Sourcing & Procurement | Supply and Demand Chain Executive

Unboxing the Last Mile: SDCE Editors Unpack Meal Kits

Associate editor Brielle and assistant editor Mackenna try out different meal kits and dive into the packaging and delivery process in the latest episode of Unboxing the Last Mile.

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Pros to Know: Understanding the Benefits of the Supply Chain with Matt Tichon, LLamasoft, A Coupa Company

Assistant editor Mackenna Moralez talks with Matt Tichon, LLamasoft, A Coupa Company, about how he helps clients understands the benefits of the supply chain and the important decisions surrounding it.

L.I.N.K. Live Turns One!

Marina, Brielle and Mackenna celebrate L.I.N.K. Live's 1-Year Anniversary with a look back at favorite guests, sessions, topics and more.

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SCN Summit | Procurement & Risk Management 2

June 10, 2021

This expert panel will detail best practices for assessing and evaluating vulnerabilities and how to design and implement a comprehensive risk mitigation plan.

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SCN Summit | Procurement & Risk Management 1

June 10, 2021

This expert panel will detail best practices for assessing and evaluating vulnerabilities and how to design and implement a comprehensive risk mitigation plan.

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SCN Summit | Executive Outlook on Supply Chain Trends

June 7, 2021

Industry experts provide an executive outlook into the state of logistics and supply chains, including discussions on automation, transportation, warehousing and emerging technologies.

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What is Supply Chain Management, and Why is it Important?

Getting supply chain management right is a make or break for any business.

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How to Successfully Solve Supply Chain Problems

You can’t fix what you don’t understand, but if you know the causes and how those causes relate to one another, you’ll be better able to solve the problem and hedge against future risks.

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Source-to-Pay Trends and Predictions for 2021

Here’s some source-to-pay (S2P), procurement and finance trends to watch in 2021.

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An Update on the Vaccine Supply Chain

Associate editor Brielle Jaekel is the next SDCE editor to get vaccinated and gives an update on where the United States is in the vaccine rollout and its supply chain.

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CFOs Transitioning From Crisis Management to Growth

More than 75% of respondents reported diversity, equity and inclusion and environment, social and governance as being “priorities” or “important” within their organizations.

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Data Reveals Need for Digital Transformation in Customer Engagement

Fewer than one-fifth (18%) said that they use modern marketing technology solutions that incorporate robust marketing automation (10%) or real-time analytics (8%).

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COVID-19, One Year Later: Key Takeaways on the Pandemic’s Effect on Supply and Demand

One year in, the following are key pandemic-induced trends that will continue to influence supply chain decision-making in the long term.

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Mickey Raises $10MM to Eliminate Global Trade Crisis

This platform will modernize the way products are sourced and exported out of the United States, open up new markets for small to mid-size suppliers and wipe out the global trade crisis.

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Establishing Vendor Management Office Delivers Financial and Operational Advantage

Establishing a vendor management office is a critical step to obtaining efficiencies in the supply chain.

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Survey Reveals Optimism Around Future Supply Chain Performance

The survey revealed optimism around future supply chain performance while noting sustained challenges in solving final-mile problems, rising transportation costs and workforce demands.

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Fairmarkit Introduces Streamlined Procurement Solution

This efficiency-first approach to RFPs eliminates manual efforts, saves procurement teams time and clicks and increases operational efficiency, sustainability and diversity enrichment and tracking.

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Last-Mile Logistics in Construction

Adopting the best practices of e-commerce leaders will allow construction suppliers to increase profitability, match customer expectations and lay the foundation for future gains.

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Taking Stock of Inventory

Although an inability to influence supplier behavior might seem like a major barrier to a lean operation, it’s possible to overcome this by thinking differently about this issue.

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3 Stages for Getting Your Supply Chain from Recovery to Resilience

Know the importance of simplicity during recovery, discovery and building resilience. That way, when the next set of supply chain disruptions come to knock you down, you can work through or around the disruption faster, better and smarter.

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COVID-19, One Year Later: Economy ‘Has Come a Long Way’

NRF forecast that 2021 retail sales – excluding automobile dealers, gasoline stations and restaurants – will grow between 6.5-8.2% over 2020 to $4.33-4.4 trillion.

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What’s Behind the Semiconductor Shortage in the Automotive Space

Supply chain visibility will continue to be important in the year ahead for the automotive sector and others that employ semiconductors and electronics components.

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Register for Supply Chain Professor Roundtable Discussion

Supply chain professors will provide insight as to what companies should be doing in terms of hiring, training and upskilling supply chain professionals.

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64% of Small Manufacturers Anticipate Growth as Business Confidence Rebounds to Pre-COVID-19 Levels

Suppliers and small manufacturers showed a significant rebound in business confidence for manufacturers, with 56% reporting a mild to strong increase in business, compared to the same time last year.

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The Increasing Importance of ESG on Organization’s Supply Chains

To really achieve sustainability, it has to be a top-down, company-wide cultural effort.

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Repairing the Broken Buyer-Supplier Relationship

Natural limitations of supplier data itself—and the tools that govern its management—are the real cause for supply chain disruptions, not the suppliers themselves.

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Mitigate Supplier Risk by Managing Supplier Data

Ensuring the fundamentals of supplier management is critical to making the most of process and data automation.

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Salesforce Research Highlights Pandemic’s Destabilizing Effect on Manufacturing

According to the report, future-ready manufacturers are nearly twice as likely to be satisfied with their channel partners than unprepared manufacturers (44% prepared manufacturers vs. 25% unprepared manufacturers).

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Study: Investors Anticipate Slow Recovery for Investment Flows

This year’s rankings point to continued apprehension and uncertainty about how quickly the global economy will recover post-COVID-19.

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GEP Report: Up to $4T in Revenue Evaporated in Supply Chain Disruptions

The survey found that the biggest supply chain challenges global organizations face moving forward are compliance with constantly changing trade regulations, cyberattack, supplier risk and managing brand reputation.

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85% of CFOs Expect Digitization to Improve Cash Flow, Profitability and Revenue

The survey revealed that companies spent close to $1 million on annual labor costs tied to manually entering data into their enterprise resource planning and back-end systems. They also spent nearly $600,000 on entering manual invoices from suppliers.

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Best Practices for Disruption-Prepared Procurement

The risk for disruption is always at play, but having strategic best practices in place helps a company respond quickly to minimize the impact when it happens.

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Pros to Know: Being a Thought Leader with Patricia Moser, i3 Advantage

Assistant editor Mackenna Moralez sits back down with Pros to Know winner Patricia Moser of i3 Advantage to discuss what it takes to be a pioneer and a thought leader in procurement and the global supply chain.