Procurement Bulletin

DECEMBER 3, 2022

A David & Goliath Shipping Story. We’ve already seen how shipping companies have jacked up shipping rates to skyhigh rates. Here’s a story of a modest sized importer, OJ Commerce, going up against a shipping giant, Hamburg Süd, (a subsidiary of Maersk). Retailers Are Confident Xmas is a Go. With the last few year’s supply chain issues, there was worry that retailers would have problems stocking shelves for the Xmas buying season.

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HICX

DECEMBER 3, 2022

By Costas Xyloyiannis, CEO of HICX. Too often the quest to meet ESG standards ignores suppliers but, with the greater opportunities that data offers, we see the process becoming sustainable. In the early 2000s I was a recent software engineering graduate. Along with a friend and fellow graduate, I landed some project work with a major pharmaceutical company.

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Supply Chain Brain

DECEMBER 3, 2022

Biden said it was the right thing to do to save jobs, to protect millions of working families, and to keep supply chains stable around the holidays,

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