QAD

JUNE 2, 2022

The first World Sustainable Procurement Day was held this year on March 21. With the increasing focus on sustainability, I guess we should not be surprised that sustainable procurement now has its own day on the calendar. How are you preparing for future procurement and supply chain sustainability regulatory requirements?

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QAD

MAY 23, 2023

This sounds simple enough, but we all know it’s a very complex issue and that’s partially because ESG concerns touch every part of the value chain, from the field or mine where raw materials are sourced to the packaging and transport modes used to bring your finished product to market.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 30, 2015

In the last decade, many companies, especially those with manufacturing operations, have evolved direct materials sourcing from an administrative function to a strategic procurement process. As a strategic process, transportation procurement may still seem very tedious and challenging.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 6, 2022

These sixteen states were joined by the District of Columbia, the City of New York, and a Bay Area organization. In early April, employees at an Amazon warehouse on New York’s Staten Island made history by becoming the first Amazon warehouse to vote to join a union (JFK8 fulfillment center).

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

The supply chain career is new. The discipline, first defined in 1982, includes source, make, deliver, and planning functions. The combined entity listing is E2open on the New York Stock Exchange, and the trade is ETWO. Coupa is well funded and performed well in the indirect procurement software market.

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QAD

DECEMBER 3, 2019

It means buying food that is sourced and/or grown within a geographical location that could be considered “local”. For example, a food label in a store in New York might read “ New York State Grown and Certified ”. Some of the benefits often associated with buying locally sourced products include: Fresher products.

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Procurement Academy

JULY 29, 2022

Again, this will introduce a range of new requirements, including a directive on non-financial reporting, which will compel companies to disclose their ESG risks and impacts. Meanwhile, in the US, New York State revealed plans for its Fashion Sustainability and Social Accountability Act (Fashion Act) earlier this year.

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ivalua

APRIL 2, 2019

Pacific Drilling requires a fast, efficient and automated sourcing process to support the company’s Purchasing processes. The company chose Consus and Ivalua for their deep capabilities in the Sourcing space to support their critical Purchasing processes.

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 29, 2019

I grew up in New York and graduated from the New York Institute of Technology. We found equipment and materials that can’t be sourced locally. The company searched for smart people who understand what the next new technology will be. I was involved with the procurement of equipment and materials.

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Resilinc

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

But the risk of war is already impacting supply chains, and an invasion of Ukraine by Russia would trigger extensive and enduring disruptions which supply chain and procurement managers should assess and prepare for. Russia produces about 12% of the world’s oil and is Europe’s largest natural gas supplier.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 1, 2022

Frequent readers of the Supply Chain Matters blog may recall one metaphor that this Editor has invoked over the past three years – the Eagle ’s tune, In a New York Minute ( Everything Can Change ). Friedman went on to articulate that transit times to move inventory from Asia to the U.S. Additional Thoughts.

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ivalua

JUNE 11, 2019

If you live in a city, state or country, which everybody does, your life and the lives of your family and friends is impacted directly by Procurement. No, I’m not referring to the Procurement department of your company (although, if Ivalua has anything to do about it, there are lots of interesting things happening there too).

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Procurement sourcing and tail spend solutions provider Fairmarkit announced the completion of a $35.6 Other investment participants included GGV Capital , Insight Partners, HighlandX along with a new strategic investment from ServiceNow. Expands C-Suite Amid Increased Technology Demand. Fairmarkit Announces $35.6

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ivalua

MARCH 14, 2019

Ivalua builds momentum as technology platform of choice for public sector procurement. eMaryland Marketplace Advantage is a technologically advanced electronic procurement system designed to make state procurement and business processes more efficient, transparent, secure, and user friendly for all stakeholders.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

The report, citing two informed sources, specifically indicates that between 30 percent and 50 percent of Foxconn’s and Jabil’s planned production output in August were affected by electrical power rationing. percent according to this same source. Global Economy Shock Waves Pose Added Threats to European Supply Chains.

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EcoVadis

OCTOBER 18, 2018

EcoVadis hosted events in three major cities: San Francisco on September 11 at the historic Bently Reserve, New York on October 2 at the world-renowned UN Global Compact, and Chicago on October 3 at the global investment firm Northern Trust. San Francisco.

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ModusLink Corporation

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Four fundamental practices: Based on (Ali Esfahbodi, 2016) research, Chinese and Iranian governments have focused their fight for SSCM based on four fundamental practices: sustainable procurement, sustainable production along with sustainable distribution , and reverse logistics. The New York Times (section B), 1. Cardwell, D.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 30, 2023

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights a further negative drop in the New York Federal Reserve’s Global Supply Chain Pressures Index ( GSPI ). This index compiles 27 different variables to include transportation movement and costs, global PMI sub-indexes reflecting delivery times and order backlog.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 11, 2022

In our Part Two look back commentary , we observed efforts and activities by businesses directed at restoring more direct control of supply network materials sourcing. The index value for the Shanghai to Los Angeles, however, was reported as $6,985, while the Shanghai to New York routing stood at $9,774.

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NC State SCRC

MAY 1, 2020

One set of orders to a major New York brand was due on February 17, and was shipped and received by the buyer. Future procurement practices should focus on order stability for proper planning, timely payment of orders, and full respect for workers’ rights. Read the entire article here …

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Enterra Insights

JULY 4, 2018

If left to further its own evolution, they could have served as a source of competition to British Manufacturers. The work of procurement and supply chain professionals continues to make the world go around, just as it did [242] years ago: connecting people with finished goods and turning raw materials into desirable products.”

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Logistics Bureau

MARCH 3, 2020

Containers are piling up in ports, international shipping has been hammered, Western companies are battling to source products from traditional suppliers, and disruptions are being experienced throughout the global supply chain. COVID-19 Impact on Procurement. And, according to some analysts, things could get worse—a whole lot worse!

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BlueYonder

MARCH 6, 2020

A New York Times article from August 2019 highlights how much artificial intelligence (AI) is indebted to humans. By using AI and ML, companies can better model and predict demand and fine tune their inventory from procurement to transport to warehouse to routing supplies to locations ahead of demand.

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Logistics Bureau

MARCH 19, 2020

With some of the world’s top gastronomic centres, such as Paris and New York, under stringent lockdowns, a plethora of restaurants and food outlets are cleverly trading on the fact that people still need to eat, despite the bleak conditions. The Food Industry.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 22, 2024

According to a published report by The New York Times , the FAA’s audit: “ explored how well Boeing’s employees understood the company’s quality control processes.” The FAA audit of supplier Sprit AeroSystems internal production processes involved a total of 13 product audits , seven of which were determined to be in noncompliance.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 7, 2022

For the specific routing of Shanghai to New York , the index was $11, 531, reflecting a six percent decline. . East Coast ports including the Port of Savannah, Charleston , and New York/New Jersey. Shipping Transit Timeliness. While months of congestion affecting the two major U.S.

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Proxima

MAY 31, 2019

Yogi Berra (New York Yankees baseball player). At Proxima, we’ve therefore been trying to envision what the future of procurement could look like and how Commercial teams can influence their organisations to drive ever more value out of their supply chains. It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future.”

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 21, 2017

Apple Gets Permit to Test Self-Driving Cars in California (New York Times). By aggregating orders from various geographic locations and coordinating apparel assembly processes on a large scale, the embodiments provide new ways to increase efficiency in apparel manufacturing.”. Source: Amazon patent.

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ivalua

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

It’s no secret that procurement organizations across industries were hit hard with challenges arising from Covid-19. eProcurement solutions are helping government agencies not only overcome those challenges but create new efficiencies never before possible, manage spend more effectively and deliver more value to the public.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 5, 2023

The latter has been reinforced by the April GSPI Index from the New York Federal Reserve , and now, the reported May GEP Global Supply Chain Volatility Index which indicated that “ for the first time since June 2020, global chain capacity is now underutilized, indicating a shift to a buyers’ market.

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EcoVadis

JULY 11, 2016

Before the United Nations Global Compact Leaders Summit in New York City June 22, a pre-conference roundtable session on supply chain sustainability was held at the UN Headquarters.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JANUARY 8, 2020

climate summit convened in New York. It saw leaders from around the world pledging new initiatives to address the ongoing climate crisis, including a $60 Billion renewable energy commitment from Germany, and 15 countries including Britain, Norway and Costa Rica pledging to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 8, 2022

According to the July 2022 Global Supply Chain Pressure Index (GSPI) , compiled and published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York , overall pressures reportedly declined once again in July. Global Supply Chain Pressure Index.

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EcoVadis

JUNE 25, 2018

Corporate Commitments to Zero Deforestation and Responsible Sourcing. An increasing number of major multinational companies are committing to tackle deforestation issues in their supply chains in a view to enhancing environmental and social impacts through responsible sourcing.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 23, 2022

According to the latest Global Supply Chain Pressure Index (GSPI) , compiled and published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York , overall pressures increased in April. Newly published indices reflecting global supply chain volatility and U.S. logistics reinforce both headwinds and added concerns. Global Supply Chain Pressure Index.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

A January 2012 article published in The New York Times , for example, focused on many topics, including the poor working conditions at Foxconn, but here is the excerpt that caught my attention the most: Apple typically asks suppliers to specify how much every part costs, how many workers are needed and the size of their salaries.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 14, 2022

According to the estimated May 2022 Global Supply Chain Pressure Index (GSPI) , compiled and published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York , overall pressures reportedly declined in May 2022. percent, is hovering at the highest levels since December 1981. Global Supply Chain Pressure Index.

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