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Re-Inventing the High Tech Supply Chain to Meet Growing Consumer Demand

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The post Re-Inventing the High Tech Supply Chain to Meet Growing Consumer Demand appeared first on Ivalua.

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Mitigating Risks and Future-proofing the Supply Chain

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This is being driven by consumer demand for greater transparency, compliance demands, tougher regulatory enforcement, and the growing emphasis on CSR. Notably, only 11% of respondents said they were not confident or extremely unconfident. Taking Steps to Increase Resiliency.

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How Procurement can help to drive Supplier-led innovation

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In today’s competitive business landscape, consumers demand a continuous cycle of new products and services, and the gap between each launch is shrinking. Alex Saric, Chief Marketing Officer, Ivalua. This means companies are under more pressure than ever to innovate at pace.

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Webinar Recap: Procurement 2022, Big Trends and Predictions

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in October 2021*, the highest in more than three decades, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI). Disruptions in global supply chains, labor market shortages, strong consumer demand. The annual rate of inflation in the United States hit 6.2% What can we expect in 2022?

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How 2011 Prepared Us for Today

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Automobile factories are curtailing production but the drop in consumer demand is influencing those actions as much as part shortages. It may now take longer for a truck loaded with agricultural goods to pass from Italy to Austria, but those goods are still arriving at their destinations.

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How Modern Software Empowers Procurement with Agility and Resilience in Times of Crisis

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In this way, they can be ready to face a crisis like Covid-19 or various other potential challenges — extreme weather caused by climate change, consumer demand for sustainable and ethically produced goods, trade wars or political tensions, to name a few. .

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Eutelsat increases service availability by migrating to AWS

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To keep pace with consumer demand for over-the-top (OTT) streaming services, Eutelsat is growing connectivity at a high rate. The following maps show Konnect’s area of coverage in Africa and Europe. Konnect coverage area map of Africa. Konnect coverage area map of Europe.