Logility

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

NASDAQ: AMSWA) today reported preliminary financial results for the second quarter of fiscal year 2022. For the six months ended October 31, 2021, the Company reported operating earnings of approximately $4.5 Logility announced the partnership with Visus LLC to support analytics customers and their digital transformation journeys.

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EcoVadis

JULY 13, 2018

No matter what industry you operate in, procurement can create immense value — in some sectors, for instance construction, as much as 80 percent of revenue goes into the supply chain. Unlike many other standards, ISO 20400 is not intended for certification, but it may lead to performance assessments. What Are the Key Benefits?

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Earlier this week, I read a sobering report from the national Retail Federation (NRF) regarding shrink. The recently released National Retail Security Survey shows that total shrink in 2021 reported by retailers is now almost a $100 billion problem. Most reported in-store, e-commerce, and omni-channel fraud are all on the rise.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Justin Swanson ( @ejsnyt ) reports, “Retail sales in the United States jumped nearly 11 percent this season compared with the holiday period in 2019, the year before the pandemic upended the global economy.”[1] Digital Path to Purchase taken more often. Swanson reports, “Online sales made up 20.9 Journalist E.

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ivalua

APRIL 7, 2022

Ivalua remains the only vendor recognized as a leader in every current Procurement report spanning S2P by Gartner and Forrester. Next, we welcomed a fascinating roundtable session featuring Thales , AXA , Accor and DECATHLON FRANCE moderated by Dr. Natacha TREHAN. Procurement Community Team Spirit: Best Advocate.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 22, 2018

Check out What is Virtual Procurement and Why Should You Care? Where is procurement, outsourcing, sourcing, supply chain, and purchasing going? Secondarily, we will include information from other procurement professionals and procurement firms about their experiences, what they forecast, and what they are seeing.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Early in the pandemic, the company organized an airlift of two flights per week to deliver several hundred million masks from China to France. In order to achieve this target, CEVA Logistics is incorporating environmental considerations in a variety of areas of operations, from warehousing to transportation and procurement.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 23, 2022

For example, the central bank of France has recently released a report that highlights ways in which bitcoin is revolutionizing financial transactions within the construction industry. The report was produced by Bruno Biais, head of economic analysis at the bank, and Cyril Durand.

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 27, 2015

My most recent book co-authored with Gerard Chick, the Procurement Value Proposition , has received some nice accolades recently. The book was listed by Peter Smith of the site Spend Matters on the “ Christmas Books for Procurement People “, based on Smith’s earlier review appearing back in May.

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ToolsGroup

OCTOBER 3, 2022

With reports of retail layoffs and overstaffing at companies (such as Walmart and Amazon) to cover Omicron-related staffing shortages, it would appear the shortage of workers may be abating. As per a recent report by CNBC , the labor department in the United States has 5.5 France saw its unemployment rate reach 7.3%

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QAD

JULY 7, 2022

Norway, Switzerland, the Netherlands, France, and the UK have all passed similar due diligence, human rights, and anti-slavery legislation. Consumers are increasingly expressing interest in ethical sourcing and environmental impacts related to the products they purchase. A similar study in the U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 3, 2022

Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI® report, a composite index produced by J.P. On the slightly positive side, the July report indicated that rates of input cost and output charge inflation have both eased to 17-month lows. reported for June. The report authors noted the first drop in manufacturing output since June 2020.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Supply Chain Matters provides highlights perspectives and added insights on reported August 2023 global and regional production and supply chain PMI indices. Global Wide Manufacturing Activity Levels Global manufacturing activity as reported by the J.P. The August reported value rose to a three month high of 49.0 reflecting a 0.8

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 5, 2018

The award, based on beating the industry peer group on rate of improvement on the key metrics of growth, operating margin, inventory turns, and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) while outperforming their peer group, is tough to achieve. The orbit chart below illustrates L’Oréal’s performance at the intersection of two metrics.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 8, 2024

Supply Chain Matters provides a further installment in our global supply chain assessment in the highlights on reported December 2023, Q3-2023, and full year global and regional production and supply chain PMI indices. With the December 2023 report, global PMI levels have remained below the 50.0 The reported December value of 47.9

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

We all know and regularly purchase Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG, often also referred to as Consumer Packaged Goods, or CPG). But how has the pandemic accelerated changes in the way that consumers find and purchase these products? In some regions the lockdown period caused a boom in the purchase of FMCG products.

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

More on Maersk’s transition to an end-to-end provider can be found in this 2020 report. On the horizontal carrier integration front, Maersk has doubled down on its extension from ocean consolidation (Hamburg Sud, 2017) to air cargo, increasing Maersk Air by 33% with three leased cargo planes and two new Boeing purchases. What’s next.

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EcoVadis

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Just a week ago, the WEF summit in Davos brought a spotlight on the circular economy, announcing with the Ellen Macarthur Foundation a new report rethinking the circular future of plastics ). Procurement teams may be wondering “What is the Circular Economy and how might it be integrated into supply chain management?”.

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Kinaxis

JUNE 19, 2017

Order fulfillment channels are becoming more complex as the possible combinations for purchase and returns explode. Global purchasing power. The current categorization of G7 (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, UK, USA) won’t be applicable. Social transparency is already driving purchasing decisions by your customers.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 14, 2021

For instance, would customers in France — a country renowned for its staunch protection of the French language — be put off by a chatbot that attempts to communicate with them in English? The rise of analytics has positioned companies to achieve closer customer analysis — on a far greater scale than feedback surveys or social media comments.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 26, 2022

ARC defines the warehouse automation market according to a number of qualifications and dimensions to deliver a well-defined measure, with numerous segmentations, allowing those that purchase the research to understand what is being measured, and to easily extrapolate the findings to support their strategic planning needs.

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EcoVadis

JULY 11, 2016

This workshop brought together Global Compact LEAD companies and other members convened to define and bring urgency to sustainable procurement, and to discuss how they can motivate and mobilize their companies to address this next frontier in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) progress.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 2, 2023

Supply Chain Matters provides highlights of February 2023 reported global and regional PMI indices which appear to indicate some stabilization within global supply chain networks. Global Manufacturing Activity Levels Global manufacturing activity as reported by the J.P. The reported 50 value for February was up 0.9

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Supply Chain Matters provides highlights and added perspectives on reported November 2022 global manufacturing PMI and supply chain activity indices. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI® report for November 2022, a composite index produced by J.P. The November report reflected a 29-month low value of 48.8, reported for October.

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Precoro

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Now Electra has offices in France, Belgium, and Italy, with Spain and Switzerland marking the next destinations on their expansion roadmap. Rémi Lelarge, the Head of Procurement and Logistics at Electra, shared their story of building a comprehensive procurement process with Precoro.

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Kinaxis

OCTOBER 16, 2015

According to a recent UNHCR report , nearly 60 million people were forcibly displaced in 2014 from countries such as Iraq, Eritrea, and Afghanistan. On September 5, 163 metric tons of relief supplies arrived via air shipments, including 86 tons of high-energy biscuits, 30,000 blankets, 25,000 sleeping mats, and 1,000 solar lanterns.

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Material Handling & Logistics

JANUARY 2, 2018

A slew of global purchasing managers indexes all point to deep supply constraints as this year's economy looks to be the strongest since 2011. A slew of purchasing managers indexes published on Jan. 2 from China, Germany, France, Italy and the U.K. A slew of purchasing managers indexes published on Jan. China Growth.

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Freightos

JULY 26, 2018

According to their 2017 annual report, over a quarter of Amazon’s third-party sales (which represent half of Amazon’s sales) are cross-border. Amazon’s trucking fleet is expanding rapidly; it launched in 2005 with the purchase of thousands of trailers used to shift goods between fulfillment centers.

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ivalua

MAY 15, 2022

Part I: Bridging the Gap between Procurement and Finance. To achieve their long-term goals, they needed to bridge the gap between their procurement and finance teams. . Let’s start with their business model and current challenges. There are interesting challenges within the AmRest business model at the supply chain level.

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ivalua

MAY 15, 2022

Part I: Bridging the Gap between Procurement and Finance. To achieve their long-term goals, they needed to bridge the gap between their procurement and finance teams. . Let’s start with their business model and current challenges. There are interesting challenges within the AmRest business model at the supply chain level.

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EcoVadis

OCTOBER 17, 2017

million metric tons this year. The Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector has led the charge for sustainable procurement in recent years as technology companies push hard to meet consumer demands for transparency in the supply chain. It is estimated that e-waste will be the fastest growing waste type, reaching 48.2

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Talking Logistics

JULY 7, 2017

France Plans to End Sales of Gas and Diesel Cars by 2040 (New York Times). As reported by the Wall Street Journal : Mondelez International Inc.’s Moving on to Walmart, as reported by Business Insider, the company is “building giant self-service kiosks in its stores that retrieve customers’ online orders.” Source: Walmart.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 25, 2016

percent, report having implemented sustainable solutions within the last two years. Some argue sustainability initiatives are solely the result of increasing government regulations, but Modern Materials Handling Staff reports another cause, consumers. percent of supply chain organization. How Important Is Sustainability in Logistics?

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o9 Solutions

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Hard and unseasonable frosts and increases in mildew devastated the vineyards of France, resulting in 80% of the county’s vineyards being damaged. As reported in Fortune : “Champagne sales were up 88.5% The 2021 Christmas and New Year holiday season is facing a global supply shortage of Champagne.

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Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 4, 2018

A slew of Purchasing Managers Indexes published this week from countries including China, Germany, France, Canada and the U.K. is among the banks predicting global growth will be around 4 percent this year and on Tuesday said its composite of PMI reports from around the world had reached the highest since February 2011. “A

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 20, 2020

Using a data-driven approach, predictive analytics are generated that can encourage agents or retailers to increase their sales performance through gamification, creating a mutually beneficial arrangement. Additionally, their solutions help boost revenue and sales through intelligent stakeholder value management.

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MIT Supply Chain

JUNE 21, 2021

As the Wall Street Journal reported , after climbing to record highs in a supply-constrained market, prices are now falling rapidly. Similarly, Bloomberg reported that Canadian home sales, which peaked at the beginning of March 2021, declined by 17.5% We are already seeing this in the lumber market. by the beginning of May.

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