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10 Must-Watch Negotiation Movies: Master the Art of Persuasion with These Gripping Films

SCMDOJO

Negotiation, a crucial skill in the realms of business and procurement, demands the ability to remain calm, collected, and confident even in the most challenging situations. These films were chosen to inspire and educate both aspiring negotiators and seasoned procurement managers.

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De-Carbonising Road Freight Operations: Bridging the Know-Do Gap

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

For example, Maersk ordered eight 16,000 TEU vessels to be operated on carbon-neutral methanol fuel, while DHL has purchased large amounts of sustainable aviation fuel and ordered 12 all-electric cargo planes. Most of the shippers procure their transport through long-term contracts with selected carriers. technologies and practices.

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Experts Choice Of Top Online Logistics Resources

Freightos

So I went straight to the source and asked consultants, trade reporters, Wall Street Journal reporters and others, what their go-to logistics and supply chain sources were. is one of the industry’s most respected logistics sources. Air Cargo World. This American based niche news site specialises in air cargo.

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Experts Discuss How to Streamline Global Supply Chain

Supply Chain Opz

Whether you''re a manufacturing company in China, a sourcing agent in London or a world''s leading company in Silicon Valley, we''re all in a global supply chain networks. This is invariably down to not sufficiently involving and educating the right people. That might mean diverting from Los Angeles/Long Beach to Canada or Mexico.

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The Year Ahead: CTL Research Goals Highlight Top Supply Chain Challenges

MIT Supply Chain

Chris Caplice, Executive Director, MIT CTL, Founder & Co-Director, MIT FreightLab Develop and pilot a more dynamic truckload transportation procurement and management process. from small delivery drones to heavy-lift cargo vertical takeoff and landing craft?—?can Conduct and evaluate relevant experiments in 2021.

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From The Desk of the CEO & CTO – 6/27/19

Shipchain

We’re working to educate them that public chain does not mean all data is public; in fact, it typically means the opposite and that their data is more protected. That said, TradeLens is focusing primarily on Maritime, which we see as an opportunity as it means that intermodal cargo needs a home, and we’re happy to provide it. .

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24 supply chain experts & business leaders reveal the #1 challenge of supply chain management (and how to solve it)

6 River Systems

“They have multi-sourced key commodities or strategic components to reduce their reliance on any one supplier, and they had considered inventory strategy to buffer against supply chain disruption.” Also, globalization presents another hydra-headed challenge for your procurement network.