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This Week in Logistics News (April 20 – 26)

Logistics Viewpoints

While most of the tech world is focused on new generative AI tools, Amazon has been chipping away at an ongoing challenge posed by modern consumerism: the proliferation of shipping materials. The majority of the volume will fit within UPS’ existing U.S. daytime flight operations, EVP and CFO Brian Newman said.

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Three Reasons Public Sector Must Transform Grants Management NOW

ivalua

The Procurement Link. Grant solicitations are much like procurement solicitations in that, to be successfully managed, require contracts, budget tracking, purchase orders, invoicing, and audit preparedness. Ivalua’s grant solution enables grantors, applicants, and awardees to perform these activities effectively and efficiently.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 4-8, 2016)

Talking Logistics

MercuryGate Launches Global, Omni-modal Freight Procurement Solution. McLeod Software Unveils New Business Process Automation Solutions for Logistics Companies. Same-day delivery from Best Buy is available on orders placed through its website, not on purchases made in stores.

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Customer Video Story: Subway / IPCoop and EcoVadis Sustainable Procurement Tools (Plus Summary from SPLC Workshop Keynote Panel with WalMart, PG&E, UCSD)

EcoVadis

One of the most challenging aspects of sustainable purchasing is deciding when to evaluate the sustainability performance of one’s suppliers, what criteria to evaluate them on, where to get the data, and then how to engage them in improving that performance over time.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 21-25, 2015)

Talking Logistics

Driving the trend are big-data tools popularized by online retailers that take the guesswork out of picking goods. But I believe there are downsides to relying only on software and algorithms to make smart decisions, as I discussed in Is Software Making Us Dumb? , Her instinct turned out to be right.

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Christmas and the Poinsettia Supply Chain

Enterra Insights

While there, he failed in an attempt to purchase Texas and became a persona non grata for meddling in the country’s internal affairs. His son, Paul Ecke, assumed the business in the 1920s and moved the operation to Encinitas, 25 miles north of San Diego. Then, along came Joel Poinsett. had phytosanitary regulations.

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How to Use Big Data Analytics to Drive Business Value in Procurement Forward (Part 1)

Jaggaer

JAGGAER InsideSpend Thought leadership Series – In this blog series, we profile leaders in the procurement industry. We hope their insights and experiences inspire you to achieve greatness in procurement. A conversation with Walter Charles, Chief Procurement Officer at Biogen. . Procurement Trends in Manufacturing.