Tue.May 07, 2024

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Decision-Centric Planning: Unlocking Supply Chain Success

ToolsGroup

The business landscape is constantly evolving in today’s world, and supply chain management stands as a cornerstone of operational efficiency, customer satisfaction and overall business success. In this time of continuous change, forward looking leaders are starting to look for innovative and evolutionary approaches to thrive in this uncertainty, a topic we covered recently in our blog about the antifragile supply chain.

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Book Discussion: The Value Sale

John Galt

Interview with Author and CEO of Nucleus Research, Ian Campbell. In supply chain and across industries, delivering ‘value’ is paramount. Read more.

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Red Sea Risk Matrix: A Model for Managing Supply Chain Disruption

Supply Chain Brain

If you’re still viewing supply chain disruptions as one-off or random occurrences, you’re doing it wrong. These events are chronic and inevitable.

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5 Effective Ways to Improve Employee Performance

IT Supply Chain

By Christine Baker (pictured) Content Writer The post 5 Effective Ways to Improve Employee Performance appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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The 2025 Annual ProcureCon CPO Report

Procurement leaders are at a pivotal moment. With CPOs playing an increasingly strategic role, it’s time to leverage innovation and technology to drive resilience and efficiency. Download The 2025 Annual ProcureCon CPO Report to uncover key insights to thrive in a dynamic procurement landscape. What’s Inside: How CPOs are driving strategic decision-making and technology adoption The top priorities and challenges for procurement in 2025 Why AI, sustainability, and data analytics are essential for

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How to Build and Execute an Effective Supplier Risk Management Strategy

Supply Chain Brain

Managing a global supply chain has never been more challenging, with complex, ever-evolving regulations, increasingly frequent extreme weather events, volatile geopolitical crises, and sophisticated cybercrime.

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As Forced Labor Prevention Enforcement Heats Up, the Focus is on Compliance

Supply Chain Brain

The most crucial tool a supply chain manager can have to fend off UFLPA or other compliance risks is a transparent view of your suppliers’ critical relationships.

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Making your small business look bigger

IT Supply Chain

By Kristian Torode (pictured) Director & Co-Founder, Crystaline The post Making your small business look bigger appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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See Through Disruptions: How Supply Chain Visibility Builds Resilience

SCMDOJO

Supply chains are vital to businesses, facilitating the movement of goods, services, financial flows, and information. However, they are also susceptible to disruptions and risks. Enhancing supply chain resilience as well as supply chain visibility is crucial in today’s interconnected world. Supply Chain Resilience refers to a supply chain’s ability to withstand and recover from unexpected events.

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Four Human Economic Drivers to Reignite Supply Chain Productivity

IT Supply Chain

Q & A with Lindsay Azim (pictured) Director Analyst, Gartner The post Four Human Economic Drivers to Reignite Supply Chain Productivity appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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Enterprise ABM Marketing Tools: A Marketers Guide

Savvy B2B marketers know that a great account-based marketing (ABM) strategy leads to higher ROI and sustainable growth. In this guide, we’ll cover: What makes for a successful ABM strategy? What are the key elements and capabilities of ABM that can make a real difference? How is AI changing workflows and driving functionality? This Martech Intelligence Report on Enterprise Account-Based Marketing examines the state of ABM in 2024 and what to consider when implementing ABM software.

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Arkieva Named Challenger in 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Supply Chain Planning Solutions

Arkieva

Arkieva recognized as Challenger in 2024 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Supply Chain Planning, empowering businesses with cutting-edge solutions. Arkieva Named Challenger in 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Supply Chain Planning Solutions was first posted on May 7, 2024 at 8:15 am. ©2017 " Supply Chain Link Blog - Arkieva " Use of this feed is for personal non-commercial use only.

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How Exoskeletons Can Help Reduce Injuries and Boost Morale

C3 Solutions

Explore how exoskeletons are revolutionizing warehouse operations by enhancing worker strength, agility, and productivity while reducing injury risks.

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Blue Yonder is a Leader For the 13th Time in a Row in the 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for WMS – Special Thanks to Our Customers and Team!

BlueYonder

This blog was co-written by Terence Leung and Clint Riser with Blue Yonder’s Industry & Solutions Marketing team. Companies across the manufacturing, retail, and logistics service provider industries are facing several major chronic challenges that impact their supply chains. These challenges include: Labor shortages, costs, and retention, which in turn pose a challenge for operations.

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MercuryGate Emerges As Challenger in 2024 Gartner® TMS Magic Quadrant™

MercuryGate

Our position is to extend our capabilities in machine learning, data analytics, and customer collaboration to deliver even more actionable intelligence and improvements in the end-to-end supply chain. The post MercuryGate Emerges As Challenger in 2024 Gartner® TMS Magic Quadrant™ appeared first on MercuryGate International.

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Brace for Impact. Unpredictable Tariff Disruptions Are Here––Your Playbook

Tariffs will have a major impact on your supply chain, margins, and operations. Drawing on our work with global companies across manufacturing, automotive, pharmaceuticals, semiconductors, software, technology, financial services, and a range of service industries, we outline the key strategic and tactical actions companies are taking to navigate this period of heightened uncertainty.

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5 Tech Skills That Will Still Be In Demand in the Future Job Market

IT Supply Chain

By Ian Benson (pictured) Content Writer The post 5 Tech Skills That Will Still Be In Demand in the Future Job Market appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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Exiger and Hill Holliday Celebrate Supply Chain and Risk Professionals Who “Save the Day”

Exiger Perspectives

Agency of Record Debuts First Brand Campaign for Supply Chain AI Leader BOSTON. May 8, 2024 – Hill Holliday, an award-winning, integrated strategy, creative and media agency, today debuted “Save the Day” for Exiger , the market-leading supply chain and third-party risk AI company. This is Exiger’s first brand campaign and launched during Gartner’s Supply Chain Symposium/Xpo 2024 conference.

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Sustainable Manufacturing: Processes & Solutions Guide

Unleashed

Sustainable manufacturing is about product creation that doesn’t deplete natural resources or harm the environment. It’s a blend of innovative technologies and eco-friendly practices that companies might implement, including the use of renewable energy sources, recycled materials, and more durable product designs which are easier to repair. Implementing sustainable practices in your manufacturing operations not only protects valuable resources but can lead to financial savings and increased bran

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Six Myths About Entrepreneurship

Enterra Insights

Most people understand that entrepreneurs play an important role in advancing America’s (or any nation’s) economy. The team at AIContentfy note, “Entrepreneurship [is] a phenomenon that fuels innovative ideas, drives progress, and shapes the very fabric of our economy. From Henry Ford’s assembly line revolution to Mark Zuckerberg’s creation of Facebook, entrepreneurs have long been the torchbearers of change.”[1] They then ask the billion dollar question, R

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4 AI Hacks to Make Sales Teams More Efficient

Over the last two years, there’s been a 76 percent increase in AI adoption across sales organizations. The reason for its rise? AI increases teams’ productivity by predicting and automating actions that require manual effort. In other words, the research that takes reps hours, AI can do in seconds. For sales teams, AI opens up a world of new possibilities, including automating outreach, identifying best-fit buyers, and keeping CRMs flush with fresh data.

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Enhancing Methodological Transparency in SCM Research

SCM Research

Every empirical-quantitative SCM researcher has different ideas about which methodological steps to follow. The article What You See Is What You Get? Enhancing Methodological Transparency in Management Research by Aguinis, Ramani, and Alabduljader examines methodological transparency in management research. The authors emphasize the importance of transparency for the reproducibility of inferences and results, as low transparency can hide errors, dubious practices, or fraud.

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Should You Consider Offering Supply Chain as a Service

Supply Chain Digest

Mike Dominy of Gartner Lays Out the Challenges

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Introducing the Craft Supplier Risk Management Platform

Supply Chain Brain

Craft is launching a user-friendly, configurable supplier risk management (SRM) platform designed for team collaboration and proactive risk mitigation.

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Synergy Logistics Again Positioned in Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for WMS

SnapFulfil

Synergy Logistics has been recognized in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) for the 12 th time.

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GEP Outlook Report 2025

For years, you and your team have fought an uphill battle. Supply disruptions. Cost pressures. ESG compliance. You name it, and you’ve had to navigate it. In 2025, many challenges will persist, but procurement and supply chain teams have a powerful tool with rapidly advancing capabilities to tackle them — artificial intelligence (AI). The GEP Outlook 2025 report examines the disruptive transformation AI is driving in procurement and supply chains, alongside other key trends and the macroeconomic

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Descartes: Online Consumers Frustrated With Frequent Delivery Problems

Supply Chain Brain

Out of 8,000 consumers surveyed, 63% said they took some sort of negative action after encountering delivery problems.

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5 Ways Baptist Health is Introducing Pharmacy Optimization to Meet Challenges and Drive Growth

Tecsys

Baptist Health, based in Louisville, Kentucky, is leading a rapidly growing trend in pharmacy optimization. The health system is centralizing, automating and enhancing pharmacy operational, clinical and regulatory processes across its eight hospitals and more than 450 ambulatory care sites within a 102,000-square-foot Central Pharmacy Service Headquarters.

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Maersk Warns of 'Intensified' Crisis for Carriers in Red Sea

Supply Chain Brain

Maersk also says that vessels will likely continue rerouting around Africa's Cape of Good Hope "for the foreseeable future.

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Choosing Between FOB Vs. Ex Works Terms of Sale

I.C.E. Transport

If you are a small or medium-sized business (SMB) who is buying from an overseas supplier, there's a good chance you're buying under either Free On Board (FOB) or Ex Works (EXW) terms of sale – the two most commonly used purchase terms in global trade. In this article, we'll explore the distinctions between EXW vs FOB and how they can positively or negatively impact how you manage logistics.

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How to Create Sales Email Sequences That Convert

Modern go-to-market teams know it takes more than one email to break through the noise. Multiple touchpoints means more ways to get your pitch right — and, potentially, more ways to be wrong. The good news? Once you know how to write compelling, one-off emails to entice prospective customers, you can easily do the same across a short sequence of emails.

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Boeing ‘Missed’ 787 Inspections, May Have ‘Falsified Records’

Supply Chain Brain

An internal Boeing memo said that “several people had been violating company policies by not performing a required test, but recording the work as having been completed.

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CFOs Beyond Figures – Steering Businesses into the Future

Taulia

The role of the CFO has evolved significantly in recent times and looks to continue to evolve, demanding agility and innovation. The post CFOs Beyond Figures – Steering Businesses into the Future appeared first on Taulia.

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Maersk Says Decision on Return to Port of Baltimore Could Be Imminent

Supply Chain Brain

Just under 200 containers have been taken off the Dali container ship to get it ready to float again before it's taken out of the area.