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Supply Chain Weekly Wrap-Up 01/20/2023-01/26/2023

All Things Supply Chain

Smartphone shipments records its lowest figures since 2013 2022 saw the lowest recorded shipments of smartphones since 2013, a reported 1.21 billion shipments were made last year.

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Tim Snow on managing risks in a polycrisis: ‘We go as deep as Tier-7’

Procurement Leaders

It has long been said that procurement has a unique 360-degree view of the value chain and that is especially true of Tim Snow, CPO and VP of procurement, commercial contracts and insurance at satellite service provider Inmarsat. As the individual in charge of money coming in and money flowing out, it’s only natural that Snow has set his team up in a way that differs vastly from many traditional procurement functions. “Procurement is structured based on the stakeholders we work with,

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A career in recruitment…

Procurement Heads

Like a lot of people, I hadn’t actively sought out a career in recruitment. In fact, I think it’s safe to say recruitment found me. Similar to the Human League song, I’d been working as a waiter in a cocktail bar in Southampton after graduating with a film and Spanish degree at Kingston University and grown weary of long antisocial hours. I got speaking to a customer who worked in recruitment and they suggested I’d be a good match for a career in the profession.

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Sam’s Club aims to modernize supply chain with expansion of automated fulfillment

Supply Chain Dive

The wholesale club chain is adding more distribution centers as it looks to open 30 new stores across the U.S. over the next few years.

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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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Analytics-Driven Supply Chain Design – Key Challenges and Opportunities

SCMR (Supply Chain Management Review)

In this webinar, Milena Janjevic, a research scientist at the Megacity Logistics Lab at MIT’s Center for Transportation and Logistics, will discuss new approaches and models for supply chain design, as well as the tools that enable them.

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Product digitization is the future. Here’s how to get started.

Supply Chain Dive

Product digitization can perform an almost limitless number of tasks throughout your supply chain, from helping spot counterfeit goods to providing specific recycling instructions.

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Why shippers will add more FedEx and UPS competitors to their carrier mix in 2023

Supply Chain Dive

Interest in last mile alternatives is up. Experts say Amazon could take advantage by launching a competing service.

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A Woman’s Guide to Negotiation

Shapiro Negotiations Institute

In any male-dominated industry, women often have to work twice as hard for the same positions and the respect of their peers. From marketing departments to the legal field, women have been breaking the glass ceiling in terms of bringing more female empowerment to the workplace. Supporting women begins with taking a more forward approach to career goals and negotiations, showing prospective clients that you mean business.

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Church’s Texas Chicken hires new purchasing head

Supply Chain Dive

Joining the chain is Will Cash, who brings procurement and supply chain leadership experience from other quick-service restaurants.

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What Is Supplier Lifecycle Management & How Does It Help Manage Supplier Performance?

HICX

Supplier Lifecycle Management (SLM) allows organizations and their suppliers to develop and cultivate more productive and mutually beneficial business relationships. Nurturing and managing vendor performance through supplier lifecycle management processes enables the organization to control and shape the supplier lifecycle and performance to its advantage while also ensuring that the vendor is set up to deliver an optimal level of service.

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GEP Procurement & Supply Chain Tech Trends Report

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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[Pod] Procurement 6 – January 27th, 2023

Art of Procurement

Procurement 6 is a new short podcast from Art of Procurement that will be published in the Art of Procurement. The post [Pod] Procurement 6 – January 27th, 2023 appeared first on Art of Procurement.

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Procurement's Role in Meeting DE&I Goals

Procurement Foundry

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Friday Listicle: Five Key Characteristics of a Best-in-Class CPO

CPO Rising

With the start of the new year, Ardent Partners is rolling out a new piece of weekly content: CPO Rising’s Friday Listicle. Each listicle will provide procurement tips, trends, research, strategies, and more in an infographic format. We know that today’s professionals have busy schedules.