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Procurement Software

Why 87% of Procurement Teams Lack Supplier Risk Automation

Procurement teams have full accountability for supplier risk but lack the connected systems or validated, current data needed to get ahead of it.

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Procurement Software

Why Contract Clarity is Now a Supply Chain Risk Imperative

Every business relationship that matters to procurement — every supplier, every commitment, every risk — is governed by a contract. Yet for most organizations, that intelligence sits dormant until a crisis forces the issue.

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Procurement Software

Supplier Failure is Now the Cost of Doing Business

Organizations take 25 days on average to identify and onboard a replacement supplier, during which 74% are exposed to shortages or significant operational disruption.

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Supply Chain Visibility

Supply Chain Organizations Lack Centralized Visibility

Nearly two out of five identify risk only shortly before or after it has already affected operations.

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China’s Factories and Exporters to Show Signs of Domestic Slowdown

China’s economy grew 4.3% year on year in the second quarter, supported by resilient factory output and a sharp rise in exports. But experts say these forces are beginning to weaken.

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Ocean Ports & Carriers

Global Shipping Diversions Plateau After 20 Weeks of Hormuz Disruption

Diversions are plateauing at 4 times pre-conflict levels.

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Financial Management Software

Mastercard Introduces New Security Controls Across Virtual Card Platform

Enhancements now include advanced virtual card controls to help reduce risk across the full payment lifecycle.

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Risk/Compliance

Small Businesses Raised Prices to Combat Tariffs

We Pay the Tariffs

Nearly half of small businesses took on new debt, and 40% tapped into personal savings such as retirement funds.

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Altana’s Cervo AI Acquisition to Deliver End-to-End Agentic AI Platform for Customs Brokerage

With the addition of Cervo, Altana is said to be the only AI platform to offer an end-to-end customs broker workflow.

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Fleet Management

Fleet Optimization and Sustainability: The Case for One Unified Approach

Adding an emissions input to the same view where cost per mile lives is a smaller operational change than most organizations expect. Here's why.

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Tariff Refunds: How to Evaluate and Respond

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

For supply chain leaders not steeped in trade law, here is a practical framework for evaluating and responding to tariff refund requests from customers.

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Only 1.4% of FMCSA-Registered Carriers Qualified to Handle Specialized Steel Freight

The challenge is no longer simply finding transportation capacity but rather securing qualified transportation capacity.

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