Procurement Insights

JANUARY 19, 2025

” Ask Chat GPT 4 simple questions, and then tell me why maps and quadrants and solution provider logos matter: What were the top 10 procuretech solutions in 1995, 2005, 2015, and 2025? What were the top 10 procuretech solutions in 2015? Then, you can answer this question: What is the one constant in each of those four eras?

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Procurement Insights

MAY 22, 2025

Founded in 2015 and headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area (Saratoga, CA), Certa has quickly established itself as a digital backbone for managing supplier, customer, and partner relationships across all risk domains and lifecycle stages. I will share these results with you today. Everything about Certa.ai

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

JUNE 30, 2023

. ​ Automotive supply chain facts Up to 50 percent of unscheduled downtime is due to a lack of spare parts or stockouts ( The Importance of Inventory Optimization in MRO, July 2015 , Aberdeen Group) Generally, 99% of [semiconductor] manufacturing foundries have no visibility where the part is going. Why is this happening?

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Supply Chain Game Changer

APRIL 13, 2021

From 2009 to 2015, in the midst of a national recession, I served as Director, and later VP, of Engineering at Addepar, a wealth management platform. After growing it from an idea on a napkin to more than 300 employees, we decided it was time to take on a new challenge. How can people contact you at Vector?

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Supply Chain Trend

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

It sometimes seems like S&OP is stuck in a time warp, where the same old things as 30 years ago are being discussed. The S&OP Pulse Check 2015 suggests S&OP practitioners are left behind in confusion: 62% of respondents think there is not enough innovation in S&OP systems. What do you believe can be done about that?

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Supply Chain Trend

AUGUST 13, 2020

IBP requires cross functional alignment to eliminate silos, to achieve accountability for delivering strategic, financial and operational outcomes, and to enable scenario planning that provides forward visibility into the consequences and risks of decisions (Sorensen, 2020). Automation versus Augmentation. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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EazyStock

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

*This post was originally published June 2015; it was updated September 2018*. In today’s competitive business environment, getting the correct products to the right place at the right time via the most cost-effective manner is paramount for your business’ success. Daily Route Tracker – Driver Time Management.

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