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Exiger Has Taken the Supply Chain Risk Market by Storm

Logistics Viewpoints

While generative AI has made artificial intelligence a hot topic, these solutions have been using different forms of AI in interesting ways for years. All suppliers are rated on a 1 to 10 scale across different risk categories. This means that the solution understands all the different kinds of parts needed to manufacture a product.

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Energy Transition in Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

Supply chain sustainability has become a very hot topic, but for a lot of people, there is uncertainty around its meaning. A few ways companies can begin to offset their carbon footprint is to take a deeper look at product packaging, energy efficiency, alternative fuels, route optimization, and returns and recycling programs.

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Linde Motion Detection assistance system wins industry award

Logistics Business Magazine

This year’s winner of MM Maschinenmarkt’s “Best of Industry Award” in the Warehouse Equipment category is not a vehicle, but an assistance system. In this way, both operational safety and a productive operating process are taken into account, so that forklift drivers, warehouse staff and fleet operators all benefit at the end of the day.

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BD Achieves End-to-End Supply Chain Visibility

Logistics Viewpoints

Kevin Nelson, a chief procurement officer and senior vice president at BD, agreed to be interviewed on this topic. Mr. Nelson points out that it is possible for a sourcing problem deep in a supply chain to halt production for BD. BD has about 5000 suppliers that are delivering, components and materials that go into their products.

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Procurement vs. Purchasing: What’s the Difference?

Logistics Bureau

It’s looking at what’s available on the market, the different suppliers, what their products are like, whether it matches your needs—it is not actually buying the product. Category Management. In simple terms, category management is the understanding of what you’re going to spend and how you’re going to spend it.

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A Multibillion-Dollar Supply Chain Market Growing at a Double Digit Rate that Nobody Knows About

Logistics Viewpoints

However, if a trading partner with products/services to sell is on a network, and a buyer of those products/services joins the network, the IT effort involved in facilitating collaboration between those two companies is greatly diminished. This saves a seller time and can accelerate the speed with which two companies can do business.

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WorkWave Concludes its 2024 Beyond Service User Conference, Filled With Engaging Sessions, Customer Recognitions and Inspiring Keynotes

WorkWave

Time To Read: 3 minutes The four-day event brought together diverse industry leaders to network and focus on key topics, including market success, private equity trends and more. The third annual Beyond Service Awards were also presented as part of the conference, which celebrated WorkWave customers in several categories. HOLMDEL, N.J.