Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 3, 2025

Agentic AI involves creating a system of interacting agents, each trained on a specific task or dataset. These agents can communicate, negotiate, and collaborate to solve complex problems. Pre-trained AI agents focused on specific use cases for specific user personas were created. In part, this was skill. Fred agrees.

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Procurement Academy

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Download our Training Catalogs Gone are the days of one-size-fits-all training programs and static skill sets. The latest employee training trends show todays successful organizations as those that adapt quickly by embracing innovative approaches to upskill their teams. The result?

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ivalua

MAY 30, 2025

As they receive new information, they can adjust their actions to outcomes for things like supplier negotiations, risk management, and spend analysis. For supplier sourcing and evaluation, AI-driven tools tap into historical data, market intelligence, and supplier performance metrics to automatically identify the best-fit partners.

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ivalua

MAY 30, 2025

As they receive new information, they can adjust their actions to outcomes for things like supplier negotiations, risk management, and spend analysis. For supplier sourcing and evaluation, AI-driven tools tap into historical data, market intelligence, and supplier performance metrics to automatically identify the best-fit partners.

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ivalua

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Here’s a look at some of the Procure- to-Pay metrics procurement leaders should watch in order to better understand their digital progress. This metric closely aligns with digital transformation progress. This metric also impacts others like speed, visibility, and cost savings. . #2

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Procurement Academy

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Heres why it matters: Relevance through role-based training: Certification enables your team members to gain skills directly applicable to their responsibilities. Role-based training is a tailored approach that translates to real-world results. Explore more about how cross-functional training boosts supply chain performance.

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RFgen

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Training Requirements: Introducing new equipment and processes necessitates workforce training to ensure smooth transitions and maintain productivity. Consider these essential metrics: Asset Utilization: How efficiently are your machines being used? Track machine runtime to understand and optimize utilization rates.

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Precoro

DECEMBER 24, 2024

AI can process large amounts of historical supplier performance data across multiple metrics, allowing procurement teams to make more informed, data-driven decisions instead of relying solely on anecdotal evidence or subjective evaluations. Leveraging data patterns to recommend actions like supplier negotiations or risk mitigation strategies.

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Silvon Software

APRIL 19, 2022

Procurement is one core process area being focused to better manage today’s fluctuating change, with key performance metrics leading the way to assessing and managing procurement performance. Buyer / Procurement Department KPI s. The Basics of Procurement KPIs. Learn More About Performance KPIs: Get Silvon’s Guide.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 16, 2025

Many Fleet Leaders Aren’t Set Up for Success Here’s the uncomfortable truth: Most new fleet leaders don’t get trained to lead. That’s a whole different skill set. They step into roles requiring HR finesse, budgeting expertise, conflict resolution, and regulatory knowledge, often with zero formal training or support.

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 17, 2022

Lean ensures that your satellite office is staffed with highly educated, English-speaking professionals trained in your company’s processes and systems. She joined symtrain in 2021 and is excited to help businesses grow their people, impact, and bottom line through digitized role-play training and coaching. About Melanie Flores .

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RFgen

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

These systems also support phased implementation, allowing you to start with high-priority processes, train staff during regular work hours, deploy your wireless infrastructure before software rollout, maintain parallel systems during the initial transition, and closely monitor performance metrics.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 21, 2024

Training ensued, and the expectation of changing work was shared. Some are focused on project implementation; others are attempting to improve supply chain talent by defining career paths, training, and skill development, while others serve in an audit capacity. Lack of aligned metrics. Lack of executive buy-in.

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SCMDOJO

JULY 3, 2023

Whether you’re an aspiring procurement enthusiast or a seasoned professional aiming to advance your career, investing in procurement training and procurement training courses can be a game-changer. The fantastic employment options that procurement training opens up are among the most convincing arguments for doing so.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

But the good news came with a price: the company said it will spend roughly $2B restructuring “8,000 jobs to either retrain employees with AI skills or to replace them through voluntary redundancy programs.” Take onboarding and training new employees. Metrics are critical as well.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

As cybersecurity continues to be a critical aspect of every industry, the demand for skilled cybersecurity professionals is increasing rapidly. However, a significant global cybersecurity skills shortage has created a major challenge for organizations in keeping their systems secure.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 7, 2023

It was an IT-led implementation where a planning model was developed, the solution implemented, and then planners – who had not been sufficiently prepared and trained – were expected to use a system significantly different from the legacy systems they were familiar with. Implementing supply planning solutions is hard. Count them!

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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. per unit, reducing the actual cost to $90,000.

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Kinaxis

OCTOBER 28, 2015

My topic was: Positioning Your Skills for the Future Needs of Supply Chain Management , and in this 21 st Century Supply Chain guest blog, I wanted to share some of my key messages to this audience as well, since this is a topic frequently brought up. In October, I had the opportunity to speak at the APICS 2015 conference.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 27, 2025

Training and Cross-Training Employees Even the most advanced facilities require skilled employees to reach peak performance. Provide comprehensive training to equip workers with the knowledge to carry out their roles as productively and error-free as possible.

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Jaggaer

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Negotiation & Contract Award – Once a supplier is selected, the process of finalizing the award and drawing up the contract begins. Moreover, the negotiation phase often involves delicate discussions around terms, risk allocation, and contingencies, which are better handled by human intelligence.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 6, 2013

Closing the gaps happens when there are aligned metrics, clarity of vision and aligned planning processes. This does not come easily, and requires training. In many organizations there is no career planning track that encourages the building of planning skills. Metrics Alignment. They lack cohesion.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 18, 2022

In the annual report where they report on their key performance indicators (KPIs), they don’t just report on core financial metrics and the NPS, they also have people metrics. The company has shown sustained improvement on this metric. Training is also clearly important. The company uses a network design tool from Coupa.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

The process is easier and the required skill level not as high. Most supply chain leaders cannot get their groove on because they generalize–the use of the same metric targets and tactics for the supply chain without paying attention to the flows. Wrong Metrics. Companies do not have one supply chain, they have many.

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SCMDOJO

JANUARY 9, 2025

By engaging in rigorous supplier selection and negotiation, companies can secure better pricing and ensure higher quality standards. Develop Supplier Collaboration Frameworks , engage key suppliers in strategic discussions, develop joint value-creation initiatives, and establish clear performance metrics to ensure mutual growth.

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SCMDOJO

JANUARY 29, 2025

Supply chain reports are data-driven documents that provide key metrics and insights into various aspects of your supply chain, including: Inventory Levels Tracking stock levels in real-time to ensure adequate inventory to meet demand while minimizing holding costs. What are Supply Chain Reports?

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ToolsGroup

AUGUST 20, 2019

Companies moving to BPO in these practice areas are experiencing supply chain improvements in metrics such as inventory turnover and customer service. Talent — Especially with the advent of these new technologies, many companies struggle to find, hire and retain highly skilled individuals. Those companies also reduced planning spend.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 22, 2013

Like all software applications, a TMS is just a tool — you also need power users who have the training, knowledge, and skills to leverage the application to its fullest potential. Do you have the skills and discipline to keep the TMS tuned? to deliver sustained business value. to deliver sustained business value.

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SCMDOJO

JUNE 11, 2024

The SCMDOJO Logistics Management Track is your ultimate logistics training pathway. It’s designed to equip you with the skills and knowledge needed to thrive in the logistics industry. Let’s explore why our logistics training is unique, what’s included in our logistics pathway, and how you can get started today.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 14, 2023

Generative AI can use models with billions or even trillions of parameters trained on massive datasets (think the size of the internet), enabling it to produce increasingly complex outputs such as speech, text, and videos. It can then generate new content using prompts that resemble the original training data.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Maximize Revenues and Efficiency with Automated Billing An automated billing solution benefits both customer and 3PL alike, in that it captures all billable activities performed by the 3PL, while accurately reporting charges at the rates and conditions associated with each customer’s specific negotiated contract.

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Procurement Academy

OCTOBER 19, 2023

A crucial part of successful procurement strategies is the art and science of negotiation. Procurement negotiation refers to a buyer (usually from a company) and a seller (usually from a supplier) working together and discussing the likes of pricing, terms, conditions, and other aspects of a procurement contract.

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Logility

JUNE 26, 2024

Not to mention, employees who are trained effectively can get to producing high-quality work much faster than those who are left to their own devices. Younger generations have little to no patience for lackluster user interfaces, while older generations need intuitive tools with excellent training.

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Supply Chain Opz

JANUARY 7, 2013

One journalist indicated that the life of Apple Inc is fairly easy by utilizing its negotiation power. So this section will explain some characteristics of Apple Supply Chain through various metrics and compare them with Amazon Supply Chain. Supply chain professionals also use this metric in inventory management function.

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Procurement Academy

OCTOBER 8, 2024

London, UK – October 8th 2024 Skill Dynamics , the leading provider of role-based, practical eLearning for procurement and supply chain teams, is proud to announce the publication of its highly anticipated Skills Report 2025.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Certification programs focused on historic practices are not sufficient, and the current academic programs are a better fit to build entry-level skills. Pick five-to-seven balanced metrics and hold all functions accountable to these corporate metrics. What defines success to fill this gap? Figure 1: Supply Chain Talent Shortage.

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Procurement Academy

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

On the surface, businesses invest in training programs to improve the skillset of their employees and enhance team performance. However, the effectiveness of these training programs relies on a lot of factors, many of which are overlooked. Well-trained professionals will ultimately make better decisions.

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