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Supply Management Transformation
May 9, 2011
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Sourcing Solutions
B2BE Launches Managed Customer Invoice Distribution Solution
This solution proactively ensures that the invoices are received by the customers so that it can be processed and delivered on time.
Software Solutions
EAIGLE's Alliance with YMS Providers to Drive the Future of Yard Managment
This initiative is designed to transform Yard Management Systems (YMS) from homegrown to existing YMS providers by integrating advanced AI and computer vision technologies.
Sourcing Solutions
Focus on Responsible Sourcing Fuels Business Growth: Research
The 2024 State of Supplier Diversity report by Supplier.io reveals responsible sourcing as a cornerstone of business strategy, fueling core operations and accelerating global expansion.
Training/Onboarding
Growing C-Suite Complacency on Supply Chain Issues: Research
As the pandemic moves further into the rearview mirror, supply chain executives may be losing the strategic gains they made with their C-suite counterparts, according to new research from Ernst & Young LLP.
Retail
Tighter Returns Policies Threaten U.S. Consumer Spending: Survey
Blue Yonder releases the 2024 Consumer Retail Returns Survey, which examines how U.S. consumers are experiencing and reacting to increasingly stringent returns policies.
Regulations
75% of the World's Battery Supply Chain at Risk of Violating Laws: Research
Research by Infyos finds that companies accounting for 75% of the global battery market have connections to one or more companies in the supply chain facing allegations of severe human rights abuses.
Sourcing Solutions
Optimistic Business Outlook for Global SMEs: Research
According to Alibaba, SMEs' positive outlook for Q4 2024 and beyond is hampered by certain challenges. Inflationary pressures top the list at 38% of the vote, followed by challenges in marketing and customer acquisition (31%).
Carbon Footprint
Worldly Launches the Product Impact Calculator
With over 90% of the apparel and consumer goods sectors’ emissions coming from Scope 3, the Product Impact Calculator comes at a critical time for meeting reduction targets and upcoming reporting requirements.
Manufacturing
71% of Procurement Leaders Believe MRO Should be a Strategic Initiative: Survey
The survey by Verusen, WBR Insights and ProcureCon MRO, focuses on the current state and future evolution of MRO materials and spare parts management, highlighting its strategic importance, existing challenges and opportunities.
Hiring
ECI Software Solutions Appoints Chief Marketing Officer
Personnel updates sees new appointments at Norfolk Southern, Goggins Transport and more.
Software Solutions
Endor Labs Reports on Open-Source Software Dependency Management
The third annual report from Endor Labs reveals that while remediation costs for dependency risks are perilously high, function-level reachability analysis still offers the best value in this critical area.
Clean Energy
Competitive Advantage Is Top Motivator for Corporate Emissions: Survey
In its second annual survey of corporate sustainability leaders, Optera reveals that corporate sustainability efforts have made remarkable strides over the past year.
Manufacturing
Global Purchasing Activity Contracting at Strongest Pace Since December: GEP Index
The GEP Global Supply Chain Volatility Index fell to -0.37 in August. This is its lowest level year-to-date (vs. -0.22 in July), signaling the highest level of spare capacity at global suppliers in 2024.
Ocean Ports & Carriers
TCI Tank Logistics Will Add New Rail Line to Port of New Orleans
TCI Tank Logistics invests in 1,200 linear feet of new rail that will tie into the New Orleans Public Belt and service customers at the Port of New Orleans.
Material Handling Equipment
EP North America Debuts New Lithium-Ion Battery Powered Forklifts
EP North America debuts two new forklifts, the CPD45F8/50F8 and EFLA251 to help warehouse and DC managers provide powerful lithium-ion solutions that will upgrade any fleet of diesel and LPG warehouse vehicles.
Retail
Zebra Technologies Intros Solutions to Increase Retailers’ Efficiency
Zebra Technologies unveils a trio of solutions purpose-built for modern stores and their warehouse operations.
Manufacturing
Only 11% of U.S. Manufacturers Have a Positive Economic Outlook: Research
While nearly half (49%) of U.S. manufacturers expect a recession to hit in 2025, most are overlooking straight-forward opportunities to lower their costs and drive profitability ahead of a down market, according to Caddi.
E-Commerce Solutions
Loop Launches Order Tracking for a Post-Purchase Experience
The solution allows merchants to create custom tracking pages for their customers that best reflect their brand, further building consumer trust and transparency.
Fleet Management
Uber Freight Advances End-to-End Logistics
Uber Freight unveils an evolution to its end-to-end enterprise logistics platform designed to meet the complex and evolving needs of the industry.
Software Solutions
IBM's Accelalpha Acquisition to Expand Oracle Consulting
This acquisition expands IBM's Oracle consulting expertise in supply chain and logistics, finance, enterprise performance management (EPM) and customer transformation.
Supply Chain Visibility
81% of Industrial Companies Say SaaS Will Become Standard for PLM
Aras releases latest findings from its report, “Spotlight on the Future 2024,” revealing that cloud-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) is fast becoming the dominant deployment model for enterprise PLM.
Automation
Esker Announces Innovative Synergy Transformer AI
Designed to streamline order processing by optimizing data extraction, Esker’s Synergy Transformer achieves speed and accuracy using a custom-trained language model.
Risk/Compliance
Secureframe Introduces Free Gap Assessment
The Gap Assessment helps service partners including MSPs, MSSPs, vCISOs and IT Security Consultants identify gaps in security posture or compliance status, offering clear insights into improvement areas.
Manufacturing
Labor Shortages Lead to Revenue Losses for U.S. Manufacturers
Four-in-ten organizations (39%) have cited revenue losses as a key long-term consequence of the labor shortage. This is according to new research by Visual Components of manufacturing decision-makers in the U.S.
