Procurement Insights

APRIL 19, 2025

Impact: One of the most cited IT procurement disasters, costing stakeholders hundreds of millions and disrupting healthcare supply chains. Installed in 2003, it suffered “horrendous” barcode errors, and despite claims of functionality in 2005, was scrapped in 2007 (Ratcliff IT).

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 3, 2022

They are far more convenient than conventional discussions and negotiations, providing procedural integrity and transparency while also lowering final prices owing to enhanced supplier competitiveness. Digital bidding, or eAuctions, are a more efficient way of negotiating with vendors in the international market. Macfarlane, 2017).

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Arkestro

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Rutkoski It’s no secret that we’re in the midst of a supply chain crisis. For procurement teams, this adds even more complexity to already complex supply chains. She’s been at Accenture since 2003 and is the procurement and supply chain technical power lead within Accenture operations.

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Jaggaer

MARCH 20, 2025

In such an unpredictable environment, procurement leaders are advised to take a risk-management approach, focusing on cost efficiency, contract flexibility, and strategic supplier relationships to ensure institutional resilience. billion in 2023, the largest growth rate in current dollars since 2003. to a total of $108.8

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SCMDOJO

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Understanding Lean and Six Sigma Lean and Six Sigma are two powerful methodologies aimed at enhancing organizational efficiency and quality. – JIT deliveries cause congestion in the supply chain which leads to delays, pollution, shortage of workers, etc. – Lastly, Not applicable to all industries.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

AUGUST 14, 2022

Today I’m joined by Cavallo , a powerhouse software company that is on a mission to drive efficiency in every stage of the distribution process. Founded by experienced distributors and perfected over two decades spent optimizing distribution supply chains, no company is better positioned to guide your growth.

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Procurement Insights

MARCH 1, 2024

In other words, your organization gains control of it’s spend environment by relinquishing centralized functional control in favor of operational efficiencies originating on the front lines. This is the cornerstone of agent-based modeling.

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Procurement Insights

MAY 27, 2024

Here is the paragraph: “Back in 2002, Greg Brady , a supply chain visionary, and Ranjit Notani , a pioneer in multi-enterprise collaboration technology, came to the conclusion that the traditional paradigm of business-to-business collaboration built around enterprise-centric software was fundamentally flawed. ” 30

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Procurement Insights

AUGUST 30, 2023

As you will read in the original article, the results speak for themselves: “In August 2003, the new technology successfully went live in a production environment for the DND. The Dangerous Supply Chain Myths series was based on my review of the ISM, CAPS and A.T.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

JANUARY 26, 2024

The 2003 blackout mentioned earlier wasn’t an isolated case; in some regions, vegetation causes up to half of the power outages, and in the US, this figure reaches as high as 92% , as reported by the Federal Energy Commission. To do so, they need to develop a more efficient and cost-effective vegetation management planning system.

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Supply Chain Trend

OCTOBER 29, 2021

New Wave 3 Technology can empower a more efficient and responsive planning process. If we look back over the history of supply-chain planning, we can properly say we are in the third wave of integrated supply-chain planning software (Van Hove, 2019). TRADITIONAL IBP AND PLANNING TECHNOLOGY.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

APRIL 5, 2023

This means they can focus on what matters most: improving productivity and operational efficiency to produce the best patient outcomes. In 2003, IBM performed the consolidation of these three separate systems into one common platform. This enables the cluster’s healthcare workers to operate efficiently and productively.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

While VMs create more efficient usage of hardware resources to run apps than physical servers, they still take up a large amount of system resources. Kubernetes also provides the automation and observability needed to efficiently manage multiple applications at the same time. ” The Borg name fit the Google project well.

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Jaggaer

APRIL 6, 2020

With an ever more connected global economy, and almost instantaneous n ews transmission, the impact of global health has multiplied since the last global (SARS) epidemic in 2003. Identifying Supply Chain Risk Amidst the Chaos . S upply chain risk, in a global pandemic scenario , has five defining characteristics : .

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Procurement Insights

MAY 29, 2024

In other words, your organization gains control of it’s spend environment by relinquishing centralized functional control in favor of operational efficiencies originating on the front lines. By the way, here are the results of solving business problems: “By August 2003, a full production program was introduced and successfully tested. (In

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Procurement Insights

MAY 28, 2025

In my previous post, I wrote about the following running poll in my favorite LinkedIn Group Purchasing & Global Supply Chain Professionals. EDITOR’S NOTE: This post was inspired by today’s opening keynote for the Semantic Layer Summit 2025 , Presented By ATSCALE. Again, please cast your vote and share your thoughts.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2023

A proactive approach to the threat of a global health crisis After the SARS outbreak in 2003, federal and provincial governments in Canada recognized that their existing public health systems and IT were inadequate. Lesson 7: Use storytelling to engage stakeholders and the public.

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