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Pillars of Sustainability — Everything About Sustainability

Procurement Tactics

18 Must-Have Negotiation Skills For Procurement Professionals Download Course Details →  Or receive our famous weekly newsletter Pillars of Sustainability — Everything About Sustainability The pillars of sustainability should be embedded into an organization’s strategy to achieve sustainability. However, what are these pillars? In this article, we will discuss what sustainability is.

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What drone companies need to do to reach lofty delivery goals

Supply Chain Dive

Zipline and Alphabet's Wing aim to scale up and reach more customers, but it will take more than their internal capabilities to secure long-term success and adoption.

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Circular Economy — Transforming Sustainable Procurement

Procurement Tactics

18 Must-Have Negotiation Skills For Procurement Professionals Download Course Details →  Or receive our famous weekly newsletter Circular Economy — Transforming Sustainable Procurement The circular economy is gaining traction throughout the years and many businesses are adopting it. Circularity is acknowledged as the most promising solution to sustainability issues around the world.

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How Solar Roofs Are Being Used to Power Electric Cars

Supply Chain Brain

The future of solar-powered vehicles is becoming clear: smaller, lighter, cheaper systems built to subtly augment electric driving, rather than power it in full.

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Rethinking Supply Chains for Greater Efficiency, Resiliency, and Sustainability

Supply Chains have 3 key priorities: building resiliency, reducing costs and driving ESG performance. Read the new GEP-sponsored report by Harvard Business Review Analytic Services for strategies and digital solutions to achieve these goals.

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LSO offers shippers more capacity as UPS strike fears persist

Supply Chain Dive

The threshold increase is contingent upon the regional carrier's customers transitioning the additional volume by May's end to prevent negative service impacts.

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Getting Back to Basics as the Freight Industry Normalizes

Supply Chain Brain

With carrier compliance and freight acceptance so high, now is the time to think about normalizing the freight industry by leaning into excellent customer service.

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Episode 108: Considering the Transparency and Control of Digital Currency with Kris Lance

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EPISODE 108 Considering the Transparency and Control of Digital Currency with Kris Lance By Kelly Barner | March 29, 2023 The banking system has been in the news quite a bit recently, and not for good reasons. Everyone has learned a lot about the liquidity and transactions that make the financial system – and our economy – work. Two initiatives that have received far less coverage are FedNow and Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), both of which raise important questions about th

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Is Your Supply Chain Prepared for a Recession?

Supply Chain Brain

As inflation rises and recession looms, companies are compelled to take a close look at their production, supply chain and sales practices.

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Terzo: Vendor Analysis — Contract analytics solution overview, roadmap, competitors, tech selection tips, analyst summary

Spend Matters

Categories: Contract Management , Procurement Systems & Architecture Tags: PRO This Spend Matters PRO Vendor Analysis provides an overview of Terzo and its contract analytics solution. Terzo is designed to provide financial insights from contracts that more standard contract lifecycle management (CLM) and contract analytics tools neglect. Terzo is built with an underlying belief that legacy CLM solutions have a legal focus that, while useful, has made it difficult for non-legal end users to

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[Pod] Facilitating Differentiated Decision Making | Part 3: Talent & Human Decision Making w/ Deep Singh

Art of Procurement

In this four-part special series, host Philip Ideson speaks with members of the Sievo team. In each episode, we discover. The post [Pod] Facilitating Differentiated Decision Making | Part 3: Talent & Human Decision Making w/ Deep Singh appeared first on Art of Procurement.

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Geopolitical & Regulatory Issues: The Path Forward in Supply Chain & Logistics

Speaker: Lisa Anderson, MBA, CSCP, CLTD - President of LMA Consulting Group, S&OP Expert, and Speaker

The world of supply chain and logistics has been plagued with volatility, disruptions, and increased regulations. Several issues are converging simultaneously, creating a precarious path forward. In this webinar, we will talk about the current status of the supply chain and what the successful and unsuccessful paths forward will look like. Join demand planning and SIOP expert Lisa Anderson for a riveting discussion evaluating the geopolitical landscape and looking at the bigger picture to create

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Nike touts ‘tremendous progress’ on inventory

Supply Chain Dive

Much of the retailer’s revenue surge was driven by markdowns, analysts said, and inventory is still up 16% year over year.

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A Complete Guide to Agile Burndown Charts

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Data visualization is an essential capability for effective project management. It includes a variety of methods (such as graphical illustrations and statistics) to facilitate collaboration among project team members. One of these methods is a burndown chart, a tool that’s highly popular in Agile software development due to its efficiency and simplicity.

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Watch: Innovation Trends in Supply Chain and Logistics

Supply Chain Brain

Charley Dehoney, vice president of Zebox, discusses workflow automation, document digitization, transportation optimization, visibility, decarbonization of assets and infrastructure, and the future of work.

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The Association for Supply Chain Management announces North American Supply Chain Tour

SCMR (Supply Chain Management Review)

Beyond next month’s kickoff in Chicago, ASCM will also bring supply chain expertise to Belgium in June.

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Future Focus: Constructing Unshakeable Stability in Your Manufacturing Supply Chain

Speaker: Jay Black, Senior Account Executive

We’ve all heard the buzzwords to describe new supply chain trends: resiliency, sustainability, AI, machine learning. But what do these really mean today? Over the past few years, manufacturing has had to adapt to and overcome a wide variety of supply chain trends and disruptions to stay as stable as possible. Stability has become key in this post-COVID world, and will remain key moving forward.

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Panera to Adopt Palm-Swipe Payment Systems, Sparking Privacy Fears

Supply Chain Brain

Amazon is now facing a lawsuit after a shopper in New York City claimed customers were not properly notified about the data that would be collected.

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Why Vendor Management Matters in 2023

CPO Rising

In today’s global economy, managing supplier performance has become increasingly important for companies to maintain their revenues and customer satisfaction. Supplier performance can directly impact a company’s success, making it essential to find and engage with high-value suppliers and manage their performance effectively.

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Microsoft, Pfizer Join $1bn Harris Effort on Gender Gap

Supply Chain Brain

Women’s empowerment is a focus of Harris’s week-long trip to Africa, which also includes stops in Tanzania and Zambia.

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Understanding Risk Management in 30-Seconds (Video)

Procurement Insights

Video Part 1 of 2 – the reaction when talking about managing risk. Video Part 2 of 2 – what happens when you ignore risk management.

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Return to Success: Streamlining Returns in the Supply Chain for Enhanced Efficiency

Speaker: Cathy Morrow Roberson, Research Manager for the Reverse Logistics Association

In today's competitive business landscape, providing a seamless return experience and maintaining an efficient supply chain are critical to customer satisfaction and loyalty. Businesses need to leverage advanced tracking systems and data analytics to identify bottlenecks and improve supply chain visibility. Efficient return management stands as a crucial strategy for optimizing the supply chain.

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Russia and India Discuss Northern Sea Shipping Route

Supply Chain Brain

Russia wants the route to become a major shipping lane and has invested heavily in infrastructure there.

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