You probably have started seeing more coverage these days about the circular economy. According to the EPA, a circular economy “reduces material use, redesigns materials to be less resource intensive,…
The Circular Economy: Growth and Innovation
Short List of Information Resources for Understanding the Metaverse and Staying Current for Supply Professionals
In Procurement Magazine’s “Top 10 Procurement Predictions and Trends in 2022” January article, one of the trends identified is Don’t Doubt the Metaverse. Factor’s Coque K. Dion predicts that procurement…
Researching Supply Markets and the Metaverse: Is It Time to Dip a Toe or Dive Right In?
On the recent DisrupTV podcast hosted by R “Ray” Wang (Constellation Research) and Vala Afshar (Salesforce), guest Robin Murdoch (Accenture) described where the metaverse stands in terms of future adoption…
Newly Launched: The Frontier Hub, An Industrial Innovation News Sharing Platform
TMC and The Frontier have partnered to create The Frontier Hub, “the first global digital media platform focused on sharing news about industrial innovation across all industry sectors. The new…
Announcing New Market Landscape Map Collection for Identifying Disruptors and Startups
Landscape maps are helpful in identifying startups that are innovating and disrupting in tech-forward markets and for discovering potential suppliers, partners, and/or competitors. The maps included in the collection cover…
Mid-Year Update: Focus on Supply Market Research and Information Provider Partnerships
Partnerships that formed in the first half of 2021 reveal the strategic direction of various supply markets, in addition to the suppliers and companies that compete in those markets. Here…
Trust Your Supplier (TYS) Data Partners and Marketplace
Furthering the collaboration that began in 2019, RapidRatings (RR) and Trust Your Supplier (TYS) announced an integration that provides a seamless port into RR’s FHR Network. This allows buyers to…
Procurement and Supply Chain Professional Associations for Research, Networking, Education, and Certification
Associations are key providers of market and industry information. They provide opportunities to network with like-minded professionals and are the entities that develop and enforce industry standards, produce certification programs,…
Keeping It Real: Fake Products are a Growing Concern in Supply Chains
Today, the rise of fake news is not the only growing area of concern relating to authenticity. Like fake news, the increase of fake products in the supply chain is…
Recent Private and Public Sector Efforts Moving Blockchain-Based Supply Chain Initiatives Forward
Have you heard of blockchain fatigue? This is when continued efforts to implement blockchain technology have not hit traction. Gartner has predicted that by 2023, 90 percent of blockchain-based supply…