Supply Chain Dive

DECEMBER 13, 2023

A desire to reduce costs, lead times, political risk and emissions are just some of the reasons behind onshoring, nearshoring and friendshoring decisions.

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Supply Chain Brain

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Throughout the year, healthcare providers are under tremendous pressure to find cost savings and efficiencies, while maintaining optimal patient care. That pressure only increases during the peak season.

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Supply Chain Dive

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Data shows both carriers faced waning package volumes as pricing power shifted in their customers' favor.

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Supply Chain Brain

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Tesla has faced a backlash in the Nordic region from pension funds and labor unions over the company’s refusal to accept a collective bargaining agreement covering wages and other benefits.

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Advertiser: GEP

Procurement and supply chain leaders are presented with their fair share of challenges, with a host of tools and strategies to resolve them. That said, what’s the best path forward to leverage this year’s trends? In this recap of a recent GEP-WBR webinar, 7 Leadership Themes for Procurement & Supply Chain Leaders in 2024, GEP’s Pramod Sethumadhavan explores seven vital leadership trends that will help guide procurement and supply chain decision-makers.

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SCMR (Supply Chain Management Review)

DECEMBER 13, 2023

By applying a strategic procurement framework that considers both a freight lane's macro-market and micro-shipper characteristics, shippers can leverage a wider portfolio of relationships that improve their overall routing guide performance while reducing the required effort.

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Supply Chain Brain

DECEMBER 13, 2023

It’s impossible to put a price on safety at manufacturing and logistics facilities. World-class organizations know it’s directly tied to their ability to succeed.

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Supply Chain Brain

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Foxconn plans to spend that amount on top of the $1.6 billion it earlier set aside for the 300-acre site close to Bengaluru’s airport, said people familiar with the matter.

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Spend Matters

DECEMBER 13, 2023

For several years now, Spend Matters has been collecting and publishing a series of articles about procurement, supply and services trends for the year ahead from expert tech and service providers in the market. This year we’re highlighting the customer demands, market movements and advances in procurement tech that are exciting the world of solution providers, how they expect them to shape the S2P landscape next year and how they plan to respond to them.

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Supply Chain Brain

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Join us to explore how AI and digital twinning can drive optimization in warehouse decision making. Learn how the combination of these technologies improves visibility, efficiency and overall warehouse operations.

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Procurement Insights

DECEMBER 13, 2023

EDITOR’S NOTE: Today’s article was inspired by a LinkedIn post by Kate Vitasek. “Value isn’t just about exchange—it’s about creation.” “Through shared goals, you work together, investing in each other’s success and creating value that elevates everyone involved.” – Kate Vitasek The above two statements should resonate far and wide with anyone and everyone, Kate Vitasek , starting with the sales process.

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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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IBM Supply Chain Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Conducting the best customer service strategy today requires organizations to invest in several customer service types. This way, organizations can ensure their customer base receives answers to their problems in the format they prefer. Customer service is an integral part of the customer experience. It has increasingly become an omnichannel discipline where every customer prefers to communicate on varying channels.

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Spend Matters

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Along with generative AI, the intake management market has been this year’s primary discussion among procurement practitioners and software providers. Not only has Zip, which productized and popularized intake, reached a $1.5 billion valuation, but an array of intake- and/or orchestration-focused competitors have emerged to address similar use cases.

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Supply Chain Dive

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The food and beverage maker will ship its products on Maersk, CMA CGM or Hapag-Lloyd vessels powered by fuels made from waste.

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Supply Chain Brain

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The mean number of supply chain breaches increased from 3.29 incidents in 2022 to 4.16 incidents in 2023, a 26% rise.

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Advertiser: GEP

Generative AI goes beyond just automating tasks and providing real-time answers. Did you know that implementing generative AI reduces sourcing cycle times and allows for faster decision-making across procurement operations? In this whitepaper — Next-Gen Procurement: Transforming Processes With the Power of Generative AI — experts reveal how the strategic application of generative AI within procurement processes is paving the way for groundbreaking improvements.

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Supply Chain Dive

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Salary being "too low," lack of promotion and making a career change were some of the reasons a worker left a former job, a Monster poll found.

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Supply Chain Brain

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Star Bulk Carriers' shareholders will own 71% of the company while the remaining 29% will be owned by Eagle Bulk shareholders.

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Supply Chain Dive

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Here are five things your company should consider when evaluating its production process or new technologies.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The role of procurement extends beyond transactional activities. A procurement strategy allows an organization to navigate an increasingly complex global supply chain, adapt swiftly to market fluctuations, and achieve cost optimization, operational efficiency and growth. By assessing and proactively managing risks inherent in the supply chain , organizations can shield themselves from disruptions and strengthen the resilience of their operations.

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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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CPO Rising

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Editor’s Note: Over the next few weeks on CPO Rising, we’re publishing some “best of” 2023 articles as we reflect on the year and prepare for the new year ahead. Welcome to Procurement News!

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

There are many articles on equipment failure patterns that infer that a majority of all equipment fails at random , regardless of how much preventive maintenance was done. This claim is often used to encourage asset-intensive industries to evolve their maintenance strategies, invest in instrument equipment and leverage analytics to adopt predictive maintenance approaches.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Derived from the Greek words for “hidden writing,” cryptography is the science of obscuring transmitted information so that it may only be read by the intended recipient. The applications of cryptography are endless. From the quotidian end-to-end message authentication on WhatsApp to the practical digital signatures on legal forms or even the CPU-draining ciphers used for mining cryptocurrency , cryptography has become an essential aspect of our digital world and a critical cybersecu

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