Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 10, 2025

For years, supply chains were engineered to be lean. Reducing cost was the primary objective, and most operational decisionsfrom sourcing to fulfillmentreflected that mindset. Recent years have brought a series of disruptions that exposed vulnerabilities in how supply chains are designed.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 6, 2014

The post Efficient Financing Options Help Enhance Factory Standards in Emerging Markets appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints: A Blog for Logistics, Supply Chain, and 3PL Executives. Procurement/Sourcing Supply Chain Planning Supply Chain Risk Management financial supply chain GT Nexus IFC'

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Kinaxis

AUGUST 5, 2014

You have a supply chain risk management strategy in place. This key supplier had been identified and sure enough, you have a second source primed and ready to go. A few hours later, your procurement head walks in the office. “We We have a problem.” The alternate source uses the same supplier in Taiwan.

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Resilinc

JANUARY 31, 2024

Learn the best practices for supply chain risk management in 2024 from Resilinc, the gold standard for supply chain resiliency. As risk managers audit their vendors and programs at the start of the year, it’s also time to clean up old strategies and supply chain practices.

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Exiger Perspectives

OCTOBER 31, 2024

How is AI changing supply chain risk management , and what does it mean for the future? These questions were part of a recent discussion featuring Exiger CEO Brandon Daniels about AI impacts on supply chains. Arjun Mehta: How is AI impacting supply chain risk management?

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Thirdly, all the COVID supply disruptions brought home the need for better supply chain risk management. Risk management had been a hard sale. Companies typically embrace improved supply chain risk management after a disaster – after the horse had already fled the burning barn.

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Resilinc

MARCH 26, 2024

Welcome to part three of our AI in Supply Chain blog series. In this blog, we explore the different types of predictive AI models for supply chain risk management. In this blog, we explore the models used in Resilinc’s predictive AI and explain how they help streamline supply chain risk management.

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ivalua

APRIL 23, 2020

Like every industry Procurement & Supply Chain software vendors are having to find new approaches in the pandemic world, and firms are coming up with ways of holding events virtually, some of which work better than others. The May 5 th programme is open to everyone, while the 6 th is limited to current Ivalua customers. .

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ivalua

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

years and companies can expect to lose 42% of one year’s EBITDA every decade due to supply chain disruptions. Herculean efforts by Procurement and Supply Chain departments to keep supplies flowing have prevented even more extreme disruptions than what we’ve experienced, but have inadvertently created additional risks. .

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Ivalua Blog [ivory-search] Weathering Future Disruptions: 8 Steps to Building Supply Chain Resilience February 8, 2023 | | Manufacturing by Doug Keeley In the face of an unprecedented global crisis, Procurement stepped up to become a crucial driving force for business continuity. Work to achieve 100% supply chain visibility.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 29, 2025

In Part One of the series , Michael observed that standard sourcing solutions struggle in efforts to support direct materials sourcing because of specific challenges in the software design and why. Much of this has to do with needs for deep integration and two way flow of data streams.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 29, 2022

Supply Chain Risk Management Solution from riskmethods. If I was asked to vote for the most interesting solution set that has come to the fore over the last few years, my vote would be for supply chain risk management solutions. Supply Chain Risk Management Vendors.

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

What are the pros and cons, and what supply chain strategy will pave the way to higher margins, improved supply chain risk management in healthcare and improved patient care? That’s the question we set out to answer in our recent panel discussion with Procurement and Supply Chain experts.

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ivalua

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Ivalua, a global leader in spend management, today announced that it has been selected by Swedish steel manufacturer SSAB to further improve the efficiency of its procurement processes and uphold and strengthen supply chain risk management thanks to Ivalua’s Source-to-Contract (S2C) solution.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

” There are, however, some well-known dragons supply chain risk managers will continue to encounter. ”[2] It’s not just supply chains that are realigning, columnist Ezra Klein insists the whole world is realigning. ” Reputational risk. ” Value at Risk.

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Resilinc

JULY 26, 2024

Learn the supply chain risk management maturity model stages from Supplier Risk Management to antifragility. The way that businesses talk about (and manage) supply chains is changing rapidly. Supplier Risk Management What is Supplier Risk Management (SRM)?

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 7, 2022

This kind of disruption causes major dislocation in the sources of demand and shifts the centers of gravity for demand, forcing organizations to rethink their supply chain design. There are just three of the many more disruptive forces with knock-on effects across the global supply chains.

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Resilinc

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Enter the future of AI in supply chain. In this new multi-part blog series, we address the possibilities of supply chain AI and how new capabilities and machine learning algorithms are revolutionizing supply chain risk management (SCRM).

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 16, 2015

We are entering an era where it is becoming possible to detect supply chain risks much more quickly. In a discussion with AGCO’s Jan Theissen, Director of Strategy and Methods, and Jake Stone, Manager of Supply Chain Risk and Contract Management, I learned about this public, Atlanta headquartered corporation’s […].

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 8, 2024

These solutions use natural language processing, for example, to read online publications and other data sources, make sense of what they read, contextualize the data into information, and report supply chain disruptions caused by weather, geopolitical events and other hazards in near real-time.

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Jaggaer

JUNE 6, 2023

JAGGAER's latest news on procurement & sourcing. Read now: Supply Chain Risk Management? But How?

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Resilinc

MAY 12, 2025

All eyes on AI-powered supply chain software AI dominated the agenda at this years event, with 77 sessions dedicated to exploring its impact on supply chain strategy and execution. Our team heard it time and time again at the event: Supply chain leaders dont just want smarter insightsthey want systems that act on them.

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Resilinc

MARCH 6, 2025

Heres your guide to NDAA for aerospace and defense supply chainsand how Resilincs aerospace and defense supply chain risk management solutions can help you navigate these changes. It covers everything from funding for defense programs to weapons procurement and national security initiatives.

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Resilinc

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Let’s first understand the meaning of “enterprise risk management” and how it relates to supply chain risk management. What is Enterprise Risk Management? How is ERM different from supply chain risk management?

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Resilinc

OCTOBER 26, 2021

To research, develop, produce, and distribute its pharmaceuticals, vaccines, and consumer healthcare products, the firm has “a massive global footprint, sourcing ingredients and commodities from all over the world,” said Gupta. From reactive issue management to proactive strategy. So was an early pilot test of proactive SCRM. “We

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ivalua

MAY 9, 2019

Doug Keeley, Product Marketing Manager, Ivalua. The most fundamental spend categorization in Procurement is the line between direct and indirect spend, but one effort that transcends this split is supplier management. While Procurement might not consider these relationships strategic, they are critical nonetheless.

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ShipBob

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Where you get these from, or how you source them, can be a huge decision. Sourcing can seem overwhelming if you’re a brand or retail buyer not entirely sure what you’re doing, but it can significantly impact the quality, cost, and availability of your products. What is strategic sourcing? What is procurement?

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Exiger Perspectives

MARCH 25, 2025

Exiger Earns Categorys Highest Functional Scores in Both Supply Chain Risk Management and Third Party Risk Management WASHINGTON, DC. SolutionMap data is acquired through the completion of an in-depth RFI to validate the true capabilities of procurement solutions.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 21, 2025

Two recently published studies identify the top disruptions that impacted industry, business and global supply chains during 2024 and our expected to be present in 2025. This data was compiled from Resilincs EventWatchAI , a risk monitoring database provided to customers.

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Exiger Perspectives

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Exiger has previously analyzed Chinas regulatory moves to restrict these minerals trade flows, highlighting the need to identify alternative sources of supply. government procurement of critical components. national security and the sustainment and procurement related to critical U.S. Following the U.S. weapons systems.

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Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Supply chain risk management (SCRM) is often discussed in terms of prevention, mitigation, and recovery. ” Supply chain risk managers undoubtedly agree with that sentiment. ” The simple fact is: The more global a supply chain the more difficult it is to make it resilient or robust.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Everything from contrast dye, to tubing, to medical devices with embedded semiconductor chips would suddenly become difficult to source. Buying organizations use this technology to monitor and analyze supplier risk events in real-time. A customer of the risk solutions begins by listing key suppliers.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 22, 2018

Check out What is Virtual Procurement and Why Should You Care? Where is procurement, outsourcing, sourcing, supply chain, and purchasing going? Secondarily, we will include information from other procurement professionals and procurement firms about their experiences, what they forecast, and what they are seeing.

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ivalua

MARCH 16, 2021

Sajid Kunnummal, Vice President and CPO at Navistar, was interviewed in late 2020 by Philip Ideson from Art of Procurement. When the crisis hit, Procurement as a function was suddenly in the hot seat, and it became the driving force for business continuity. Why is visibility so important?

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ivalua

JUNE 1, 2022

Sajid Kunnummal, Vice President and CPO at Navistar, was interviewed by Philip Ideson from Art of Procurement to discuss the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on Procurement. When the crisis hit, Procurement as a function was suddenly in the hot seat, and it became the driving force for business continuity.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 17, 2025

Read more The post Some Supply Chain Lessons Are Never Learned appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez. The unexpected lack of fasteners marks the sort of test Boeing will face in coming years as.

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ThroughPut

OCTOBER 1, 2020

A recent study by Deloitte revealed that almost 85% of surveyed global supply chains had experienced at least one disruption in the past 12 months. What is Supply Chain Risk Management? The Supply Chain Risk Management Lifecycle.

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