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Aug 17, 2019
How have price comparison websites impacted the supply chain? | Procurement
Procurement is an ever-changing term that comes with a similarly fluid job description. Today, procurement involves the process of choosing vendors, establishing payment terms, vetting the vendors and negotiating contracts to purchase goods or services. Tomorrow, who knows what the […]
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Aug 16, 2019
DHL Supply Chain introduces first digital twin of warehouse in Asia for Tetra Pak | Logistics
The market leader in contract logistics, DHL Supply Chain, is introducing its first digital twin of a warehouse in the Asia-Pacific region for Tetra Pak with one goal in mind: optimised, agile and cost-efficient supply chains. The warehouse is one […]
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Aug 14, 2019
Man and machine: how the bionic worker can increase supply chain efficiency | Technology
The combination of a shortage in warehouse space and the increasing demand for goods ordered online has the potential to cause havoc in the supply chain industry. Companies are expected to innovate faster in the areas of productivity and efficiency […]
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Aug 13, 2019
CSX and CN set to launch new intermodal freight service in joint venture | Supply Chain Management
CSX and Canadian National Railway (CN) are set to collaborate to launch a new intermodal freight service that connects Montreal and Southern Ontario to Philadelphia, New Jersey, New York and New York City’s metropolitan area. It is believed that the […]
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Aug 12, 2019
C2FO receives $200mn in funding round led by SoftBank | Procurement
The procurement platform firm, C2FO, has raised a $200mn venture funding round headed up by SoftBank Vision fund, according to Supply Chain Dive. The platform provides a discount on approved invoices to enable faster payments which allows the platform to offer a […]
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Aug 12, 2019
Berwick Partners: Success through new skillsets | Supply Chain Management
Richard Guest, Principal Consultant in the Procurement and Supply Chain Practice division of executive search firm Berwick Partners shares his insight into achieving supply chain success through skillset diversification. Despite procurement’s traditional ‘cost-cutting’ reputation, success in supply chain sourcing is […]
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Aug 10, 2019
A Requis enabled world: the supply network revolution | Supply Chain Management
A decade ago, the essence of the ‘supply chain professional’ could be found hiding at the bottom of a weekly meeting agenda in a forgotten corner of the accounting department. Cost was king; tactical buying to drive down price was […]
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Aug 09, 2019
Tradeshift: connecting businesses worldwide | Technology
In 2010, co-founders of IT giant Tradeshift – Christian Lanng, Mikkel Hippe Brun and Gert Sylvest – launched the company with one ambition in mind: to connect every business in the world. Having achieved success five years earlier in 2005 […]
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Aug 08, 2019
SCALA: achieving supply chain synergy following mergers & acquisitions | Supply Chain Management
John Perry, managing director at SCALA, a leading provider of management services for the supply chain and logistics sector, discusses the best strategies that companies can adopt when attempting to achieve synergy between their supply chains. It was recently announced […]