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Watch: Supply Chain Talent: What the Hell Happened?

Supply Chain Brain

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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Panama Canal Backed Up

Procurement Bulletin

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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Rio Tinto Strikes Rail Deal for Huge Iron Ore Mine in Guinea

Supply Chain Brain

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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Supporting suppliers

HICX

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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7 Leadership Themes for Procurement & Supply Chain Leaders in 2024

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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Amazon Planning to Build Australia’s Largest Robotics Warehouse

Supply Chain Brain

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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[Pod] The Care and Feeding of the Procurement Startup Ecosystem

Art of Procurement

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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When it comes to negotiations, is AI better at “bluffing” than humans?

Procurement Insights

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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Can the U.K. Help American Manufacturers Shift Their Sourcing of Critical Materials?

Supply Chain Brain

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