Procurement Insights

MAY 3, 2025

Ariba) was niche, and spreadsheets remained standard for supplier data and budgeting. 2007 97% Slight decline as early cloud solutions emerged, but spreadsheets dominated due to familiarity and cost. 2013 94% Gradual decline as ProcureTech matured (e.g., 2006 98% Minimal change; early ProcureTech (e.g., Ivalua, GEP expanded).

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Procurement Insights

MAY 13, 2025

With some tech, you can break down the problem and reduce the chances of it occurring. With some tech, you can break down the problem and reduce the chances of it occurring.

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Supply Chain Trend

JULY 22, 2018

Their orientation is on supply chain, but there are needs for S&OP as a business-governing model in other areas. Adam Grant (2013) divides people into givers, takers, and matchers. S&OP IS OUR END-TO-END BUSINESS MODEL, BUT WE TALK SUPPLY-CHAIN LANGUAGE. So let me expand upon these themes.

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Supply Chain Trend

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Usually lead and motivated by supply chain who promises a great business governing model, there is some enthusiasm and support from other functions. The often supply chain oriented S&OP objectives like forecast accuracy improvement and inventory reductions will not really engage executives deeply.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Today I’m joined by DCLI , a leading transportation brand that is on a mission to transform the way chassis work within the intermodal supply chain by focusing on equipment quality, operational efficiency, and delivering a great driver experience. The cost savings and the environmental benefits alone are very difficult to match.”

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Procurement Software

JUNE 4, 2024

As supply chain technology improves for transportation, inventory management and warehousing, the procurement tools for manufacturing businesses now need to step up. SourceDay SourceDay , founded in 2013, is dedicated to reshaping how businesses manage procurement for manufacturing. And stepping up, they indeed are.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

With big-name members including Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd, and Evergreen, they’re on a mission to lead the container shipping industry towards systematic collaboration – and they have the expertise and budgets needed to drive change. 30.55] Industry progress, and supply chain stakeholders’ priorities for further change. “We

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

How can banks, credit unions, and financial advisors keep up with demanding regulations while battling restricted budgets and higher employee turnover? The Basel Committee released BCBS 239 as far back as 2013. But as we inch closer to global economic downturn, the need for top-notch governance has become increasingly urgent.

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Value Match

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

We have seen some of these shifts over time, for example the construction and infrastructure industry making changes around areas such as social value and use of SMEs in their supply chains, investment in green technologies and increasing automation. This is what has been called ‘savings’ in the past. Why make the point.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 6, 2019

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Due to globalization, growing consumer demands on transparency, the pertinence of sustainable development and technological advancements, procurement and supply chain professionals have been highlighted as an integral part of their organizations. Source: Accenture 2013. “An

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Containers have increased in popularity and adoption ever since the release of Docker in 2013, an open-source platform for building, deploying and managing containerized applications. Gartner predicts that 90% of global enterprises will use containerized applications and one in five apps will run in containers by 2026, as CIO reported.

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The Network Effect

OCTOBER 1, 2014

I was speaking at a large conference about the major impacts of globalization, technology, and supply chain on commerce. While traditional selling methods should not yet be abandoned, it is difficult (if not impossible) to compete if you are not present on a platform where the majority of buyers are spending their budgets.

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Claritum

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Budget constraints. Supply chain and logistics constitute almost £3 trillion in “value at stake: the combination of increased costs that [as a result of digital innovations] will migrate among companies and industries from 2013 to 2022. source: (p3) Accenture Strategy , The Digital Supply Network (2014).

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Procurement Software

JUNE 13, 2023

It enables users to allocate, manage and monitor budgets. Catalogue Management allows you to enjoy the e-commerce experience for your corporate supplies as you create requests faster and easier. Its granularity enables you to create different catalogues and identify them with various organizational units, budgets, or categories.

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Procurement Software

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

These all help to drive supply chain impact. Their modules cover a range of activities, including: Automation of supplier information management; Vendor self-assessment; Macro supply chain risk evaluation; Evaluation of media coverage; Financial resilience rating; Auditing; Performance monitoring processes.

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Supply Chain Trend

JULY 28, 2018

Adam Grant (2013) divides people into givers, takers, and matchers. McKinsey studies in 2009 and 2013 also supports this conclusion. With a S&OP communication plan, executives can inform, energize and re-focuses employees and call out for action to fill budget or strategy gaps.

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Supply Chain Trend

JULY 28, 2018

Adam Grant (2013) divides people into givers, takers, and matchers. McKinsey studies in 2009 and 2013 also supports this conclusion. With a S&OP communication plan, executives can inform, energize and re-focuses employees and call out for action to fill budget or strategy gaps.

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Leadership Supply Chain Efficiency Change management Real-time Visibility 60

Procurement Heads

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

It’s all the things you would expect in terms of robust Sourcing, SRM and category management across our supply chain, working closely with our business stakeholders and achieving excellent year-on-year results against an ever-increasing set of challenging KPIs. Have you faced any barriers as a woman in the industry?

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Procurement Heads

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

It’s all the things you would expect in terms of robust Sourcing, SRM and category management across our supply chain, working closely with our business stakeholders and achieving excellent year-on-year results against an ever-increasing set of challenging KPIs. Have you faced any barriers as a woman in the industry?

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Supply Chain Trend

APRIL 2, 2018

With it roots in the supply chain, this S&OP 1.0 had a strong focus on supply chain performance like improving customer service, decrease inventory and drive asset utilization. but it remained a side thought next to supply chain focused language and solutions. The beauty of S&OP 1.0 S&OP 1.0

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 12, 2021

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. A value chain is a harmonious engine of various moving pieces that would stop dead in its tracks without a solid foundation of supplier relationships & collaboration. appeared first on Supply Chain Game Changer™. Subscribe Here! Email Address. Now, and forever.

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Negotiation Buyers Bidding Collaboration 88

Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

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