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Meet Digit – The Future of Warehouse Automation

Art of Procurement

Agility Robotics recently released the latest version of their humanoid warehouse robot: Digit. The post Meet Digit – The Future of Warehouse Automation appeared first on Art of Procurement. Digit is 5 foot 9, weighs 141.

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Portugal's plan for mandatory green public procurement (III - food procurement)

Telles.eu

After the first two entries ( here and here ) of a more general nature, this one will be focused on contract specific critiques, in particular food procurement (contract types 9 and 15). It is defined in the Annex as a 'supply made via direct purchases from the producer or through one single intermediary.'

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As the Acquisition World Turns: OFPP turns heat up on primes

Federal News Network

Subcontracting scrutiny Speaking of oversight and accountability, vendors should expect a lot more from the Office of Federal Procurement Policy over their subcontracting efforts. Harada instructed agencies to standardize and apply some consistency to their procurement forecasts. In the short term, agencies must decide by Feb.

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Job Opening: Purchasing Manager

Mike Purdy's Public Contracting

Salary: $80,244 - $95,832 annually Job Summary: The Public Works Purchasing Manager oversees city-wide procurement processes that ensure compliance with applicable federal, state and local laws and City policies and procedures. Oversees the management of warehouse and parts room operations, inventory control and surplus property.

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Saving the planet through procurement: Governments are identifying ways to use purchasing to achieve and support sustainability goals

American City & Country

Sustainable government procurement is the process of acquiring goods and services that meet the government entity’s needs while minimizing environmental and social impacts. Public procurement is key to this endeavor because public institutions and state enterprises must procure vast amounts of goods, services, and works to do their jobs.

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Leveraging 5G as a Federal Innovation Enabler

FedInsider

Close VP, Solution Architecture, Federated Wireless Chad Jones × Chad Jones Global Government Supply Chain & Procurement Lead Chad Jones is the Global Government Supply Chain and Procurement Lead for KPMG. For over two years, Jones and his team have taken a metric-driven approach to design the smart warehouse for readiness. “We

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ERP vs. Best-in-Class — What is Best for Managing the Healthcare Supply Chain

ivalua

That’s the question we set out to answer in our recent panel discussion with Procurement and Supply Chain experts. Efficient warehouse management. Warehouse management in the healthcare industry requires transactional efficiency across order, labor and inventory management every day. Point-of-use data capture.