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MRO in Procurement — Everything You Should Know

Procurement Tactics

33 Procurement Interview Questions in 2022. Download Free Whitepaper ?. ?. Or receive our famous weekly newsletter. MRO in Procurement — Everything You Should Know. MRO is one of the frequent words that you will encounter in the procurement industry, especially within its operations. However, many people keep on using this word without truly understanding what it is. .

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Episode 92: Social Selling for Procurement Professionals with Tim Hughes

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Episode 92: Social Selling for Procurement Professionals with Tim Hughes. By Kelly Barner | November 30, 2022. Social media has changed the way we do nearly everything: stay in touch with friends, gather information, stay informed about the news, and make decisions. But should it also alter the way we buy and sell? Executive and author Tim Hughes says yes – and not only that, our time on social media should be driven by strategy and purpose.

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What E-Commerce Is Teaching Us About Returns

Supply Chain Brain

Itamar Zur, co-founder and CEO of next-generation shipping platform Veho, wants e-tailers to fundamentally reframe how they think about the returns side of the business.

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FedEx and Cart.com launch data-sharing alliance for e-commerce fulfillment

Supply Chain Dive

The logistics giant gains a deeper look into pre-purchase behaviors, while the e-commerce platform gets access to post-purchase insights.

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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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Can Digitization Help Supply Chains Steer Clear of Backlogs?

Supply Chain Brain

By digitizing documents and data, supply chains can realize cost savings, promote transparency, reduce risk and boost efficiency across the state of California. .

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Did the pandemic really kill just-in-time? Experts weigh in.

Supply Chain Dive

With retailers now struggling with inventory glut and overstocked warehouses, the lean operating model may need to make a comeback.

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Zinc-based storage manufacturer delays production to capitalize on federal tax credits

Supply Chain Dive

Eos Energy Enterprises is pushing this year's orders to 2023 to take advantage of energy storage benefits outlined in the Inflation Reduction Act, CEO Joe Mastrangelo said.

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Real Life Tips and Lessons On Increasing Website Speed!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Nifty SEO Tips that can Boost your Website’s Rankings! Before I created supplychaingamechanger.com I had never set up a website let alone optimized it for site speed. The entire experience and demands of running a website were new to me, let alone increasing website speed. But it quickly became clear that having a slow website was not going to either attract or retain visitors.

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Chevron to Send First Venezuelan Crude Shipment to U.S. by Late December

Supply Chain Brain

Under the agreements, Chevron will take over operations at an oil upgrading facility where it will process about 1 million barrels of crude to be shipped to U.S. refiners.

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Three priorities for the CPO and CMO in the face of recession

Spend Matters

Categories: Market Intelligence , Procurement Financials , Procurement Strategy & Planning , Services and Indirect Spend , Spend Analysis , Spend Management Tags: EU Rapid and extreme changes currently define the world surrounding procurement. Inflation, interest rates, energy supply, commodity supply, growing risk – markets are fluctuating and industry is challenged.

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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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Foot Locker opens $40M Nevada distribution center for West Coast

Supply Chain Dive

The facility will serve more than 300 stores and cut shipping times in the region by more than 50%.

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Investing in Delivery Companies!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. The Growing Expectations of Last Mile Delivery! In today’s fliting economy, finding secure investment opportunities with a reasonable return on investment is challenging. Many industries are barely managing to keep their heads out of the water, and former options people used to run to, like crypto , have all but dried up.

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Simfoni to acquire Xeeva — M&A Quick Take (Part 1: deal background, vendor analysis, synergies and overlap)

Spend Matters

Categories: Analysis , Analytics , Breaking News , Industry News , M&A , Market Intelligence , Solution Providers , Source to Pay Tags: PRO Yesterday, November 28, Simfoni announced it was acquiring Xeeva, a source-to-pay technology provider with a capability range that extends to tail spend, guided buying, opportunity management, project management, savings tracking, integration management and AI-backed spend classification and enrichment — quite a bit, we know!

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Amazon Is Shuttering Some India Businesses Amid Global Cuts

Supply Chain Brain

The company said it is exiting meal deliveries as well as a service providing bulk doorstep deliveries of packaged consumer goods to small businesses.

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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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5 Benefits of a POS System!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. 7 Reasons to Select a Cloud-Based POS System! POS is an essential element for every business that sells goods, whether it is done online or via brick-and-mortar. A smart POS system performs more tasks than simply notifying the consumer. In a larger scale, the point of sale (POS) designates the area of retail sales.

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Risk Management: Anticipate disruption, design for resilience and embrace agility

SCMR (Supply Chain Management Review)

In this special digital edition of Supply Chain Management Review, we present the best thinking from SCMR authors on risk management, resilience and agility, as well as lessons you can apply to prepare for the future.

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Port Houston pauses container dwell fee

Supply Chain Dive

The postponement was due to delays from the port's external software developer.

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Video game sales expected to slip despite better supply

Strategic Sourceror

From a smoother semiconductor supply chain to more retailers having PlayStation 5s in stock — a gaming console that was nearly impossible to find last Christmas — market conditions would suggest brisk video game sales this holiday. But manufacturers and gaming developers suspect otherwise, a turn of events that would push the pause button on the industry's robust growth.

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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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Leveraging Supply Chains To Meet Environmental Goals

Procurement Foundry

The only thing larger than the difficulty of addressing today's supply chain decarbonization challenges is the risk of inaction in the face of the growing threat of climate change.

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What are Credit Inquiries and How do They Affect Your Credit Score?

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. What is a Good Credit Score? Your credit report greatly influences your financial future. Maintaining clear, correct credit reports is also essential to properly use credit and maintain the most significant credit scores possible. You must comprehend how credit reporting functions and what you must do to guarantee the accuracy of your credit reports as a result.

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Lead Qualification: The Ultimate Guide to Getting More Conversions

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Capturing leads is one thing, but determining which leads deserve more of your time and effort is something else entirely. Knowing how to improve your lead qualification process is essential for improving conversion rates, growing pipeline, and closing more deals. It is one area where companies can sharpen the focus of their marketing efforts to improve return on investment (ROI).

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309: Blended – Veterans Voices: Inspiring Stories from Those Who Serve

Let's Talk Supply Chain

It’s episode 26 of Blended: I’m joined by another fantastic panel of guests and, today, we’re talking about veterans. This is a discussion I like to have every year on Blended around this time. Veterans Day provides a unique opportunity to reflect on the role that veterans have played in our country. As we honor the brave people that have served, it’s important to also hear their stories.

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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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How Leading Companies Are Responding to Today’s Supply Chain Challenges

Supply Chain Brain

Data collected from hundreds of sourcing projects across a variety of industry segments shows how Fortune 500 and Global 2000 businesses are responding to today’s supply chain challenges.

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Counterintuitive strategies to navigate the recession: Part 1

Zycus Cognitive Procurement

Introduction. Recessions are inevitable, and while most recessions don’t last over three quarters, navigating the same can be quite treacherous for companies. Drastic steps like extreme cost-cutting & layoffs, or over-investments tend to backfire. Procurement, operations, and finance need to work synergistically to improve operational efficiencies and productivity for the long term.

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Watch: Controlling Supply Chain Risk Through Visibility

Supply Chain Brain

Visibility, risk management and compliance must be optimized for a successful supply chain, says Karin Stevens, executive vice president and chief marketing and product officer at Overhaul.

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Counterintuitive strategies to navigate the recession: Part 2

Zycus Cognitive Procurement

The 3 Rs of riding out of the recession storm. Research over the past few decades shows that companies need to achieve a good balance between . Reviewing and rewiring costs structures in the short- & near-term. Continuing to invest to secure longer-term growth to do well after a recession. In a post-pandemic world of work from anywhere, the great resignation & the concurrent rise of the gig economy, and the rapid digitization & cloud adoption, Focus on ‘redefining work’ will be equa

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GEP Outlook Report 2024

Procurement and supply chain leaders have faced their share of disruption and economic turmoil these past four years. Whether from geopolitical tensions or the havoc caused by the pandemic and its aftershocks, plenty of challenges remain. Despite this, leaders are seeing a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel — inflation is decreasing, interest rates are leveling off and supply chain volatility is easing.

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Should supply chain planning shift from resiliency into antifragility?

SCMR (Supply Chain Management Review)

Now might be an ideal time to move on from resiliency to the next frontier.

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Amazon Launches Supply-Chain Software Service

Supply Chain Brain

The e-commerce behemoth is joining other big operators, including Microsoft, that are pushing into the effort to bring tighter control and efficiency to supply chains.

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Neurodiversity in the workplace: A personal story of ADHD

Spotlight on Procurement

Dr Beverley Jandziol MCIPS, who is the Commercial Director - Programmes (GCO) at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office discusses her recent diagnosis of ADHD and breaks the stigmas often associated with it.

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House Votes to Impose Labor Agreement on Rail Workers, Averting December Strike

Supply Chain Brain

Though a majority of the dozen unions have supported the agreement, four have voted against it and were prepped to strike come December.

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How to Create a Blueprint for Fleet Resilience

Speaker: Jeff Dickinson - President and CEO of Railgistixs Transport, Supply Chain and Logistics Thought Leader

Despite the ongoing transformation of the supply chain and logistics landscape, the steadfast importance of carrier safety remains a core principle. From prioritizing preventative maintenance to optimizing fleet utilization, the fundamentals persist. If you’re overlooking and neglecting essential safety precautions today, this could result in expensive repairs and potential safety hazards in the future. 🚧 Join Jeff Dickinson for a conversation on how to mitigate risk, enforce compliance,