Supply & Demand Chain Executive

Sourcing & Procurement

Supplier Information Is Key to Using Price and Cost Analysis Tools Successfully

Institute for Supply Management (ISM)

Using price and cost analysis tools without understanding suppliers, complexity, risk and markets is useless.

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Risk/Compliance

UPS Report Shows Smart Operations Are Key to Manufacturing Excellence

United Parcel Service (UPS)

Smart operations use data collection, advanced analytics, technology and collaboration to optimize value streams.

Manufacturers that use smart operations are better positioned than others to compete and thrive in today’s fluctuating markets.

Procurement Software

BravoSolution Acquires Procure-to-Pay Provider Puridiom

The acquisition of Puridiom will expand BravoSolution’s footprint in the integrated source-to-pay market.

With this acquisition, BravoSolution takes the next step in enabling the full end-to-end procurement process through an integrated purchase-to-pay suite. This capability will help businesses efficiently manage the entire procurement lifecycle to drive savings.

Emerging Technologies

Leading Digital Transformation in the Supply Chain

IDC Manufacturing Insights

Supply chain practitioners should proactively plan a strategy to digitally transform how their supply chain operates.

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Sourcing & Procurement

The Rise of Robotic Manufacturing and a New Wave of Workers

Software AG USA Inc.

Should the minimum wage increase to $15 an hour, manufacturers will increasingly embrace automation technology.

Sean Riley

Sourcing & Procurement

Optimizing the Supply Chain Using Advanced Analytics

The Hackett Group Inc.

Application of analytical toolsets facilitate timely and meaningful insights to drive decision-making across the supply chain

BJ’s Wholesale Club Taps CommerceHub for Next Phase of E-Commerce Growth

Rithum (formerly known as CommerceHub)

The warehouse chain further scaled its e-commerce business, bolstering online assortment, fulfillment and delivery.

BJ’s intends to also deploy CommerceHub’s customer-centric performance measurement capability, which helps provide greater visibility and control over supplier network compliance for on-time shipments and deliveries.

E-Commerce Solutions

Alibaba’s Plan to Loosen Up World Trade Is Ambitious

The company will reach out to countries to test how a new e-commerce platform spanning the globe might work.

Company founder and chief Jack Ma says he hoped global enterprises, including rival Amazon, would work together to create the new platform to connect smaller enterprises around the world.

Risk/Compliance

Businesses Must Do More to End Slavery in Supply Chains

More businesses are being encouraged to sign up to a database to help tackle modern slavery in U.K. supply chains.

According to U.K. law, all businesses operating in the U.K. with a global turnover of US$47.3 million or more must publish an annual statement on the steps they have taken to tackle slavery issues in their supply chains and in their own organization.

Holland & Honeywell: The Honeywell Pickup & Delivery Solution

Honeywell International

Holland & Honeywell: The Honeywell Pickup & Delivery Solution

Risk/Compliance

Brexit Creates Risks and Opportunities: Are Companies Prepared to Exploit Them?

Information is power and arbitrage opportunities are available for those armed with supply chain intelligence.

Bindiya Vakil

Three Lessons for Merchandising Success Ahead of Labor Day

Quri's Summer of Merchandising service gives merchandisers a look at in-store performance both on- and off-shelf.

Quri has been tracking merchandising performance both on- and off-shelf for 45 brands in 14 categories at Wal-Mart and Target stores for 16 weeks—from Memorial Day to Labor Day.

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