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Intermodal Association of North America Launches Online Course

Supply Chain Brain

The course is made up of eight modules covering topics such as seaport operations, container terminal operations, truck transport and rail operations.

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THE BIG INTERVIEW WITH LAURA DANIEL

Procurement Heads

What do you think are the current Procurement trends or hot topics and what emerging roles do you think we will see in Procurement as a result? Having made the move into the rail industry when you joined Great Western Railway, what challenges have you faced? I think the next few years will be very interesting for rail.

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393: Get 100% Visibility Over Your Final Mile, with OneRail

Let's Talk Supply Chain

23.53] The big topic that will be top of mind for supply chain professionals in 2024. Because you really need to understand what the customer is trying to solve for.” 18.51] A case study showing how OneRail helped a key client with their on-demand offering, developing a new SLA around a challenging one-hour delivery need.

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Diversity in Procurement: Admit it – we're not doing enough

Spotlight on Procurement

Simon Lipscomb, Sales and Marketing Director at Efficio, speaks to Emma Osborn, Category Management Director at Network Rail and Sheena Russel, HR Manager at Efficio on diversity issues around procurement, supply chain and corporate more generally. Key discussion points include: How are organisations tackling diversity and driving change?

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CPO SPOTLIGHT: IAN HOLCROFT

Procurement Heads

The main sectors we work in are Rail, Energy and Water, and we work for key Clients in the sector such as Network Rail, National Grid, Thames Water, and United Utilities. We work in the construction industry and operate in the UK, Ireland, and Canada. The turnover is around £1.5 billion, and we have approximately 3,500 employees.

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9 Headlines Striking Fear into Shippers Lacking a Strong TMS

Supply Chain Collaborator

These 9 headlines culled from Transport Topics over the first three weeks of 2016, coupled with the emerging economic slowdown should give pause to all shippers. Rail and Multimodal. Headline: US Rail Stocks Seen Rising 20% This Year Despite Six-Year Low for Cargo in 2015. As noted, manufacturing is shrinking at a fast pace.

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AI and the practice of Procurement – Contracting and Legal

Spend Matters

And that brings us nicely onto the topic of security and provenance. Another example is the newly formed group called RAILS (Responsible AI in Legal Services) which is assembling an AI cross-industry group of leaders (judiciary, corporations, law firms, tech providers, access to justice organizations, etc.)