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Manufacturing
Meeting Net Zero: How the Manufacturing Industry Can Help
Whilst the road to net zero is long, manufacturers can all make small changes to greatly reduce emissions and contribute to the government’s targets.
Emerging Technologies
Navigating the Shift from Linear Supply Chains to Orchestrated Networks
ERP
Order API Function Streamlines Procurement Process
Regulations
Alexis Asks: The Issue of Forced Labor and the Supply Chain
Carbon Footprint
Using ESG Data to Reduce Supply Chain Emissions
Packaging
Sustainability Remains Priority Despite Inflation
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Software & Technology
Top Software & Tech Award Honors New-to-Market Solutions
NEW THIS YEAR: This award is now a new product award, honoring new-to-market software and technology solutions in both Food Logistics and Supply & Demand Chain Executive audiences. Submissions close Sept. 22.
Warehousing
Stop, Drop and Nominate a Female Supply Chain Professional
This award honors female supply chain leaders and executives. NEW THIS YEAR, this award is now ALSO open to Food Logistics' readers as well. Submissions close July 14.
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.
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Sourcing Solutions
How to Achieve Multi-Departmental Funding and Support for Your Order Management System
By consulting all seven of these essential stakeholders, you can get all your internal stakeholders involved and aligned early to support your business case.
Software & Technology
3 Ways to Make Your Supply Chain Data More Actionable
Your data is only as good as the outcomes it produces. If it’s stored in silos and processed in bootstrapped legacy systems, it can’t be operationalized. A more responsive supply chain depends on more responsive data. Here's how to make that happen.
E-Commerce Solutions
4 Key Points Every B2B Seller Should Consider In the Hunt for Digital Tools
B2B commerce may be complicated, but that’s what makes it exciting. Luckily there are a number of technology platforms that can make the transformational journey smoother and more profitable for your company.
Manufacturing
What Really Matters in Strategic Digitization for Manufacturing
While transforming into a fully digital enterprise can be quite a challenge, it also comes with tremendous benefits – especially for manufacturing companies, who often remain resistant to change.
Supply Chain Visibility
Logical Data Warehousing and the Supply Chain
Logical data warehousing enables organizations to extract the maximum value from their enterprise data and may be the missing link to helping supply and manufacturing companies generate the insights needed to drive data decision making.
Project Management Software
Why Orchestration is Critical to Supply Chain and Procurement
A great way to improve in these areas is through orchestration - the integration and coordination across systems and processes to eliminate complexity, streamline workflows and enable better collaboration across departments.
Software & Technology
Pros to Know: Be Data-Driven
David Bush, CEO, Spend Automation at Simfoni and one of the winners of this year’s Pros to Know award, details why having a data-driven foundation is key to understanding the origins of KPIs, procurement, analytics, metrics and more.
Risk/Compliance
Third-Party Risk Management: Heavy on Regulations, Light on Results
Third-party risk management efforts can deliver results. Make incremental progress toward improving third-party governance by taking these steps.
AI/AR
Financial Leaders Investing in Analytics, AI and Machine Learning Tools: Study
The survey also revealed that continued inflation and economic disruptions are the top concerns for more than half of organizations in 2023.
E-Commerce Solutions
How an Effective Returns Helps Online Retailers Reduce Profit Loss
Leveraging the back-to-basics principles, shippers and 3PLs will need to work together to enhance their supply chain relationships and ensure they are both mutually focused on the end customer.
Waste Reduction
3 Trends in Returns Processing Today
When returns are requested, it’s up to individual companies to decide how to process these requests. How are most companies expected to handle returns processing in 2023? Here are three trends to watch for.
3PL/4PL
A Logistics Jam Session: Transformations in Transportation Procurement
June 28, 2023
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Strategies that work in tight markets do not necessarily translate well when the market shifts. Join DAT and The J.M. Smucker Company for a current state of freight discussion focused on transformations in transportation procurement and management.
Clean Energy
How Creating a Compliant Supply Chains Leads to Resiliency
By keeping these few key priorities in mind, organizations can build a new level of ESG performance in their supply chains that ensures compliance while also driving business success.
Manufacturing
3 Themes That Manufacturers are Focused on in 2023
In manufacturing, three issues have stood out as priorities as businesses take advantage of the cloud to improve their digital posture: sustainability, cost pressures and ongoing supply chain disruptions.
E-Commerce Solutions
Your Supply Chain Holds More Power Than You Think
Reducing the friction in your supply chain rests on four key steps: selecting the right channels, understanding your fulfillment capabilities, managing your inventory and finding the talent to execute a skillful supply chain strategy.
Software Solutions
First-Mile Collaborative Platform for Order Automation and Supplier Management
With its smart workgroups and workspaces, Quloi platform participants can effectively communicate and collaborate on specific issues.
Supply Chain Visibility
Transforming the Owner-Contractor Relationships Using Data
Lost time. Questionable invoices. Audits. Failure to pull permits. These are all things owners and contractors prefer to avoid. But everyone can get on board for greater accountability, safety and prompt payments.
Software Solutions
Product Value Management Platform to Enhance Omnichannel Distribution
The Spring ‘23 release offers visual design collaboration and markup of neutral Computer-aided design (CAD) formats, courtesy of embedded RenderDraw technology.
Supply Chain Visibility
1 in 4 Businesses Invested $10M to Fix Supply Chain Disruptions
Half of respondents (50%) said they have increased manufacturing operations nearshore due to COVID-19 and geopolitical concerns, with 21% saying they significantly increased or have concreate plans to increase operations nearshore.
Sourcing Solutions
Why Logistics Problems Are Often Procurement Problems in Disguise
We need to equip procurement teams to do more with less – being more efficient at not just procuring goods, but harnessing logistics services that are also critical to avoiding stock-outs and stabilizing supply chains.
Manufacturing
'Leaning' Into 3D Printing for Lean Manufacturing
3D printing, in combination with decentralized manufacturing, offers unique capabilities that can help eliminate or reduce many of these wastes.
Software Solutions
Low-code and No-code Platforms Can Enhance your Supply Chain
Organizations need access to intelligent data and meaningful insights to plan for and react to these changes that demand greater transparency across the supply chain.
Expert Columnists
How Nearshoring Impacts Supply Chains
In a world full of increasing complexity, manufacturing in Mexico simply makes more sense. However, companies need to strategically plan to overcome challenges.
Financial Management Software
Combatting Cost Management Disruption with Procurement Strategy
By prioritizing technologies with clean data and comprehensive metrics, leaders can extend their operational runway and provide proof points for departmental wins.
Sourcing Solutions
Why Digital Procurement Is the New Standard for Excellence
If one thing has been made clear over the last three years, it’s that process resilience and sustainable procurement strategies are essential for mitigating supply chain risks and future-proofing supply chain infrastructures.
Retail
Retailers Waste Too Much Time Manually Processing Returned Items: Study
One-third (32%) of retailers state they spend too much time manually processing returned items with 26% blaming a lack of staff for processing returns as a main cause, according to a new study by SML RFID.
Sourcing Solutions
Following the Road to a Stronger Business with Procurement
With both interpersonal and operational barriers removed, the business can partner with all its suppliers. In this scenario suppliers are happier, and Procurement can deliver its mandates, the benefits of which extend well into the business.
Software Solutions
How Software Testing Stabilizes the Supply Chain
The right software can help businesses get a handle on massive amounts of data, providing more visibility and greater control through predictive analytics. Here's how testing that software creates a stable process.
Sourcing Solutions
Long-Term Component Sourcing for High-Reliability Industries
To navigate future sourcing constraints, it is critical that original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) leverage long-term, data-driven planning strategies.
Manufacturing
Manufacturing Executives Should Embrace Blockchain— Here's Why
Though blockchain has mostly been associated with cryptocurrency, the immutability and transparency of a blockchain-powered network are actually perfectly suited for the complexities of supply chains.
