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Supply Chain & Logistics News Round-Up (December 30th 2024- January 2nd 2025)

Logistics Viewpoints

The DOE is still issuing large federal loans to startup companies, Novonix a synthetic graphite startup just received a $755 million loan to support its mission and reach its goal of producing 31,500 metric tonnes of synthetic graphite. As the year marches on, you can count on weekly updates here!

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How Can You Improve Value in Your Supply Chain?

Supply Chain Shaman

In today’s architectures and functional metrics, value optimization does not exist. And, when procurement and tactical planning operate in isolation, there is no decision support framework to guide the trade-offs especially when the functions are tethered to different and conflicting metrics. You are right. Your next step?

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How to Build a Successful Procurement Strategy in 2025

ivalua

This blog explains what a successful procurement strategy looks like in 2025, including a working definition, a strategic procurement framework, and the key steps to building one. Instead, focus on metrics such as cost avoidance, on-time delivery rates, or percentage of spend on supplier diversity.

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How to Build a Successful Procurement Strategy in 2025

ivalua

This blog explains what a successful procurement strategy looks like in 2025, including a working definition, a strategic procurement framework, and the key steps to building one. Instead, focus on metrics such as cost avoidance, on-time delivery rates, or percentage of spend on supplier diversity.

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NRF 2025: Transforming Retail Through AI, Data, and Customer-Centric Innovation

ToolsGroup

Setting the Stage The National Retail Federation’s 2025 conference has unveiled a clear vision of retail’s future, where artificial intelligence, integrated planning solutions, and customer-centric approaches are reshaping the industry landscape.

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Introducing Freightos Enterprise: End-to-End Procurement, Benchmarking, and Management

Freightos

April 23, 2025 Blog Today, we’re excited to announce the launch of Freightos Enterprise our comprehensive solution designed specifically for large enterprises that import and export, who need to bring control, visibility, and efficiency to their global logistics operations.

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DAT IQ: The Metrics that Matter with Samuel Parker

The Logistics of Logistics

Samuel Parker and Joe Lynch discuss DAT iQ: the metrics that matter. Key Takeaways: DAT iQ: The Metrics that Matter In the podcast interview, Samuel Parker gave a freight market overview based on DAT’s database of $150 billion in annual market transactions.

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