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Four charts that explain 2024

25 October 2023

Inflation should stabilise in 2024, bringing down input prices, but other trends will continue to make life volatile for procurement and supply professionals.

Inflation should stabilise in 2024, bringing down input prices, but other trends will continue to make life volatile for procurement and supply professionals.

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Procurement and supply in a ‘polycrisis world’

25 October 2023

What will 2024 look like? The good news is, inflation is coming under control and interest rates are stabilising. But we’re also seeing a reconfiguring of global trade. Dr John Glen discusses the forces shaping procurement and supply in 2024, from controlled inflation to a reconfiguring of global trade.

What will 2024 look like? The good news is, inflation is coming under control and interest rates are stabilising. But we’re also seeing a reconfiguring of global trade. Dr John Glen discusses the forces shaping procurement and supply in 2024, from controlled inflation to a reconfiguring of global trade.

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Five simple ways to improve warehouse efficiency

24 October 2023

Improving warehouse efficiency is often as much about common sense and the right storage equipment as it is about fancy picking algorithms. So, we have created a list of simple steps you can follow to help give your warehouse an efficiency boost.

Improving warehouse efficiency is often as much about common sense and the right storage equipment as it is about fancy picking algorithms. So, we have created a list of simple steps you can follow to help give your warehouse an efficiency boost.

A warehouse with a forklift truck

Five simple ways to improve warehouse efficiency

24 October 2023

Improving warehouse efficiency is often as much about common sense and the right storage equipment as it is about fancy picking algorithms. So, we have created a list of simple steps you can follow to help give your warehouse an efficiency boost.

Improving warehouse efficiency is often as much about common sense and the right storage equipment as it is about fancy picking algorithms. So, we have created a list of simple steps you can follow to help give your warehouse an efficiency boost.

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How Nike transformed supply chains to survive Covid

24 October 2023

Find out how Nike accelerated automation and increased geographical diversity within supply chains to overcome challenges posed by the pandemic.

Find out how Nike accelerated automation and increased geographical diversity within supply chains to overcome challenges posed by the pandemic.

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The 9 challenges keeping you awake at night

23 October 2023

An analysis of the biggest professional challenges facing procurement and supply professionals in 2023 – as highlighted in an exclusive CIPS member survey

An analysis of the biggest professional challenges facing procurement and supply professionals in 2023 – as highlighted in an exclusive CIPS member survey