2020

By userparacorp 1 Comment E-commerce

E-commerce

The Need for Speed: Overcoming Hurdles to Faster E-commerce Deliveries As e-commerce volumes continue to grow and the prospect of supporting next-day and same-day delivery becomes more necessary, how can retailers continue to expand their e-commerce operations? Retailers, in general, can feel good about the 2019 holiday shopping season. According to ...

14 Feb

By userparacorp 0 Comments Coronavirus

Global Ports Remain Vulnerable to Virus-Related Disruption, Say Fitch Ratings

Most European and Middle Eastern ports have significant exposure to China through the global supply chain and port revenues will be stressed if volumes remain depressed through March or beyond. Global ports will see reduced trade volumes as a result of the coronavirus, COVID-19, which would become more severe should ...

15 Jan

By userparacorp 0 Comments Trends and practices

Trends and practices

Trends and practices in supply chain analytics Organizations have made great strides in the use of analytics in the supply chain, but barriers remain. As procurement becomes more digital, data-driven and strategically important, it’s increasingly clear that organizations need a new breed of procurement professionals. Tomorrow’s procurement professionals need to be ...

09 Jan

By userparacorp 0 Comments Sourcing

Sourcing

Cognitive Sourcing - the Next Level When searching for information on the current state of Digital Procurement we see the terms Cognitive Procurement and Cognitive Sourcing are likewise used interchangeably. The News On an uncharacteristically warm day in late October LevaData convened its 2019 Cognitive Sourcing Summit (CSS) at the Silicon Valley Capital Club in downtown ...