Procurement Insights

APRIL 6, 2025

EDITOR’S NOTE: This post is inspired by the following comment in a related discussion stream on LinkedIn: Conference Attendance: Past 20 Years Qualitative Trends Over 20 Years 20052010: Steady Early Growth Conferences like ISM World (founded earlier) and SIGs Procurement Technology Summit began formalizing procurement as a strategic function. Attendance likely grew modestly (e.g., hundreds to low thousands) as globalization increased supply chain complexity.

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Supply Chain Brain

APRIL 6, 2025

The U.S. government introduced a 25% tariff on imported cars, which went into effect on April 3.

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Procurement Software

APRIL 6, 2025

I’ve just got back from attending Zip Forward in London, where I was speaking on a panel with my good friend Susan Walsh. I’m really bullish on vendor-hosted conferences, as well as micro events. They’re not only a great marketing strategy for the software company. Often, they’re also less “salesy” than the larger conferences organised by professional events companies.

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Supply Chain Brain

APRIL 6, 2025

The rise of digital supply chain networks represents a significant shift in how the pharma and life sciences industry approaches supply chain management.

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Procurement Bulletin

APRIL 6, 2025

Demand for Commodities Could See a Huge Drop You’d have to be living under a rock or an obscure island with penguins to not hear about tariffs being slapped on a multitude of products by the US. All of this leading most business executives to expect a global recession. We’re already seeing falling demand for commodities such as copper and oil.

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Supply Chain Brain

APRIL 6, 2025

AI is the hot technology topic of the moment. But is it really translating into tangible benefits right now? Sriram Nagaswamy, EVP technology with FourKites , offers his view.

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