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

SCMDOJO

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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Hitendra Chaturvedi’s Reality Check

Resilinc

There are a lot of hard-headed realists in the procurement and supply chain profession. China ranks number one as the country from which companies are reshoring, followed by Mexico, Canada, India, and Japan. are: Germany, China, Japan, Canada, and Korea. The top countries that are investing in manufacturing sites in the U.S.

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How To Manage A Lean Supply Chain

ShipBob

To make their supply chains more lean, retailers can explore different supply chain optimization techniques throughout procurement, production, and distribution, or outsource supply chain management to a 3PL. As long as you are tracking the right metrics, data reveals where you can eliminate waste within your supply chain.

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Now or Never: Why Supply Chain Sustainability is Non-Negotiable in 2022

Locus

billion metric tons—the emissions have rebounded in 2021 and 2022. Wildfires have been an ongoing affair in British Columbia since June 2021, claiming acres of forest area and severing railroad and highway links to the largest port in Canada. In the case of manufacturers, it means procuring green and sustainable raw materials.

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Are Universities Training Students for Obsolete Jobs? And Where Does Supply Chain Fit in?

Kinaxis

Economists seem divided about whether existing metrics are sophisticated enough to properly measure the link between technology and job loss. It’s true that more transactional Supply Chain related roles (such as Procurement Clerks and Warehouse personnel) are under threat of automation.

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Your Expert Guide to Inventory Audits: Best Practices & Tips 

ShipBob

This helps you understand trends so you can be better informed during inventory procurement and when you’re forecasting demand. Verify that invoices match the amount of items and cost of inventory shipped from your ecommerce warehouse. The longer you hold inventory and the more unusable inventory you have, the more money you pay.

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The Top 10 Transportation Management Systems

The Logistics of Logistics

It also offers Logistics Procurement apps to negotiate competitive contracts in a network as well as the JDA Transportation Manager, Modeler and Planner which syncs up planning and execution stages, models experimental transport networks and maximizes use of assets. They recently also included a cloud-based Warehouse Management program.