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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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

In this particular posting, we share our review of: Profit From The Source- Transforming Your Business By Putting Suppliers at the Core. Obviously, some of this has changed with the experiences that have occurred over the last two plus years as a result of a global pandemic, severe global wide supplier and transportation disruptions.

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Precoro

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

In order to run a successful business, you need a dedicated procurement team to obtain these essential goods and services, ensure timely delivery, and nurture good relationships with your vendors. Paying for offices, utilities, technology subscriptions, and cleaning services is also part of the procurement team's responsibility.

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 4, 2022

In a series of blog articles, the Product/Solution Marketing team explores innovative solutions to guard against supply chain disruptions. Following on the heels of COVID-19, port closures, labor shortages and geopolitical conflict, climate change-related events are emerging as a significant source of supply chain disruption.

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The Logistics of Logistics

APRIL 26, 2022

Original article: Freight Truck Shortages Are Changing The Face Of Logistics. It is one reason experts on logistics are following the autonomous freight truck market and new approaches to freight procurement closely. From her perspective, most transportation management system (TMS) solutions will be able to handle this.

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SCMDOJO

MARCH 19, 2024

This article describes a streamlined supply chain department, ultimately leading to increased productivity and profitability. While Its primary purpose is to manage the entire process, from procurement to delivery, efficiently and cost-effectively, it also coordinates with production to automate processes and planning, etc.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 19, 2022

Feature Article by Dr. Raymon Krishnan – President at the Logistics and Supply Chain Management Society. This article was originally written and published for DHL in January 2020 and focused on the trade wars and how to leverage opportunities for tariff reductions. This practice is illegal. Product strategies.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Travin Singh (creator behind Crust Brewing) realised that if he could find bakery partners, he basically had access to a cheap local source of beer making raw materials. The circular economy is a cost saver and generally has less carbon emissions, because raw materials are sourced locally and therefore with less transportation.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MAY 15, 2023

Shippers, who are responsible for moving goods from one location to another, have traditionally relied on logistics service providers (LSPs) to manage their transportation needs. Be clear on requirements Shippers need to be clear about their transportation needs and requirements. Shippers are not alone in the challenges they face.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 19, 2022

For this article, we will define real-time data as the availability of data and the usage within 15 minutes of the occurrence (writing or publishing from an input system). Planning outside of lead time in the tactical horizon is essential to manage costs, defining buffers, and sourcing strategies. The Quest to Use Real-Time Data.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 14, 2023

Breaking Boundaries: Exploring Generative AI’s Impact on Supply Chains Supply chains encompass many interconnected activities, from procurement, production, and inventory management, to logistics and distribution. Figure 2: A technology adoption roadmap for transportation and logistics companies considering generative AI.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 12, 2022

Last week, Clint Reiser published an article highlighting our 2022 supply chain predictions. Three years ago, my colleague Steve Banker wrote an article about the Amazon supply chain , asking if it was the most innovative in the world. Accordingly Supply Chain and Procurement will need continuous collaboration.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 16, 2023

Resilience and Agility in Supply Chains: Navigating Change in a Dynamic World Feature Article by J eroen Hendriks , Director at Art of Supply Chain Sdn Bhd The global business landscape has become increasingly complex and volatile, posing significant challenges to supply chain management.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

OCTOBER 14, 2021

This article sheds some light on sustainability considerations at the carrier-shipper interface by analyzing recent survey data. Also, more than half of the carriers use transport route optimization and track their drivers’ performance. Most of the shippers procure their transport through long-term contracts with selected carriers.

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QAD

AUGUST 16, 2022

As the supply chain breaks, manufacturers must find new suppliers and new transport routes and find them rapidly, so that production doesn’t come to a halt. Global supply chains are suffering from what a recent research article from J.P. Potential U.S. Supplier visibility provides analytics and insights to inform your strategy.

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QAD

MAY 23, 2023

As I explained in a recent article on Supply & Demand Chain Executive , organizations that leverage supply chain digitization will be the most likely to succeed. With statistics like these, it’s clear that ethical sourcing isn’t just important from a legislative and trade compliance perspective, but is simply the right thing to do.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Editor's Note: Today's blog is by our great friend, Chuck Intrieri where he gives us a fantastic example of how Procurement and Suppliers can enhance Supplier Relations by navigating the "Battle of the Forms.". As I’ve mentioned in previous articles supplier relations are an essential component of a sustainable and functional supply chain.

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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. Uberization: Exploring On-Demand Transportation, Labor and Warehousing. Five Forces Reshaping Logistics as We Know it.

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SCMDOJO

JUNE 21, 2023

It involves outsourcing the entire supply chain function to a third-party provider who manages everything from sourcing raw materials to delivering finished products to customers. In fact, an article titled ‘Supply Chain Crisis’ highlights how SCaaS transforms empty bins (aerials shelves/shelves) into cash for companies.

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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? We can see the exhaust coming out of tailpipes from cars and trucks.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 12, 2019

Hopefully, by the end of the article you will also agree. These sources while functional are difficult to connect. Most deployments focus on functional excellence–manufacturing, transportation, customer service or procurement. Indirect procurement has little to do with direct material management.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 2, 2023

A famous 2010 HBR article, “Roaring Out of Recession,” studied how 4,700 public companies fared during the recessions of 1980, 1990, and 2000. With the right data you can reduce your overall transportation costs, both accessorial costs and overall freight spend. 17% went bankrupt, went private, or were acquired.

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Bristlecone

JANUARY 21, 2021

HOW PROCUREMENT IS DELIVERING VALUE BEYOND SAVINGS. When procurement teams embrace innovative and sustainable ideas and technologies and align operations to customer requirements, procurement evolves from cost center to profit center. This Spend Matters article explores how procurement delivers value beyond savings.

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Supply Chain Opz

MAY 1, 2018

Delivering Customer Value through Procurement and Strategic Sourcing Many people don't know that procurement is a part of integrated logistics. In logistics management literature, procurement is also called "Inbound Logistics" or management of incoming materials. However, there is so much more about modern transportation.

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Gravity Supply Chain

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Sourcing: Mitigate risk during periods of supply chain disruption, such as those caused by the Coronavirus outbreak, by using digital technology. . The post Sourcing – What You Need To Know About Coronavirus Supply Chain Disruption appeared first on Gravity Supply Chain.

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QAD

JULY 21, 2022

“Economists have blamed product shortages such as semiconductors and the present spike of inflation, to an extent, on the bullwhip effect,” reports a recent article from BusinessThink at the University of New South Wales. Causes of the Bullwhip Effect. Price fluctuations and discounts resulting in increased purchases.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

” Here is an excerpt from the article: “…it isn’t by becoming more efficient that the supply chains of Wal-Mart, Dell, and Amazon have given those companies an edge over their competitors. The advancements in analytics–open-source, cloud, internet-of-things (IOT), and cognitive computing–are very promising.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 6, 2015

As a transportation management third party logistics company, we know at Cerasis that transportation makes up a large portion of the costs and efficiencies of any supply chain. Contact Cerasis if you would like help in more effective transportation management. . 2) Connected supply chains. 3) Risk Management.

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SCMDOJO

JULY 29, 2022

While Total Landing Cost (TLC) includes other types of costs like; transporting, storage, risk, delivery, and quality, and the more complicated analysis, the Total cost of ownership (TCO) , includes the TLC, in addition to the ongoing lifetime, operating, durability, end-life disposal cost, …etc. References. Bowersox, David J. Lysons, 312.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 16, 2023

He is also an Adjunct Professor with UTM Azman Hashim International Business School in Malaysia, conducting research on halal procurement strategy, halal supply chain management, and halal risk and reputation management. This trend is also better known as the evolution of halal or when applied to an organisation: the corporate halal maturity.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 20, 2020

This article explores 10 possible areas in which can help at each stage of the flow in Supply Chain Management. Procurement. Procurement can also have RPA do dynamic searches of websites to source or conduct market research for future buys and tenders. Purchase Order Management. Price Lookup and Comparison.

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 3, 2023

In this article, I will redress the balance by exploring outsourcing from a more holistic perspective, focusing on ways to consider outsourcing partnerships for improvement throughout the supply chain. However, I can’t recall writing a general guide about exploiting outsourcing opportunities to improve your supply chain.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Recently, CEVA Logistics joined the Singapore Changi Airport community in a humanitarian aid project to transport 14,000-kilogram of oxygen concentrators from Los Angeles to Jakarta via Singapore. We want to support and enrich these local communities through what we do best: logistics and transportation services. Acting for Planet.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Transportation Management Solutions (TMS). By integrating AI technology, new platforms are enabling companies to streamline their transportation systems and cut the costs of freight. Procurement Communications. AI-based applications can extract data from multiple sources and provide answers in seconds.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 29, 2021

India’s second wave of Covid article and permission to publish here provided by Ajay Jha. However,lack of coordination between state ,centre and healthcare sector topped with transportation issues resulted in this struggle to cope up with the sudden spike in demand for liquid oxygen. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Why do transportation budgets fail? It’s a thorny topic, even for transportation professionals trying to trace an increase back to its source. Imagine what it’s like for senior executives who have no background in transportation as they try to understand it.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

In 2021, global CO2 emissions from fossil fuels, of which emissions from transportation by end-use sectors make up 37% on average, stood at 10.7 In essence, a lot of logistics planning boils down to finding the quickest possible route between various points of delivery before returning back to the source. billion tonnes.

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