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Studies Identify Top Supply Chain Disruption Risks

Supply Chain Matters

Within the report, each risk is assigned a risk score metric to help global supply chain leaders prioritize planning and mitigation efforts this year. Other risks noted in this grouping are increased Middle East tensions, South China Sea disputes and proposed tariff increases. All rights reserved.

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Procurement Leadership is Needed for the New Era of Disruption Ahead

NC State SCRC

I recently spoke at the National Contract Management Association on the subject of human capital in supply chains , and the need for building leadership skills in our procurement and supply chain professionals. ” The study finds that that successful companies: link performance metrics to broader strategic goals.

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Transportation Network Modeling: A Powerful Tool in Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Strategy

Talking Logistics

In 2010, Walmart announced its goal to eliminate 20 million metric tons of GHG emissions from its global supply chain by the end of 2015. million metric tons to date, saying that some measures had led to a doubling of fleet efficiency. Last year the company announced that it has exceeded this commitment early by eliminating 28.2

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Ferrari: Under the Hood

ToolsGroup

The reading audience is global, and spans a wide variety of roles: procurement, supply chain strategy and planning, product management, logistics and transportation, customer service, and others. We talked to Bob to see what we might learn from that experience. What is the makeup of your blog audience?

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Water is as Important to Some Industries as Electricity

Enterra Insights

In the past two decades, military clashes between nations over water resources have been exceedingly rare, but internal water-related conflicts and tensions have been on the rise in recent years.” Transition to adaptive policies that enable NbS across infrastructure engineering, procurement, and construction.

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Best AI Tools for Supply Chain and Logistics: The Ultimate Guide for 2024

ThroughPut

Together these capabilities facilitate better demand forecasting and planning, inventory management, procurement, and logistics, and augments visibility across the supply chain – far better than any technology or human has managed to do till date. The platform primarily helps predict demand and improve customer experience.

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Best Logistics Management Software: Everything You Need to Know Before Making a Purchase Decision

ThroughPut

It helps coordinate the various supply chain activities, which include the complete range of procurement, development, implementation, commercialization, and delivery of the goods or services to the market. Before the 1950s, logistics was perceived in purely military terms. Logistics has, however, come a long way.