Procurement Tactics
MAY 16, 2023
18 Must-Have Negotiation Skills For Procurement Professionals Download Course Details → Or receive our famous weekly newsletter Fourth Party Logistics — Everything You Should Know Fourth-party logistics (4PL) help businesses to optimize their entire chain. Although it is gaining popularity, people still have little to no idea what 4PL is. In this article, we will discuss what 4PL means.
ProcurePort
MAY 15, 2023
How to Automate Quoting Process: Benefits of RFQ Software: IntroductionIn today’s fast-paced business environment, efficiency and speed are crucial for staying competitive. One area where companies often struggle to streamline operations is the quote request process. Manual handling of requests, communication with suppliers, and tracking responses can be time-consuming and prone to errors.
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All Things Supply Chain
MAY 15, 2023
The ongoing warehouse labor shortage is one of the biggest challenges facing the logistics industry today.
Procurement Heads
MAY 19, 2023
This year’s tournament, the fourth time the event has been held, was won by procurement consultancy State of Flux, who narrowly edged out the hosts in the final. James Dobbin, Director and Head of Practice for Financial & Professional Services, said, “It was great to see so many teams from across the sector join us and raise money for an incredible cause.
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Procurement Tactics
MAY 18, 2023
18 Must-Have Negotiation Skills For Procurement Professionals Download Course Details → Or receive our famous weekly newsletter Invoice Approvals — The Ultimate Guide Invoice approvals allow you to only pay for what you purchased, which helps you to avoid overpayment. However, what is it? In this article, we will discuss what invoice approvals are.
ivalua
MAY 17, 2023
Ivalua Spend Management Insights [ivory-search] 2023 Ivalua NOW Nashville: Recap + Photos! May 18, 2023 | | Ivalua NOW by Eloise Barnum They say city lights got nothin’ on country nights—and well–they ain’t wrong! We can’t recreate Ivalua NOW 2023 Nashville–but we’ll always have the memories! From the sessions and keynotes to the electrifying nighttime events–we want to extend a heartfelt thanks to all our customers, sponsors, partners, attendees, and team for making Ivalua NOW “Breaking N
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Procurement Heads
MAY 16, 2023
How did you get into procurement? At university, I followed a few classes on procurement and supply chain, loved it and decided that was the career path I wanted to take. What I really liked about procurement back then, and still love about procurement today, is the mixture of analytics and data-driven skills that you need, coupled with interpersonal skills, commercial acumen and negotiation.
Procurement Tactics
MAY 14, 2023
18 Must-Have Negotiation Skills For Procurement Professionals Download Course Details → Or receive our famous weekly newsletter Argentina Import and Export Statistics Argentina’s imports and exports hang in the balance as the country faces the after-effects of severe drought. The Buenos Aires Grains Exchange reported a 23% lower dollar exchange due to a decrease in wheat, corn, and soybean production.
Art of Procurement
MAY 18, 2023
In 1907, J.P. Morgan was called back from a trip to help stop a series of bank runs on Wall. The post [Pod] JPMorgan Chase Stops the Financial Contagion appeared first on Art of Procurement.
IBM Supply Chain Blog
MAY 17, 2023
As we navigate an unstable economy, organizations across industries want to be “future-ready,” and that requires systems and processes that can continuously evolve in response to the marketplace demands. For customers who run their operations on SAP, this means modernizing to a cloud ERP platform that supports greater flexibility and agility.
Speaker: Lisa Anderson, MBA, CSCP, CLTD - President of LMA Consulting Group, S&OP Expert, and Speaker
The world of supply chain and logistics has been plagued with volatility, disruptions, and increased regulations. Several issues are converging simultaneously, creating a precarious path forward. In this webinar, we will talk about the current status of the supply chain and what the successful and unsuccessful paths forward will look like. Join demand planning and SIOP expert Lisa Anderson for a riveting discussion evaluating the geopolitical landscape and looking at the bigger picture to create
Supply Chain Dive
MAY 18, 2023
Redwood Logistics and BlueGrace Logistics have announced plans to expand service offerings in Mexico due to higher demand from shippers.
Procurement Tactics
MAY 15, 2023
18 Must-Have Negotiation Skills For Procurement Professionals Download Course Details → Or receive our famous weekly newsletter Sri Lanka Import and Export Statistics Sri Lanka’s import and export activities decline steeply after its worst economic crisis in decades. This left the country with unsustainable debt and a severe balance of payments which will further stunt its economic growth in years.
Supply Chain Brain
MAY 17, 2023
The very heart of diversity involves how things differ, and we all know that people differ in many ways. All of us fit in, or don’t, some place, and this is why each of us has a DEI story.
SCMDOJO
MAY 18, 2023
The following is a business case highlighting the background, context and value proposition of SCMDOJO’s Expert Marketplace, a platform designed to connect businesses with specialized Supply Chain Expert Services. Table of Contents Executive Summary Introduction Objectives The Rapid Growth of Marketplaces SCaaS as a Concept Combining Marketplaces and Supply Chain as a Service: SCMDOJO’s Unique Value Proposition Features and Benefits for Clients Features and Benefits for Experts How I
Speaker: Jay Black, Senior Account Executive
We’ve all heard the buzzwords to describe new supply chain trends: resiliency, sustainability, AI, machine learning. But what do these really mean today? Over the past few years, manufacturing has had to adapt to and overcome a wide variety of supply chain trends and disruptions to stay as stable as possible. Stability has become key in this post-COVID world, and will remain key moving forward.
Supply Chain Dive
MAY 16, 2023
The temperature-controlled air cargo solution provides flights from Indianapolis to Liège, Belgium, and uses an innovative handling process to allow for more sustainable packaging.
Procurement Tactics
MAY 16, 2023
18 Must-Have Negotiation Skills For Procurement Professionals Download Course Details → Or receive our famous weekly newsletter Chile Import and Export Statistics Chile’s import and export activities open a positive trade balance in the first quarter of 2023. Will the country continue this trend? The World Bank ranks Chile as a high-income market economy.
Supply Chain Brain
MAY 14, 2023
Commercial trucking won’t be spared the transition to electric vehicles, but its progress toward adoption tough, especially when it comes to small and medium-sized truckers.
IBM Supply Chain Blog
MAY 18, 2023
Forrester Research just released “ The Forrester Wave™: AI Decisioning Platforms, Q2 2023: The 13 Providers That Matter Most And How They Stack Up ” by Mike Gualtieri with Aaron Katz, Catherine Marcin, and Jen Barton, and IBM is proud to be recognized as a Leader. This report outlines the combination of traditional decision automation tools with machine learning models and other technologies.
Speaker: Cathy Morrow Roberson, Research Manager for the Reverse Logistics Association
In today's competitive business landscape, providing a seamless return experience and maintaining an efficient supply chain are critical to customer satisfaction and loyalty. Businesses need to leverage advanced tracking systems and data analytics to identify bottlenecks and improve supply chain visibility. Efficient return management stands as a crucial strategy for optimizing the supply chain.
Procurement Software
MAY 16, 2023
Buying Procure-to-Pay software (P2P) can bring huge benefits to your business. Having a single platform for the entire procurement process is not only a simple and efficient way to work. It can liberate procurement professionals by automating much of the drudgery zone of administrative and operational procurement. Instead, Procurement can focus on the more strategic, value-added tasks that drive both top and bottom line results to the business.
Procurement Tactics
MAY 18, 2023
18 Must-Have Negotiation Skills For Procurement Professionals Download Course Details → Or receive our famous weekly newsletter US Import and Export Statistics The U.S. import and export statistics shifted drastically during and after the pandemic. That year marked the largest steep decrease in production and trade volume since WW2. Thus, causing disruption in the supply chain globally.
Supply Chain Brain
MAY 15, 2023
Oliver Hedgepeth, supply chain logistics professor at American Public University System, discusses how consumer tastes and purchasing patterns have changed, and how food suppliers must respond.
SCMR (Supply Chain Management Review)
MAY 18, 2023
Software supply chains have a lot in common with their more traditional supply chain cousins, including just-in-time delivery mechanisms and tiered structures.
Speaker: Wayne Spivak, President and CFO of SBA * Consulting Ltd., Industry Writer, Public Speaker
If you’re lost in the world of spend management needs and your GAP analysis is lacking perspective on the future state of your business performance, listen up! With the advancement of technology, the implementation of spend management best practices and concrete GAP analyses is more streamlined and accessible than ever before. And while this may sound like great news for you and your clients, it won’t be worthwhile unless you have the latest techniques to back up your ambitions!
Supply Chain Dive
MAY 16, 2023
A Missouri plaintiff said that 90% of the products Nike advertises as using recycled materials don’t, and that some of the recycled materials are environmentally harmful.
Spend Matters
MAY 16, 2023
Categories: Risk Performance and Compliance , Sponsored Article Tags: sponsored post Change is tough. No matter the industry, change means risk. When something is working well enough, changing it invites risk into the established process. Therefore, things change only when necessary. Procurement, as an important part of manufacturing, falls into this mindset.
Supply Chain Brain
MAY 15, 2023
The pharmaceutical sector has come under ever-greater scrutiny in recent years, as more and more counterfeit products infiltrate legitimate supply chains.
The Network Effect
MAY 18, 2023
The post Global LSPs and 3PLs Embrace the Chaos and Turn Professional appeared first on The Network Effect.
Speaker: Robyn O’Brien - Founder of Sirona Ventures, Adjunct Professor at Rice University’s Business School, Supply Chain Optimization and Logistics Expert
Today’s supply chain leaders are required to stay strong in the face of disruption and not only accept it, but embrace it – after all, progress is made outside of your comfort zone. While it’s easier said than done, conquering the fear of instability in your supply chain is within your reach. Thanks to the advancement of technology and AI, we now have more tools and resources at our disposal than ever before to conquer, not crumble, in the face of uncertainty.
Supply Chain Dive
MAY 15, 2023
Spirit AeroSystems is shifting work to other vendors as it tries to help its "most distressed suppliers.
Procurement Bulletin
MAY 14, 2023
Poor Factory Work Conditions Being Investigated…in the US We’re used to seeing news headlines about poor working conditions in factories in overseas countries, but this time, the investigations into poor factory conditions are for US-based factories. As George Takei would say: “Oh Myyyyyyy.” Canada and India Look to Close a Free Trade Agreement Bilateral trade between Canada and India was worth $12bn last year.
Supply Chain Brain
MAY 14, 2023
Shawn Semer, director of sales and marketing with Signode, lays out the key deciding factors for companies looking to automate processes or integrate new equipment into the warehouse.
SCMR (Supply Chain Management Review)
MAY 14, 2023
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