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Key Takeaways from SAP Spend Connect Live

Logistics Viewpoints

Their copilot-style solution is known as Joule. 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.”

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Strategic trends

Supply Chain Movement

This will deliver procurement savings and enable them to develop electric trucks jointly. To achieve sustainable deliveries, P&G in the United Kingdom has purchased its own fleet of electric trucks and – for the first time in the company’s history – is taking care of transport itself.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 19 – 25)

Logistics Viewpoints

But in terms of transportation, the impacts won’t just be on fuel prices. FourKites , a provider of real-time transportation visibility solutions, has a big data set around transportation. While rising gas prices drive up the price of transportation, rising natural gas prices also affect global supply chains.

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The Backorder, March 20 2024

Unleashed

Software is cheaper than staff – so give employees the tools they need to add maximum value and efficiency. Audit overhead costs such as rent, utilities, insurance, and transport. A quick fix when funds are low is to lease instead of purchase for large investments that would otherwise decimate your cash reserves.

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The Top 15 Benefits of Ecommerce to Business

Unleashed

Such outreach does raise issues around taxation, Government regulations, transport, language and culture, and other factors. Purchases can be made while on the move, on impulse and in response to a particular need at that time. Compared to a bricks and mortar store, eCommerce can reach customers in every corner of the globe.

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Golden Results in the Supply Chain

EcoVadis

More than 600 CSR and procurement professionals, attended Sustain , the annual EcoVadis event dedicated to responsible purchasing earlier this year. Carbon footprint: to continue to optimize our business, we obviously rely on state-of-the-art IT systems to study all the possibilities for optimizing transport.

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Demand-Driven Transformation at Shell

Supply Chain Shaman

Located in the United Kingdom (UK), he has more than twelve years of experience in progressive roles driving demand-drive projects for their global supply chain. It is just not enough to do a software upgrade or slowly push continuous improvement projects. He needed to find new solutions. Incrementalism Is Not Enough.