Supply Chain Brain

AUGUST 13, 2023

The 685,000-square-foot fulfillment center in Northern Melbourne will employ a fleet of robots that will fetch items for packing by Amazon staffers.

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Procurement Bulletin

AUGUST 13, 2023

UPS Drivers Earn How Much??? In this week’s “make you say WOW” moment, UPS’ CEO shared that their drivers will average $170K in salary and benefits with the new deal structure. Where does one apply to become a UPS driver? Asking for a friend… Panama Canal Backed Up As if a global pandemic over the last three years, port worker strikes in Western Canada, supply issues due to climate crisis weren’t enough, ships travelling through the Panama Canal are experienci

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Supply Chain Brain

AUGUST 13, 2023

Rio said it had struck a deal with Guinea and the Winning Consortium Simandou to develop the 600 kilometers of rail lines needed to transport the iron ore.

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HICX

AUGUST 13, 2023

By Costas Xyloyiannis, CEO of HICX By building better relationships with all suppliers (and not just a strategic few), brands can remain cost efficient, competitive and profitable, writes Costas Xyloyiannis With inflation slowing down sales and blocking price rises, manufacturers are feeling the pinch. Many will react, as the sector has done for decades, by beating down suppliers on price.

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“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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Supply Chain Brain

AUGUST 13, 2023

When considering nearshoring, staffing experts can help with finding multilingual talent with the same values as yours, says Mia Mazal, business development and partnership manager at SWORKz.

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Art of Procurement

AUGUST 13, 2023

Looking at any of the digital procurement ‘spider charts’ suggests that procurement is an incubator for a vast array of. The post [Pod] The Care and Feeding of the Procurement Startup Ecosystem appeared first on Art of Procurement.

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Procurement Insights

AUGUST 13, 2023

EDITOR’S NOTES: Here is the link to the post on LinkedIn titled “How will Artificial Intelligence revolutionise negotiation?” that started the following discussion stream. A powerful statement, e.g., AI “lies without compunction,” Duncan Jones. Let’s start with a great 2010 article by World Commerce & Contracting ‘s Tim Cummins who said – and I paraphrase “Around the negotiating table everyone lies about what they can do, by when they can

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Supply Chain Brain

AUGUST 13, 2023

The Biden Administration is looking to the United Kingdom as a source of critical minerals for automakers and other high-tech manufacturers.

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