Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 12, 2022

Procurement and Supply Chain are Smarter Together – Practical Use Cases ; Dr. Madhav Durbha ( Coupa ). In a previous post , I made a case for how the Chief Supply Chain Officer (CSCO) and Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) are smarter together. Accordingly Supply Chain and Procurement will need continuous collaboration.

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Jaggaer

JUNE 9, 2020

Procurement teams can lead the way in building a robust system into the future. This should serve as a wakeup call for procurement teams to take a look at the clauses in their contracts. supplychain #sourcing [link] pic.twitter.com/40kHrnlbvY. JAGGAER (@JaggaerPro) April 30, 2020. . JAGGAER (@JaggaerPro) April 30, 2020.

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Logility

OCTOBER 21, 2021

In just a three-month period at the end of 2020, Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) detained 90 shipments, and businesses with shipments that have been detained typically have three choices: export their goods elsewhere, destroy them, or abandon them. Engage in anti-corruption.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Procurement Communications. Leading the field are chatbots, which allow text-based interactions, for example, between procurement managers and their suppliers’ systems. Leading the field are chatbots, which allow text-based interactions, for example, between procurement managers and their suppliers’ systems.

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ivalua

MARCH 18, 2021

Solution deployed in 10 days to improve direct material sourcing, increasing profitability. The platform was configured in 10 business days to deliver rapid value in the sourcing of direct materials. The platform was configured in 10 business days to deliver rapid value in the sourcing of direct materials. About Ivalua.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 13, 2021

Need for digitization and digital transformation had the mandate and the “BUY IN” long before the pandemic hit us in early 2020 and many organizations were already on this path of transformation. According to IDC’s 2020 Supply Chain Survey – 72.8%

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Proxima

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

A National Audit Office report in 2020 revealed the capital value of the estimated 700 PFI was around £57bn. This can be further compounded by the possibility that documentation may have been handled in hard copy when the PFI was let. Why should this be big news? What should commercial teams be doing? Firstly – start planning early!

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 13, 2021

There are however many other companies that do not trade tangible goods across borders but may be able to benefit from provisions on services, investment and government procurement etc. Documentation to be presented. LogiSYM Supply Chain Magazine – October/November 2020. What constitutes minimal processing.

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EC Sourcing Group

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

If you could automate the procurement process for low value items and gain control over tail spend, what would that mean for your company? The first step is to identify as many manual procurement processes as possible that could be automated. An NDA or any document required to qualify a new supplier can be set up in a secure process.

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Unleashed

OCTOBER 27, 2020

For medical device manufacturers connected to the Covid-19 pandemic response, 2020 has been a year of growth. decline in US market size expected for 2020, according to IbisWorld data. This was reviewed in 2020 and has been adopted by many countries globally. Whether 2021 will see a return to previous growth trends (2.7%

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Precoro

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Morgan Working Capital Index 2020 , there is significant capital trapped in the form of working capital that can become a vital source of additional liquidity for corporations. Higher chance of heavy reliance on external financing sources, such as loans or credit lines. According to The J.P. Prevention of human errors.

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Resilinc

JANUARY 18, 2021

Turmoil points to need for robust mapping of supply chains, rigorous analyses of alternate sourcing strategies. More than four years after a majority of UK voters opted to leave the EU, negotiations on the terms of the Brexit breakup were finally agreed to on December 24, 2020—just days before its January 1 implementation.

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Vinculum

MARCH 20, 2020

Data is known to be one of the valuable assets this 2020. An invaluable source for business return insights. In simple words, data has the power to identify, gather, process and most importantly, analyze raw information you generate from multiple sources like websites and more. What power does data hold? Strategy for Metadata.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

APRIL 29, 2021

Now there are increasingly competitive and political pressures to bolster their domestic production, resume hiring, and minimize or eliminate their reliance on external sources that are perceived as risky. Despite the stalled projects and challenges in 2020, technologies still keep evolving. Source: supplychaindigital.com.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 7, 2021

Sources: 1 Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Transportation Management Systems, Bart De Muynck, Brock Johns, Oscar Sanchez Duran, Carly West, 30 March 2021. Sources: 1 Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Transportation Management Systems, Bart De Muynck, Brock Johns, Oscar Sanchez Duran, Carly West, 30 March 2021.

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HICX Solutions

JANUARY 29, 2020

Examples of activities that can be made more efficient and less time-consuming include: Looking for missing supplier documents. Training on supplier systems due to high turnover in procurement/AP. Calling suppliers due to missing email addresses/phone numbers. Looking up bank account information. Researching supplier contracts.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Challenges in Using Blockchain in E-Commerce The difficulties of blockchain depend on the source questioned. Automated payment processing will reduce instances of payment fraud, prevent documentation issues, and increase the accuracy and validity of all transactions, asserts Abhishek Raval of Express Computer. Download Here.

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NC State SCRC

MAY 1, 2020

An article written by my former PhD student, Rejaul Hasan, and I just came out this week in Contracting Excellence , the journal published by IACCM, which documents the catastrophe that is unfolding in Bangladesh, one of the world’s major exporters of garments for the apparel sector. Read the entire article here …

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SupplyShift

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

2020 has been a defining year for transparent supply chains. They fell short of their 2020 sustainability targets, but quickly put together a new set of concrete goals to accomplish in the next 5 years. When the pandemic hit, most people expected sustainability efforts to take a back-seat role.

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SupplyShift

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

2020 has been a defining year for transparent supply chains. They fell short of their 2020 sustainability targets, but quickly put together a new set of concrete goals to accomplish in the next 5 years. When the pandemic hit, most people expected sustainability efforts to take a back-seat role. Align your internal partnerships.

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DynaSys

DECEMBER 8, 2021

To ensure the continuity of service, as soon as we have assessed the consequences of the measures taken in China such as lockdown, Chinese New Year shutdown continuation in early 2020, we started to explore what could be the possible back-ups in terms of production. David Bourgoin] Yes, definitely. What about Essilor?

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Within the aerospace and commercial aircraft industry, involuntary job losses among highly skilled workers that occurred in 2020 and 2021 are still being felt as the industry attempts to again ramp-up monthly production levels for commercial aircraft or address large scale aircraft engine premature component replacement needs.

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EC Sourcing Group

MARCH 3, 2020

I have plenty of client case studies that document time savings of 40% or more. The benefits go far beyond procurement. Savings goals can be achieved and documented. Why shouldn’t you be able to eliminate redundant and inefficient tasks in your day-to-day sourcing life? Absolutely. You can accomplish both goals. .

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Proxima

JUNE 24, 2020

In 2020, Gen Z alone represents 40% of all consumers, with a spending power of over $140 billion. So, how can retailers learn from the past and ensure being transparent doesn’t highlight any broken links in the chain, within both their direct procurement and GNFR: 1. CSR starts at home.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

APRIL 9, 2015

Innovations also requires a long-term investment cycle - investments in 2015 still need to be viable in 2020. Her comments echoed much of what I heard in Germany by Dr. Michael Seuss, head of Siemens at a conference in Germany, and documented in a blog I wrote last year. No energy company is without fault.

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ivalua

OCTOBER 7, 2021

This report continues Ivalua’s record of top analyst recognition as a spend management software leader across the source-to-pay spectrum. Its “CLM platform balances ease of use with sophistication of function across the contract lifecycle.“

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Bristlecone

AUGUST 17, 2020

Today, with nearly two-thirds of the pandemic-hit 2020 over, there is now much anxiety and uncertainty about the coming year. I prefer to think: 2020 is only the beginning, the best is yet to come. I would like to define and remember the year 2020 as the Great Gap Year. Beyond 2020. Is this multi-sourcing?

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ShipBob

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

In 2020, global retail sales exceeded $23 trillion and experts predict ecommerce demand to continue expanding. Procuring inventory. Procurement refers to sourcing merchandise on time to meet demand, and it affects the ways your online retail business activities (like sales, inventory management, and distribution) can be performed. .

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Precoro

JUNE 21, 2022

It was ranked among the most dynamically growing companies on the Forbes 2020 Diamonds list and recognized by the Financial Times. What Procurement was Like Before Precoro Before implementing Precoro, Green Cell used Google sheets to organize procurement procedures. Therefore, staying constrained to Google sheets became risky.

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EC Sourcing Group

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Virtually every bid was sealed and almost all required vast amounts of documentation to be accepted. Nutritional food labels must include the source of all ingredients for each consumable food item that is served in a cafeteria. The primary goal was to automate all procurement efforts.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 9, 2019

2020 Supply Chain and Logistics Trends: What’s Around the Corner? As 2020 moves closer, one concept that I’m hearing discussed more and more in discussions and appearing online is that of the circular supply chain. Happily, though, that’s not something you can expect to change in 2020. It’s that time again… Well, almost!

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EC Sourcing Group

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Supplier registration is generally the last piece of the procurement system to be automated. The procurement group will typically employ a labor-intensive manual process that exposes the company to inherent risks. . RFI tool to ask questions and collect documents. Internally developed system to collect data and house documents.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 7, 2021

With so many points in space, and all points connected to each other via heavily encrypted chains, each addition is made from a validated source that is a trusted part of the network. That said, long distances, numerous parties, large volumes of documents and data, and mutual trust can be optimally mapped digitally with blockchains.

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EC Sourcing Group

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Increasing stakeholder collaboration is a goal I often hear from procurement professionals. Stakeholders typically say that the existing procurement process is cumbersome and time consuming. Procurement always seems to be overwhelmed and slow to respond even when we have an emergency buying situation.”. “We

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Material Handling & Logistics

JUNE 8, 2018

The 100 Best Corporate Citizens list documents 260 data points of disclosure and performance measures in seven categories: environment, climate change, employee relations, human rights, governance, finance, and philanthropy & community support. . . Also in 2017, 76% of the company’s 10 priority ingredients were sustainably sourced.

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 9, 2021

Before we get into that, let me just do a quick introduction to our predictions because I think it sets an important context, and that is that, you know, throughout 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic really tested the resiliency, ingenuity and resourcefulness of supply chain management teams, basically when it counted most. So that’s one area.

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HICX Solutions

APRIL 5, 2022

This changed in 2020, as a result of a series of crises, and companies have instead shifted their focus on establishing true partnerships and driving value for all stakeholders through increased collaboration. It is a tricky one, especially at scale, for Procurement to manage.”.

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