Procurement Academy

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

According to Deloitte Insights , 83% of digitally maturing companies use cross-functional teams to improve supply chain performance. Of course, the right training is key to the success of such initiatives, and can have a measurable impact on supply chain performance.

Buyer Training

RFgen

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Ever feel like your supply chain is a tangled mess of spreadsheets, frantic phone calls, and last-minute scrambles? It’s the key to transforming your supply chain from a source of frustration into a well-oiled, profit-generating machine. You’re not alone. That’s where data analytics comes in.

Optimal Sourcing

Freightos

JULY 7, 2025

Disparate systems, such as Warehouse Management Systems (WMS), Transportation Management Systems (TMS), and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) platforms, often operate in silos, resulting in inconsistent data formats and poor data quality. strive for cost savings and to increase supply chain performance.

Logistics Network Optimization Software

SCMDOJO

AUGUST 5, 2025

Supply chains are the lifelines of global commerce. As supply chains digitize and lean on cloud platforms, software systems, and third-party vendors, their vulnerability to cyber threats has dramatically increased. Understanding the Modern Threat Landscape The supply chain no longer begins and ends with physical goods.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 14, 2025

Supply Chain Education and Certification – What’s Missing? The world is becoming increasingly interconnected, and supply chain management has become a critical aspect of business operations. In this article, we will rank and describe the top 10 university Supply Chain management programs in the world.

Supply Chain Design Software

ModusLink Corporation

JANUARY 30, 2025

Supply Chain Management – SCM – The Coordinated Process of Producing and Delivering Goods and Services from Suppliers to Consumers – Conceptual Illustration In todays rapidly evolving global marketplace, supply chain disruptions have become a regular occurrence.

Sourcing Strategies

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 16, 2025

Still, it can be just as disruptive to supply chain performance. Fleet management is a long game — budget cycles, replacement planning, technology roadmaps. Preventive maintenance derails, compliance filings are missed, and work orders begin piling up. Disruptions in decision-making.

Negotiating Skills

RFgen

JUNE 23, 2025

AI is a powerful tool for modern supply chains , but it cannot operate effectively without a steady stream of high-quality, real-time data. Q: Saumya, why is mobile barcoding essential for AI in supply chains? Saumya: AI in supply chain operations depends on fast, accurate, and consistent data to make effective decisions.

Supply Chain Planning Software

My Office Apps

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Strong vendor relationships are critical for business success, especially when it comes to managing inventory and procurement. Vendor Relationship Management (VRM) helps businesses manage supplier interactions, track performance, and ensure smooth procurement processes. Why is Vendor Relationship Management Important?

Vendor Strategies

Bristlecone

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

This heightened awareness places a significant responsibility on procurement professionals to ensure that their supply chains align with ethical and environmental standards. 3 Invest in Training and Capacity Building: Equip your procurement team with the knowledge and skills to implement ethical sourcing practices effectively.

Optimal Sourcing

SCMDOJO

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Introduction As global supply chains evolve, ensuring cost efficiency is crucial. One way to assess the cost performance of any function within the supply chain is through Cost Performance Index (CPI). What is the Cost Performance Index (CPI)? Struggling to develop an appropriate procurement strategy?

Negotiating Skills

Jaggaer

OCTOBER 24, 2024

The Art of Supplier Collaboration: Best Practices to Build Lasting Partnerships Dynamic market changes and global events seem to create newer demands and greater pressure on procurement professionals. Ensuring that your suppliers understand your commitment to customer satisfaction will help build a more responsive and reliable supply chain.

Optimal Sourcing

Jaggaer

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Building Stronger Relationship s : Effective Approaches to Multi-Tier Supplier Collaboration A chain is only as strong as its weakest link—but what if you can’t evaluate the entire chain? Tier 1 suppliers and their suppliers—and their suppliers’ suppliers—make up an organization’s multi-tier supply chain.

Negotiate Pricing

Turvo

APRIL 24, 2025

These tools turn raw logistics data into actionable insights that drive efficiency, reduce costs, and improve performance across the entire supply chain. In this blog, we explore how logistics data analytics tools are transforming supply chains and what businesses need to consider when implementing them.

Analytics Software

Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 28, 2024

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group through its affiliated Supply Chain Matters blog provides both perspectives and self-rating observations regarding our January 2024 published Research Advisory- 2024 Predictions for Industry Global Supply Chains. Supply chain teams benefitted from such actions.

Predictive Analytics Software

Jaggaer

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Supplier Collaboration: Driving Innovation and Competitive Advantage In today’s hyper-connected global economy, where supply chains span continents, and industries are interlinked globally, supplier collaboration serves as the foundation to drive innovation and create a future-ready organization. What is supplier collaboration?

Cost Reduction Strategies

Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

As supply chains become more complex and globalized, many companies find it beneficial to rely on third-party logistics (3PL) providers to handle some or all of their transportation, warehousing, distribution, and fulfillment needs. Flexibility and Scalability Supply chains must be agile and able to scale to meet changing demands.

Logistics Network Optimization Software

Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Global wide consumer electronics giant Apple is managing multiple supply chain influenced levers geared at enabling a successful holiday fulfilment quarter. Reportedly, planners are tapping component supply that is available in China. He promised to grow alongside Chinese companies and to contribute to supply chain development.

Sourcing Strategies

Exiger Perspectives

JANUARY 13, 2025

Southern California Wildfires and Windstorm Client Alert Supply Chain Risk Alert Severe wildfires and windstorms have impacted Southern California since January 7, 2025. Exiger empowers clients to assess the impact of wildfires on their supply chain through cutting-edge visualization tools that map the geolocations of their suppliers.

California

AFFLINK

JANUARY 13, 2025

Fortunately, predictive analytics is becoming a new essential tool in supply chain management , especially for combatting common challenges with seasonal inventory. This is where predictive analytics can prove instrumental for strategic supply chain management. Fortunately, predictive analytics helps bridge this gap.

Predictive Analytics

o9 Solutions

JUNE 9, 2025

Live on stage, he demonstrated Generative and Agentic AI embedded directly into the o9 platform, supporting real planning and decision-making workflows. Rethinking Enterprise Planning: From Complexity to Execution Chakri opened by challenging the traditional view of companies as hierarchies of roles and functions. It’s already here.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 6, 2024

In this Supply Chain Matters posting we want to alert our readers to an upcoming and rather timely podcast that will initially publish next week on this platform. This podcast is titled- What Supply Chain Leaders Should Anticipate in Leadership and Workforce Reskilling Needs in 2025.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Bristlecone

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Enhance performance, agility, and resilience while confidently addressing critical data migration challenges READ WHITE PAPER TAKE YOUR SUPPLY CHAIN TO THE NEXT LEVEL Transform supply chain performance without disruption. Unlock new possibilities for your operations.

SAP

QAD

APRIL 3, 2025

Supplier Management solutions have garnered significant recognition in the procurement industry for their innovative approach and substantial business benefits. This recognition underscores QADs growing influence and effectiveness in addressing the complex needs of todays procurement professionals.

Optimal Sourcing

Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 17, 2025

Introduction and Purpose Since our inception as an independent supply chain management industry analyst advisory firm, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group has published an annual predictions advisory. The context of our predictions includes a broad cross-functional umbrella of what is considered supply chain management.

Predictive Analytics Software

Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 27, 2025

Implications for Automotive Industry Supply and Demand Dynamics As expressed in our prior highlighting of these continually changing U.S. Shifting messages from President Trump that continue to add confusion to the tariff planning process havent helped. But at some point, the governmental policy picture has to solidify.

Industry

Supply Chain Matters

MAY 20, 2025

Supply Chain Matters highlights two noteworthy developments concerning Foxconn that are related to the ongoing tariff war tensions surrounding global supply networks. With that declaration, Nvidia indicated revised plans involving the production of Advanced AI servers worth $500 billion in the U.S.

Manufacturing Procurement

Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 26, 2025

Supply Chain Matters highlights for our readers, particularly business and supply chain leaders, a published report that cites evidence of increased global-wide protectionism. In 2020, multiple industry supply chains were significantly tested with simultaneous product demand and supply network disruptions.

Sourcing Strategies

Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 12, 2025

Supply Chain Matters updates readers on todays milestone of U.S. import tariffs are being planned for the beginning of April, in addition to threatened tariffs on automotive, pharmaceutical, semiconductor and agricultural industry specific segments. import tariffs taking effect for steel and aluminum imports.

Manufacturing Procurement

Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 30, 2025

Supply Chain Matters has provided various prior commentaries directed at assisting industry supply chain management teams to plan and/or assess the impacts of the ever increasing geo-political developments coupled with the Trump Administration ’s efforts to invoke added tariffs on multitudes of countries.

Scenario Planning

Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 30, 2025

Supply Chain Matters provides highlights of EV auto maker Teslas Q4 and 2024 financial performance. We do so from a supply chain, production and new product management lens. Of that total, upwards of 1.7 million vehicles.

Material Savings

Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 5, 2025

Supply Chain Matters provides readers with our summary highlights and perspectives relative to supply chain assessments as reported by various published global wide PMI indices. manufacturing and procurement activity levels, namely the ISM Report on Business Manufacturing PMI , and the S&P Global U.S.

Manufacturing Procurement

Silvon Software

MAY 6, 2025

Unifies internal and external data Connect data from your ERP, CRM, budget plans, supplier feeds, customer portals, and more. These pre-packaged analytics typically span across all major functional areas: Sales & Customer Insights Track sales performance by region, product, rep, or customer.

Prescriptive Analytics Software

Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 17, 2024

This Supply Chain Matters update serves as a side panel to our previously published commentary- What Business and Supply Chain Management Teams Should Anticipate in 2025. They further provide a basis of what industry and global supply chain challenges could present in the coming year. He Isnt Budging.

Policies

Supply Chain Matters

JULY 8, 2025

Supply Chain Matters highlights added developments relative to efforts in imposing reciprocal tariffs on individual countries. Following our Supply Chain Matters posting yesterday regarding an announced U.S. plans to impose. imports could climb to around 20% from less than 3% before Trump’s inauguration in January.”

Negotiating Skills

Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 17, 2025

Additional Data Points In our previously published Supply Chain Matters posting relative to the imposition of U.S. Copyright 2025, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters blog. Inflation is now expected to be 2.9 percent in 2026, an increase of 0.8 percent this year, and 2.0 percent in 2026.

Forecasting

Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group through its affiliated Supply Chain Matters blog provides summary themes of our soon to published 2025 annual predictions for industry and global supply chains. Themes and Perspectives We begin with a look back perspective toward our outlined themes during the prior two years.

Predictive Analytics Software