurement operations? In this whitepaper — Next-Gen Procurement: Transforming Processes With the Power of Generative AI — experts reveal how the strategic application of generative AI within procurement processes is paving the way for groundbreaking improvements.

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Supply Chain Dive

MAY 4, 2023

The semiconductor producer struggled to lower stock levels in the past quarter, but says AI-related customer demand is helping with “inventory digestion.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

MAY 4, 2023

Welcome back to Blended! It’s episode 32, I’m joined by a brand new panel of fantastic professionals and, today, we’re talking about introverts vs extroverts. Most of us, in our lives and careers, have considered what personality type we are. You might be a self-identifying Type A personality (which I know one or two of my guests today are!) In many workplaces you might even have undergone a personality test, so leadership can get a greater idea of individuals strengths and weaknesses.

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Supply Chain Brain

MAY 4, 2023

Adform's programmatic campaign technology decreased Audi’s advertising supply chain carbon emissions by 52% helping the car manufacturer bolster the performance of its ad campaign by 65%.

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Supply Chain Dive

MAY 4, 2023

The deal, which is expected to close in the second quarter, includes e-commerce fulfillment and order storage provider Deliverr.

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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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Procurement Freelancers

MAY 4, 2023

To locate and control outside resources for an organisation, procurement is a business administration procedure.… The post A Procurement Framework That Works The Best For Your Business first appeared on Procurement Blog | Procurement & Supply Chain News.

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SCMR (Supply Chain Management Review)

MAY 4, 2023

If you were dropped onto this planet and landed at McCormick Place in the heart of Chicago in the middle of March, you would probably conclude that planet Earth had been overrun by robots. Everywhere you turned on the ProMat conference floor, there was a robot lifting something, putting something away, or carrying something to another location.

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Supply Chain Dive

MAY 4, 2023

The mid-Atlantic grocer will use the 82,000-square-foot facility in Manassas, Virginia, to expand its delivery area to more than 140 ZIP codes in the state.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

MAY 4, 2023

Three of my four grandparents were teachers. Their love of learning and passion for lighting a spark in their students impressed upon me the power that teachers have to change lives and shape the future. As I’m writing this, I am in Jacksonville, Florida, just a few miles from where my grandmother, Rosalie Gordon-Mills, was an educator for over 40 years in the St.

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Advertiser: GEP

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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Supply Chain Brain

MAY 4, 2023

Not only employees can put you at risk, but your partners, suppliers and other third parties can as well, and they usually have less oversight.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

MAY 4, 2023

Three of my four grandparents were teachers. Their love of learning and passion for lighting a spark in their students impressed upon me the power that teachers have to change lives and shape the future. As I’m writing this, I am in Jacksonville, Florida, just a few miles from where my grandmother, Rosalie Gordon-Mills, was an educator for over 40 years in the St.

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Supply Chain Brain

MAY 4, 2023

Corporate governance driven by top management, and supported by business processes and technology, is fundamental to the establishment of any successful ESG program.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

MAY 4, 2023

Have you heard? Something Big Is Coming To Supply Chain When you’re looking for cutting-edge resources on innovation and trends across supply chain, where do you go? What about when you’re on a mission to find like-minded professionals and cultivate relationships that go beyond emoji reactions? And what about when you’re trying to generate leads, build campaigns and get ahead of the game in the unique world of supply chain marketing?

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Supply Chain Brain

MAY 4, 2023

The growing role of artificial intelligence and machine learning have enabled retailers and CPGs to create forecasts that allow them to stay ahead of ever-changing demand.

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Value Match

MAY 4, 2023

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Supply Chain Brain

MAY 4, 2023

The enormity of the exploitation of human labor across the globe is staggering. Yet there are actions that business leaders can take right now.

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Jaggaer

MAY 4, 2023

The post Building strategic and sustainable competitive advantage with supply chain resilience appeared first on JAGGAER.

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Advertiser: GEP

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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