From sourcing and supplier management to price negotiation and compliance, procurement leaders are waking up to the power of AI-powered spend management in their daily operations.
While attitudes toward Americans have changed in the big cities along China’s eastern seaboard and eastern regions due to geopolitics, the people of Lanzhou were welcoming to U.S. trade mission.
Supply chain leaders must work within the supply chain organization and across the enterprise to manage customers’ perceptions. Delivering excellence in terms of the CX requires a team effort to…
Friday, July 26, 2024 · Seth Catalli
From sourcing and supplier management to price negotiation and compliance, procurement leaders are waking up to the power of AI-powered spend management in their daily operations.
Thursday, July 25, 2024 · Rosemary Coates
While attitudes toward Americans have changed in the big cities along China’s eastern seaboard and eastern regions due to geopolitics, the people of Lanzhou were welcoming to U.S. trade mission.
Tuesday, July 23, 2024 · Michael Dominy
Supply chain leaders must work within the supply chain organization and across the enterprise to manage customers’ perceptions. Delivering excellence in terms of the CX requires a team effort to break down functional walls and collaborate across the company on…
Friday, July 19, 2024 · Dan Pellathy
Senior leaders should be concerned about the challenges facing their planning functions. Today’s value creation systems are severely constrained by insufficient talent and ineffective processes for developing leaders. Yet many companies fail to recognize this critical…
Thursday, July 18, 2024 · James Payne and Henrietta Hunter
Procurement teams the world over face unprecedented volatility from geopolitical conflict, climate crisis and more. To ride the headwinds, a shift towards a smarter, sustainable approach to supply chains is needed. Forum for the Future’s Global Head – Purpose of Business…
Tuesday, July 16, 2024 · Jason Miller
Bloated inventories were not confined to retail post-COVID, and while the retail sector has brought inventories under control, the industrial sector has not.
Monday, July 15, 2024 · Norman Katz
Closing transactional gaps in supply chains, increasing operational effectiveness, and enhancing your competitiveness with data collection is helpful. But doing so without a good data policy is costly, and probably confusing too.
Friday, July 12, 2024 · Dan Pellathy
In addition to the challenges and core competencies, a research team at GSCI’s Advanced Supply Chain Collaborative identified five organizational action areas to support the development of the skills modern-day planners need.
Thursday, July 11, 2024 · Ivan Hernandez, managing director, Mexico, QIMA
By diversifying sourcing destinations, businesses can enhance supply chain resilience and efficacy, navigate geopolitical unease and maintain seamless trade relationships amidst an increasingly complex and uncertain landscape.
Wednesday, July 10, 2024 · Rosemary Coates
Supply chain influencers are responsible for shifting direction in strategy. Over the past 25 years, influencers have introduced analytics into supply chains to make better decisions for instance. But, we must use this power wisely.
Friday, July 5, 2024 · Ken Cottrill
Companies can engage with academia on various levels through educational programs and the cross-sharing of knowledge. Another channel to engagement is research—the subject of this column.
Friday, July 5, 2024 · Larry Lapide
Almost four and a half years ago, I wrote my first Insights column on artificial intelligence (AI) titled: “Rely on AI to make decisions? Yes, but warily” [March/April 2020]. I had planned to do an annual update, however, the COVID-19 pandemic came along—consuming much…
Friday, July 5, 2024 · Brian Straight
Artificial intelligence is everywhere these days. But what if it isn’t? I would guess that at least 50%, and probably closer to 70%, of the article pitches I receive these days involve AI. Most conversations I’ve had at conferences this year have at least touched on AI and…
Tuesday, July 2, 2024 · Marianna Vydrevich
Chatbots are the choice many make when implementing large language models, but for supply chains, there are better alternatives that provide more immediate value.
Monday, July 1, 2024 · Matthew Buckingham, vice president of business development & alliances, Focal Point
With modern procurement software, API-enabled data flows, and AI-guided processes, procurement teams get to focus on what they do best: setting strategy, managing projects, and identifying spending optimization opportunities.
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