Logistics Viewpoints
MARCH 6, 2025
Your inbox quickly fills with concerned emails highlighting rising costs, delayed materials, and your teams urgent efforts to assess the situation and determine the next steps. Theyre feeling the heat most, as sudden trade policy curveballs throw procurement plans into chaos. What Is Agile Procurement?
ivalua
JULY 1, 2025
Fragmented systems, rising cost pressures, and shifting risk profiles are making it harder than ever to manage procurement effectively. Strategies that worked just a few years ago are now too rigid, manual, or disconnected to keep up. How do you begin developing a procurement strategy?
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ivalua
JULY 1, 2025
Fragmented systems, rising cost pressures, and shifting risk profiles are making it harder than ever to manage procurement effectively. Strategies that worked just a few years ago are now too rigid, manual, or disconnected to keep up. How do you begin developing a procurement strategy?
Logistics Viewpoints
MAY 12, 2025
2025,the United States and China announced an agreement to reduce tariffs on each others goods for a limited period of 90 days. China will reduce its tariffs on U.S. Provisions for Further Negotiation In addition to the temporary tariff reductions, the agreement establishes a working mechanism to continue technical consultations.
Advertiser: GEP
For supply chain and procurement pros, cost reduction is a top priority today. This timely new paper from GEP explores powerful and effective digital levers that can help you to slash costs and create more value for the business. Read it now.
ivalua
JUNE 12, 2025
If you’re evaluating procurement technology or exploring ways to drive more value from existing systems, chances are you’re looking beyond tactical fixes – you want a smarter, scalable strategy. Misaligned priorities across finance, legal, and procurement create friction that delays decision-making and reduces impact.
Logistics Viewpoints
APRIL 10, 2025
Reducing cost was the primary objective, and most operational decisionsfrom sourcing to fulfillmentreflected that mindset. Resilience is the ability to respond to disruption while maintaining core operations, and more companies are shifting their strategies accordingly. Procurement is another area seeing change.
Advertiser: GEP
Did you know that implementing generative AI reduces sourcing cycle times and allows for faster decision-making across procurement operations? The paper highlights real-world examples and use cases that demonstrate generative AI's transformative effects on operational efficiency, risk management, and cost reduction.
Advertiser: GEP
One policy shift and your sourcing strategy is upside down. This bulletin cuts straight to the point. Tariffs are no longer just policy noise. They’re driving real, bottom-line impact.
Advertiser: GEP
Without the right strategy, enterprises face hidden risks and unnecessary spend. Tail spend — often unmanaged, fragmented and costly — can account for as much as 80% of total transaction volume. It’s time to shift from fragmented, ad hoc purchasing to a strategic, technology-driven approach.
Advertiser: GEP
Direct materials sourcing is evolving, with procurement now tasked not only with cost efficiency but managing sustainability and risk management. While some embrace cutting-edge tools like AI and blockchain for global trade functions, others lag in technology adoption.
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And when it comes to procurement, focusing on digital transformation now can dramatically reduce costs, improve visibility and insight, and give you a significant competitive advantage. To find out, get your free copy of this must-read whitepaper: A 5-Point Strategy for Digital Procurement Transformation.
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Establishing a resilient supply chain network design will require an agile procurement strategy—one that’s cost effective and unrestricted, and allows shippers to toggle their resources to address freight market issues impacting their network.
Speaker: Eric Berdinis, Ran Sun, & Chris Chmielewski
Procuring freight can be cumbersome, time-consuming, and error-prone. In today’s fast-moving supply chain environment, optimizing these processes is critical to staying competitive and cutting costs.
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