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The Supplier Management Secret Recipe

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. What is Supplier Relationship Management (SRM)? The Supplier Management Secret Recipe article and permission to publish here provided by Sam Jenks. I love cooking. Even more, than I love cooking, I love eating. Something I’ve learned from a very young age is that food and mealtimes are something to be cherished.

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The Greenest Mile: Planning’s Role in Supply Chain Sustainability

Logistics Viewpoints

Supply chain sustainability is a higher priority than ever. In MIT’s State of Supply Chain Sustainability 2021 , 80% of executives surveyed said the pandemic either had no impact on their commitment or increased it. PwC reports that almost half of assets under management are held by investment firms committed to decarbonization. Investor concern about material risks from climate change have created new reporting frameworks, such as those by the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) an

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Editor’s Pick: Is It Really the Cost of Doing Business?

Talking Logistics

Note: Today’s post is part of our “Editor’s Pick” series where we highlight recent posts published by our sponsors that provide practical knowledge and advice on timely and important supply chain and logistics topics. This post from Elemica’s blog discusses how “many ‘unavoidable’ operating costs we’ve all come to accept can be reduced dramatically, or.

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S&OP is Helping Food and Beverage Executives Sleep Better at Night

Logility

From shifts in consumer demand to new regulations and disruption in market dynamics and supply networks, food and beverage (F&B) industry executives have always had many reasons to stay alert. But lately, a new set of supply chain challenges is making everyone more concerned that their business could fall behind overnight. And the stakes have never been higher.

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The Big Payoff of Application Analytics

Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business. That’s what drove the five companies in this e-book to change their approach to analytics. Download this e-book to learn about the unique problems each company faced and how they achieved huge returns beyond expectation by embedding analytics into applications.

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Ivalua’s Procurement & Supply Chain Summer Reading List

ivalua

The post Ivalua’s Procurement & Supply Chain Summer Reading List appeared first on Ivalua.

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The IoT Requires Manpower. When Will We Automate It?

Supply Chain Brain

Current internet of things (IoT) technologies require too much manual intervention to realize the full benefits of a supply chain management system.

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Does continuous Design enhance Supply Chain Resiliency?

Prophetic Technology

Why not present Supply Chain Management (SCM) procedures that can quickly increase resilient SCs, and why some of the prevailing SC processes are not appropriate for tackling such risks demanding responses. Risk, Resiliency, and Supply Chain Modelling must be at the top of any transformation.

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Dealing with dangerous product recalls: the solution of real-time data

IT Supply Chain

By Jamil Ahmed (pictured). Distinguished Engineer at Solace. The post Dealing with dangerous product recalls: the solution of real-time data appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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How Blocking the Suez Could Dampen Summer Demand

BlueYonder

In what feels like an anti-climactic end to an incredible story, the Ever Given – the boat that broke the internet when it blocked the Suez Canal back in March – has finally docked at Felixstowe, England, with its cargo from the Far East – a full four months after it was scheduled to arrive. . It was one of those great black swan events that kept many of us enthralled for days, but what can this whole event teach us about supply chain resilience?

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Rethinking Direct Materials Sourcing: The Tools You Need To Manage Costs, Risks and Sustainability

Direct materials sourcing is evolving, with procurement now tasked not only with cost efficiency but managing sustainability and risk management. The environment is marked by heightened demand and expectations, compounded by challenges such as rising input prices, supply chain disruptions and geopolitical tensions. While some embrace cutting-edge tools like AI and blockchain for global trade functions, others lag in technology adoption.

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The New One-Stop Shop for Learning Apache Kafka

IT Supply Chain

By Jay Kreps (pictured). CEO at Confluent. The post The New One-Stop Shop for Learning Apache Kafka appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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Detoxing Unnecessary Processes to Introduce Modern Supply Chain Technology

Tecsys

Learn how modern supply chain technology can eliminate unnecessary systems and streamline processes to improve hospital workflow. The post Detoxing Unnecessary Processes to Introduce Modern Supply Chain Technology appeared first on Tecsys.

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The 7 Core Capacities of Supply Chain Resilience

MIT Supply Chain

While companies should understand and mitigate their exposure to supply chain risk, we believe that many become obsessed with risk assessment at the expense of building resilience?—?the more important objective. Human nature leads supply chain practitioners and pundits to focus on the most recent disaster experience, a tendency called recency bias. Today, a major area of focus is how to prepare for the next pandemic in light of the Covid-related product shortages that are disrupting supply chain

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Detoxing Unnecessary Processes to Introduce Modern Supply Chain Technology

Tecsys

Learn how modern supply chain technology can eliminate unnecessary systems and streamline processes to improve hospital workflow. The post Detoxing Unnecessary Processes to Introduce Modern Supply Chain Technology appeared first on Tecsys.

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Monetizing Analytics Features

Think your customers will pay more for data visualizations in your application? Five years ago, they may have. But today, dashboards and visualizations have become table stakes. Turning analytics into a source of revenue means integrating advanced features in unique, hard-to-steal ways. Download this white paper to discover which features will differentiate your application and maximize the ROI of your analytics.

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What Are Shipment Predictive Estimated Time of Arrivals (ETAs) & What Are the Benefits

MercuryGate

Today’s shipping and transportation industry is governed by the estimated time of arrival (ETA) predictions and updates. These estimates can be more critical for the modern supply chain network than most realize. Today’s current supply chain market is a battlefield where e-commerce companies, freight brokers, and shipping providers fight for customer loyalty and consumer dollars. […].

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Demand Planning Key Features

DynaSys

When formulating a Demand plan , you need to strike the balance between having sufficient stock levels to meet customer demands without having surplus. This means leveraging the right tools and data to build your demand plan from the outset. Striking that balance means finding the right features for the job. What should you look for in a platform to help you build your demand plan?

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Looking for Carrier Capacity? Look for a Transportation Management System.

3GTMS

In June, FedEx Freight announced it would suspend service for more than 1,400 of its shipper customers — obviously a major and sudden disruption to those shippers’ distribution channels that left them scrambling to procure new transportation, and likely at a rate well above the rate they’d agreed to with FedEx. FedEx’s reason isn’t surprising: […].

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2021 SCM Best Paper Award Winners

SCM Research

Two of the leading operations & supply chain management journals have recently announced their best paper award winners. First, the Journal of Supply Chain Management ’s Harold E. Fearon Best Paper Award goes to Fabrice Lumineau and Nuno Oliveira, who published an article that is entitled Reinvigorating the Study of Opportunism in Supply Chain Management.

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GEP Spend Category Outlook 2024

Your Roadmap to Smarter Spend Management in 2024 Geopolitical, economic and supply chain challenges will stick around in 2024, but don’t despair. There are strategic opportunities to leverage AI-powered technology and digital toolsets to overcome these hurdles more effectively. GEP experts in nearly two dozen critical categories guide you in the right direction in our annual comprehensive resource — GEP Spend Category Outlook 2024.

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Looking for Carrier Capacity? Look for a Transportation Management System.

3GTMS

In June, FedEx Freight announced it would suspend service for more than 1,400 of its shipper customers — obviously a major and sudden disruption to those shippers’ distribution channels that left them scrambling to procure new transportation, and likely at a rate well above the rate they’d agreed to with FedEx. FedEx’s reason isn’t surprising: […].

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What Gartner Top 10 Supply Chains are Doing

Supply Chain Digest

Gartner Call Outs again Heavy on Sustainability

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Corporate Culture’s Impact on Innovation, Part 1

Enterra Insights

Over the years numerous articles have been written about the importance of corporate culture and its impact on innovation. In fact, I’ve written a few. Last month, however, Emma Wilson, Digital Outreach Manager at H55, referred me to an article that openly questions the importance of corporate culture. The article, written by Kyle Bolton, CEO at SurveyBot, asks, “Is ‘company culture’ overhyped?

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Schumer Puts Infrastructure Plan on Path Toward Passage

Supply Chain Brain

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer moved to wrap up a days-long debate on a $550 billion infrastructure package, setting up the Senate for a Saturday vote to approve the largest infusion of cash for roads, bridges and other domestic projects in decades.

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How To Package & Price Embedded Analytics

Just by embedding analytics, app owners can charge 24% more for their product. How much value could you add? This framework from Software Pricing Partners explains how application enhancements can extend your product offerings. You’ll learn: How to take a disciplined approach to pricing The three elements of the Packaging Decision Framework Ways to structure your new embedded analytics offering Download the White Paper to learn about How To Package & Price Embedded Analytics.

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Managing change to smooth technology transition

SnapFulfil

A massive shift to digital solutions is now well underway in warehousing but, as more companies make the move from manual to automated processes, do we risk leaving our employees behind?

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Launch of Schenker Ventures Fuels Entrepreneurship in Logistics

Supply Chain Brain

Today, DB Schenker launched Schenker Ventures, a new unit to drive innovation in logistics through support for and collaboration with entrepreneurs and founders.

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White Paper: Next Generation of the 5Ps

crisp

Crisp’s new go-to guide for marketers updates the classic "5Ps" for an omnichannel world.

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Empower Your Customer Management Team With Real Time Views

Saleswarp

[link]. Arm your customer service agents with the real-time automation they need to meet customer demands, easily and consistently. SalesWarp’s integrated customer management operations solutions help boost employee productivity and makes it easier to designate and manage omni-channel cross-functional teams all in real-time. (OMS, CX, Customer Service Automation, CSM, CRM, CXM, Customer Service, Omnichannel sales, brand loyalty, customer loyalty).

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CADDi Receives 2023 Top Tech Startup Award by Food Logistics, Supply & Demand Chain Executive

The 2023 Top Tech Startup Awards by Food Logistics, Supply & Demand Chain Executive spotlights the top software and technology startups in the supply chain and logistics space.

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Why Maintenance Plans are Worth It

AB&R

Why Maintenance Plans are Worth It. When you invest in something valuable – say a car or a home – you would never skip on a protection plan. You want to make sure it lasts for a long time. Plus, knowing you’re protected if the unexpected happens helps you sleep better at night. Why would protecting your hardware with a maintenance plan be any different?

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The Definitive Guide on Singapore SME Grants

Vinculum

Singapore, one among the four South Asian Tigers, is definitely a hotspot for business and eCommerce. Considering the sustenance and growth prospects in this South Asian destination, more and more businesses, especially SMEs are eyeing to establish and boost their presence in Singapore. In Singapore, SMEs account for 99% of businesses and are responsible for 65% of the workforce.

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Gartner recommends LogiNext last mile technology for Smart Cities

Loginext

AI and ML have revolutionized the entire delivery management space. We've made giant strides in the last mile delivery space in the last couple of years and this mention from Gartner is a validation of the value we bring to our customers. We're helping enterprises at scale rapidly undergo digital transformation journeys to provide the best end customer experience.