ProcurePort
MAY 31, 2023
Effective supplier management is crucial for businesses to maintain smooth operations in their supply chain and drive growth. However, the process of onboarding new suppliers, gathering their information, and managing supplier data can be time-consuming and prone to errors when done manually. This is where automated supplier relationship management software comes into play.
Procurement Heads
MAY 31, 2023
For Procurement Heads ‘ latest Big Interview, he spoke with Gemma Burman about his procurement career. How did you get into procurement? My background before I went into procurement was in stores management and stock control. I took a position with Balfour Beatty Rail Infrastructure and part of my remit was to set up new stores for them at their Beeston Depot.
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Una
MAY 31, 2023
EPISODE 117 Title 42 Comes to an End with Kris Lance By Kelly Barner | May 31, 2023 On May 11th, Title 42 came to an end with the expiration of the Federally-declared public health emergency established in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Title 42 allowed the border patrol to turn away migrants without allowing them to claim asylum, but carried no penalty for repeated attempts to cross the border illegally.
Supply Chain Brain
MAY 31, 2023
Climate change is causing supply chain disruptions for several of the commodities that are used to make Doritos like corn, salt, sunflower oil and dairy.
Advertiser: GEP
“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.
Supply Chain Dive
MAY 31, 2023
The retailer has shipped from out-of-market distribution centers and made multiple deliveries for multi-unit products in order to reach customers quicker.
Supply Chain Brain
MAY 31, 2023
As part of the company's Ride Safe initiative, Whizz will give away 100 free bicycle helmets each month to New York City-based delivery workers.
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Spend Matters
MAY 31, 2023
Categories: Procurement Systems & Architecture , Supplier Management Tags: PRO This Vendor Analysis is the first of two that cover Bedrock’s SxM offering. Bedrock is a technology company that offers procurement and accounts payable technology solutions and services. Bedrock is the new name of XPROfintech. The company’s rebranding at the end of 2022 is meant to reflect the company's growth and continued commitment to innovation.
Supply Chain Brain
MAY 31, 2023
Hitachi Astemo launched a competitive RFP process to source a Warehouse Management System (WMS) that would help them overcome their current challenges.
Spend Matters
MAY 31, 2023
Categories: Accounts Payable , Procurement Strategy & Planning , Supplier Management Tags: PRO This Vendor Analysis is the second of two that cover Bedrock’s SxM offering. Bedrock is a technology company that offers procurement and accounts payable technology solutions and services. It offers two products: an SxM solution called Cornerstone and an AP solution called Keystone, which focuses on preventing duplicate and erroneous payments, recovering lost revenue and digitizing payment.
Supply Chain Brain
MAY 31, 2023
Digital transformation is taking place in the B2B payments industry, a move that can contribute significantly to improved supply chain efficiency.
Speaker: Andrew Skoog, Founder of MachinistX & President of Hexis Representatives
Manufacturing is evolving, and the right technology can empower—not replace—your workforce. Smart automation and AI-driven software are revolutionizing decision-making, optimizing processes, and improving efficiency. But how do you implement these tools with confidence and ensure they complement human expertise rather than override it? Join industry expert Andrew Skoog as he explores how manufacturers can leverage automation to enhance operations, streamline workflows, and make smarter, data-dri
Spend Matters
MAY 31, 2023
Categories: Conferences Tags: Conference The procurement technology market can sometimes confuse developing better solutions for procurement with bettering the procurement function itself. CPOs need the right tools, obviously. But they must also understand how to use their tools, when to use their tools and why they need such tools in the first place.
Supply Chain Brain
MAY 31, 2023
Are you prepared for the future of freight forwarding? Discover GEODIS’ groundbreaking insights and strategies in our latest white paper, 2023 Predictions/Market Outlook – Freight Forwarding.
SCMR (Supply Chain Management Review)
MAY 31, 2023
By leveraging the power of e-logistics technology, companies can improve visibility, communication, and efficiency within their supply chain operations.
IBM Supply Chain Blog
MAY 31, 2023
There are many overlapping business usage scenarios involving both the disciplines of the Internet of Things (IoT) and edge computing. But there is one very practical and promising use case that has been commonly deployed without many people thinking about it: connected products. This use case involves devices and equipment embedded with sensors, software and connectivity that exchange data with other products, operators or environments in real-time.
Advertiser: GEP
Tariffs are no longer just policy noise. They’re driving real, bottom-line impact. One policy shift and your sourcing strategy is upside down. This bulletin cuts straight to the point. How Market-Leading Companies Are Navigating Tariff Chaos with GEP’s AI-Powered Procurement Platform breaks down how procurement teams are staying ahead of the chaos with real-time insights, smarter sourcing moves and AI-powered agility.
Supply Chain Brain
MAY 31, 2023
The deal will improve the supply chain resilience of minerals like copper, lithium, cobalt and rare Earth elements , which are vital to producing electric vehicles and solar panels.
IBM Supply Chain Blog
MAY 31, 2023
Your maintenance strategy may not be the first thing that springs to mind when thinking about the bottom line. Yet, given that machinery, equipment and systems keep businesses running, maintenance strategies have a major role to play. Without due care and attention, things break—regardless of whether that’s a transformer in an electricity grid, an axle bearing on a train or a refrigerator in a restaurant.
Una
MAY 31, 2023
EPISODE 117 Title 42 Comes to an End with Kris Lance By Kelly Barner | May 31, 2023 On May 11th, Title 42 came to an end with the expiration of the Federally-declared public health emergency established in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Title 42 allowed the border patrol to turn away migrants without allowing them to claim asylum, but carried no penalty for repeated attempts to cross the border illegally.
IBM Supply Chain Blog
MAY 31, 2023
The Presto Foundation is excited to share its upcoming virtual community conference PrestoCon Day , taking place on 7 June 2023. Register for the free, virtual event What is Presto? Presto is an open-source, fast and reliable SQL query engine that provides one simple ANSI SQL interface for all your data analytics and your open lakehouse. Some of the biggest companies in the world are contributing to the Presto open-source project, including Meta, Uber and Intel.
Speaker: Jason Cottrell and Gireesh Sahukar
Retailers know the clock is ticking–legacy SAP Commerce support ends in 2026. Legacy platforms are becoming a liability burdened by complexity, rigidity, and mounting operational costs. But modernization isn’t just about swapping out systems, it’s about preparing for a future shaped by real-time interactions, AI powered buying assistants, and flexible commerce architecture.
Empowering CPO
MAY 31, 2023
Introduction In today’s interconnected world of business, Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) stands as a pillar of success for organizations across the globe. It’s the concerted effort of strategically planning and managing all interactions with suppliers that supply any goods and/or services to an organization. The ultimate goal? To maximize the value of those interactions, streamline operations, foster innovation, and drive mutual growth.
IBM Supply Chain Blog
MAY 31, 2023
Business leaders often think it’s impossible to predict the outcome of a transformation effort—whether employees will embrace a new process, for example, or how customers will react to a new service. They’re missing out on a secret of change management, says IBM Global Managing Partner Jesus Mantas: “You really can predict, for the most part, why people do what they do.” The answers, he says, come from behavioral economics.
Supply Chain Brain
MAY 31, 2023
Staying ahead of cargo theft in Mexico requires next-generation, multi-modal transportation visibility and a network of the right partners. Download this white paper today to find out how Overhaul helps prevent cargo theft in Mexico.
Sourcing Solved
MAY 31, 2023
We live and work in a busy world in which there is little time to read, watch or listen beyond the headlines. Hello, my name is Iain Campbell-McKenna, and this is “Procurement in 5-minutes.” That’s right, in 5-minutes (or more), I promise to tackle some of the biggest challenges and deepest questions our profession and industry face on a day-to-day basis.
Advertiser: GEP
Procurement is in the middle of a tech tsunami. And if it feels like the old playbooks aren’t working anymore, that’s because they aren’t. Agentic AI. Autonomous procurement. Unified source-to-pay ecosystems. These innovations are converging and transforming how procurement teams operate. The GEP 2025 Procurement & Supply Chain Tech Trends Report breaks it all down.
Supply Chain Brain
MAY 31, 2023
TradeBeyond’s quarterly Retail Sourcing Report provides a comprehensive examination of the current state of global retail sourcing to help supply chain leaders better understand macroeconomic trends and make more informed purchasing decisions.
CPO Rising
MAY 31, 2023
CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up Series returns today with fresh supply management technology news and updates covering a few recent major announcements. If you are a sourcing, procurement, or spend management solution provider and you are continually innovating the way that procurement and supply chain leaders and practitioners drive value, we’d love to hear from you.
Supply Chain Brain
MAY 31, 2023
Many shippers and logistics service providers abandoned conventional long-term planning for growth at the height of COVID-19. Instead, they pivoted to defensive resilience strategies and reliance solutions that add end-to-end shipment visibility, real-time response to manage disruption, and data analytics to optimize future performance.
Procurement Tactics
MAY 31, 2023
51 ChatGPT Prompts to 10X Your Productivity in Procurement Success! First Name Email Download 51 Prompts → Or receive our famous weekly newsletter Inventory Control — What You Should Know Inventory control allows businesses to ensure that the right amount of supply is available to meet the customers’ demands. However, what is it? In this article, we will discuss what inventory control is.
Advertiser: ZoomInfo
AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.
Supply Chain Brain
MAY 31, 2023
The Plastics Action Dashboard will help organizations decrease their plastic usage rates while simultaneously improving their use of recycled materials.
Supply Chain Brain
MAY 31, 2023
"Your Roads, Their Freedom” will provide the United States’ 8.7 million commercial motor vehicle drivers with the information needed to identify and report suspected human trafficking.
Supply Chain Brain
MAY 31, 2023
More than half of the U.K.’s farmers are aged 55 and older while half of Britain's truck drivers are older than 50.
Supply Chain Brain
MAY 31, 2023
New LNG export contracts or renewals of existing agreements could be prohibited to prioritize the needs of domestic consumers, according to Coordinating Investment and Maritime Affairs Minister Luhut Pandjaitan.
Advertiser: GEP
The race to dominate AI is no longer about who has the smartest algorithms — it's about who can build and scale faster. Behind every AI breakthrough lies a battle for resources: data centers, compute hardware, power, and telecom infrastructure. And right now, even tech giants are hitting a wall. Our latest white paper reveals the six critical supply chain elements that are increasingly separating AI leaders from the rest.
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