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Ivalua Supports the Digitalization of Tchibo’s Indirect Purchasing Process with its Source-to-Contract Solution

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Ivalua, a global leader in spend management , today announced that Tchibo, one of the largest coffee roasters in the world, has chosen Ivalua and its partner Capgemini to digitize Source-to-Contract (S2C) for its indirect purchasing of goods and services. Ivalua is a leading provider of cloud-based Spend Management software.

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Greener Shopping and Shipping: The Rise of Carbon Neutral e-Commerce Delivery

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Barbara Schielke Chief HR & CSR Officer for Asendia explains how carbon offsetting, emissions reporting per parcel, and supply chain efficiencies are helping retailers green their e-commerce fulfilment. Alibaba is using its communication channels to proactively support its retail partners as they strive to go greener.

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Innovation in the Supply Chain’s Last Mile

Enterra Insights

Retailers especially covet space near highly populated areas where online orders can be loaded onto trucks and vans for local delivery to their final destinations. Retailers face a scarcity of final-stage warehouses near major cities; and as more companies promise same-day or even two-hour arrivals, such space is rising in demand and value.”[2]

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Innovation in the Supply Chain’s Last Mile

Enterra Insights

Retailers especially covet space near highly populated areas where online orders can be loaded onto trucks and vans for local delivery to their final destinations. Retailers face a scarcity of final-stage warehouses near major cities; and as more companies promise same-day or even two-hour arrivals, such space is rising in demand and value.”[2]

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The VF Corporation Invested in Supply Chain Agility Before COVID Made “Agility” the New Buzzword

Logistics Viewpoints

Those goods flowed through three regional hubs – in Singapore, Panama City, Panama and Stabio, Switzerland – to 49 distribution centers, 24 of which VF operates. The supply plan will include the procurement plan for their raw material supplies (Tier 2) needed for their finished goods suppliers (Tier 1).

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Empowered Consumers Require Omnichannel Strategies

Enterra Insights

Many retailers are struggling to deliver on this expectation.”[1] 1] Sometimes three-day delivery, or even overnight delivery, isn’t fast enough — which is why click-and-collect schemes have joined other retail order fulfillment channels. A recent study from Accenture Strategy found that 62 percent of U.S.

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The secret to distance selling success

DELMIA Quintiq

The reluctance to purchase groceries online seems to be a German peculiarity. Switzerland is also way ahead at €87 per person. On the supply side, startups and established retailers are hesitant in developing a nationwide network due to already narrow profit margins. Two, the online retailers need their own delivery networks.