All Things Supply Chain

APRIL 23, 2025

Supply chain professionals always look for ways to streamline operations and cut waste.

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Spend Matters

APRIL 23, 2025

We continue our Procurement Transformation Guide by hearing from Sammy Rashed, a productivity advisor and procurement strategist. For the past 12 years, Sammy Rashed has applied the experience he gained from being a procurement and strategic sourcing leader at Novartis and Merck to serve as the expert facilitator of several practitioners-only Procurement Think Tanks globally.

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Procurement Express

APRIL 23, 2025

Are ProcurementExpress.com and Bill.com competitors – or the perfect pair? In this quick video, we break down how each platform fits into your financial workflow, what makes them different, and why using them together gives you complete control from purchase request to payment. Whether you’re managing budgets or processing invoices, this guide will help you streamline your entire spend lifecycle.

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Spend Matters

APRIL 23, 2025

When we released Spring 2025 SolutionMap rankings in March, we introduced the intake and orchestration module. The SolutionMap process is extremely thorough, as it involves a robust RFI process, several hours of live product demonstrations, customer references and more. For intake and orchestration vendors, the RFI and product demonstrations covered roughly 100 unique elements.

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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.

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Procurement Insights

APRIL 23, 2025

EDITOR’S NOTE: Since they are selling Generative AI, I thought it would be a good idea to ask Generative AI about the level of procurement knowledge ProcureTech marketing and salespeople have. Here is just one of the AI responses: Determining the exact percentage of ProcureTech solution provider marketing and salespeople who are truly knowledgeable about the procurement industrys real challenges and understand the distinction between solution selling and fear-based selling is challenging d

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Spend Matters

APRIL 23, 2025

Last Wednesday, Docusign hosted its annual conference, Docusign Momentum, at Pier Sixty in New York. The event included several new product announcements as well as company updates following Docusigns major announcement at last years event, the advent of a new contract management category called Intelligent Agreement Management (IAM) designed for wider organizational appeal beyond just procurement and legal departments.

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Procurement Insights

APRIL 23, 2025

If the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again but expecting a different result, then “here we go again!” I received the following message from Richard Howson. Richard is a nice guy, but the content set off all kinds of alarms. It looks pretty similar to the DPW incubator model, where the event lures solution providers and practitioners under the auspices of co-development.

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Supply Chain Dive

APRIL 23, 2025

The retailers are leaning on their in-house fulfillment capabilities, growing their same-day reach in rural areas and using drones to beat the competition.

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Supply Chain Brain

APRIL 23, 2025

Any number of obstacles could throw a relief mission off course, and m itigating those potential roadblocks takes equal parts preparation and an ability to recalibrate on the fly.

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Supply Chain Dive

APRIL 23, 2025

CEO Robert Ford told investors the company had considered raising its earnings forecast for 2025, but decided to maintain it in light of the new tariffs.

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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

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Supply Chain Brain

APRIL 23, 2025

Companies that continue to invest in green automation will be in a stronger position long-term.

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Procurement Insights

APRIL 23, 2025

I was asked the following question today: Also trying to also gauge how agentic/AI you go (procurement 3.0) versus 1.0? Here was my answer: Web 1.0? Here is a link – I was writing about Web (Procurement) 4.0 in 2009 – [link] And, below is the actual December 3, 2009, article to which I refer. Sometimes old dogs can teach new dogs a trick or two about the current state of procurement in 2025.

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Supply Chain Brain

APRIL 23, 2025

David Carter, industrials senior analyst at RSM US, describes the major supply chain constraints that are bedeviling major U.S. data centers in their efforts to move ahead with innovations in artificial intelligence.

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Supply Chain Dive

APRIL 23, 2025

In a letter to the Trump administration, industry leaders say recent actions will increase costs and eliminate jobs.

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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.

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Supply Chain Brain

APRIL 23, 2025

Since a January 2024 accident, when a door plug blew out midair, Boeing must receive approval from the FAA to increase output.

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Supply Chain Dive

APRIL 23, 2025

Some vendors say their customers are already becoming “increasingly concerned” about the tariffs, according to a report by Interact Analysis.

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Supply Chain Brain

APRIL 23, 2025

While fees may not immediately impact operators because cranes can last about 20 years, there's little choice for places to buy ship-to-shore cranes elsewhere.

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Supply Chain Brain

APRIL 23, 2025

The U.S. Treasury Secretary said the third quarter of this year is a reasonable estimate for achieving clarity on the ultimate level of Donald Trumps tariffs.

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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.

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