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How fleet procurement can manage the transition to an electric future: partner content

SM Commodities Index - August 2021

10 September 2021

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“We are the cornerstone of the business, translating ultimate goals into reality”

Buyers, like these at a Chinese e-auction, stand to benefit from typical cost savings of 15-20% ©Getty Images

How to get suppliers on board with e-auctions

Video meetings offer the flexibility to cut negotiations into shorter exchanges ©Getty Images

How to negotiate and influence people

The pandemic’s multiple disruptions have exacerbated challenges arising from poor supply chain visibility ©Getty Images

How to maximise supply chain visibility

The Suez Canal blockage highlighted supply vulnerabilities. ©Getty Images

A legal jam for Ever Given

2001: A Space Odyssey’s HAL 9000 explored the fear of being monitored – and influenced – by technology ©Shutterstock

Procurement and the Internet of Behaviours

Anonymous questionnaires help staff express how they feel about their working conditions, treatment and wellbeing ©Getty Images

Transparency or exposure: the agency using reputational risk to combat modern slavery

HS2 hired EKFB to deliver civil engineering work on an 80km section of the rail link ©Getty Images

Can behavioural tests help identify the best subcontractor teams?

HelloFresh supported suppliers that were struggling during the pandemic ©Getty Images

How communication helped beat supply disruption

Cutting underperforming lines saw the US retailer post $2bn sales for the first quarter of 2021, as well as 84% growth ©Getty Images

How one retailer reduced its inventory to double sales

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