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Developing Agile Procurement Strategies: Thriving Amid Global Trade Disruptions

Logistics Viewpoints

Companies leaning heavily on global sourcing? manufacturer I know saw their import costs jump overnight, forcing a rethink of a decade-old sourcing strategy. Consequently, when shortages emerged, they had already secured alternative sources, thereby averting a significant disruption to production. For example, U.S.-based

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How Can You Improve Value in Your Supply Chain?

Supply Chain Shaman

The Y chart service harmonizes the data across different public markets, currencies, M&A, and restatements. The data outcome is open source and can be used to improve project outcomes. This work was expensive. I thank Kinaxis for funding the graduate students working on this project.

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Patterns Tell the Story of Supply Chain Excellence

Supply Chain Shaman

This data source synchronizes corporate reporting across global markets while tracking restatements, name changes, and currency shifts.) The first step was to find a reliable data set and establish the peer groups. We purchase data from Y charts. (A A syndicated data feed used for financial analysts.

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Descartes Announces Fiscal 2026 First Quarter Financial Results

Descartes

All financial results referenced are in United States ( US ) currency and, unless otherwise indicated, are determined in accordance with US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles ( GAAP ). TSX:DSG) (Nasdaq:DSGX) announced its financial results for its fiscal 2026 first quarter ( Q1FY26 ).

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Ivalua Completes the Source-to-Pay Journey with Embedded Global Supplier Payments

ivalua

Redwood City, CA, June 30, 2021 – Ivalua, a global leader in Cloud Spend Management solutions, announces an extension of its source-to-pay platform with a new payments solution to digitize and streamline global supplier payments. Enabling the complete source-to-pay process within the Ivalua Platform has always been a strategic objective.

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What food and beverage companies need to know about tariffs: Lessons from Canada

Kinaxis

Since January, Canadians’ weekly grocery trips have become a real-time indicator for the potential impacts of tariffs as shoppers have responded to threats with a showcase of buying power, prioritizing nationally sourced and manufactured products even before a single tariff was enacted.

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Lost in Translation-Incorporating Consumer Demand into your Supply Chain

The Network Effect

A few years ago, a news report came out of China stating that they were going to put an end to pegging the renminbi (China’s domestic currency) against the U.S. This was a long awaited announcement that completely shocked the global currency markets sparking massive trades out of the U.S. dollar into Asian currencies.