Precoro

MARCH 31, 2023

March 21 was the second annual iteration of World Sustainable Procurement Day , an online event organized by the Sustainable Procurement Pledge team, SPP Chapters, SPP Champions, and partners to raise awareness about the importance of ethical procurement and to share the best sustainability practices with organizations worldwide.

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CHAINalytics

JUNE 24, 2019

Atlanta, GA (June 25, 2019) — Supply & Demand Chain Executive, the executive’s user manual for successful supply and demand chain transformation, has included a global logistics procurement program created and implemented by Chainalytics in the 2019 SCDE 100, an annual list of great supply chain projects.

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EcoVadis

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

We’re still very early into 2019 and all signs point to an interesting year ahead. World powers such as Britain pledged legislation in 2019 to cut plastic pollution, Germany promised to phase out coal by 2038, and Copenhagen has made plans to become the first carbon neutral capital.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 10, 2022

in turn, is a boutique procurement consultancy. By the end of 2019, Autoliv realized that there were new technologies and supply chain risk management providers that could promote a competitive advantage in their risk management program. This intermediate step is more related to Procurement and supply chain transparency.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 7, 2023

Supply Chain Matters highlights additional developments, evidence and added signs that reinforce that there will be no peak holiday focused surge in transportation and logistics in the latter half of 2023. In the past we would expect to see transportation and warehousing ramping up hiring in late summer ahead of peak season. ”

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Cathy Roberson

MAY 19, 2021

Technology is playing a big role but one area, in particular, that I’ve always found interesting is transportation management services (TMS). No matter the mode of transportation a shipper uses, the shipper is paying more for it, that is, when they can find space. TMS has come a long way since its early days.

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

A recent survey that Ivalua did in the UK, “ Gaining the green view, How smart procurement can kick-start sustainability initiatives ” showed that 87% of UK businesses see “greener” supply chains as a competitive advantage. What are Green Supply Chain Strategies? How to address Green Supply Chain Management?

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EazyStock

JANUARY 18, 2019

EazyStock has complied a new list of the top 2019 Supply Chain events that you can’t afford to miss. Live Americas 2019 by SCM World. Feb 3-7, 2019. 2019 IWLA Convention & Expo. Mar 10-12, 2019. The 2019 IWLA Convention & Expo promises to offer attendees a unique experience and valuable connections.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 18, 2017

Let’s take another look at how procurement, computing power, industry 4.0, cyber security, advanced robotics and automation became top priorities for research, development, and implementation throughout the past year’s operations in the manufacturing industry. . Procurement Operations Became Decentralized and Adaptable.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MARCH 21, 2023

When we as individuals are going to and from work, we experience physically, the emitting of greenhouse gasses by our transportation sector. What if technology came into the picture that allowed for far less moving about in fossil fuel burning transport? were able to take the emission numbers from pre-COVID 2019 (over 17.4

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

On February 6 th , the National Transportation Safety Board released a report saying that missing bolts were the likely cause. In 2018 and 2019 there were two fatal crashes of the 737 Max 8. Boeing’s stock price fell 16% from January 5 th to February 12 th. There have been other incidents.

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Oracle SCM

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Starting today, leaders of finance, operations, supply chain, human resources, marketing, and IT from around the globe are coming together at Oracle OpenWorld 2019. Supply chain organizations have been on a long journey to improve customer fulfillment and collaboration, especially in logistics functions such as transportation and warehousing.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 15, 2021

What started as a simple combination of wooden planks to transport food and munitions, the evolution of the modern pallet has since grown into a multi-million dollar industry with different types of materials introduced to make a pallet. Recently in 2019, the DBS Marina Regatta was held at the marina bay front.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 31, 2022

To understand the phenomenon , the 2019 GDP was 2.16%. The Chief Financial Officer gained more presence with procurement and IT reporting to finance. Still, organizations are less willing to test and try technology innovation due to the restrictions and guide rails placed on software procurement and deployment. Focus on Cost.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

To understand the phenomenon , the 2019 GDP was 2.16%. The Chief Financial Officer gained more presence with procurement and IT reporting to finance. Still, organizations are less willing to test and try technology innovation due to the restrictions and guide rails placed on software procurement and deployment. Focus on Cost.

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CHAINalytics

JULY 10, 2019

The post 7 Challenges Facing Supply Chain Leaders in 2019: What’s changed? appeared first on Chainalytics.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 23, 2020

Orbit Chart of TJX Versus Peer Group for the Period of 2010-2019. Orbit Chart for Ecolab at the Intersection of Inventory Turns and Operating Margin Versus the Chemical Industry for the Period of 2010-2019. 10/2019 Llamasoft merges with Opex (Amount not disclosed.). The term “AI” is overused.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 27, 2021

Because warehousing and transportation represent significant cost centers, intelligent logistics decisions are critical. Uberization: Exploring On-Demand Transportation, Labor and Warehousing. then secure on-demand transportation, warehousing and labor assets dynamically, re-planning flexibly as conditions change.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 22, 2022

This past Monday marked the first normal Boston Marathon since 2019, as the 2020 marathon was canceled due to the Covid pandemic, and the 2021 marathon was shifted to October with a smaller field. Of these 37 projects, 23 are in the US, which brings Amazon’s total clean energy procurement in the US from 7.2 And what a race it was.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The gap between logistics and procurement; and logistics and customer service increases process latency. While ocean container volume fell 8% in September and ocean transportation prices are 71% lower year-over-year, don’t get lulled to sleep. Consumer spending remains above 2019 levels. The issue is not revenue.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 9, 2019

Even in 2019 many companies still underestimate the importance of their global supply chain and above all, how their logistics and supply chain performance can beneficially impact their marketing, ultimately leading to healthier financial results.

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Jaggaer

MARCH 2, 2020

The latest Supply Chain Resilience Report published by the Business Continuity Institute in partnership with the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS) provides some fascinating insights. 2019 Disruption Levels 51.9%. of organizations experienced supply chain disruption in 2019 compared to 56.5%

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

How many more truck drivers are needed to balance demand for truck transportation with the supply of capacity? 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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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 22, 2021

In the research conducted by Supply Chain Insights , only 35% of the respondents rated their S&OP process as effective or extremely effective in 2019 compared to 65% for the same in 2016. A close alignment between Procurement and Supply Chain can also yield several very interesting use cases that will help turbocharge your business.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 6, 2019

Bindiya Vakil ( @BindiyaVakil ), Resilinc CEO, notes, “Supply chain, sourcing and procurement professionals are on the front lines of managing global trade risks for their companies. 2018 challenged them in new ways, and 2019 is shaping up to present continued uncertainty as long-standing trade relationships are reconfigured.”

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CHAINalytics

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Many organizations are consistently missing the mark with their transportation spend due to contract rate increases and fluctuating spot rates on ocean freight lanes. Also, due to a larger emphasis on domestic spend, international … The post Overcoming Ocean Freight Procurement Hurdles in 2019 appeared first on Chainalytics.

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ivalua

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

The Ivalua team will be attending the AASHTO 2019 Annual Meeting in St. The AASHTO Annual Meeting is one of the industry’s most important gatherings of transportation, government and commercial organizations. The post AASHTO 2019 Annual Meeting, Oct. Louis, Missouri. Come and visit us at Booth 418! Ivalua at AASHTO.

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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. How do we best handle surging transportation costs? It requires a company to further leverage the supply chain design philosophy.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

JANUARY 11, 2019

The following logistics life hack, specifically directed at transportation managers, presses an existing TMS element into service in an unexpected, unorthodox way and promises to save shippers significantly on freight costs by providing an innovative way to validate rates in a volatile environment. Here’s how it works.

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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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Logility

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

No matter how good it all looked on paper, the pandemic made weak links obvious: supplier shortages and backed-up transportation networks, among other things. It can help optimize transportation routes, warehousing, and stock management and handle other specialized but mundane tasks. Things can’t go on as they did pre-pandemic.

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ModusLink Corporation

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Four fundamental practices: Based on (Ali Esfahbodi, 2016) research, Chinese and Iranian governments have focused their fight for SSCM based on four fundamental practices: sustainable procurement, sustainable production along with sustainable distribution , and reverse logistics. Retrieved from Ikea.com. Retrieved from Kobo360.com.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 2, 2019

He was hired as a purchasing agent and was directed to obtain some procurement training at a local certificate mill.[1] ” He continues: “This would include the number of site locations, transportation and alternative modes, warehouse design, route optimization, and business processes. ” IndustryWeek , 31 May 2019. [5]

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Enterra Insights

MAY 31, 2019

Developing these capabilities involves decisions such as whether to insource or outsource activities including e-commerce fulfillment, transportation, and returns and how to integrate these and other processes with the rest of your supply chain.” For example, do they desire same-day delivery? Buy online and pick up in store?

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Talking Logistics

MAY 3, 2019

Indago is a Latin word that means “to investigate, search out, try to find/procure by seeking.”. Over the past few years, freight brokerage has been a hot segment of the transportation market. Earlier this week, I wrote about the network effect in transportation management. The most common question was “What does Indago mean?”.

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SupplyOn

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Dr. Johannes Walther, CEO, IPM AG opened the Railway Forum 2019 As the 6th Railway Forum impressively demonstrated, digitization and automation are the predominant topics in the railway industry. To achieve this, Deutsche Bahn counts on a powerful procurement as well as on reliable suppliers.

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SupplyPike

MAY 27, 2020

Since transportation is scheduled with such harmony, transportation costs stay low, as does the transportation time. Walmart has been practicing strategic sourcing to procure the best prices from its suppliers on every product. This prevents the need for extra storage space as well as keeps inventory costs down.

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