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Reflection: The Journey to be Market Driven

Supply Chain Shaman

In 2002, I had the opportunity to work with General Mills. Some of the bi-directional orchestration strategies defined were: “ Use levers like postponement, alternate sourcing, product simplification, and alignment of shaping strategies to improve agility. Few align hedging strategies to bill of material logic.

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Procurement Compliance Explained: Examples, Challenges, and Best Practices

Precoro

Instead of developing strategies to keep spend management and purchasing compliant, companies end up with multiple instances of maverick spend or unsustainable vendor behavior. Recent policies cover sustainable and ethical efforts, such as sustainable sourcing , diversity initiatives, and environmental impact. Unsustainable sourcing.

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Why Traceability Is the Future of Grocery Retail

BlueYonder

Shoppers expect fresh, high-quality products and full transparency into how those products are sourced, handled and delivered. From food safety to ethical sourcing and environmental responsibility, these mandates signal a shift toward tighter supply chain oversight and real-time data transparency. Blue Yonder changes that.

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December Logistics Managers Index Reflects Increased Activity Levels in 2024

Supply Chain Matters

Further Key Observations Other key observations related to the December and full year 2024 LMI data were: December 2024 transportation price growth levels were reportedly the highest since April of 2002. Now, with the December LMI reporting including 12 moth sentiment, it would appear that U.S. All rights reserved.

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New U.S. Coast Guard Cybersecurity Rule Enters into Force

Supply Chain Brain

flagged vessels, outer continental shelf (OCS) facilities, and facilities subject to the Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002 (MTSA), and was executed in continuation of updates to the Captain of the Port authority that definitively designated cybersecurity vulnerabilities as a potential threat to the security and safety of U.S.

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Trump Hits Mexico With 17% Tariff on Tomatoes

Supply Chain Brain

The deal was reworked to raise the price floor in both 2002 and 2008, before a new agreement that separated pricing categories for different types of tomatoes was signed in 2013. agreed to pause its investigation that same year after Mexico agreed to sell tomatoes at a set minimum price. border entries for bulk tomatoes.

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Sourcing Strategy: Effective vs Efficient with Ron Crabtree

The Logistics of Logistics

Sourcing Strategy: Effective vs Efficient with Ron Crabtree. Joe Lynch and Ron Crabtree discuss sourcing strategy: effective vs efficient. When developing a sourcing strategy, the focus can be effectiveness (gaining desired results) or on efficiency (reducing cost, labor, and resources used).