Logistics Viewpoints
MARCH 6, 2025
Companies leaning heavily on global sourcing? Theyre feeling the heat most, as sudden trade policy curveballs throw procurement plans into chaos. manufacturer I know saw their import costs jump overnight, forcing a rethink of a decade-old sourcing strategy. What Is Agile Procurement?
Logistics Viewpoints
OCTOBER 17, 2024
Access to Unique Process and Asset Capabilities: Some suppliers offer unique skills, technologies, or processes that are not available in-house or through other sources. Or they may have expertise in manufacturing processes and have flexible capacity to allow contract manufacturing for new product introduction.
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Logistics Viewpoints
JANUARY 6, 2025
The most common form of trading partner collaboration is purchase order collaboration. With PO collaboration, buyers send digital purchase orders over the network to suppliers or other trading partners. 18,000 suppliers ship 70,000 different types of parts to 72 Molex manufacturing plants across the globe.
Logistics Viewpoints
OCTOBER 24, 2024
SAP is embedding its generative Joule across the SAP Ariba source-to-pay solution portfolio to make it easier for their customers to manage routine inquiries, such as status updates, summarization, and frequently asked questions. It is a brilliant tool.” Their copilot-style solution is known as Joule.
Advertiser: GEP
Continual technological changes necessitate adjustments to manufacturing and supply chain processes, leading to a heavy volume of contracts that outpaces most industries. The high-tech and telecom sectors face a contract management crisis if the process isn’t managed properly. What can CPOs do to ease the contract management burden?
Logistics Viewpoints
MARCH 26, 2025
AI as a Predictive Tool AI-driven supply chain planning integrates machine learning, real-time data analytics, and external risk monitoring to anticipate disruptions before they materialize. This enables companies to adjust sourcing, production, and logistics well in advance of potential disruptions.
Logistics Viewpoints
MARCH 24, 2025
(TSX: KXS) an end-to-end supply chain orchestration, today announced a new partnership that will deliver improved alignment of supply chain plans with business objectives and strategies for midmarket discrete manufacturing companies. Were thrilled to partner with Infor to help manufacturers be more agile and resilient in the long term.
Speaker: Fernando Penteado, CPSM - Supply Chain and Logistics Executive, Global Markets Expert, and International Speaker
The still-persistent effects of the pandemic have made it clear that the skills and tools that characterize traditional S&OP are not enough to respond to unprecedented interruptions.
Speaker: Rod Robinson - SVP of the Supplier Diversity Practice, Insight Sourcing Group
Supplier diversity programs are impactful and effective tools in your business strategy because they guarantee a diverse supplier base and ensure inclusivity within your ultimate procurement plan. How can a supplier diversity program help you gain invaluable competitive advantages?
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