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Three Benefits of Channel-Free Logistics

Supply Chain Brain

Channel-free logistics connects existing infrastructure to simplify the whole order-to-delivery process, encouraging circularity and sustainability, maximizing profits and streamlining operations overall.

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4 smart technologies modernizing sourcing strategy

IBM Supply Chain Blog

Sourcing is getting smarter. To start, many organizations have already pivoted from a tactical to a strategic sourcing mindset—which can make all the difference when it comes to gaining and retaining a competitive advantage. Why? Because organizations with strategic sourcing mindsets look beyond price and cost savings-centered supplier selection initiatives.

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Advances in Thin Film Printed Electronics Enable Active Tracking and Automated Visibility

Supply Chain Brain

Thin film electronics is a rapidly evolving technology that has the potential to revolutionize supply chains and shipping as well as other industries.

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What is managed DNS, anyway?

IBM Supply Chain Blog

Managed DNS is where a third-party hosts and optimizes your DNS resolution architecture to provide the fastest, most secure, most reliable experience. Perhaps the easiest way to explain it is by looking at the opposite scenario: what if you don’t have a managed DNS service in place? Every query in the Domain Name System (DNS) follows the same logic to resolve IP addresses.

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7 Leadership Themes for Procurement & Supply Chain Leaders in 2024

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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Family Dollar to pay $41.7M for issues tied to rat-infested warehouse

Supply Chain Dive

The discount retailer pleaded guilty to one count misdemeanor violation after product contamination at the Arkansas distribution center.

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Meet AI in Supplier Management

Spend Matters

Artificial intelligence (AI) comes in many forms and despite being a consistent ‘hot topic’ for well over a decade now, continues to grow and evolve each year in the procurement industry. In this series of articles, we explore the current state of AI in procurement technology, starting today with the Supplier Management (SxM) market. We give an overview of its capabilities, a high-level market outline and an introduction to the emerging field of GenAI.

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Are women really reluctant to speak at conferences? WHY?

Procurement Insights

“ Women are often less assertive than men in the workplace and tend to apologize or minimize the importance of what they say when they do speak up —even female executives in meetings with their peers. But being on the defensive appears as a lack of confidence.” Speak Up and Don’t Apologize, Diversity Woman Media , Mar 27, 2023 I just came across this post by Stephen Ashcroft this morning – [link] Titled “Finding female speakers is proving difficult,” please ha

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Most employees say their mental health has declined or plateaued in past year

Supply Chain Dive

Technology and management can worsen stress and burnout — but can also be part of the solution, Calm says.

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California Startup Has a Novel Solution to Clean Up Heavy-Duty Truck Emissions

Supply Chain Brain

Technology and funding programs are crucial to decarbonizing heavy-duty transportation, as are ones helping offset the high upfront purchase costs that have deterred buyers.

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Port of Long Beach cargo volumes rise 18% YoY in January

Supply Chain Dive

Retailers rushed to fill warehouses ahead of the slowdown that occurs during the Lunar New Year holiday, the port’s CEO Mario Cordero said.

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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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FAA Gives Boeing 90 Days to Come Up With Safety and Standards Plan

Supply Chain Brain

During an all-day safety discussion at FAA Headquarters on February 27, Whitaker told Boeing that he expects the company to provide the FAA a comprehensive action plan.

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URBN Outfitters opens second fulfillment center for its rental brand

Supply Chain Dive

Nuuly began operations at its new 600,000-square-foot facility in Missouri and plans to invest $60 million into it in the coming years.

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All You Need to Know About Workflow Orchestration

Pipefy

Businesses don’t outgrow their workflows, they transform them. What may have been a relatively simple process at one time can evolve as an organization adds employees and stakeholders, multiple systems, and data. Processes must sometimes undergo massive changes fast in order to adapt to a changing environment. These newly complex workflows must operate just as efficiently and smoothly as the previous iterations.

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Southwest Air Boosts Bet on Corn Jet Fuel With LanzaJet Deal

Supply Chain Brain

The potential of a lucrative ethanol-based sustainable aviation fuel industry could be a major boon to U.S. corn ethanol.

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Next-Gen Procurement: Transforming Processes with the Power of Generative AI

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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Veho nabs crucial link to shippers’ West Coast operations via Clearjet

Supply Chain Dive

The last-mile carrier is able to work with a wider range of clients via Clearjet's nationwide access to air cargo capacity.

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New Leadership at Knight-Swift

Supply Chain Brain

Industry experts are watching its smaller less-than-truckload segment, where operating margins are better, and revenue grew rapidly last year.

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Technology Round-Up — February 28, 2024

CPO Rising

CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up series continues this week with fresh supply management technology news and updates covering a few recent major announcements. If you are a sourcing, procurement, or spend management solution provider and you are continually innovating the way that procurement and supply chain leaders and practitioners drive value, we’d love to hear from you.

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The difference between ALIAS and CNAME and when to use them

IBM Supply Chain Blog

The chief difference between a CNAME record and an ALIAS record is not in the result—both point to another DNS record —but in how they resolve the target DNS record when queried. As a result of this difference, one is safe to use at the zone apex (for example, naked domain such as example.com), while the other is not. Let’s start with the CNAME record type.

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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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Building trust in the government with responsible generative AI implementation

IBM Supply Chain Blog

At the end of 2023, a survey conducted by the IBM® Institute for Business Value (IBV) found that respondents believe government leaders often overestimate the public’s trust in them. They also found that, while the public is still wary about new technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), most people are in favor of government adoption of generative AI.

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