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6 Essential Procurement Training Courses for Professionals: How To Begin and Advance Your Career in Procurement

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In today’s fast-paced and competitive business landscape, organizations across industries are realizing the immense value of effective procurement practices. Procurement professionals play a vital role in driving operational efficiency, cost savings, and strategic decision-making. But how do you get started? Do not worry!

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Sustainable Manufacturing: The ultimate guide for SMEs

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Sustainable manufacturing is at the forefront of good manufacturers’ plans. This article will take a look at what is sustainable manufacturing, some examples across various industries, and how SMEs can plan for sustainable manufacturing. What is sustainable manufacturing?

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Top 6 Retail Trends & Supply Chain Planning Challenges in 2023

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Continuing Disruptions in Transportation and Sourcing Materials After the pandemic, retailers are faced with new challenges and disruptions due to global conflicts, trade restrictions, and now recessions. They are more likely to shop for discounts and sales and may delay purchases of some items.

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You Should Be Worried. Supply Chains Are Not OK. Let’s Lock Arms To Drive Change

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Background on Ocean Transport. jump in apparel costs and 5.5% Value networks do not interoperate and the business leader trying to track shipments must manually sync multiple data sources to get to answers. There is not a one-to-one relationship between a container and a purchase order. increase in consumer products.

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Responding to Supply Chain Disruption Amid COVID-19

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T he apparel industry, for instance, is bracing for a prolonged period of low activity. As transportation lanes become unavailable, the availability of suppliers and components will decrease. Study 3: Identify Optimal Sourcing Locations . Study 5: Refine Capacity Smoothing (click to view demo and more information) .

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How transparency in the supply chain leads to sustainable sourcing

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According to McKinsey’s 2019 chief purchasing officer (CPO) survey, sustainable sourcing at scale is the fashion industry’s new must-have. The survey shows that social and environmental sustainability has become a key priority for apparel companies, just as it is becoming an increasingly important issue for consumers and governments.

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How Transparency in the Supply Chain Leads to Sustainable Sourcing

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According to McKinsey’s 2019 chief purchasing officer (CPO) survey , sustainable sourcing at scale is the fashion industry’s new must-have. Where do they source their products? How do they manage and control their manufacturing process? Supply chains are complex and there are a lot of moving parts.