Tariffs, Trade, and Transition: The US Election’s Potential
All Things Supply Chain
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
Tomorrow marks the 2024 U.S. presidential election, a pivotal event with significant implications for supply chains.
All Things Supply Chain
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
Tomorrow marks the 2024 U.S. presidential election, a pivotal event with significant implications for supply chains.
Supply Chain Dive
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
Incorporating AI into procurement is a technical endeavor that must consider the human impact to be successful, 4C Associates’ director of digital innovation writes.
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Supply Chain Brain
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
The World Trade Organization estimates the global cost of food fraud to be anywhere between $30 billion and $50 billion each year.
Supply Chain Dive
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
The toy and game company’s long-term transformation plan has focused heavily on shrinking inventory, a trend that continued in Q3.
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Spend Matters
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
In this Spend Matters Vendor Analysis, we give an overview of IDAS, a solution from M.K. Technologies built to address critical challenges faced by manufacturers, particularly unexpected late deliveries, which can halt production lines and damage customer relationships. By providing a unique supplier portal that integrates data from various ERP systems, IDAS helps manufacturers maintain on-time delivery rates, ensuring operational efficiency and stability in complex supply chains.
Supply Chain Dive
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
The shoemaker is seeing overstock in China and in-transit, but the company can move products across markets as needed.
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Supply Chain Dive
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
Make sure your drivers are safe not only for themselves but others around them with safety programs.
Supply Chain Brain
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
With a 76,000-pallet capacity, the distribution center is Maersk's largest in the country to date.
Supply Chain Dive
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
The denim manufacturer has committed to achieving net-zero emissions by 2050 and reducing scope 3 emissions 42% by 2030.
The Good Spending
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
The comparison—where a $100K sales win gets a $10K bonus, but saving $100K on a procurement contract gets nothing—might seem like a compelling argument for unfairness at first glance. However, this comparison oversimplifies the complex roles of sales and procurement teams. Let’s unpack this misconception from different angles. Different Objectives and Impact While it’s tempting to see a $100K sales win and a $100K procurement savings as equivalent financial achievements, their impact on business
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As early as next year, procurement and supply chain operations will begin to adopt AI agents, often called “agentic AI,” to work alongside employees to make and execute decisions with precision across procurement and even the most complex global supply chains. Unlike LLM-based generative AI tools such as ChatGPT, these AI agents do not require prompts from humans.
Supply Chain Dive
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
The toolmaker has been formulating a mitigation strategy since the spring, with the company planning to shift production away from China.
Procurement Insights
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
EDITOR’S NOTE: More than two decades ago, the foundational elements for successfully utilizing advanced, self-learning algorithms to optimize the procurement process using an agent-based model were well established. Somewhere along the line, we got distracted by SaaS and digital transformation, and now we are at risk of being sidetracked by Agentic AI.
Supply Chain Brain
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
The partnership helps Amazon expand the inventory of fresh products and supermarket staples available to shoppers in Mexico.
Procurement Insights
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
The National Association of State Procurement Officials is proud to make the State and Local Government Procurement: A Practical Guide, 4th Edition, available to government professionals, students, suppliers, educators, and others interested in learning about public procurement. Since the publication of the 3rd Edition, this guide has continued to be adopted by many procurement offices for use in their internal training programs and resource libraries.
Speaker: Eric Berdinis, Ran Sun, & Chris Chmielewski
Procuring freight can be cumbersome, time-consuming, and error-prone. If you’re frustrated with the complex and manual processes for obtaining bids for your contract and spot freight, you’re not alone. In today’s fast-moving supply chain environment, optimizing these processes is critical to staying competitive and cutting costs. Join this exclusive webinar with experts from Uber Freight to learn how the latest digital tools and automation can transform your freight procurement strategy by strea
CPO Rising
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
When I joined Ardent Partners a year ago, my very first article was about the proliferation of procurement solutions. My experience at the DPW conference and, perhaps to a lesser… The post Magnus Mondays — Feature, Product, or Company? appeared first on CPO RISING - THE SITE FOR CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICERS & LEADERS IN SUPPLY MANAGEMENT.
Let's Talk Supply Chain
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
  In today’s episode of Women in Supply Chain, I’m joined by award-winning industry leader, Annie Torikian. Annie has been a driving force for efficiency and innovation in supply chain management for over 25 years. Over the course of her long career with Tecsys, Annie has spearheaded numerous transformative initiatives and served as a mentor for women, as well as being an invaluable member of her community.
Supply Chain Dive
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
A rulemaking proposal being issued by early December is very likely, according to former White House COVID-19 supply coordinator Tim Manning.
Supply Chain Brain
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
A leading business group called for government intervention to prevent costly economic damage.
Speaker: Shalini Dinesh
Effective cross-functional collaboration and communication heavily influence product launch success. Research shows that as many as 70% of product launches fail due to inadequate coordination among stakeholders, including supply chain, product management, legal, marketing, and change control teams (Gartner, 2022). The 2023 Supply Chain Insights Report highlights that 60% of supply chain disruptions are caused by poor communication and misalignment among cross-functional teams.
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