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Inventory Management Tips to Keep Up with the Shopping Rush
The back-to-school season presents an opportunity for retailers to learn and improve their inventory processes in time for the holidays. However, shoppers can have a long-term memory when it comes to poor shopping experiences.
Procurement Software
Don’t Just Upgrade Your Supply Chain's Network Design, Turbocharge It
Project Management Software
Next-Generation Procurement Platform
Project Management Software
7 Ways to Find E-commerce Shipping Solutions
Sourcing Solutions
Procurement is Changing for the Better
Manufacturing
Advancing Manufacturing Education: It’s More Important Now Than Ever
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Professional Development
Women in Supply Chain: What They're Doing Matters to the Future of Supply Chains
This year's award took in over 400 submissions, the highest amount of applications for this award. This is because what these winners are doing matters to the future of supply chains.
Warehousing
#BetterTogether. Women in Supply Chain Forum Promotes Collaboration in Logistics
The Women in Supply Chain Forum is the industry’s premier networking and educational forum tailored to men and women in executive-level positions to expand their professional network through thought-provoking discussion panels.
Sourcing & Procurement
SCN Summit: Future of the Supply Chain Opens Registration
Registration is open for SCN Summit: Future of the Supply Chain, the premier virtual event aimed at educating logistics professionals on critical issues impacting the supply chain industry.
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Financial Management Software
Integrating Fintech with Procurement Technology to Optimize Spend
Company leaders need to do their homework on the solutions in the market, focus on the data and metrics utilized within the platform, push for human involvement behind the tool and frequently engage internally.
Project Management Software
5 Ways Logistics Organizations Can Optimize Contracting
A business can only move at the speed of its contracts, so a robust contracting function is essential for supply chain and logistics companies to operate smoothly.
Financial Management Software
Sample-Size Fintech: One Size Doesn’t Fit All
The "pay before you play" model offers a mutually beneficial configuration that makes fintech solutions more approachable to a broader range of users. Here's how.
Project Management Software
Adexa, vTradEx Partnership to Create End-to-End Supply Chain Planning Solution
The joint solution addresses supply chain business processes from network optimization to supply chain planning, factory scheduling, warehouse management, and transportation management, including last-mile delivery.
AI/AR
AI's and Automation's Role in Unlocking Supply Chain Resilience
Forward-thinking companies are now looking toward RPA systems combined with AI strategies to remain competitive in an increasingly digital-first world.
Project Management Software
Demand Unpredictability Ranked Most Challenging Aspect of Supply Chain Planning
The survey revealed that 16.7% of companies do not integrate finance in their planning process, and approximately 20% of companies do not distinguish between demand forecasts and sales targets.
Project Management Software
Creating the Future of Rebate Management
The future of rebate management will require company leaders to move from reactive to proactive strategies and from siloed to collaborative operations.
Manufacturing
Architecting a Manufacturing Framework for the Future
To truly assess what's next for the manufacturing industry, you have to look at the evolving landscape in the marketplace and how companies are adjusting.
Manufacturing
The Evolving Future of Retail Supply Chain Logistics
Mitigating all risks may be impossible, but instituting these advancements now may be the difference between easily solving a future challenge or scrambling to manage a major setback.
Waste Reduction
How to Eliminate Waste in Label Printing with Lean Labeling
By following the lean labeling process, companies can trim their barcode labeling process down to use only the time, materials and energy that are truly required.
ERP
Intelligent Manufacturing for a Sustainable Future
Technology providers have an equal responsibility to listen and respond to their unique pain points, so they can customize industry-specific solutions that support intelligent manufacturing for a more sustainable future.
Software Solutions
Overall Spend on Supply Chain Software Increased 25% Over Past 12 Months
The most significant increase in software spend is in the finance department, with a year-on-year (YoY) change of 105%. In contrast, the product and operations departments witnessed a downturn in software expenditure.
Procurement Software
3 Ways Procurement Teams Help Organizations Combat Inflation
Procurement teams often get stuck engaging with vendors and chasing documents. The real game-changer comes when companies pause and establish new processes that positively impact the company’s bottom line in the long run.
Clean Energy
Finding Options for Supply Chain Sustainability and Customer Experience
As you identify possible supply chain improvements, it’s wise to analyze each potential change in terms of its requirements and impact across several dimensions, including process and product quality, customer experience, supplier availability and ROI.
Manufacturing
Mergers and Acquisitions Represent 70% of Deals in FY22: Study
Recent years have seen an influx of financial investors into the T&L sector, encouraged by a landscape that’s undergoing generational disruption, a previously unseen level of asset light opportunities and support from low-interest capital.
Sourcing & Procurement
Procurement Operating Costs Increase for First Time in a Decade
Procurement operating costs at typical companies increased for the first time in more than a decade this year, in response to unprecedented uncertainty.
Fleet Management
Problem-Solving through Humanization in the Supply Chain
Global supply chains are vast entities incorporating companies, communication systems, software and a dizzying array of machinery. But as it turns out, the most important component are people who have the tools and the permission to do the right thing.
Financial Management Software
Dynamic Discounting Solution to Optimize Supply Chain Performance
This solution enables organizations to capture early payment discounts while providing their suppliers with faster access to working capital.
Waste Reduction
Alexis Asks: A Circular Economy in the Midst of 'Prime Days'
Managing editor Alexis Mizell-Pleasant asks industry experts about various topics developing in the supply chain. Retailers are turning to seasonal deals, like Amazon's Prime Day, to drive sales— an opportunity for the circular economy to score big.
Financial Management Software
Indirect Spending to Improve Bottom Line
CFOs and other finance leaders have not been able to streamline their indirect spend even though they know exposing it to fair, transparent, competitive processes will yield an opportunity to reduce this expenditure significantly.
3PL/4PL
Top Supply Chain Projects: Global4PL Helps Companies Create Jobs in U.S.
Sergio Retamal, president and CEO of Global4PL Supply Chain Management, one of the winners of this year’s Top Supply Chain Projects award, talks about his ongoing project with a bio-based sustainable products manufacturer.
ERP
5 Functions in ERP for Business Growth
Tech has evolved to support the future of the supply chain industry and is helping the industry to become more agile, responsive and efficient for growth. Here are 5 critical functions in every supply chain ERP for growth.
Manufacturing
U.S. Government is Looking to Bring Biotech Manufacturing Back Home
While the industry is moving towards nearshoring and friendshoring, long-term actions will be defined by an organization’s existing product supply chain, talent availability, customer needs and regional regulatory conditions.
Sourcing Solutions
Supply Chain Management Solution Fast Tracks Global DTC, B2B Fulfillment for Apparel Industry
Other enhancements include the ability to view and act on order fulfillment issues, such as stock-outs, enabling users to pivot and leverage existing and inbound supply across channels to substantially improve the ability to compete.
Regulations
Consequences of Misalignment Exceptions: Is Pharma Prepared for the DSCSA Deadline?
While the DSCSA has already brought numerous positive changes to the supply chain, even a minor hiccup could throw the entire system off-kilter.
Manufacturing
State of 3D Printing Market
83% of respondents believe 3D printing helped save substantial costs in their manufacturing pipeline.
Manufacturing
How Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Can Develop Agile Supply Chains
These steps minimize the impact of operational disruptions, ensure timely delivery of critical products and safeguard the bottom line. The stakes for pharmaceutical manufacturers are high — but it’s entirely possible to rise to the moment.
Sustainability
Market Volatility Inhibits Long-Term Investment in Sustainability
Prices balloon and plummet regularly with demand variability, making it challenging for buyers and sellers to plan and invest for the long term.
Sourcing & Procurement
Infrastructure Act Faces Execution Challenges Among Procurement and Supply Chain Partners
A full 78% of the public procurement executives surveyed say they have already made plans for their IIJA funds, yet 61% say they lack the resources to properly allocate the funding.
Manufacturing
Empowering Businesses Through Win-Win Supplier Relationships
In an economy marked by rising inflation and cost pressures, every business is paying close attention to its bottom line and slashing costs wherever possible.
