- 41. Should EDI be outsourced?
- (EDI)
- ... globally, the outsourcing of IT services worldwide would reach $288 that year alone. That number represented an increase of 2.8 percent. According to the report, buyers will seek to transition more IT ...
- 42. Step Toward Excellence in Procurement
- (News)
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- 43. Connecting the World
- (Integration)
- ... still a topic for discussion. Should the supply chain be continuous from the worksheet that your buyers use to calculate quantities and discounts all the way through to your company's Facebook page? And ...
- 44. Improve Your Forecasting
- (News)
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- 45. Consumers Push Back on Delivery Costs
- (News)
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- 46. Mexico Says “No Mas” To Printed Invoices
- (Management)
- ... had been lost tax revenue. Now, buyers and sellers are being forced to electronically register invoices with tax authorities, ensuring the government will get a cut of the sale. While Chile was the first ...
- 47. Down the Aisles - Digitally
- (Technology)
- ... search function combined with turn-by-turn walking navigation to guide buyers. More advanced apps combine this basic search with additional prompts like “More like this” and others go farther by suggesting ...
- 48. LEED and Sustainable Purchasing
- (News)
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- 49. What's Wrong with Vendor
- (Supply)
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- 50. Want to Outsource Warehouse Operations? Make Sure Real-time Data Sharing is Part of the Package
- (Logistics)
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