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6 Essential Procurement Training Courses for Professionals: How To Begin and Advance Your Career in Procurement

SCMDOJO

Whether you’re an aspiring procurement enthusiast or a seasoned professional aiming to advance your career, investing in procurement training and procurement training courses can be a game-changer. The fantastic employment options that procurement training opens up are among the most convincing arguments for doing so.

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No Time Like the Present

Supply Chain Shaman

While ocean container volume fell 8% in September and ocean transportation prices are 71% lower year-over-year, don’t get lulled to sleep. The bad news is that there is no software to buy or consulting group that understands how to implement the concepts. For me, there is no time like the present. The issue is not revenue.

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Driver Shortage, Driverless Vehicles, and Other Supply Chain Curiosities

Logistics Viewpoints

What’s more, bots don’t require paychecks, benefits, vacations, training or other workforce overhead. A January 2021 DOT report suggests that “only 48% of trucking firms would be able to buy the technology in the decade after it becomes available.” Knowing the details will equip you to either negotiate or hold tight based on facts.

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Prediction- Added Labor Activism Among Industry Supply Chains

Supply Chain Matters

Such activism was demonstrated in labor contract negotiations, more aggressive tactics on the part of labor unions, and in actual strike actions. and Europe for programs to train workers in specialized technical dimensions of such production. automakers Ford Motor , General Motors and Stellantis.

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Not So Happy Returns This Post-Holiday Season

Enterra Insights

The staff at Wired magazine notes, “Everyone returns a gift or an impulse purchase now and then. Today’s consumers take a lot of factors into consideration when they make a purchase — including product availability, price, delivery dates, and return policies. of all merchandise purchased in the U.S. ”[2].

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Human-machine tradeoffs in supply chain decisions (and the LA Port)

NC State SCRC

Nowhere is digital transformation needed more than the Los Angeles port, where major operational disconnects are occurring between ships, trains, and trucks. In fact, Tom Linton notes that when he was the CSCO at Flex, he required all purchasing managers to slash their supplier lead times, as well as their planned internal assembly time.

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4 unstoppable forces that WILL change your end-to-end supply chain

Kinaxis

Gartner Research Director Tom Enright gave an enlightening presentation on Future Supply Chains for the Digital Era and Beyond , and shared some unstoppable forces in motion right now that will change the very notion of supply chain. Buy online, pickup in store, return via postal service. Global purchasing power. Uberization.

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