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Small Space? Here’s How to Increase Your Warehouse Storage

All Things Supply Chain

According to The Wall Street Journal, the supply of warehouse space in the United States most likely caught up to demand at some point during 2018.

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Enhancing the RFP Process for a Stronger Supplier Relationship

ProcurePort

The supply chain is a vital aspect to any organization in any industry. Developing a book of suppliers and vendors that are trustworthy, reliable, and actively respond to RFPs is a challenge for every procurement team. Enhancing the RFP process can help organizations in building a library of suppliers and vendors that they can turn […]. The post Enhancing the RFP Process for a Stronger Supplier Relationship appeared first on ProcurePort Blog.

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COVID-19 hindering sustainability initiatives, reveals research

ivalua

A lack of digital maturity and a focus on supplier cost and quality are also limiting green practices. 16th July 2020, London – Research from Ivalua, a leading provider of spend management cloud solutions, has shown that six-in-ten (60%) UK businesses have decreased their investment in sustainability initiatives due to the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the study, almost all (95%) UK businesses have plans in place to address environmental concerns in the supply chain over the next 12 months; h

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How Did the Digital Supply Chain Evolve?

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Digital Supply Chain Overview! (Video). Digital Supply Chain evolve article and permission to publish here provided by Megan R. Nichols. People often position the digital supply chain as essential for helping today’s businesses succeed. What a digitized supply chain entails, though, changed over the years due to the evolution of technologies and how people use them.

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GEP Procurement & Supply Chain Tech Trends Report

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?

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Supply Chain Weekly Wrap-Up 07/10/20 – 07/16/20

All Things Supply Chain

Report: Last-Mile Delivery is the Most Inefficient Process for More Than Half of North American Companies The transportation and logistics (T&L) industry has experienced significant disruptions due to the steep…

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An RFI Template Your Procurement Team Can Easily Follow

ProcurePort

We all know that in business, time is money. As a procurement professional whose job is to secure reliable vendors for clients, it is imperative to take advantage of all the resources available to you such as automated RFI templates to make the outsourcing process more efficient. When first engaging potential suppliers, you may request […]. The post An RFI Template Your Procurement Team Can Easily Follow appeared first on ProcurePort Blog.

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How Supply Chains Can Weather the Next Pandemic Wave

Supply Chain Brain

The key to mitigating abrupt and unexpected disruptions in any company’s global supply chain is timely, actionable information.

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How CRM Can Help Supply Chain Companies!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. The Benefits of Providing Tracking Information to Your Customers! CRM article and permission to publish here provided by Joe Johnston. If you are working or running a supply chain company, you’ll know that your industry is completely globalized. As your reach expands to nearly every country in the world, you find yourself catering to thousands of businesses.

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Benchmark your Organization – Take Part in the 2020 Procurement Performance Excellence Survey

Jaggaer

Procurement has developed rapidly in recent years, and with the application of transformative technologies such as artificial intelligence and new challenges such as Covid-19 and changing global trading relationships, the rate of change is likely to accelerate. . So, w hat is the current state of best practice in procurement? And what should your organization consider do ing to move up to the next level?

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Coronavirus Series Part 3 – Improving Inventory Planning During the COVID-19 Pandemic

EazyStock

In this four-part blog series we look at the impact COVID-19 has had on supply chains and how inventory optimization software can help. So far we’ve discussed how to overcome demand forecasting challenges due to Coronavirus. In this post we focus on inventory planning and how to optimize stock levels despite erratic customer behavior and supply restrictions.

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Scaling Logistics for Success: A White Claw Story

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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Building, Not Breaking, the Supply-Chain Backbone

Supply Chain Brain

Supply chains are having a moment. It took a major transformative event to highlight the importance and fragility of the global and interdependent supply-chain network.

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5 Ways To Make Customers Feel Valued!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Customers Do Not Care About Your Problems! Customers feel valued article and permission to publish here provided by Dhruv Mehta. Do you love your customers? Indeed, you do. But how do you tell your customers that you value them? As you must have read at hundreds of other places, customer experience has overtaken price and quality as the key differentiator for brand loyalty.

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Solving Supply chain Problems with Digital Twins

The Network Effect

The post Solving Supply chain Problems with Digital Twins appeared first on The Network Effect.

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AI-Powered Spend Intelligence - Sreeram Venkitakrishnan from Simfoni

The Procuretech Podcast

While many solutions providers in the procuretech space have focused their efforts on automating or simplifying operational procurement, my guest this week is from a company who have used this technology to bring AI-driven benefits to the spend analysis process. Instead of just providing a spend dashboard, Simfoni is seeking to distinguish itself from an increasingly crowded marketplace by offering spend classification, a suggested savings roadmap and risk analysis all in one.

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Supply Chain Orchestration: A New Era in Supply Chain Management

When the only certainty is uncertainty, what does that mean for today’s supply chain management approaches? This eBook delves into how supply chain orchestration can help businesses unlock agility, transparency, intelligence, and trust across their end-to-end supply chain.

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The Importance of Last-Mile Visibility in the U.S.

Supply Chain Brain

In order to stay competitive in the rising e-commerce and mobile world, retailers will need to make continued investments in their final-mile strategies.

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How to Mitigate Co-Employment Risk In Procurement

Claritum

Introduction. There is an ever-increasing emphasis on the need to mitigate risk associated with non-employee workforces. The unpredictable economic environment requiring organisations to readily increase or decrease resources. Procuring and managing costs associated with these resources is typically handled in a very manual fashion. Spreadsheets and emails often being the tools employed.

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Defining the New Normal in Supply Chain! What’s Normal Anyways?

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. 10 Vital Supply Chain Lessons from the Coronavirus Pandemic! The Coronavirus pandemic has upended almost every aspect of our personal and business lives. And now we hear talk about this “new normal” The economic and personal turmoil has been unprecedented. But with uncertainty around the future spread of the Covid-19 virus and uncertainty about the arrival of some kind of vaccine there is increasingly talk of a ne

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Overcoming Visibility Challenges to Kick-Start Sustainability Initiatives 

ivalua

Following the global climate protests that swept the world in 2019, sustainability rose to become a business priority. As a result, businesses have become more conscious about how they can reduce their impact on the environment. . However, COVID-19 has drastically altered business priorities. In our latest study of UK-based procurement, supply chain and finance professionals, we found that 60% of UK businesses have decreased investment in sustainability initiatives as a result of the coronavirus

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How to Create a Blueprint for Fleet Resilience

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,

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How E-Commerce Became Crucial to Retail Survival

Supply Chain Brain

While overall retail sales are expected to drop more than 10% this year, e-commerce will jump an unprecedented 18%.

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Coronavirus Series Part 4 – Managing Supply Chain Disruption Caused by COVID-19

EazyStock

In our four-part blog series on Coronavirus and its impact on inventory management , so far we’ve looked at how to overcome COVID-19 demand forecasting challenges and improving inventory planning during the pandemic. Now we’re going to focus on mitigating the risks of supply chain disruption as we move out of lockdown and into a new, but uncertain, future.

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What the Department of Education’s Guidance Means for Higher Ed Procurement Teams

Jaggaer

Let’s be honest… it’s a confusing time to be in higher education. As the Department of Education, along with state education departments around the country, begin issuing recommendations for return to school plans , procurement teams are left asking what’s next for them. How do you prepare your school for a full or partial return, and what do you do if classes are being held entirely online?

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How to Make the Best of Your Supply Chain Right Now

Supply Chain Brain

Keeping our supply chains safe is just as important as keeping them lean. Here are three opportunities you can leverage today.

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Rethinking Direct Materials Sourcing: The Tools You Need To Manage Costs, Risks and Sustainability

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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How CIOs Can Limit the Risk of Outsourcing I.T.

Supply Chain Brain

Businesses are increasingly turning over their information technology functions to outside service providers.

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Four Post-Pandemic Lessons for E-Commerce Supply Chains

Supply Chain Brain

The first and most obvious lesson has been to diversify product sourcing across different countries.

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Eight Steps to Prevent Chaos As Businesses Reopen

Supply Chain Brain

Reopening is no small feat, but the task that follows is infinitely more tricky: refocusing your supply chain to bounce back from disruption.

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Ensuring Predictable Wireless Connectivity in Supply-Chain Centers

Supply Chain Brain

For the last decade or more, “wireless” in supply chain meant two things: Wi-Fi or a public cellular network. Those were simply the only two options available to any business. But that circumstance has changed.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

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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Five Keys to Navigating COVID-19 in Food Supply Chains

Supply Chain Brain

As manufacturers and suppliers face the challenges of combating the pandemic and keeping employees safe, they’ll need to adopt a multilayered approach.

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When Will U.S. and Global Oil Markets Recover?

Supply Chain Brain

The coronavirus pandemic, declining global consumption and overproduction have combined to deal a severe blow to the oil industry.

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For Peace of Mind, Know Your Supplier’s Financial Stability

Supply Chain Brain

Consider these three steps as a guideline.

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Why Brands and Retailers Are Opting for 3-D E-Commerce

Supply Chain Brain

Product manufacturers, e-tailers and traditional brick-and-mortar stores alike are leading an emerging generation of e-commerce and web experiences built with 3-D visualization technologies.

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The Art of Consistent Perfect Order Delivery: Smart Order Fulfillment Through Orchestration

Shippers and logistics service providers are pressured to match the “Amazon effect” for fast and efficient service across multiple B2C, B2B, and D2C channels. Perfect order delivery - on-time and in-full at the lowest possible cost – is critical. However, recent surveys of supply chain stakeholders reveal that many don't have the technology necessary to achieve it.