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What is Supply Chain Management Process?

ProcurePort

• Defining supply management is difficult because of the many processes and disciplines involved. However, the best way to understand it is to refer to it as the aggregate of activities done to ensure a smooth flow of products from production to delivery to customers. • Managing supply chain activities is essential for the survival […]. The post What is Supply Chain Management Process?

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How To Grow Your Textiles Manufacturing Company (With Digital Marketing Examples)

The Thomas Blog

It’s an active period of growth for some textile manufacturers, especially in the U.S. The pandemic, trade agreements, and changes in the economy have impacted the industry as a whole, but it's still on target for billion dollar growth in the years ahead. Suffice to say, there's opportunity in this sector of manufacturing, and if you're looking to increase orders—of if you already have a five-year plan to double your business and expand your facility—here are ways textiles manufacturers can get

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Graphite shortage in the offing as EV sales soar

Strategic Sourceror

With the price of gasoline still uncomfortably high for most people, more Americans aren't just seriously considering hybrid and all-electric vehicles as their next cars; they're actually buying them. Indeed, during the second quarter, nearly 196,800 electric vehicles were sold nationwide, according to Cox Automotive. That's a 66% increase from the same three-month period in 2021.

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Watch: Machine Learning for Risk Analytics

Supply Chain Brain

With multiple layers of suppliers, artificial intelligence and big data can help companies get clean and useful information, says Jim Hayden, chief data scientist at Everstream Analytics.

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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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Technology Trends in Procurement

Una

5 Technology Trends in Procurement. By Hugo Britt | August 2, 2022. We like talking about savings in big numbers at Una , but even we are awed by the sheer scale of the procurement technology market. You may have had a hint of its size from the dozens of ads that pop up as you browse the internet, or the number of technology vendors clamoring for your attention at procurement conferences.

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Ford expands battery sourcing pool as supply concerns mount

Supply Chain Dive

The automaker is diversifying the mineral mix for batteries used in electric vehicles as it looks to ramp up production.

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How much more money will someone with a procurement certification make versus someone who doesn’t have one?

Procurement Insights

As you all know, I am a big believer in doing thorough research into a topic before writing about it. While this LinkedIn poll may not be an industry-wide exercise, it is invaluable because it provides an excellent starting point for a meaningful and long-overdue dialogue. In other words, and like the quality of a musical instrument’s sound is based on the musician playing it, when it comes to industry certification, its ultimate value is based on the professional who can apply the knowled

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Watch: A Look Back at Gartner Supply Chain Symposium 2022

Supply Chain Brain

A record-breaking number of attendees at the 2022 Gartner Supply Chain Symposium heard about resilience and other hot topics in supply chain, according to Chris Poole, practice vice president, supply chain research, Gartner.

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UPS pilot program aims to deliver more packages in fewer stops

Supply Chain Dive

The initiative involves holding an order virtually until it can match another shipment going to the same address.

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Supply Chain Data Is Key to Solving Global Food Crisis

Supply Chain Brain

The world is experiencing a food crisis driven by a number of factors, including food waste, a shortage of goods and increased costs.

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Scaling Logistics for Success: A White Claw Story

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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Spend Matters VP Research is nominated SIG Future of Sourcing Awards “Rising Star“ finalist 

Spend Matters

Categories: Breaking News , Conferences , Industry Analysts Tags: General News Excitement at Spend Matters HQ today as our own VP of Research, Nick Heinzmann, is nominated as a Rising Star finalist in the Sourcing Industry Group’s (SIG) 2022 Future of Sourcing Awards. These annual awards recognize organizations and individuals that are transforming, leading and innovating in categories critical to the sourcing, procurement and supply industry.

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Fintech Is Changing Supplier Marketplaces for the Better

Supply Chain Brain

By deploying financial services technology at each stage of the supply chain, companies can speed up access to working capital.

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Amazon launches same-day delivery for Pac-Sun, GNC and other retailers

Supply Chain Dive

The service partnership with other brands shows the e-commerce giant’s focus is increasingly on services for third parties.

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How to Handle Supply Chain Planning in the Face of Chaos

The Network Effect

The post How to Handle Supply Chain Planning in the Face of Chaos appeared first on The Network Effect.

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Rethinking Direct Materials Sourcing: The Tools You Need To Manage Costs, Risks and Sustainability

Direct materials sourcing is evolving, with procurement now tasked not only with cost efficiency but managing sustainability and risk management. The environment is marked by heightened demand and expectations, compounded by challenges such as rising input prices, supply chain disruptions and geopolitical tensions. While some embrace cutting-edge tools like AI and blockchain for global trade functions, others lag in technology adoption.

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Ships avoided Oakland in response to trucker protests: report

Supply Chain Dive

The Maersk Altair, for example, waited for three days off the Oakland coast before diverting to Long Beach.

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Markets Are Now Global, But Financial Operations Have Not Kept Up

Procurement Foundry

Today’s procurement professionals have to be diligent in countless areas to keep up with the ever-changing global market. More organizations than ever are buying and selling products globally, which means many are making these worldwide transactions before their financial operations are mature enough to manage multi-currency and multi-national hurdles.

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Peloton outsources manufacturing in bid to simplify supply chain

Supply Chain Dive

The operational pivot comes months after the exercise bike maker laid off roughly 20% of its corporate workforce.

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Questions that Lead to Answers, the Category Insight Challenge

Art of Procurement

It’s easy to think that in this world of access to information, being able to forecast, anticipate and, most importantly, The post Questions that Lead to Answers, the Category Insight Challenge appeared first on Art of Procurement.

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Supply Chain Orchestration: A New Era in Supply Chain Management

When the only certainty is uncertainty, what does that mean for today’s supply chain management approaches? This eBook delves into how supply chain orchestration can help businesses unlock agility, transparency, intelligence, and trust across their end-to-end supply chain.

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Circular Economy: Sustainability Challenges and Benefits

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.