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Sourcing & Procurement
Center-Led Procurement Will Go Mainstream by 2030: Procurement Experts
Artificial intelligence, machine learning and predictive analytics will replace human efforts for administrative tasks, significantly impacting procurement teams.
Sourcing & Procurement
AI-Powered Supply Chain Business Intelligence for Procurement, Operations Teams
E-Commerce Solutions
What Social Commerce Means for Manufacturers
Sourcing & Procurement
Cost-cutting Opportunities to Overcome Procurement Woes in 2023
Training/Onboarding
Talent Management is No. 1 Planned Improvement Initiative for 2023
Procurement Software
Inventory Management is Easy with Smart Procurement
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Transportation
2023 Pros to Know: Candor Expedite’s Nicole Glenn Brings Honesty to the Transportation Space
Nicole Glenn, founder and CEO of Candor Expedite Inc., was named the overall winner of Supply & Demand Chain Executive’s 2023 Pros to Know award.
Webinars
SCN Summit: State of the Supply Chain 2023
June 6, 2023
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Topics revolve around Procurement, Warehouse Automation, Risk Management, Supply Chain Visibility, Achieving a Sustainable Footprint and more.
Sourcing & Procurement
Submissions Close March 31 for Top Supply Chain Projects Award
This award profiles innovative case study-type projects designed to automate, optimize, streamline and improve the supply chain. Submissions close March 31.
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Carbon Footprint
Chasing Reduced Emissions Through Transportation Procurement
When procurement professionals take the lead in pursuing a circular economy, they’re changing that equation in the pursuit of a more global return on investment.
Sourcing Solutions
How Fashion Retailers Face Inventory Overhang in 2023
The threat of sitting on so much inventory is very real. Apparel retailers need solutions that allow them to quickly see where they do and do not have demand, so they can easily identify what needs to be cleared out to free up cash and ensure visibility.
Clean Energy
Operations Managers Need More Support When It Comes to Net-Zero
300 operations managers were surveyed in the U.K., U.S., and Germany by Sphera and what they had to report reveals the approach toward sustainability.
Manufacturing
Insights Reveal Normalized Supply-Demand Balance with Semiconductors
85% of semiconductor pricing dimensions will be stable and the remainder will move squarely in favor of buyers for the second half of 2023, according to the Supplyframe study.
Sourcing & Procurement
Supply Continuity, Inflation Critical Procurement Priorities for 2023
Ensuring supply continuity and combatting inflationary price increases are the Top 2 priorities for procurement in 2023.
Sourcing & Procurement
Submissions Close March 31 for Top Supply Chain Projects Award
This award profiles innovative case study-type projects designed to automate, optimize, streamline and improve the supply chain. Submissions close March 31.
Financial Management Software
How Supply Chain Financing Reduces Risks for Suppliers and Buyers
The advantages of supply chain financing are clear: it helps companies better manage their cash flows, maintain working capital liquidity and drive greater access to essential resources.
Financial Management Software
How to Scale Supplier Finance Program in an Inflationary Environment
Ensuring your supplier finance program is set up for success is just one way to put yourself in the best possible position for whatever is in the year ahead.
Sourcing & Procurement
4 Trends to Increase Procurement’s Impact in 2023
Here are four trends to help understand the changes afoot and address the urgent priorities of 2023.
Software & Technology
How Smarter Data Management Can Relieve Tech Supply Chain Woes
For IT infrastructure purchases, it’s important to extend the life of existing hardware, use cloud services when and where you can and manage data surgically so that you can reduce waste.
Professional Development
How Automating Procurement Data Functions Can Save Supply Chains
Procurement data functions could be the superhero solution to help with delivery delays and a transition to data driven operations may accelerate future operations for businesses.
AI/AR
How Bad Supplier Data Can Cost You
For companies striving for growth, the choice to deploy AI/ML tools that can find actual information on suppliers is no longer a nice-to-have. It's a part of the business.
Sourcing Solutions
Overcoming Modern Inventory Management Challenges
One of the most effective ways to reduce overhead is by reducing inefficiencies across the supply chain, from inaccurate stock data to excess inventory.
Sourcing & Procurement
5 Ways CPOs Can Future-Proof Their Tech Stack
CPOs should look at the sunset as an opportunity to assess, evaluate and implement future-proof technologies into their company’s tech stack.
ERP
Top 5 Selection Criteria for Manufacturing ERP Software
For the ERP software to prove beneficial in both the short and long term, manufacturers need to take into consideration other relevant aspects beyond functionality.
Manufacturing
Why the Global Semiconductor Value Chain Will Remain Globally Interconnected
The revitalization of U.S. semiconductor manufacturing is surely underway. The semiconductor world is a global one.
Sourcing & Procurement
Business Lessons Chief Supply Chain Officers Can Learn From Football
There are some key parallels between the world of football and the world of logistics and supply chain that offer insights for supply chain industry professionals to help drive efficiency and effectiveness in their logistics operations.
Sourcing & Procurement
How the Smartest Companies Navigate Market Volatility
Here are three shifts supply chain leaders must be prepared to navigate in the New Year.
Sourcing & Procurement
Finding the Right Partner for Procurement Innovation
Being able to identify and pursue partnerships that will allow you and your team to innovate on current and upcoming needs is essential – as is making sure that you’re equipped to pursue creative solutions outside of procurement.
Sustainability
Top 5 Articles of the Year: 2022
A huge thank you to Supply and Demand Chain Executive's readership in 2022. Here are the Top 5 most viewed articles from the year.
Procurement Software
External Economic Indicators Help Overcome Supply Chain Disruption
By utilizing external economic data as indicators for planning and forecasting, business leaders can navigate market changes and make more strategic business decisions using a mix of their company’s historic internal data and real-time economic data.
Procurement Software
Managing Supply Volatility During Disruptive Times
The insights, automation and recommendations AI-powered direct supply management SaaS platforms provide helps reduce risk and supply and demand shift.
Sourcing Solutions
Managing Electronics Returns
As we gear up for the busy holiday season, having a well-defined and compliant reverse logistics process in place is critical.
Expert Columnists
How to Find Stability in an Inflationary Environment
It seems pretty likely that both abrupt shifts in supply and demand and ongoing price increases are here to stay for the foreseeable future.
Sourcing Solutions
What is a “Data-First” Approach and Why is it Key to Procurement’s Digital Transformation?
While the industry understands why data – particularly supplier data- is essential, it doesn’t understand how to bridge the gap between this recognition and the tangible realization of data’s benefits on a real-world, real-time basis.
Risk/Compliance
Open Source Software Impacts Supply Chain Security
When upgrading to the latest version of a package, there’s still a 32% chance it will have known vulnerabilities.
Supply Chain Visibility
80% of Supply Chain Executives Cannot Digitally Track Movement of Direct, Indirect Materials Across Their Networks
43% of executives surveyed reported a lack of visibility into inventory availability as the primary hindrance to sharing critical materials with other facilities within their network.
Retail
Early Surge in Holiday Sales Equates to Spike in Returns. How an RMS Can Solve the Reverse Logistics Challenge
Through an end-to-end RMS, retail owners can establish more visibility, greater customer happiness and true brand loyalty.
ERP
ERP Solutions Provider Acquisition to Build Connected Supply Chains Across Nexer Network
Rangeline Solutions will add supply chain ERP expertise to Nexer’s global network of data analytics, Internet of Things (IoT) and AI.
Warehousing
SCN Summit: Future of Supply Chains Kicks off Today
SCN Summit features industry experts and thought leaders from the supply chain space to talk future of supply chains, what’s in store for logistics companies, trends and technologies in logistics and more.
