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The Next Chapter for the Supply Chain: The 3 most important topics shaping the future

All Things Supply Chain

No-one could have predicted over a year ago that a global pandemic would shut down economies all over the world; throw supply chains into chaos due to panic buying and…

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Purchase Order Requisition Software Developments for Your Procurement Team

ProcurePort

In most technologically saturated markets, there are going to be constant developments. This is certainly the case in the context of procurement. Because the procurement department is so large and comprehensive in it’s functionality, departments often make use of a multitude of softwares. Making use of multiple softwares comes with it’s fair share of pros […].

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How to Conduct a Spend Analysis in Seven Steps

Jaggaer

JAGGAER understands the traditional roadblocks to spend management and how important it is to gain insight into operational ineffectiveness in order to improve your sourcing success. A spend analysis allows you to do just that. Here, we’ve outlined the seven steps necessary to conducting a proper spend analysis. Step One: Identify. Identify all the sources available for your spend data, from all of your departments, plants and business units.

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The Digital Approach to Smart Container Shipping

Supply Chain Brain

With total vessel capacity expected to reach an all-time high in 2020, companies at every port and shipping nexus are beginning to re-evaluate longstanding business processes.

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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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15 Tips for Optimizing Your Supply Chain Today

All Things Supply Chain

From raw profitability and growth to the ability to delight customers with quick turnarounds, supply chain optimization is the missing ingredient for many organizations in a wide range of industries.

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What Does Source to Pay Mean in the “New Normal” of Procurement

ProcurePort

The global coronavirus pandemic has brought millions of businesses the world over to a grinding halt. In May 2020, The Washington Post reported that “over 100,000 small businesses had closed forever as the nation’s pandemic toll escalated.” Operations have slowed down as companies ask what is source to pay process under the “new normal”? Supply […].

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How the Pandemic Is Paving the Way for Robots in Retail Fulfillment

Supply Chain Brain

Automation was proceeding at a rapid pace in many factories and warehouses before the coronavirus pandemic hit. Now, however, concerns over worker health, the need for social distancing, and the relentless push for cost-cutting are accelerating the progress of robots for order fulfillment.

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Supply Chain Weekly Wrap-Up 09/04/2020 – 09/11/2020

All Things Supply Chain

UK scrambling to fix critical gaps in Brexit Border Plan Officials of Boris Johnson are now scrambling to try and avoid a major border crisis when the UK leaves the…

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What the Procure to Pay Process Contributes to the C-Suite

ProcurePort

Running a business or organization requires dedication and strategic thinking. Some of the best organizations align their business practices and operations with their vision and mission statements. This way the company can be sure that all of the internal functions and operations conducted are purposeful and serve the same ultimate goal. As such, optimizing time […].

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Digital Procurement Improves Supply Chain!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Preparing Business for the Digital Supply Chain! Oracle Interviews Mike Mortson! Digital Procurement article and permission to publish here provided by Katherine Barrios of xeneta.com. The Hackett Group has recently released their analysis of their procurement benchmarking database.

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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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Why Biden’s Offshore Tax Plan Is Unlikely to Renew Rust Belt Factories

Supply Chain Brain

Biden’s proposal uses a carrot-and-stick approach that raises taxes on a corporation’s foreign profits but rewards companies with tax incentives for moving jobs and investment back to the U.S.

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I’m speaking at ProcureCon Marketing Virtual Flagship Event – Join me on 9/23 for a Legendary Event!

Ms. Category Management

Join me at ProcureCon Marketing for a Panel on Global Marketing Procurement of Agencies - 9/23!

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E-Sourcing, AI and Game Theory – Edmund Zagorin from Bid Ops

The Procuretech Podcast

Innovation never stops. Alongside the tools that are making manual processes digital, there are also a new breed of tools which are fundamentally changing the way we go about our job. How we structure and carry out tenders hasn’t really changed much over the last 20 years. E-sourcing tools have been around since the late 1990s, and have been pretty mainstream for the past 15 or so years (I used them myself way back in 2003)!

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What is a Bill of Lading? (Infographic)

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. What is a Bill of Entry (BOE)? Article and permission to publish here provided by Victor at excelsior.ph. The expansion of international trade as early as the medieval times led to the development of a system to help merchants keep track of the conditions of goods, as well as to validate its time and location of loading.

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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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Watch: The Tipping Point for Reshoring Production to the U.S.

Supply Chain Brain

What's the point at which manufacturers decide to shift production from China and return it to the U.S.? Gregory Burkart, managing director and leader of the Site Selection & Incentives Advisory Practice of financial consultancy Duff & Phelps, offers some insight into the calculation.

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Unleash the Power of AI to Unlock the Potential of Procurement Enterprise

Jaggaer

As technologies like AI and RPA continue to establish a firm position in the mainstream, they are driving a fundamental change in businesses across sectors, globally. Marketing, operations, product design, and finance are just some of the areas transformed by intelligent application. Now, as companies start to seek, and create competitive advantages, the procurement function is in the spotlight.

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Stretch Procurement partners with Ivalua to help companies reach the next level within procurement

ivalua

Malmö, Sweden 9 September, 2020 – Stretch Procurement, a leading Scandinavian consulting company, today announced a partnership with Ivalua, a leading provider of global Spend Management Cloud solutions. Under the partnership, Stretch will provide implementation and transformation services leveraging Ivalua’s platform. . Stretch Procurement helps companies to strengthen procurement capabilities through successful digitalization programs and transformations.

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Featuring Our 12 Best Change Management Articles!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Nothing can be accomplished and no vision can be realized without leadership. But even the best leaders know that any goal that they are trying to achieve will inevitably mean some level of change. They need Change Management. This change may manifest itself in changing business processes, changing job responsibilities and roles, changing organizations, changing infrastructure, changing products and services or even completel

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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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Future-Proofing Your Supply Chain for the New Normal

Supply Chain Brain

Supply-chain executives in North America have a lot on their plates these days, to say the least.

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Watch: What Is a Continuous Supply Chain?

Supply Chain Brain

Bernard Goor, senior vice president of sales with Infor, explains the concept behind the continuous supply chain, and reveals the biggest obstacles that companies face when trying to achieve that goal.

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Bridge the Gulf Between Supply Chain Planning and Finance

Supply Chain Brain

The majority of manufacturing companies manage planning through two separate teams. Finance assembles budgets and capital requirements. The operations team balances supply and demand and calculates future capacity and supply needs. In volatile times the operations team mitigates emerging risks or capitalizes on unanticipated opportunities. Through such periods the financial and operations plans often diverge, sometimes dramatically.

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Podcast | How to Cut Down on Global Food Waste

Supply Chain Brain

Each year, 1.3 billion tons of food are lost or go to waste — and a third of those losses occur in transit.

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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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UPS Holiday Season Hiring Will Top 100,000 Amid E-Commerce Boom

Supply Chain Brain

The holiday hires, a slight increase from last year, will be on top of the thousands of workers the courier already has added to keep up with a surge in package demand.

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Airlines Are Removing Seats to Make Space for Gadgets and Seafood

Supply Chain Brain

Cargo is proving a rare ray of light for airlines amid the coronavirus gloom.

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Why It’s Time to Upgrade Mobile Technology in Transportation

Supply Chain Brain

Although the transportation industry was among the earliest adopters of mobile technology, upgrades have been lagging for the last decade.

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Watch: How Can We Keep the Factory Floor Safe?

Supply Chain Brain

Suman Mahalanabis, director of product management for digital software and solutions with Tata Consultancy Services, describes the steps that factories will need to take in order to ensure the health and safety of workers during the pandemic and beyond.

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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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U.S., Europe Face Hurdles to Cut China Reliance for Rare Earths

Supply Chain Brain

The U.S. and Europe’s ambition to boost production of rare raw materials used in electric vehicles and wind turbines and reduce dependence on China will face obstacles, including higher costs and environmental concerns.

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U.S. May Allow 18-Year-Olds to Drive Big Trucks on Long Hauls

Supply Chain Brain

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is considering a pilot program to test lowering the age limit for interstate commercial drivers from 21 to 18.

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Omnitracs Expands Its Platform Offering With Acquisition of SmartDrive

Supply Chain Brain

Omnitracs, a provider of SaaS-based fleet management and data analytics solutions, and SmartDrive, a provider of video-based safety and transportation intelligence, recently announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement for Omnitracs to acquire SmartDrive.

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BluJay's applications, network, data, and people empower high-performance supply chains.

Supply Chain Brain

BluJay's applications, network, data, and people empower high-performance supply chains. Our goal is to provide you with a frictionless supply chain, with mission-critical applications that help you move goods efficiently, increasing productivity and reducing TCO. Find out how in this video!

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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.