Supply Chain Queen

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Sustainable supply chains are good for the planet and good for business. In this episode of Smart Talks with IBM, Malcolm Gladwell takes on this topic with Tim Harford, host of Cautionary Tales, and guest Sheri Hinish, IBM’s Global Sustainability Services Leader and Offering Leader for Sustainable Supply Chain, known as the “supply-chain queen.” They.

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Procurement Templates

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

How can Neuroplasticity help procurement professionals? It helps those who might think this is who I am, the way I think can’t be changed its innate, my thought process, my beliefs and I can’t or don’t want to change. However, there are times where being stuck with our own version of the truth with no divergence for alternative ways of thinking is too singular and too restrictive.

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Procurement Leaders

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

A few weeks ago, a LinkedIn post from one of our members provided a tantalising and hopeful glimpse into the future. This might be a bold claim but when Amanda Davies, Chief Procurement & Sustainability Officer at Mars Wrigley, announced that she was adding R&D to her remit to become Chief R&D, Procurement & Sustainability Officer, it provided a welcome reminder of the opportunity we have as a function.

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All Things Supply Chain

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The global supply chain landscape is experiencing a significant shift, with more and more companies looking to bring production and manufacturing activities closer to home.

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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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Supply Chain Queen

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

In Episode 77, Dr. Yossi Sheffi, iconic thought leader and professor at MIT, innovator, and author of a new book ‘ The Magic Conveyor Belt’ chats with host Sheri Hinish about the future of supply chain including the people, exponential technology, and disruptive themes that will shape the future of the profession. This book offers.

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Supply Chain Brain

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Channel-free logistics connects existing infrastructure to simplify the whole order-to-delivery process, encouraging circularity and sustainability, maximizing profits and streamlining operations overall.

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SCMR (Supply Chain Management Review)

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Converting existing networks to 5G technology gives supply chains new opportunities to improve speed, accuracy and overall customer service.

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Supply Chain Queen

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Happy Earth Day 22! In episode 70, host Sheri Hinish (SupplyChainQueen) joins Chief Evangelist Tom Raftery (Sustainable Supply Chain podcast host) for an EARTH WEEK discussion that zeros in on the Sustainability Imperative across climate, social equity, and responsible business. Key topics include: The world is changing – the global economy is about to become.

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Supply Chain Brain

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Rising shipping costs, cumbersome processes and the growing demand for seamless service highlight the urgency for businesses to rethink their approach to last-mile delivery.

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Supply Chain Dive

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

With big brand brick-and-mortar options dwindling, the off-brand retailer’s 21,000 vendors are increasingly looking to the company.

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Advertiser: GEP

The technological landscape is dynamic and changes quickly. And for procurement and supply chain leaders looking to harness the power of technology to navigate complex challenges and an uncertain business environment, keeping up with the latest trends can be its own obstacle. So, what’s on the technological horizon for procurement and supply chain for the year ahead?

Supply Chain Efficiency

IBM Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

As more countries, companies and individuals seek energy sources beyond fossil fuels, interest in renewable energy continues to rise. In fact, world-wide capacity for energy from solar, wind and other renewable sources increased by 50% in 2023. More than 110 countries at the United Nations’ COP28 climate change conference agreed to triple that capacity by 2030, and global investment in clean energy transition hit a record high of USD 1.8 trillion in 2023.

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Supply Chain Queen

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Sustainable supply chains can address the key drivers of forest and biodiversity loss in the agriculture and forestry sectors, fueling biodiversity conservation and responsible sourcing of commodities like palm oil, soy, timber, and much more. Episode 71 introduces Gen Z for the Trees, a powerful youth movement aiming for net zero deforestation by 2030 using.

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Supply Chain Brain

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

BIMCO said that, so far in February, the number of ships transiting through the Gulf of Aden and the Suez Canal is 50% and 37% lower than last year respectively.

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Supply Chain Dive

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The Commerce Department is exploring whether to regulate transactions with China-linked firms supplying automakers with goods, technology or services for their connected cars.

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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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IBM Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Sourcing is getting smarter. To start, many organizations have already pivoted from a tactical to a strategic sourcing mindset—which can make all the difference when it comes to gaining and retaining a competitive advantage. Why? Because organizations with strategic sourcing mindsets look beyond price and cost savings-centered supplier selection initiatives.

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Supply Chain Queen

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

In Episode 73, host Sheri Hinish delves into bestseller, "From Source to Sold” and offers an inside look at the real-world experiences and valuable lessons of supply chain experts, industry leaders, and disruptive innovators.

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Supply Chain Brain

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Thin film electronics is a rapidly evolving technology that has the potential to revolutionize supply chains and shipping as well as other industries.

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Supply Chain Dive

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The freight forwarder is offering discounts for Shopify merchants to use its fulfillment services and a new shipping product.

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Supply Chain Efficiency

IBM Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Managed DNS is where a third-party hosts and optimizes your DNS resolution architecture to provide the fastest, most secure, most reliable experience. Perhaps the easiest way to explain it is by looking at the opposite scenario: what if you don’t have a managed DNS service in place? Every query in the Domain Name System (DNS) follows the same logic to resolve IP addresses.

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Supply Chain Queen

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The decisions we make this decade are the most important in human history. You have to ask yourself: if our economic system actively destroys the biosphere and fails to meet many people's basic needs, what actually the point of it all?

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Supply Chain Brain

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Integrating AI and digital twins is actually quite useful and simple. Here are five ways these technologies can revolutionize warehouse operations in 2024.

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Supply Chain Dive

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The discount retailer pleaded guilty to one count misdemeanor violation after product contamination at the Arkansas distribution center.

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Speaker: Jeff Dickinson - President and CEO of Railgistixs Transport, Supply Chain and Logistics Thought Leader

Despite the ongoing transformation of the supply chain and logistics landscape, the steadfast importance of carrier safety remains a core principle. From prioritizing preventative maintenance to optimizing fleet utilization, the fundamentals persist. If you’re overlooking and neglecting essential safety precautions today, this could result in expensive repairs and potential safety hazards in the future. 🚧 Join Jeff Dickinson for a conversation on how to mitigate risk, enforce compliance,

Supply Chain Optimization

IBM Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

This week, as thousands of network operators, technology vendors, and mobile device providers from all over the world converge on Barcelona for Mobile World Congress , it’s the perfect time to discuss how IBM® is shaping the future of network operations and telecommunications. Outside the glitz of new phones, connected cars and 5G with everything, there are some real challenges the industry must address.

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Supply Chain Queen

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Dr. Garry Copper, neuroscientist turned sustainability technologist and circularity advocate had a pivotal moment - that our field is one-noted and we need to build a reuse bridge to capture value left in materials to transition to a sustainable world, a fly-wheel of wealth for communities who have been left out in the linear economy.

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Supply Chain Brain

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Companies that get supply chain trade-offs right will outperform strategically and set new standards of operational excellence.

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Supply Chain Dive

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Fewer than 1 in 700 new hires benefited from businesses dropping degree requirements, Burning Glass Institute and Harvard Business School estimated.

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Direct materials sourcing is evolving, with procurement now tasked not only with cost efficiency but managing sustainability and risk management. The environment is marked by heightened demand and expectations, compounded by challenges such as rising input prices, supply chain disruptions and geopolitical tensions. While some embrace cutting-edge tools like AI and blockchain for global trade functions, others lag in technology adoption.

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Art of Procurement

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

“Wisdom is given equally to everybody. The point is whether one can exercise it.” – Taiichi Ohno, The “Ten Precepts”. The post Time to Return to Just-in-Time? appeared first on Art of Procurement.

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Supply Chain Queen

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

In this special International Women’s Day edition of Transform Talks, Sheri talks with Maria and looks back at some of the conversations she has had with the fantastic women we have had on the show in the past 12 months. For those of you that are interested in listening back to the full episodes, the.

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Supply Chain Brain

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Two key technologies that have gained significant traction in recent years are 3D product imaging and artificial intelligence-based analytics.

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Spend Matters

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

This is the first in a three-part series that covers Fairmarkit’s sourcing offerings. The Pareto principle, named after the Italian economist and sociologist Vilfredo Pareto, states that if focused properly, 20 percent of one’s actions leads to 80 percent of the results. Procurement teams commonly follow this principle to prioritize activities and define focus areas to maximize return on investment.

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Advertiser: ZoomInfo

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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