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From 2022 and beyond: Procurement’s Future

Proxima

However, 2022 will be the year when the function we have grown up with and the roles it performs will deliberately start to break itself up! 2022 will see more dramatic business changes. But the primary buffer in 2022 will be more stocks and fat in the supply chain to smooth the bumps. At the moment, this is procurement’s time.

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Supply Chain by the Numbers for Aug.11, 2022

Supply Chain Digest

Phoenix Now Distribution Hot Spot Oil Prices Dropping, Sending Diesel Lower. The Unwind of XPO Logistics almost Complete. Truck Driver Pay Rose Sharply in 2021.

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ANNOUNCING: ProcureCon Indirect West 2022

Supply Chain Brain

ProcureCon Indirect West is back LIVE and IN-PERSON at the beautiful Sheraton Grand at Wild Horse Pass in Phoenix, AZ from April 11 - 13, 2022!

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Reports That TSMC Eyeing Second Fab Production Facility in the U.S.

Supply Chain Matters

Citing sources familiar with plans, The Wall Street Journal report ( Paid subscription or metered view ) indicates that the semiconductor producer plans to announce in the coming months the building of a second cutting-edge plant north of Phoenix, Arizona , a presence that the chip maker originally committed to in 2020. In addition to a U.S.

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Retailers turn toward private fleets

Cathy Roberson

Indeed, according to FleetOwner's annual Top Private Fleets of 2022 , retailers such as Home Depot, Southern States Cooperative, and O'Reilly Auto Parts advanced by more than 100 spots in the rankings compared to last year. We launched this into the Phoenix market in Q1 2022, and we'll look to scale this in 2022.

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Contracts, Cancellations, and Closures: Persistent Trends Leave a Pre-Peak Season Logistics Industry on Edge

Intelligent Audit

Experts Weigh-In on Peak Season 2022. As the logistics industry reexamines capacity challenges ahead of the 2022 holiday shipping season, SupplyChainDive gathered a group of transportation experts to discuss how shippers should prepare for a potentially tough peak season. Despite High-Profile Retail Cancellations, U.S.

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The (Delayed) Rise of the Robotaxi

QAD

Waymo – Belonging to the tech mogul Google, Waymo has been offering the public driverless lifts within certain Phoenix neighborhoods since October 2020 and has now opened selective access to their robotaxis in San Francisco. .