SCMDOJO

JANUARY 9, 2025

Strategic sourcing and innovative solutions are often viewed as two distinct procurement tools, but they should not be seen in isolation. Think of them as apples and gearseach essential and effective on its own, yet when combined; they create a formidable mechanism for achieving procurement excellence.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 26, 2025

” At that time, the sales organization used more point-of-sale data than their competitors, they had an impressive and innovative IT team, and their supply chain processes were what I considered best-in-class. This week, the organization reported that net sales decreased 2 percent to $19.5 Over time, as I watched, this changed.

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SCMDOJO

JULY 4, 2025

The supply chain industry is in a process of change that is technologically induced. Billing is becoming quicker, more precise, and more accurate through the supply chain with the help of new technologies. Billing is becoming quicker, more precise, and more accurate through the supply chain with the help of new technologies.

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SCMDOJO

MARCH 24, 2025

Introduction Gardner, (1954) and Huntzinger, (2007) define Purchase price variance (PPV) as a metric used to measure the effectiveness of cost-saving efforts by calculating the difference between the planned cost (standard pricing) allocated for purchasing activities and the actual cost incurred.

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Jaggaer

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Tier 1 suppliers and their suppliers—and their suppliers’ suppliers—make up an organization’s multi-tier supply chain. Enhancing collaboration pays off, both by increasing transparency with suppliers and improving the bottom line through multi-tier supply chain visibility.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Subscribe The Supply Chain Renaissance Has Begun! The supply chain industry faces a transformative era heading into 2025. If you want to know how these factors influence daily operations or redefine long-term strategies, read on for an insightful look at the future of supply chain management.

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Precoro

JUNE 3, 2025

Businesses often use it in retail and purchasing. Category management isn’t just another procurement trend. It’s a way for companies to group similar goods or services (like IT infrastructure, facilities, or raw materials) and manage them holistically instead of handling every purchase in isolation.

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Silvon Software

MAY 6, 2025

Analytics and business intelligence (BI) are no longer optionaltheyre essential. They integrate, align, and activate data across the business to drive better, faster decisions unlike legacy reporting tools that can’t. Flexible Delivery Options Interactive dashboards, scheduled reports, alerts, mobile access, and more.

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Precoro

MARCH 27, 2025

Rising costs, supply chain chaos, and economic swings put businesses under enormous pressure to protect their margins. According to McKinsey & Company, procurement accounts for 50% to 80% of a company’s cost base. That’s why organizations zero in on strategies to achieve procurement cost reduction. 

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Bristlecone

JANUARY 8, 2025

Electric trucks glide silently along optimized delivery routes, significantly reducing fuel consumption and slashing carbon emissions. Regulatory Pressure: Growing demands for transparency and reporting due to regulatory requirements. Imagine a bustling logistics hubefficient, clean, and powered by renewable energy.

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Locus

JUNE 10, 2025

Thankfully, specialized route optimization software is available to streamline your logistics, eliminate driver frustrations, and significantly enhance your overall efficiency. Its strength lies in advanced route optimization, real-time tracking, and smart automation that scales with business needs. month No 4.5 month No 4.5

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Precoro

JUNE 2, 2025

Financial forecasting has gone from a 'nice-to-have' to a must-have for procurement and financial planning teams. Forecasting involves analyzing revenue reports, sales data, cash flow, and expense statements. An accurate sales forecast helps the team align inventory and production with customer demand.

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Jaggaer

MAY 21, 2025

Watch our on-demand webinar to discover how procurement can lead the way in ESG and decarbonization, and learn from experts about driving sustainability transformation across your supply chain. Explore how JAGGAER helps procurement teams stay ahead of regulatory pressure with end-to-end transparency. So, a low threshold.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 16, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. Click here to send us your comments Over the next five years, those leaders have top priorities around enhancing the customer experience with more service options, increasing automation and further digitalizing processes and offerings What is a supply executive to do?

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 9, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. Click here to send us your comments Just recently, Gartner itself did an interesting look at what supply chain execs were saying at the Orlando conference as well as a similar event in Europe. On sustainability, Gartner says that there was a notable difference between the North American and EMEA regions.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 22, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. Click here to send us your comments Aronow observes that many supply chain organizations are perpetually chasing their commercial partners to engage and improve the demand forecast. Aronow says to start by investing in organizational storytelling skills. What do you say?

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 27, 2025

Or, we could look at the Gartner top 25 supply chains list. That famous ranking used to be released at a dinner the Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference in May (now called the Supply Chain Symposium), but this year it was again released in a webinar a few weeks after the conference. Gilmore Says.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 3, 2025

It also has huge implications across the GE global supply chain with regard to the management of their support and spare parts network. Just recently in Europe, such a business model has started, see here: [link] I am following with a lot of interest, how the business develops. What do you say?

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 22, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. In the first facility management was focused on controlling the workforce through individual metrics. It also has huge implications across the GE global supply chain with regard to the management of their support and spare parts network. That’s respect for people.” What do you say?

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 1, 2025

The on-going conflict creates risks to critical raw materials and the continued flow of finished goods, Garter says, requiring supply chains to conduct cost-benefit analyses of mitigation actions in partnership with finance leaders. Supply Chain Digest Says. Prepare CFOs for continued supply chain cost volatility 3.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 8, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. The final pillar of defense against cargo theft involves collaboration with trusted partners to track threats and report incidents – which often doesn’t happen even in today’s environment. Financial performance metrics are valuable as they capture the economic consequences of business decisions.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 25, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. Drewry notes that for a spot-rate shipper exporting or importing on the East-West routes will find that, on average, a container shipment’s cost can vary by about $1,400. It also has huge implications across the GE global supply chain with regard to the management of their support and spare parts network.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 6, 2025

What I failed to do in any of those three columns was mention what in some ways may have been the biggest to news items: the retirements of sorts of Gartner analyst Dwight Klappich and groundbreaking, inaugural Gartner analyst, and famous inventor of the Three V’s of Supply Chain, Art Mesher.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 11, 2025

Click here to send us your comments January New that supply chain software provider Logility will be acquired by Aptean. But according to a report on the data, US birth rates rose only for one demographic: Hispanic women. Here, my choices for the top or most interesting stories by month in the first half of the 2025: Gilmore Says.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 18, 2025

This week we review the performance of supply chain stocks, and next week we will provide our popular take on the 1H 2025 in numbers and charts On to the stocks, I am ending my numbers with the closing bell on July 3. In early 2021, SCDigest re-launched this weekly supply chain and logistics stock market index. Gilmore Says.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 10, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. Click here to send us your comments The Cass report showed May shipment volumes in the US were down 3.4%seasonally Click here to send us your comments The Cass report showed May shipment volumes in the US were down 3.4%seasonally In May, the Linehaul Index fell 0.5% month-over-month. in May from 0.9%

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 13, 2025

of GDP The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) and partners Kearney and Penske Logistics are out last week with the 2025 State of Logistics Report, looking primarily at 2024 data. Again this year, Penske Logistics funded the report development. Somewhere along the way, CSCMP took over the sponsorship.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 16, 2025

The company had to re-apply the labels in distribution, at enormous costs. Supply Chain Digest Says. If there are applications that demand the scanning of a wide variety of narrow elements, non-contact scanners may be required. What do you say? This can be a pleasant experience (it is most of the time) or controversial.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 19, 2025

That was captured in the SOL report by the chart below, which shows uncertainty, as tracked by something called the Economic Policy Uncertainty Index from an organization of academics using the same name as the index. Source: State of Logstics Report 2025 May you live in interesting times, as the Chinese saying goes.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 25, 2025

Fred Smith was the founder of FedEx, Supply Chain Digest Says. --FedEx employs over 500,000 people (370,000 in the U.S.) RIP Fred Smith, one of the most consequential figures in the history of supply chain. Financial performance metrics are valuable as they capture the economic consequences of business decisions.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 23, 2025

There is no shortage of reporting tools, green fuel pilots or glossy ESG statements. It also has huge implications across the GE global supply chain with regard to the management of their support and spare parts network. Financial performance metrics are valuable as they capture the economic consequences of business decisions.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 17, 2025

It also has huge implications across the GE global supply chain with regard to the management of their support and spare parts network. Just recently in Europe, such a business model has started, see here: [link] I am following with a lot of interest, how the business develops.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 2, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. Another manager in the computers and electrics sector stated that: “Tariffs continue to cause confusion and uncertainty for long-term procurement decisions. reported in May (above 50 = rising prices), so prices rose again but at a somewhat smaller rate). a little up from 48.5 a little up from 48.5

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 15, 2025

The Trump tariffs “are reshaping global supply chains and injecting a high degree of uncertainty into capital investment decisions, causing delays. Companies are holding back on large-scale automation investments, wary of shifting trade policies and uncertainty over both their own costs and the fiscal health of customers and vendors.”

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 9, 2025

Supply Chain Digest Says. TuffAir’s site states that it plans to launch in the fall, “with high performance aircraft, lean operations and a scalable model to connect overlooked freight corridors across the Midwest. July 9, 2025 Ohio-based startup TuffAir has sued Amazon over claims related to intellectual property. What do you say?

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 17, 2025

Electric Charging Station Installs Soar in Q2 According to a report from Transport Topics this week, 703 high-speed, public charging stations opened in the US in the second quarter, the second-largest such infrastructure boom on record, according to Department of Energy data. Supply Chain Digest Says. What do you say?

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 1, 2021

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. By aligning supply chain and procurement, spend can be considered more holistically.

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