Procurement Tactics

JULY 19, 2023

 Menu Course Library 1. Negotiation Course Learn from industry experts who negotiated billion $ deals 2. Procurement Strategy Take the lead with our proven 5-step procurement strategy 3. Sustainable Procurement Maintain high profitability while moving toward sustainability 4. ChatGPT & AI Use ChatGPT to automate procurement processes 5. Junior Procurement Management Kickstart your career and become a procurement expert Access To All Unlimited access to all courses & templates Platform F

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Procurement Leaders

JULY 19, 2023

In partnership with Tradeshift: Making the right move before anyone else can deliver significant business benefits.

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Procurement Heads

JULY 19, 2023

For our latest CPO Spotlight, Stephen spoke with Sagar Bhardwaj , Head of Practice – Consumer, about what has changed for him professionally since he last spoke with Procurement Heads. How much has changed for you professionally since your last Head2Head with us? Our organisation is up and running, we have Category Managers, and we have regional teams.

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Supply Chain Dive

JULY 19, 2023

A return to the bargaining table is welcome news for shippers, as the union says it will strike Aug. 1 if a tentative deal isn't reached.

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Advertiser: GEP

“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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Spend Matters

JULY 19, 2023

This Spend Matters Insider vendor analysis provides an overview of Productiv and its SaaS procurement and management solution. Managing applications and procuring SaaS manually can cause critical pain points, such as siloed systems and poor alignment across stakeholders. Procurement, Finance and IT teams often lack a single source of truth, relying instead on spreadsheets, documents and contracts scattered across various platforms.

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Management Market analysis Sourcing Buyers 98

Supply Chain Dive

JULY 19, 2023

Maritime employers had already ratified a deal when an ILWU Canada division rejected it, leading longshore workers to again walk off the job on Tuesday.

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Supply Chain Dive

JULY 19, 2023

The automaker’s chatbot pilot will use data queries to help employees make production planning decisions faster.

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 19, 2023

ILWU Canada said that it did not believe the recommendations proposed by mediators would sufficiently protect port workers’ jobs now or in the future.

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Supply Chain Dive

JULY 19, 2023

Improving shipping times to farms requires a different calculus than what's needed for home deliveries.

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 19, 2023

The union said that a board overseeing the Teamsters' pension and welfare funds will suspend benefits starting July 23 unless Yellow Corp. makes the payments it missed July 15.

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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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SCMR (Supply Chain Management Review)

JULY 19, 2023

As more automakers ramp up electric vehicle production, the chips needed to operate them are growing in demand. But that is putting new pressures on the supply chains needed to produce these specialized chips.

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 19, 2023

Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Poland will still let Ukrainian food exports move through their land to other parts of the world.

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Export 96

Supply Chain Dive

JULY 19, 2023

The renewed strike action comes after the ILWU received a cease and desist from the Canada Industrial Relations Board after failing to provide sufficient notice.

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 19, 2023

Tata will invest over £4 billion ($5.15 billion) to build the battery cell gigafactory factory, which is expected to create up to 4,000 jobs.

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Advertiser: GEP

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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Supply Chain Dive

JULY 19, 2023

“The past 24 hours have demonstrated that this continues to be a fluid and unpredictable situation,” the British Columbia Maritime Employers Association said of the news.

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 19, 2023

Almost all logistics organizations will either increase or maintain their current levels of investment in new IT systems and technologies over the next 12 months.

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SCMR (Supply Chain Management Review)

JULY 19, 2023

Listen as Rosemary Coates and Danielle Malconian, owner of Vikki Vi Apparel and CEO of Plus By Design, discuss the world of apparel and fashion. Rosemary Coates, executive director of the Reshoring Institute, hosts this episode of The Frictionless Supply Chain.

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 19, 2023

Logistics companies are increasingly turning to software providers to innovate and create a digital experience in bill of lading management.

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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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IBM Supply Chain Blog

JULY 19, 2023

This blog post is part of the “All You Need to Know About Red Teaming” series by the IBM Security Randori team. The Randori platform combines attack surface management (ASM) and continuous automated red teaming (CART) to improve your security posture. “No battle plan survives contact with the enemy,” wrote military theorist, Helmuth von Moltke, who believed in developing a series of options for battle instead of a single plan.

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 19, 2023

While it's important to connect the supply chain to finance, all company functions and departments must be linked, says Reggie Twigg, supply chain marketing lead at Anaplan.

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ContractSafe

JULY 19, 2023

Privacy compliance helps protect personal information from prying eyes. Learn how laws like GDPR, CCPA, and HIPAA can impact your contract management system.

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 19, 2023

The country didn’t export a single LNG cargo during June and has dispatched only one shipment so far in July.

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Advertiser: GEP

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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Una

JULY 19, 2023

EPISODE 124 The Latest Trends in Contingent Workforce Management with Julia Braun By Kelly Barner | July 19, 2023 Contingent workforce is certainly not a new category of spend for procurement to manage, but it is a category that has gone through substantial changes over the last few years. Every major trend in talent, from The Great Resignation to layoffs and hiring freezes to quiet quitting, affects how companies balance and blend their sources of talent.

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 19, 2023

Millions of Americans have grown accustomed to next-day and same-day delivery of their goods. But that level of service might not be sustainable for much longer.

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Sustainability 71

CPO Rising

JULY 19, 2023

Ardent Partners is a leading research and advisory firm that specializes in supply management. Ardent’s in-depth coverage includes market research, best practices, thought leadership and technology strategies and specific solution providers. Each year, the firm publishes multiple reports that guide procurement, finance, and more recently, HR departments through the solution selection or RFP process.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

JULY 19, 2023

The exponential leap in generative AI is already transforming many industries: optimizing workflows , helping human teams focus on value added tasks and accelerating time to market. Life sciences industry is beginning to take notice and aims to leapfrog the technological advances. Life sciences industry has—for decades now—moved from the traditional discovery-based drug development to target market-based drug development paradigm.

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Advertiser: ZoomInfo

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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