EcoVadis

JANUARY 4, 2019

A quick look at our most widely read blog posts over the past twelve months suggests that CSR and procurement professionals around the globe are increasingly interested in regulations related to sustainability as well as new technologies that can help drive truly sustainable supply chains.

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Eyvo

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Many of us think of digital procurement as a way to reduce purchase costs and increase efficiencies. Another aspect of what makes digital procurement stand out is that of mitigating risk and increasing spend visibility. Technological infrastructure has been a blessing in disguise for the modern procurement world.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

In this post, I’d like to suggest a mapping of a digital procurement ecosystem, dive into the necessity for these functionalities, and draw some conclusions as to how these focus areas can drive performance in an overall procurement organization. Source: Deloitte CPO Survey 2018. The Digital Procurement Ecosystem.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

The press release is silent on total revenues, but 2018 total revenues were 1B$. Purchases include ICON-SCM in 2013; SERUS Corporation in 2014; Orchestro and Terra Technology in 2016; Steelwedge and Zyme in 2017; Inttra, Cloud Logistics, Entomo and Birch Worldwide in 2018; and Amber Road in 2019. Then I talked with Rob, the Coupa CEO.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 8, 2021

Mr. Frasquet is the executive director of corporate procurement, although his responsibilities include a much broader set of supply chain responsibilities than just sourcing. In 2018, they implemented a LLamasoft inventory optimization solution. From a process perspective, an analysis is not enough.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Procurement professionals have the same question looming over their head on a daily basis: “How do you plan on dealing with digitalization?”. Recently I had the pleasure of attending EBG Network’s 8th Annual Source to Pay Summit, which gathered some of the Nordic’s largest organizations and procurement profiles. around the globe?—?and

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Eyvo

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Many of us think of digital procurement as a way to reduce purchase costs and increase efficiencies. Another aspect of what makes digital procurement stand out is that of mitigating risk and increasing spend visibility. Technological infrastructure has been a blessing in disguise for the modern procurement world.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 30, 2018

Every Friday on Talking Logistics, I share a list of supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention that week, along with some brief commentary and analysis. And just last week, the Blockchain in Supply Chain Alliance (BiSCA) was announced , with a focus on procurement, planning, warehousing, and transportation processes.

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Eyvo

JANUARY 15, 2019

There is no shortage of predictions from procurement experts and companies. Anyone can purchase products and services so procurement, as a department, has the challenge of showing value in every aspect of their existence. The race for procuring, pun intended, the best talent has been challenging. This is alarming. Technology.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 28, 2020

My goal is to convince you to ground supply chain processes and technology implementations in data analysis while tying the results to the improvement in corporate performance. An example for this client would be to use 2017 and 2018 history to forecast 2019. What do I mean by science? Let me start by making my argument. The So What?

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

The answer is not simple and involves research and analysis across a number of factors. My answer to this question for shippers procuring long-distance (outside of a given metropolitan area) dry van transportation, for both truckload and less than truckload (LTL), is that approximately 25,000 truck drivers are needed.

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Eyvo

JANUARY 15, 2019

There is no shortage of predictions from procurement experts and companies. Anyone can purchase products and services so procurement, as a department, has the challenge of showing value in every aspect of their existence. The race for procuring, pun intended, the best talent has been challenging. This is alarming. Technology.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

As we see from Deloitte’s CPO Survey in 2018, AI is only fully deployed in 2% of procurement organizations and is far from making any real impact at scale within the digital ecosystems procurement teams are so eagerly trying to build. A person, utterly exhausted with seeing those two letters: AI.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 23, 2020

Let’s celebrate that over the last two years, there were four significant acquisitions by traditional supply chain planning providers to deepen analytics capabilities: 07/2018 JDA purchases Blue Yonder (Purchase price confidential.). Procurement and transportation operated as islands. Volume planning is sufficient.

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Supply Chain Opz

MAY 1, 2018

Delivering Customer Value through Procurement and Strategic Sourcing Many people don't know that procurement is a part of integrated logistics. In logistics management literature, procurement is also called "Inbound Logistics" or management of incoming materials. Reference - Flöthmann, C., & & Hoberg, K.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 10, 2024

The company is backed by a number of investors and has undergone funding rounds in 2018 and 2021. The provider’s SAILS flagship application introduced supply chain vulnerability analysis. According to the announcement, Insight Co-Founder and CEO Jeff Karrenbauer will reportedly continue to provide advisory services.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JUNE 13, 2022

This research has been done twice, covering most years between 2013 and 2018 using all dry van truckload shipments managed by TMC that moved 250 or more miles. Robinson has sponsored multiple research projects on truckload practices, from procurement through operations. Before earning his Ph.D.,

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GlobalTranz

MAY 25, 2018

WHITE PAPER] The Top Supply Chain Trends that Will Impact Supply Chain Management in 2018. The connection of systems nets scalability and actionable insights from the analysis of Big Data through the IoT. Integrate all supply chain systems, increasing savings in transportation management, procurement and everywhere in between.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

For example, at the NRF’s 2018 Shop.org conference, CVS Pharmacy President Kevin Hourican, told participants, “Retail isn’t dead. Data collection and analysis are absolutely essential for success in today’s retail sector. 2] Hilary Milnes, “ Retail Briefing: ‘Bad retail is dead’ ,” Digiday , 18 September 2018.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 12, 2021

Featuring Our 12 Best Procurement Articles! Emerging procurement theory suggests that creating win-win situations within buyer and supplier agreements are the best ways to create long-lasting, engaging, creative, collaborative, and innovative partnerships. Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer.

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Resilinc

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

A common challenge for procurement and supply chain professionals is obtaining support from C-level leaders to invest in a robust supply chain risk management (SCRM) program. ROI analysis: core to a strong business case. But the core is the ROI analysis. Difficulty in valuing risk management.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 10, 2020

Procurement Leaders’ research has shown that “for workflow assignment and supplier relationship management (SRM) , more than 60% have no tools or rely primarily on improvised systems using Microsoft Office. Utilizing improvised solutions is still the norm in many procurement organizations. Think I’m full of bologna?

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Now… Is there something to be learned from this quote in Finding Nemo, that we can apply to procurement and sourcing? A gang of procurement and sourcing professionals with our backs up against the wall, and the fight is at our front door. So here we are. The common enemy: the complexity of the global supply chain. Data First.

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EcoVadis

JANUARY 3, 2020

Above all, our readers showed an interest in original research related to sustainable procurement: They wanted to know how the field was changing, what their peers were doing to drive innovation, and which best practices were being standardized on. The 2019 Sustainable Procurement Barometer: From Compliance to Performance.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 3, 2018

Through digital marketing, small brands are cropping up all over, and it is sentiment analysis and digital content driving purchases. Instead, companies need to build it into digital process redefinition like digital path-to-purchase, digital procurement, digital agriculture, digital manufacturing or digital service.

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LevaData

APRIL 24, 2019

The sourcing and procurement industry is facing a daunting challenge. According to our Cognitive Sourcing Survey 2018, a substantial majority (85%) of senior executives involved in direct material spend agree that companies must devise a data-driven, digitally-assisted procurement strategy to match the competition and compete in the industry.

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NC State SCRC

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

Our most recent study completed by the Supply Chain Resource Cooperative in 2018 suggests that the majority of senior management may not be completely aware of the impact of poor data quality on decision support systems, though a majority perceive that their competitors may be surpassing them in the application of data-based decision-making.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Machine learning can prove useful all along the supply chain from procurement to production to marketing to after sales support. The RLM can help determine what type of analysis is best-suited for the data involved in a high-dimensional environment. ” Machine learning and the supply chain. ” Footnotes. [1]

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IQMS

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Machine learning algorithms are finding these new patterns in supply chain data daily, without needing manual intervention or the definition of taxonomy to guide the analysis. Existing techniques range from baseline statistical analysis techniques including moving averages to advanced simulation modeling. no opt-in). no opt-in).

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 6, 2021

The RLM can help determine what type of analysis is best-suited for the data involved in a high-dimensional environment (i.e., 5] They add, “Predictive analysis is used to make forecasts by reading algorithms based on both current and historical data. it ensures the right model is being used).

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 19, 2020

They also come pre-packed with common machine learning techniques for analysis, and the ability to accept business logic code. Oriol concludes, “Digital twins drive benefits such as improved business planning and improved sourcing, procurement and supplier management.” Further, the model is easy to configure and change.”

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Xeeva

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

In Gartner’s recent annual report, they discuss their predictions as to what will have a great impact on procurement and sourcing technology in the coming year and how the market will change over time. One thing that is definitely clear – the procurement and sourcing market is evolving quickly as technology continues to advance.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 13, 2019

Castillo notes, “There are techniques to assess the value of investments in resilience such as Net Present Value analysis, but they do not include the variability of future outcomes. 2] Jorge García Castillo, “ Evaluating Investments in Resilience ,” Supply Chain Management Review , 19 December 2018. [3] ”[2].

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

And, accordingly, each industry procures and manages capacity differently to navigate these challenges and drive positive outcomes. The chart shows the load to truck ratios for flatbed equipment from 2018 through 2020. Conduct procurement exercises regularly and often. If you have highly seasonal freight (e.g.,

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Jaggaer

APRIL 18, 2019

in 2018) and expectations of cost and efficiency savings growing faster than ever, that is the reality faced by procurement professionals. Unfortunately, the survey revealed a clear misalignment between these concerns and what the CPO Agenda terms “procurement critical development priorities”. “Do more with less.”

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Enterra Insights

JULY 28, 2020

” Alex Saric ( @alexsaric ), a procurement expert at Ivalua, told Eason, “There is a huge appetite to develop cognitive supply chains, which is only set to increase as more success stories come to light. 3] Mani Iyer, “ The cognitive supply chain: Why your firm needs one ,” Genpact Blog, 10 May 2018. [4]

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