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Swedish Steel Manufacturer Selects Ivalua to Further Optimize Procurement Efficiency and Mitigate Supply Chain Risk

ivalua

Ivalua, a global leader in spend management, today announced that it has been selected by Swedish steel manufacturer SSAB to further improve the efficiency of its procurement processes and uphold and strengthen supply chain risk management thanks to Ivalua’s Source-to-Contract (S2C) solution. Global Media Contact.

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Building Resilient Supply Chains is Hard — but Essential

Enterra Insights

Prior to the pandemic, efficiency was the primary focus of most supply chain operations. I’m not implying that efficiency no longer matters — it obviously does — but a disrupted supply chain can’t be efficient. Severe disruptions during the pandemic changed that focus to resiliency. Here’s the rub.

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The 2022 Chlorine Shortage: Another Year of Poolmageddon

ToolsGroup

Covid-19 had its fair share of global supply chain victims , and chlorine is no exception. Image source: Cape Analytics. between 2021 and 2026.The Image Source: Nola. 40% of the country’s chlorine tablet supply was destroyed in the process. Image Source: USA Today. Image source: CNBC.

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U.S. Announces Samsung Electronics Incentives for Semiconductor Production

Supply Chain Matters

As noted in a prior Supply Chain Matters semiconductor supply chain commentary, The Wall Street Journal had previously reported that Samsung Electronics would be doubling its planned U.S. Reportedly, Samsung is planning to have the two fabrication facilities to be operational in 2026 and 2027. The consist of a $6.6

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Singapore’s largest fully automated cold storage at Tee Jia Food Hub

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The APAC automated storage and retrieval systems (ASRS) market is forecast to grow at a CAGR of about 10% between 2021 and 2026. With F&B, pharmaceutical and eCommerce booming, cold chain operators and logistics service providers need to evolve their warehouses to support a strong, undisrupted supply chain.

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Supply Chain Matters News Capsule Follow-Up- February 24 2023

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters provides our latest news capsule follow-up relative to updating readers to prior supply chain management developments that we have shared on this blog. January PPI Points to Persistent Inflation Over a year ago at this time, Supply Chain Matters published a commentary focused on the U.S.

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Forced Labor in the Automotive Supply Chain: What Car Companies Can Do

Resilinc

If you drive a car from Volkswagen-Audi, Honda, Ford, General Motors, Mercedes-Benz, Toyota, Tesla, Renault, NIO, or Stellantis—the parts in your car have a high risk of being sourced from companies linked to abuses in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR) of China; the region targeted by the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, (UFLPA).