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Sustainable procurement: Everything You Need to Know

Precoro

March 21 was the second annual iteration of World Sustainable Procurement Day , an online event organized by the Sustainable Procurement Pledge team, SPP Chapters, SPP Champions, and partners to raise awareness about the importance of ethical procurement and to share the best sustainability practices with organizations worldwide.

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Unlocking Success: Why Strategic Sourcing Is Important for Your Company

Precoro

As part of the larger procurement process, sourcing involves finding and evaluating suppliers for goods or services that need to be purchased. Goals beyond the best purchasing price fall into strategic sourcing. Simple sourcing takes less time to execute and requires fewer resources to plan, but can cost more down the road.

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Documenting the Response of State Procurement Officers to the COVID Crisis

NC State SCRC

One of the grave failures is the challenge governments faced in securing personal protection equipment (PPE) for its citizens. PPE shortages created a bidding war among nations, states within nations and between states and federal government agencies. 1] In the U.S.,

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Navigating the Future: How Advanced Supply Chain Analytics is Transforming the Industry

ThroughPut

Even as the immediate pandemic effects stabilized, new challenges like supply shortages, port congestions, and natural calamities emerged. Amidst this ongoing turmoil, one thing that a lot of supply chain professionals have been falling back on (with confidence!) is advanced supply chain analytics.

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How to Navigate ESG Risk with Supplier Management Software

QAD

Early adopters of environmental, social and governance (ESG) initiatives should be patting themselves on the back. ESG activity, initially driven by consumer demand and a general desire to do better, has grown into a massive movement that’s captured the attention of customers, investors and governments worldwide.

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Driving Sustainable Growth Through Supply Chain Resilience

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Driving Sustainable Growth Through Supply Chain Resilience. Every industry sector and every business across the board, in APAC and around the globe have been impacted by the Great Supply Chain Disruption over the last two years, causing a blow out of transportation costs and continuous delays at every stage of the channel.

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Economic Aspects of Supply Chains

American Global Logistics

The cost of U.S. However, there is a need for more precise and comprehensive metrics to understand the full economic impact of supply chains. Their analysis revealed that the supply chain employs over 479,800 people in the state — 12% of the workforce. All these help mitigate disruptions to supply chains.