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Modern TMS Solutions: Driving Sustainability in Supply Chain Operations

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Similarly, modern TMS solutions need to proactively quantify sustainability metrics to achieve the multi-faceted goals of todays supply chains. Companies should evaluate it alongside cost, lead time, on-time delivery, and capacity utilization.

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Supplier Onboarding is Core to a Digital Supply Chain Transformation

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When you talk to companies that have implemented enterprise or supply chain applications, executives will usually admit that they have under-invested in training and preparing users to use the new technology. MESN is a solution built on a many-to-many architecture that supports a community of trading partners.

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Key Takeaways from SAP Spend Connect Live

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This is the largest area of investment for the company outside of ERP. Their copilot-style solution is known as Joule. While SAP has had procurement analytics solutions, last year at Spend Connect Live, SAP announced the Spend Control Tower. This solution provides insights in a much easier way to digest.

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Direct Spend Management: A Checklist for Enabling Shared Value with Direct Suppliers

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They noted the fact that companies whose leaders had supply chain experience took a more proactive approach to addressing potential supply-chain challenges, and in leveraging the supply-chain function to generate new business opportunities. They are no longer just vendors of goods and services.

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No Balloons Needed: Practical Moves to Navigate Tariff Volatility

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The manufacturing sector is facing unprecedented volatility in global trade, with tariffs becoming the latest in a series of uncertainty drivers that are impacting virtually all industries. Manufacturing plants are deeply entrenched; tied to infrastructure, suppliers, skilled labor, and regulatory requirements.

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How Can You Improve Value in Your Supply Chain?

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Sorting through this to make a decision on a new planning solution at this time is tough. Here I define value as improving market capitalization/employee for a public company. I also laugh when newer software players speak to me about autonomous supply chains or no-touch planning. My advice? You are right. The reason?

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Strategic Sourcing + Smart Solutions: The Unbeatable Duo for Procurement Success

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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. Click here!