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This Week in Logistics News (January 27 – February 2)

Logistics Viewpoints

technology from helping China’s military. In some cases, shoppers can send back different items than the ones they bought, return stolen items or claim a purchase never got delivered when it really did. percent year-on-year decline in cargo ton miles to 1.8bn, although this metric increased by 9.5 Retailers estimate 13.7

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How Modern Software Empowers Procurement with Agility and Resilience in Times of Crisis

ivalua

In a recent webinar, “ How to Leverage S2P Platforms to Enable Supply Chain Resilience ,” procurement experts from Forrester, Ivalua and Procurement Leaders discussed how digital transformation and the technologies that enable it can help companies mitigate risk and be more agile and resilient.

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RS Integrated Supply Joins Signatories of UK’s Armed Forces Covenant

Synovos

We recognise the value Serving Personnel, both Regular and Reservists, Veterans, and military families contribute to our business and our country.” “RS RS Integrated Supply was introduced by RS Group in 2022 after combining Synovos and IESA, two procurement and supply chain management companies. Interested in our services?

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Consumer Behavior is Changing in the Grocery Sector

Enterra Insights

Grocery sector journalist Sam Silverstein reports, “While grocery spending was up modestly in June, the government’s latest retail sales data underscores how significantly the landscape has shifted for the industry since the start of the year. However, value is a subjective concept. .”[3]

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Integrated Supply in 2024: Three Trends Reshaping the Industry

Synovos

It all comes back to the data,” agrees Tom Cummins, Vice President of Global Procurement at RS Integrated Supply. “If Use of AI will continue to transform procurement in the years to come. RS Group received the highest rating, Platinum, and we also ask our suppliers to get assessed and report back to our clients on this.

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Ethics in Procurement – Simple, but Not Always Easy

Logistics Bureau

If you have not yet tackled the question of ethics in procurement, now is a great time to start. It does not matter whether you are a procurement professional, internal customer, external customer, senior executive, or supplier. Procurement is what sets entire supply chains and their organisations in motion.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 27 – June 2)

Logistics Viewpoints

Walmart added new functionality that lets sellers purchase shipping labels for domestic orders on its marketplace. Sellers can only purchase a shipping label through Walmart for orders that are in an unshipped status, it noted. manufacturers re-evaluating their reliance on China. Walmart SWW currently offers FedEx and USPS shipping.