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Procurement Rising – The Time is Now

ivalua

Procurement’s stature has grown during the COVID-19 crisis as costs, cash flow and supply continuity quickly became top boardroom priorities and homepage news. Across the world, procurement leaders have risen to the challenge. People should be thankful, and procurement practitioners proud. Examples abound.

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Procurement in 2021: Insights from five leaders

Proxima

Five procurement leaders outline what 2021 has in store. This time last year few procurement leaders would have forecast the challenges that would be thrown their way in 2020. Procurement is expected to be at the centre of making those changes a reality.

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Procurement in 2021: Insights from five leaders

Proxima

Five procurement leaders outline what 2021 has in store. This time last year few procurement leaders would have forecast the challenges that would be thrown their way in 2020. Procurement is expected to be at the centre of making those changes a reality.

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The State of the Trucking Market in 2021

GlobalTranz

Limited available real estate has further led to challenges as construction came to a halt in the past year.? Part of the problem with the bottlenecks arising in warehousing and drayage comes from limited available commercial business real estate and warehousing space. Reducing Reliance on Outdated Systems and Technology.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 30 – May 6)

Logistics Viewpoints

The company has faced sourcing constraints as a result of the war in Ukraine, causing the company to rely on second sourcing capabilities for its mustard procurement. Thankfully, for McCormick, no one raw material makes up more than 5 percent of its total cost of goods sold.

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Challenges facing the Financial Services sector

Proxima

For those in procurement and supply chain, we wanted to offer our thoughts on some of the most critical supply chain challenges the sector will face in the coming months including key insights on margin/ratio maintenance, managing long term remote work, and learnings from the Wirecard financial services scandal. Wall Street. Canary Wharf.

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Report That Mexico is Becoming a Preferred Nearshoring Strategy

Supply Chain Matters

That would include alternatives to China under the umbrella of China Plus sourcing, along with other alterative sourcing strategies to include domestic on-shoring or near-shoring of supply network needs. Industrial real estate prices in areas within reasonable driving distances to U.S. economy.”