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Bezos? Jeff Bezos? What does he have to do with anything related to procurement and supply chain?

Procurement Insights

Hansen’s early concepts—especially his 1998 frameworks involving agent-based modeling , the Metaprise , time-zone polling , and advanced self-learning algorithms —share fundamental DNA with the adaptive, decentralized, and data-rich supply chain models later refined and scaled by Jeff Bezos at Amazon. MODEL 2 Jon W.

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A Provider/Practitioner Request For A RAM 4-Model Assessment* Of Certa.ai (RESULTS)

Procurement Insights

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. This lack of transparency can undermine trust and complicate regulatory audits.

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What impact did Gartner’s late entry into Procurement and AI have on procurement practitioners and ProcureTech solution providers?

Procurement Insights

Hansen was publicly referencing and implementing AI concepts in the late 1990s , notably through “advanced self-learning algorithms” in procurement and supply chain applications. In summary: Gartners analyst headcount and revenue have grown steadily every five years, with particularly rapid expansion after 2015.

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First, There Was The Ariba Interviews, Now There Is The Pierre Mitchell Interview (Sort Of*)

Procurement Insights

Mitchell, Spend Matters Chief Research Officer, is a recognized procurement expert who focuses on digital transformation, data analytics, and procurement technology, often emphasizing clean data and process efficiency (e.g., Joules transformers) could handle more autonomously, reducing costs, unlike DNDs officer-driven fixes.

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Sustainable Goals in Procurement — Embracing Sustainability

Procurement Tactics

In procurement, sustainability goals are about your objectives to achieve sustainability in procurement while ensuring that the process remains efficient. Thus, you will be able to keep up with the fluctuations in your supply chain. It can help by ensuring that all procurement processes are fair and transparent to everyone.

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Building a sustainable automotive supply chain

IBM Supply Chain Blog

Pair that with a semiconductor shortage amidst global car sales that are forecasted to top 69 million , and you can understand that disruptions in the automotive supply chain would be detrimental to the industry.​ 3 tips for accelerating the path to a more resilient and sustainable automotive supply chain 1.

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6 Logistics KPIs Attributes That are Essential

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Logistics is the central system that controls physical inventory flow in a supply chain. Similarly, Logistics KPIs indicate the logistics’ total efficiency and direct the managers to carry out operations optimally. Productivity attribute signifies the Logistics’ day-to-day operational efficiency. To conclude.