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7 Advantages of 3PLs for Packaging Operations of Ecommerce Businesses

All Things Supply Chain

As your business thrives and offers more products and services, you’ll eventually determine whether or not you’ll outsource shipping and fulfillment operations.

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RFP360 ascends to a leading position in G2’s Grid for Strategic Sourcing

RPF360

RFP360 has been named a leader and momentum leader in the Summer 2022 G2 Grid Reports. The honor is based on customer feedback and market presence. Customer reviews highlight RFP360's benefits including improved efficiency, increased productivity and enhanced collaboration. Read more in the full press release here. The post RFP360 ascends to a leading position in G2’s Grid for Strategic Sourcing appeared first on RFP360.

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The Big Interview with Gavin Long

Procurement Heads

How did you get into procurement? Quite some years ago, fresh out of school, I took the first job that was offered to me having moved down to the south coast and it was in the insurance industry. I was busy learning how to do household claims and gradually started to look around and wonder if there was more to life than insurance! I gradually learned more about the supply chain that supported the insurance industry and that companies were being used to dry out properties when there had been a fl

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5 Strategies to Establish Supply Chain Continuity

ivalua

Get up to speed with the newest changes and learn what it takes to enable effective, scalable supplier collaboration –including how to reduce risk, improve supply chain visibility, and build operational resilience and responsiveness. Ivalua’s latest eBook is the foundation for a smarter, more resilient supply chain. Download now and learn how to: Build a Solid Data Foundation.

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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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Top 10 Winning Skills for Procurement Manager

ProcurePort

• Succeeding as a procurement manager in a dynamic operating environment requires a combination of numerous procurement manager skills. • The pace of business is fast, businesses are sourcing from far and wide, and the pressure to be super-efficient has never been higher. The availability of large amounts of data and technology means that managers […].

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Migros, A World’s Top 40 Retailer, Selects Ivalua to Digitize its Indirect Source-to-Pay Process

ivalua

Redwood City, 22 May, 2022. Ivalua, a global leader in spend management , today announced that it has been selected by Switzerland’s Migros Cooperative Retailing to support its wider digital transformation strategy with Ivalua’s comprehensive source-to-pay (S2P) solution for the retailers’ indirect spend. Migros is Switzerland’s largest retailer and employer and ranks among the world’s top 40 retailers and Fortune500 brands.

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How To Find Customers For Your Manufacturing Business

The Thomas Blog

While your specific business goals might be different than your competitors or the thousands of other manufactures out there, everyone wants to bring on new customers. It doesn't matter if you're opening a new facility, expanding into creating new markets or products, or simply trying to expand your customer base, we're here to help you do so. To start, industrial businesses will need an effective online marketing and sales strategy to help them achieve their business goals — because the B2B buy

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Five Ways Enterprise Data Improves Product Design, Manufacturing

Supply Chain Brain

Manufacturers of all types know that they need to innovate and bring products to market more quickly. But the stakes are significantly higher when it comes to making complex products.

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The Manufacturing Leader's Step By Step Guide To Converting Anonymous Traffic Into Warm Leads & Reaching Out To Your Contacts

The Thomas Blog

After you’ve worked to build your online presence, increase your brand, and drive traffic to your website, the next step to growing your manufacturing business is converting that traffic into leads. You’ll notice there are different groups of leads that may come through. There’s a difference between marketing-qualified leads (MQLs) and sales-qualified leads (SQLs) and you need more of the former in order to get more of the latter.

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Shipping Costs Soar as Russian Fallout Upends Global Fuel Flows

Supply Chain Brain

The dislocation of global fuel markets after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has boosted the cost of shipping products such as diesel by sea.

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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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The Cost of Bad Procurement Process [Part 2]

The Good Spending

The actual cost of the bad procurement process Bad procurement concerns poor planning, untimely delivery, inflated product cost, failed supplier relationships, and many more. Its consequences have many faces, which we will keep investigating. Earlier, we provided some bad procurement examples by researching t he RFP procurement process's cost , which can outweigh the benefits of competition.

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Amazon's Third-Party Sellers Need a Hand. Congress Can Help.

Supply Chain Brain

It doesn't take an expert to see how Big Tech has choked independent merchants.

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Pioneering sustainability in public health: delivering a “net zero” NHS

Spotlight on Procurement

In this episode hear why NHS Chief Sustainability Officer, Dr Nick Watts and NHS Director Of Procurement Transformation and Commercial Delivery, Preeya Bailie MCIPS, see the NHS’s response to climate change as “an enormous opportunity for public health.

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Technology Round-Up – June 22, 2022

CPO Rising

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.

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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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Breaking News: Kofax Acquires Tungsten – Is It A Game-Changer Or Just Another M&A?

Procurement Insights

In a press release dated today, Kofax announced that it had acquired Tungsten Network. Although it seems like an interesting move, I haven’t had an opportunity to analyze what it actually means in the short and longer term. What do you think? Is it a game-changer? If so inclined, share your thoughts (or questions) in the comment section below.

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Stephanie Shrader on Mentorship, Authenticity, And Teaching the Future of Supply Chain

Let's Talk Supply Chain

As an always-on, digital age and a disruptive industry landscape continue challenging the way we think about supply chain; women leaders are working to build the chain back smarter. Fueling new operations concepts and approaches, these female trailblazers are creating more possibilities for a brighter future. At Let’s Talk Supply Chain, we know the value of women rallying behind each other to promote a more diverse and inclusive logistics community and landscape. .