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Vietnam Import and Export Statistics 2023

Procurement Tactics

51 ChatGPT Prompts to 10X Your Productivity in Procurement Success! First Name Email Download 51 Prompts →  Or receive our famous weekly newsletter Vietnam Import and Export Statistics Vietnam’s import and export activities opened with a $58.49 billion turnover of goods in the first quarter of 2023. Vietnam’s central-to-market economy plan transformed the country from one of the poorest into a lower-middle-income country.

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Logistics providers bet on tech to improve warehouse efficiency

Supply Chain Dive

Companies such as Maersk, DHL and SEKO Logistics have trialed new technologies over the past year. Here are 10 stories that show how.

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The Laws of Supply and Demand Meat at Tyson Foods

Art of Procurement

In his book, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Scottish Enlightenment thinker Adam Smith. The post The Laws of Supply and Demand Meat at Tyson Foods appeared first on Art of Procurement.

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Coupa lays off workers as it resets strategy

Supply Chain Dive

The procurement software vendor will also close underutilized offices.

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Tariffs on the Table: How to Brief the Board and C‑Suite With Confidence

“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.

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5 Common Supply Chain Resume Mistakes to Avoid

SCMDOJO

Are you looking to enhance your chances of landing a supply chain role? As someone with extensive managerial and recruiting experience spanning over 15 years, I’ve had the opportunity to review a staggering number of resumes, totaling more than 200. Through this process, I’ve identified a recurring pattern of errors that often lead to these CVs being overlooked.

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Five Steps to Ensuring Supply Chain Solutions Implementation Success

Supply Chain Brain

Success in supply chain planning and operations solutions relies upon the ability to identify and document desired value measures and outcomes, and to align those with the solutions provider.

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Podcast | Getting the Most Value From Your Supply Chain Planning System

Supply Chain Brain

You’ve chosen a provider of supply chain planning software. How do you ensure that the initiative will succeed?

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Serve Robotics to deploy up to 2,000 delivery bots on Uber Eats

Supply Chain Dive

The company has a short list of cities it's considering an expansion into as part of the agreement, its CEO said.

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NJ Senators Award $400,000 to Manufacturing Extension Program

Supply Chain Brain

The grant will allow the NJEMP to provide technical assistance and optimization improvements to small- and mid-sized manufacturers across the state.

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Big Lots pursues creative sourcing to lessen product shortages

Supply Chain Dive

The retailer expects to fully overcome the shuttering of its largest supplier by the end of Q2.

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How to Modernize Manufacturing Without Losing Control

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

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Key Performance Indicators for AI Success in Manufacturing Companies

Supply Chain Brain

Data mesh architecture can help manufacturing companies by democratizing data while improving quality, integration, business self-service and scalability.

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Manufacturing needs demand boost to avoid layoffs, economists warn

Supply Chain Dive

May's PMI showed supply chain factors improving in the industry, sparking hopes of a late-year rebound.

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6 Reasons to Choose a Career in Procurement

Una

6 Reasons to Choose a Career in Procurement Six reasons why a career in procurement is a great professional choice and how it can provide you with a fulfilling and rewarding future. By Hugo Britt | June 1, 2023 Search Are you a recent graduate seeking a career path that combines strategic decision-making, problem-solving, and impactful negotiations ?

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FedEx and ALPA Reach Tentative Collective Bargaining Agreement

Supply Chain Brain

The agreement prevents a possible strike after 99% of FedEx Express pilots voted in favor of union leaders authorizing a strike May 17.

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How Companies Are Navigating Tariff Chaos with GEP’s AI-Powered Procurement Platform

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.

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Frictionless Supply Chain: Connecting manufacturers to their customers

SCMR (Supply Chain Management Review)

Listen in as Rosemary Coates and Ruyi Gaffney, COO at CONNEX, talk about connecting manufacturers to buyers. Rosemary Coates, executive director of the Reshoring Institute, hosts this episode of The Frictionless Supply Chain.

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IBM Cloud Databases for Elasticsearch End of Life and pricing changes

IBM Supply Chain Blog

As part of our partnership with Elastic , IBM is announcing the release of a new version of IBM Cloud Databases for Elasticsearch. We are excited to bring you an enhanced offering of our enterprise-ready, fully managed Elasticsearch. Our partnership with Elastic means that we will be able to offer more, richer functionality and world-class levels of support.

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Procurement: The key to supply chain resiliency

SCMR (Supply Chain Management Review)

Agriculture is the keystone of global food security, but the current system is built on a house of cards. It relies on cheap labor, abundant resources and energy, and a stable supply chain.

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U.S. Transportation Sector Unemployment Rates Fell Below Pre-Pandemic Levels in May

Supply Chain Brain

The United States transportation sector's unemployment rate fell from 4.5% in May 2022 to 3.6% in May 2023, a drop-off of 0.9%.

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A Roadmap For Modernization: How To Break Free From Your Monolith Before July 31, 2026

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.

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SEC’s climate disclosure rule proposal explained

IBM Supply Chain Blog

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued a rule proposal to standardize the way organizations make climate-related disclosures. The rule proposal would require US publicly traded companies to disclose annually how their businesses are assessing, measuring and managing climate-related risks. This would include disclosure of greenhouse gas emissions as a measure of exposure to climate-related risk.

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6 Reasons to Choose a Career in Procurement

Una

6 Reasons to Choose a Career in Procurement Six reasons why a career in procurement is a great professional choice and how it can provide you with a fulfilling and rewarding future. By Hugo Britt | June 1, 2023 Search Search Are you a recent graduate seeking a career path that combines strategic decision-making, problem-solving, and impactful negotiations ?

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Watch: Continental Embraces AI to Track and Manage Tooling

Supply Chain Brain

A case study involving Continental and eMoldino, a provider of applications for managing the automotive tooling supply chain, as told by Marllon Kopelvski, supplier quality manager with Continental, and Gabriel Tejada, senior project manager with eMoldino.

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Manufacturing output declines again in May, reports ISM

SCMR (Supply Chain Management Review)

The report’s key metric, the PMI, registered a 46.9 reading (a reading of 50 or higher indicates growth), falling 0.2% off of April’s 47.1 reading.

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Procurement Is Navigating a Tech Tsunami (and It’s Upending How You Work)

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.

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CSX Earns a Top Ten Spot on Forbes Net Zero Leaders List

Supply Chain Brain

By coming in sixth place, CSX was the highest-ranking company from the transportation sector to earn a spot on Forbes' list.

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[Pod] Procurement 6 – June 2nd, 2023

Art of Procurement

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 – June 2nd, 2023 appeared first on Art of Procurement.

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Italy Starts €1 Billion Sovereign Fund for Key Supply Chains

Supply Chain Brain

The fund hopes to “stimulate the growth and consolidation of national strategic supply chains" according to a statement from Italy’s industry ministry.

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Unlocking the collective potential of supply chains with digital fluency

Skill Dynamics

Gartner Supply Chain Symposium/Xpo ™ conference delivers must-have insights, strategies, and frameworks for chief supply chain officers (CSCOs) and supply chain leaders to think big and drive real impact within their organizations. Our team attended the event in Orlando last month and left feeling inspired and galvanized about the potential to support supply chain digital fluency skills.

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State of AI in Sales & Marketing 2025

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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Supply Chain Automation: Optimizing Cashflow in the Age of Uncertainty

Let's Talk Supply Chain

Supply Chain Automation: Optimizing Cashflow in the Age of Uncertainty It is said that in times of crisis, cash is king. Considering all the recent volatility today’s businesses are facing — supply chain slowdowns, rising interest rates, record-breaking inflation, inflamed geopolitical conflicts and lingering post-pandemic economic effects — it would appear that these words are undeniably pertinent as we close out Q2 2023.

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Accounts Payable Policy: What Is It, Best Practices, and an Example Template

Planergy

Clients and results More Customers We saved more than $1 million on our spend in the first year and just recently identified an opportunity to save about $10,000 every month on recurring expenses with Planergy. Cristian Maradiaga King Ocean Book a Live Demo Download a free copy of "Preparing Your AP Department For The Future", to learn: How to transition from paper and excel to eInvoicing.

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10 Procurement Challenges the Manufacturing Sector Faces

Jaggaer

JAGGAER's latest news on procurement & sourcing. Read now: 10 Procurement Challenges the Manufacturing Sector Faces.

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Overcoming procurement challenges: A comprehensive guide for purchasing managers

Fraxion

As a purchasing manager, you play a crucial role in driving procurement process efficiency, cost savings, compliance, and maintaining strong vendor relationships. Your responsibilities encompass a wide range of tasks that contribute to the overall success of the procurement process and, in turn, the success of the company. In this comprehensive guide, we will explore the common procurement challenges faced by purchasing managers and provide actionable tips for overcoming them, empowering you to

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The AI Race Isn’t Just About Tech Superiority – Its the Supply Chain, Stupid!

The race to dominate AI is no longer about who has the smartest algorithms — it's about who can build and scale faster. Behind every AI breakthrough lies a battle for resources: data centers, compute hardware, power, and telecom infrastructure. And right now, even tech giants are hitting a wall. Our latest white paper reveals the six critical supply chain elements that are increasingly separating AI leaders from the rest.