GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

We expand upon the supply chain technology trends we spoke about in the first part of this blog series, but let’s take a look at 5 more supply chain tech trends that will shape 2018. WHITE PAPER] The Top Supply Chain Trends that Will Impact Supply Chain Management in 2018. Download white paper.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 14, 2021

Featuring Our 12 Best Procurement Articles! Procurement and Sustainability are your business’ Yin and Yang. The pairs of equal opposites attract and complement each other” ( worldhistory.org 2018 ). Procurement and Sustainability are two disciplines and business functions that exist in a perfectly harmonious contradiction.

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ivalua

JANUARY 13, 2023

Public Procurement: Building Business Cases and Driving Momentum. For the Government, supplier diversity programs are something procurement professionals in the United States (US) have accepted as a key element to their procurement success. Agile Procurement in Canada. Social Procurement Framework in European Union.

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HICX Solutions

JULY 19, 2022

Jon is a renowned writer and speaker in Procurement. Starting his career as a software company founder, he now runs the Procurement Insights blog and hosts a podcast, PI Window on The World Show which airs on Blog Talk Radio. How Procurement transformed into the function it is today.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

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. for Q2 2021, relative to Q2 2018.

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Procurement Academy

JANUARY 22, 2021

The key to successful procurement operations is having superb financial management. Indeed, spending is the primary action in procurement, and a misalignment in your finances can easily impact your procurement plans and disrupt your access to the supply chain. and how you can do it. Avoid Common Problems.

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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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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 10, 2017

From artificial intelligence to refocusing on procurement, the state of supply chain continued to explode throughout 2016, and you need to understand why. The start of any product or service is procurement, explains Jonathan Webb of Forbes Magazine , which refers to the obtaining of raw materials needed to create a product.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Blog post originally created and published by, and permission to publish here provided by, Sam Jenks at [link] Check out the Kodiak Rating blog at [link]. Procurement professionals have the same question looming over their head on a daily basis: “How do you plan on dealing with digitalization?”. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

In this blog, I share my thoughts on recent announcements. The press release is silent on total revenues, but 2018 total revenues were 1B$. Coupa is well funded and performed well in the indirect procurement software market. Technology innovation in indirect procurement is not relevant to direct. They are just too risky.

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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 Matters

APRIL 3, 2024

Major Earthquake Senior business, procurement, information technology or supply chain executives with the responsibility for the assessment and mitigation of business related risks can often contemplate various impactful risk events. magnitude event that occurred in early 2018 as well as a 6.3 All rights reserved.

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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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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

MARCH 6, 2019

7 KPIs Your Procurement Team May Be Ignoring! Procurement is a business function that has undergone a lot of change in the last few years. As a believer in the power of procurement, this recognition makes me happy. But, we can’t begin our journey towards the future of procurement excellence in a ’93 Escort. Email Address.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

Looking back on the training process, our research, strategy, implementation and evaluation methods closely mirrored supplier relationship management and procurement management. If you don’t have a Supplier CoC, I’d strongly suggest looking into developing one with your sourcing and procurement team. Now bear with me here….

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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

JANUARY 30, 2019

Procurement bridges the gap between product, internal stakeholders and customers. In order to support the weight of internal and external expectations, Procurement teams must be prepared to perform as a key value adder within an organization. Developing KPIs is crucial, and individual, to the infrastructure of your Procurement team.

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HICX Solutions

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

In fact, according to a survey carried out by PayStream Advisors , 39% of enterprise-level (companies with revenues greater than $2bn) procurement and sourcing professionals listed ‘increasing supply chain efficiency’ as their main aim when it comes to managing suppliers. Well, because you’re not alone in this respect.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 26, 2022

.” Three specific areas where RPA can improve processes are: • Procurement. There are at least four reasons why RPA is a compelling option to automate procurement processes: (1) RPA is quicker and cheaper to implement than many ERP projects (and requires less IT support). (2) 2) RPA provides an ROI of 30-200% in its first year.

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LevaData

APRIL 12, 2019

The adoption of AI in the procurement industry has opened a gap between those who hopped on the trend early and those who stayed behind to watch and wait. Our Cognitive Sourcing Survey 2018 revealed that the shift towards data-driven, computer-assisted negotiation and decision making is well underway in the procurement industry.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Blog post originally created and published by, and permission to publish here provided by, Sam Jenks at [link] . Check out Procurement Report Card: Most Executives Think Procurement Isn’t Strategic Enough! Subscribe Here! Email Address. My girlfriend and I have a dog, named Charlie. Now bear with me here….

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NC State SCRC

FEBRUARY 23, 2019

Several stories came out this week, related to KraftHeinz’s share price, its procurement department, and the fate of its parent company, 3G Capital. billion in long-term debt at the end of 2018, up from $28.3 but procurement didn’t want to hear it. “10% or we go elsewhere” was the new mantra.

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

In this blog, I have attempted to extrapolate some of the main points shared by those who are winning, or at least, not losing the war on bad data. Because Procurement had started the earliest, they were at the eighth-grade level, while everyone else was at the third-grade level – and the goal was to get everyone to high school!

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 17, 2019

Joanne Phoenix ( @drjoannephoenix ) explains, “It is widely accepted that the Internet of Things market is growing at an exponential rate and becoming the norm for many, with 3.6bn connected devices used for daily tasks [in 2018]. 2] Haylle Sok, “ Industry Trends fro 2019 ,” Global Trade , 27 November 2018. [3]

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 23, 2020

I write for this blog, craft reports from research for our newsletters, create blogs for Linkedin, and build articles for Forbes. My goal in this blog is to seed the discussions to drive better outcomes. Procurement and transportation operated as islands. Morning after morning, fueled by good black coffee, I type away.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 25, 2023

In a subsequent blog post, we will highlight another breaking development, that being a significant joint announcement from global shipping lines Maersk and MSC that should garner the interest to supply chain management transportation and logistics management teams. More to come. All rights reserved.

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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 Matters

JANUARY 10, 2024

The company is backed by a number of investors and has undergone funding rounds in 2018 and 2021. © Copyright 2024, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. All rights reserved.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 11, 2022

2] Zachary Elfman, “ Supply Chain Lessons and Opportunities: Notes on a Crisis ,” Toptal Blog, July 2022. [3] 6] Jennifer Nastu, “ Big Companies Unprepared for Big Storms but Vow to Do Better, Says Study ,” Environmental Leader, 19 January 2018. [7] .” Footnotes. [1] 8] William B.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 7, 2022

We concluded that chief procurement officers, materials sourcing, procurement and supply management teams have encountered similar frustrations and associated challenges. © Copyright 2022, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. Bob Ferrari. All rights reserved. .

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Enterra Insights

JULY 30, 2018

“Unfortunately,” writes Jonathan Webb ( @j_p_webb ), Head of Strategy Research at Procurement Leaders, “the world has grown more complex. On Thursday, 2 August 2018, I will be discussing the Cognitive Revolution at the St. Postscript : Opportunity to discuss cognitive computing. Regis Hotel in Singapore from 8 a.m.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 4, 2024

Founded in 2018 by co-founders Sankalp Arora, Daniel Maturana and Geetesh Dubey, after launching the Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute , the technology provider’s software capabilities enables drones to autonomously fly through internal warehouses to record inventory levels, empty locations and other inventory related information.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

(Examples include alternate sourcing, bill of material changes or alternate modes/routing between the planning, procurement and transportation.) The groups of supply planning, procurement and logistics operate within silos. So, much so, that I often introduce people to each other within their own companies. History of E2open.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 29, 2023

The Supply Chain Matters blog provides perspectives on an emerging supply chain management focused lesson occurring at Rivian Automotive. Similar to Tesla’s 2018 escapades, including having to on one occasion, the need to air freight an entire automotive production assembly line from Germany to the U.S. All rights reserved.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 28, 2020

This was the case for the client stories that I will share in this blog. An example for this client would be to use 2017 and 2018 history to forecast 2019. In short, his vision of an end-to-end supply chain was transactional: better processing of order-to-cash and procure-to-pay. that they cannot answer these simple questions.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 18, 2022

According to the announcement , Amoretty joined the company’s senior leadership team tasked to develop a production, operations and procurement vision for its supply chain to ensure multi-year growth, product line expansion plans and profitability. © Copyright 2022, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog.

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