Procurement Insights

MAY 18, 2025

Here is the May 2007 overview of the series: In what was (and is) one of the most popular series in the Procurement Insights Blogs history, the Dangerous Supply Chain Myths series was based on my review of the ISM, CAPS and A.T. Kearney Report that was originally released in May 2007.

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Procurement supply chain budgeting Agile and Lean Supply Chain Budget 72

Procurement Insights

JUNE 4, 2025

Procurement Insight Archives May 22, 2007 – The Change ManagementMyth? Through these findings, organizations reported that they were able to effectively realign their purchasing strategy to minimize their reliance on a change management strategy and thus eliminate compliance issues.

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Change management Management Procurement Strategy 80

Procurement Insights

APRIL 8, 2025

Human-AI Synergy vs. Automation Bias ABM/Metaprise: Hansen insists on human synthesis of data strands (Web ID: 0, 2007), guiding ABMs self-learning agents. Why Better: Procurement benefits from ABMs creativity in chaotic 2025 conditions (e.g., climate disruptions), beyond equation-driven predictability.

Supply Chain Optimization 81

Supply Chain Optimization Procurement Supply Chain Efficiency Agile and Lean Supply Chain 81

Procurement Insights

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

” “Notwithstanding the June 27th, 2007 TEC News article heralding Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) as a “revolutionary technology,” it is ironic that the actual software you use has very little to do with the success of your procurement initiative.

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Innovation Procurement Purchasing Sourcing 52

Jaggaer

APRIL 9, 2025

In 2006, Oracle strengthened its customer relationship management (CRM) portfolio by acquiring Siebel Systems, and in 2007, it boosted its financial planning and analytics capabilities with Hyperion. SAPs largest acquisition during this period came in 2014, when it purchased Concur, the market leader in travel and expense management software.

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supply chain software solutions Supply Chain Optimization Supply Chain Efficiency Supply chain management 52

Procurement Insights

MAY 21, 2025

Example: Automated generation of purchase orders, waybills, and customs forms eliminated manual steps, cutting procurement cycle times by 35%. Part 1 & 2)” (2007) Key Impact: Process Over Technology: The success of Virginias eVA initiative (8090% adoption of identified spend by 2007) stemmed from methodology, not software.

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supply chain budgeting Real-time Visibility Stakeholder engagement Agile and Lean Supply Chain 52

Procurement Insights

JULY 14, 2025

eVA, Virginia’s eProcurement Program , knew this back in 2007 when the tech wasn’t as robust as it is today – [link] Instead of company names, we should know the names of the people behind each one. FOMO-driven purchases) and poor data integration are significant contributors to failure, alongside leadership issues.

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Leadership Stakeholder engagement Collaboration Data 52

Spend Matters

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

For example, many reports show that the adoption of e-sourcing by best-in-class companies has stagnated at 60% – 70% since 2007. Analysts and research firms have all reached the same conclusion.

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Real-time Visibility e2e Procurement Negotiation 116

Procurement Insights

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

2007 – Dangerous Supply Chain Myths Revisited (Part 7): Enabling Technology The Emergence of theMetaprise Discussion Excerpt: “In August 2003, the new technology successfully went live in a production environment for the DND. Scottish Water 9bn procurement process could create 4,000 jobs – thetimes.co.uk

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Chief Procurement Officer supply chain software solutions Procurement Contract 52

Procurement Insights

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Below is Part 6 of the 7-Part Dangerous Supply Chain Myths series , where I provide an extensive breakdown of the ISM, CAPS, and AT Kearney report originally released in May 2007. Unfortunately, most purchasing departments “inherit” their software as an adjunct downstream byproduct of either an original finance or IT-centric initiative.

Procurement 80

Procurement supply chain software solutions Supply Chain Efficiency Supply chain 80

Procurement Insights

APRIL 9, 2025

ProcureTech Entry: Ramps pivot into procure-to-pay (P2P) came later with the 2023 Venue acquisition, adding intake forms, purchase orders (POs), and vendor management. Here is the link to Procurement Insights’ coverage of Coupa going back to 2007: [link] Regarding ZIP, they virtually came out of nowhere not too long ago.

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Agile and Lean Supply Chain Spend management e2e Leadership 59

Procurement Insights

JULY 8, 2024

” Let’s travel back to 2007 and then ahead to 2024. If we replace the word ERP with Generative AI, would the 2007 predictions by CAPS, ISM, and Kearney be any different today than they were back then? Kearney Report, which was originally released in May 2007.

Supply chain 52

Supply chain Supply Networking Collaboration 52

Procurement Tactics

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

The 2008 recession (also known as The Great Recession) lasted 18 months, from December 2007 to June 2009. From 2007 to 2008, the Real Median Household Income decreased by roughly 3.6%. One question at the forefront of many Americans’ minds is, “Will this be another 2008 recession?”. Notably, it left 8.7 from 2019 to 2020.

Raw materials 195

Raw materials Bidding Contract Suppliers 195

ivalua

APRIL 1, 2020

Healthcare supply chain GPO, Intalere, deploys an end-to-end Source to Contract solution across its purchasing functions. The company chose Consus and Ivalua for their deep capabilities in the Source to Contract space to support their critical purchasing processes. has gone live with Ivalua’s Source to Contract solution. About Consus.

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Contract Sourcing Supply Chain Efficiency Supply chain 147

ivalua

APRIL 1, 2020

Healthcare supply chain GPO, Intalere, deploys an end-to-end Source to Contract solution across its purchasing functions. The company chose Consus and Ivalua for their deep capabilities in the Source to Contract space to support their critical purchasing processes. has gone live with Ivalua’s Source to Contract solution. About Consus.

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Procurement Insights

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Product Recalls Surge 11% in 2023 to Hit Seven-Year High,” I had not written a post about product recalls since August 2007. Barbie and Hot Wheels Revisited Before moving forward to 2024, let’s revisit the case study I cited in my 2007 article. Perhaps this explains why no one is writing about it.

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Supply chain Import Supply Influencing 87

Procurement Insights

JANUARY 3, 2024

Pop Quiz: When was the following article excerpt about orchestration written: “During the alignment phase, stakeholder input (especially from your purchasing department and supply base) will also enable you to lay a solid foundation to evaluate current and proposed technologies. Here are my thoughts.

Supply Chain Efficiency 72

Supply Chain Efficiency Purchasing Procurement Supply chain 72

ivalua

APRIL 2, 2019

Offshore ultra-deep water drilling company to deploy eSourcing globally across its purchasing function. Pacific Drilling requires a fast, efficient and automated sourcing process to support the company’s Purchasing processes. The company has corporate offices in Houston, Texas, with offices in Brazil, Luxembourg and Nigeria.

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Sourcing Supply Chain Efficiency Chief Procurement Officer Supply Chain Optimization 100

Procurement Insights

OCTOBER 27, 2023

2007 article on the CPO Agenda Roundtable Meeting, I reported the following – [link] “As a result, there is going to be a continuing need for what was referred to as “low-level” buyers. Of course, the “value creation” concept predates AI.

Contract 75

Contract Procurement Buyers Purchasing 75

Procurement Insights

DECEMBER 15, 2023

As one of the first procurement industry bloggers, if you told me on May 18th, 2007, that in December 2023, I would still be penning my thoughts on the Procurement Insights blog, I probably would not have believed you. Here Here is the link to my very first post: Welcome to Procurement Insights. A PI Q&A) 30

Supply chain 81

Supply chain Procurement Purchasing Sourcing 81

Procurement Insights

APRIL 13, 2024

I then wrote: “During the alignment phase, stakeholder input (especially from your purchasing department and supply base) will also enable you to lay a solid foundation to evaluate current and proposed technologies. In the meantime, these are my thoughts; please share yours.

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Supply chain Supply Purchasing Supply chain management 69

Procurement Insights

DECEMBER 27, 2023

My Response R.Gökhan Hüner , you provide great insights that immediately reminded me of the following excerpt from an article I wrote in 2007 – [link] “Unfortunately, most purchasing departments “inherit” their software as an adjunct downstream byproduct of either an original finance or IT-centric initiative.

Procurement 84

Procurement supply chain software solutions Purchasing Sourcing 84

Procurement Insights

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

FIRST, SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION In August 2007, I wrote an article titled “Procurement’s Expanding Role and the Executive of the Future.” However, the same individual concluded, “One strategic business thinker with the right skills and capabilities is worth 10 or 12 of your normal, run-of-the-mill purchasing people.”

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supply chain software solutions Supply Contract management Supply chain 72

Procurement Tactics

JUNE 26, 2023

Since its founding in 2007, the company saw 20%-25% growth in its yearly sales. ” – Stephens Jc “I recently purchased a quadcopter from Parkflyers. I have purchased from them for many years and will not stop any time soon! ’ – Christen Ferrer Study Procurement Study Negotiations 4. R@R Wholesale Inc.

Price 195

Price Suppliers Negotiation Real-time Visibility 195

Procurement Insights

JUNE 11, 2024

less), there is a higher probability those same consumers will purchase non-food items, while at Walmart purchasing groceries. 21% of Unilever’s supplier contracts (on $9.5bn in purchasing spend) use a Mintec price series to index costs” The net is that we can directly impact grocery sales, which equates to $4.9 20% of $24.53

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Price Sourcing Purchasing Suppliers 86

Procurement Heads

JULY 5, 2023

At the front of the UCAS book at the time, was a degree apprenticeship with the Ford Motor Company in purchasing and logistics, aptly titled PLUGS – Purchasing and Logistics Undergraduates. Back in 1995, I was just considering what I should do at university, with the thought of going to uni not really clear in my head.

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Chief Procurement Officer Sustainability Supply chain Procurement 130

Procurement Insights

OCTOBER 26, 2023

based customers who have contracted vendors, 33 percent of all purchases were from non-contract suppliers. In Canada, the number of off-contract purchasing reached a staggering 79 percent.” ” In 2007, reports emerged that Microsoft was looking to purchase SAP partly to address the above and other adoption obstacles.

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Change management Management Contract Buyers 69

ivalua

DECEMBER 18, 2019

The first, authored by Duncan Jones and published on December 10, is The Forrester Wave™: eProcurement Platforms, Q4 2019 , which covers purchasing and invoicing (similar scope to Gartner’s P2P Suites Magic Quadrant ). This month Forrester published 2 major Wave reports, which together span the full Source-to-Pay process.

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Eprocurement Contract Sourcing Suppliers 147

Supply Chain Opz

MAY 28, 2013

1) Purchasing Portfolio Matrix. In 1983, Peter Kraljic wrote the article " Purchasing Must Become Supply Management " for Harvard Business Review. In this article, he proposed the way to create a purchasing strategy based on different types of commodity. Purchasing Portfolio Matrix. 2) Demand Profiling Matrix.

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Procurement Insights

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

.” Mission Control The following excerpt from a June 2007 post talks about decentralization and centralization in procurement – [link] The theory behind the balanced approach is that self-sufficient (usually larger) departments, while independent, will be collaborative partners with the central purchasing group.

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Procurement supply chain software solutions Supply Chain Efficiency Collaboration 52

Procurement Insights

JULY 31, 2023

December 5th, 2007 – Microsoft Acquires SAP? (A Day in and day out, we dig into the specific purchasing needs of businesses and organizations and come up with innovative ways to deliver great prices, extensive selection, and consistent, reliable convenience.”

Procurement 52

Procurement Price Innovation Purchasing 52

Supply Chain Collaborator

MARCH 17, 2015

The short version is that 2014 came darn close (with 86 trucking and logistics companies acquired) to beating the record of 90 acquisitions set in 2007. Front page news from Transport Topics “Trucking, Logistics Acquisitions Expected to Continue in 2015”.

Logistics 68

Logistics Buyers Supply Chain Efficiency Influencing 68

SCMDOJO

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

They can save corporate capital on expenses and give customers much speedier services due to their connections and incentives (Li, 2007). If consumer purchases are insufficient, this is a time consuming and expensive process. Disadvantages of 3PLs Yet, 3PLs have several drawbacks as well. link] Retrieved from [link] Kennedy, A.

Logistics 98

Logistics Supply Chain Efficiency Supply Chain Optimization Negotiation 98

Procurement Insights

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Once the SSL site with the required part was identified, IPOS would automatically create and electronically dispatch the order with the applicable purchase order number and other essential data in PDF format. Results Speak Okay, the technology sounds cool – so what! What was the end result?

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Buyers Bidding supply chain software solutions Contract 75

ivalua

MAY 6, 2020

The first, authored by Duncan Jones and published on December 10, is The Forrester Wave : eProcurement Platforms, Q4 2019 , which covers purchasing and invoicing (similar scope to Gartner’s P2P Suites Magic Quadrant ). Last year Forrester published 2 major Wave reports, which together span the full Source-to-Pay process.

Sourcing 130

Sourcing Eprocurement Contract Suppliers 130

Procurement Insights

AUGUST 4, 2024

Why is tail spend misunderstood?

Management 52

Management Purchasing Supply chain Supply 52

Procurement Insights

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

In one of my very first blog posts in 2007, I covered a Geraint John ‘s CPO Agenda roundtable discussion in which senior global execs said that “one strategic business thinker with the right skills and capabilities is worth 10 or 12 of your normal, run-of-the-mill purchasing people.”

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Purchasing Buyers Procurement Management 40