Procurement Academy

JANUARY 30, 2025

This is where digital procurement training comes in, and were going to discuss what it is, how your company can do it, and how to deal with any roadblocks that may get in your way. Developing strong technical skills within your staff all starts with appropriate training.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 23, 2024

These practices focus on collaboration, training, data management, and continuous optimization to ensure the DPP system is effectively integrated and maintained. Invest in Training and Education Comprehensive training programs are essential to ensure employees understand both the technical and regulatory aspects of DPPs.

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Procurement Academy

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Your supply chain professionals need high-quality training around supply chain legal issues to make sure that your organization is safeguarded against threats and to navigate legal complexities easily. Were going to explore some common issues, how you can deal with them, and how to train your staff to tackle legal issues effectively.

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Procurement Academy

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Proper execution of cross-functional training can turn siloed departments into unified and efficient teams; equipping employees with the right skills to collaborate seamlessly across organizations. Of course, the right training is key to the success of such initiatives, and can have a measurable impact on supply chain performance.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 3, 2025

Novonix is also collaborating with local educational institutions to create STEM-focused training programs and offer employment opportunities to disadvantaged groups. The project is expected to create 450 jobs and produce 31,500 metric tonnes of synthetic graphite annually, supporting 325,000 EV batteries.

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Procurement Academy

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Download our Training Catalogs Gone are the days of one-size-fits-all training programs and static skill sets. The latest employee training trends show todays successful organizations as those that adapt quickly by embracing innovative approaches to upskill their teams. The result?

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The Logistics of Logistics

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

He joined at 19 and completed basic training in 2002 before being stationed in Kodiak, Alaska, and later assigned to the Vessel Boarding Team in San Diego. Coast Guard Training facility, overseeing law enforcement operations, policy development, and departmental budgeting. For the majority of Dans U.S.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MARCH 21, 2025

FreightPath helps logistics companies find, train, and retain the future leaders of the industry. The Future of Supply Chain Education: Gain insights into how integrated training programs are revolutionizing supply chain education, making it more accessible and relevant to professionals and educators worldwide.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Investments in automation have helped mitigate hazardous conditions, while safety training programs empower workers to recognize and address risks. Worker safety and well-being remain key concerns in the logistics and warehousing sectors, where physical demands and repetitive tasks can lead to accidents and injuries.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 10, 2024

Most of the new in-context GenAI solutions have been pre-trained on 200,000 pages of SAP’s training and technical documents. Further, when users do not follow the recommendations or note that the answer provided is not accurate, their feedback can lead to further training for the AI model.

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Logility

JANUARY 30, 2025

Now, the next step is to train personnel to work with and train AI models. Ron Boschert , SVP of Client Value Delivery and Consulting at Logility, believes, Attracting talent depends on embracing new technologiesand this includes training people to train AI.

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Logility

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Training & Responsibility: Historically, people have considered data protection, primarily an IT function. Hackers know this and rely on your intense desperation to save your business. Remember that paying the ransom will signal to hackers that you are someone willing to pay whatever is necessary and set you up as a future target.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MARCH 25, 2025

Jon’s motivational style and practical wisdom resonate through his coaching, training programs, and writing, encouraging others to embrace change, enhance team dynamics, and achieve sustainable business outcomes.

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Procurement Academy

JANUARY 7, 2025

When a crisis inevitably strikes, your business benefits from having team members who are well-trained and extremely adaptable to respond quickly and efficiently to any disruptions. At Skill Dynamics, we offer a full suite of online training that can equip your team with the most up-to-date practices and tools for managing disruptions.

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The Logistics of Logistics

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

FreightPath, a specialized talent firm, is addressing this challenge by providing comprehensive training and recruitment solutions. Their offerings include apprenticeship programs, customized training courses, and a vast library of short courses. Comprehensive training to attract and upskill new talent.

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Procurement Academy

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Heres why it matters: Relevance through role-based training: Certification enables your team members to gain skills directly applicable to their responsibilities. Role-based training is a tailored approach that translates to real-world results. Explore more about how cross-functional training boosts supply chain performance.

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ToolsGroup

JANUARY 21, 2025

Key success factors for rapid implementation that were presented include: Clear alignment between technology capabilities and business objectives Strong change management and training programs Iterative deployment approaches focusing on quick wins Regular measurement and adjustment of KPIs Cross-functional team involvement from day one The Role (..)

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Protect Protect focuses on mitigating cybersecurity risks through a range of measures, including employee training, access controls, encryption, firewalls, and other security technologies. Employee training is a crucial component of any cybersecurity strategy. Employee training is a crucial component of any cybersecurity strategy.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 3, 2025

Agentic AI involves creating a system of interacting agents, each trained on a specific task or dataset. Pre-trained AI agents focused on specific use cases for specific user personas were created. He also spoke at the ARC forum in 2023, and this article is based on that presentation as well. Fred agrees.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 27, 2023

Plan for training – An implementation will save you money and give you a competitive edge, but only if your employees know how to use the new system. Don’t be afraid to advocate for and invest in training to ensure a seamless transition. For example, monthly subscription fees, any software support charges, and data migration fees.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 27, 2025

A team of interactive, AI-enabled optimization engines, or agents, are trained in specific logistics tasks like order prioritization, warehouse picking or load-building. The power of agentic AI lies in creating a new digital workforce that interacts directly with human associates.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Quantum-safe cryptographic primitives (e.g., NTRUEncrypt, a lattice-based encryption standard resistant to quantum attacks) will replace current Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) and RSA (a widely used public-key cryptosystem), ensuring long-term security against Shors Algorithm (a quantum algorithm capable of breaking classical cryptography).

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SCM Research

JULY 18, 2024

Therefore, academic institutions should focus on trusting their faculty, providing training, and offering resources, rather than measuring their performance. These include paper development workshops and a unique reviewer development program aimed at providing better training and support.

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Logility

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Training & Responsibility: Historically, people have considered data protection, primarily an IT function. Hackers know this and rely on your intense desperation to save your business. Remember that paying the ransom will signal to hackers that you are someone willing to pay whatever is necessary and set you up as a future target.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 13, 2024

It is a bad sign if an AI solution is being trained on public web data,” Turner explained. “A A solution needs to be trained on the right data, on data that has been ethically sourced.” And to provide accurate answers, the data must be trained on large language models specific to a particular domain.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 5, 2023

These models can understand and generate answers to text prompts because they’ve been trained on huge amounts of data. Clearly, ChatGPT could be used to help write training manuals. ChatGPT is an AI text generating bot that was built on a family of large language models (LLMs). Or “who should I assign to the inbound dock?”

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 31, 2024

The focus needs to be on testing, training and organizational design. Instead, the best results happen through training, alignment, and process definition of how to use planning systems help to drive better decisions. Avoid RFPs, Strategic Consultants, and Technology Installations. Don’t start with technology.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 7, 2023

It was an IT-led implementation where a planning model was developed, the solution implemented, and then planners – who had not been sufficiently prepared and trained – were expected to use a system significantly different from the legacy systems they were familiar with. Implementing supply planning solutions is hard. Count them!

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Freightos

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

There is some model training involved, where the system learns to identify the fields needed to match invoices to jobs, but it’s more of a traditional algorithmic solution or, at best, a minor AI use case that represents an evolution, not revolution. The model would be trained on our own customer data. This felt like cheating.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 28, 2024

Drawing from his military experience, Carter discusses five key lessons that can be applied to improve business operations and leadership, including the importance of flexibility, adaptability, scenario planning, strong leadership culture, effective processes, and training.

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