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 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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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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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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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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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

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 Brain

JULY 19, 2023

The new location offers direct planeside recovery, immediate unit load device (ULD) transfers to the facility and reduced processing fees.

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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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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

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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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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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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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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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

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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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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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

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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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

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: 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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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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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 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

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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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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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

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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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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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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