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

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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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20 Years Of Procurement And Spreadsheets: An Accelerated Decline?

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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. 2015 93% AI adoption (10% of organizations per Exploding Topics) began reducing manual tasks, but spreadsheets remained prevalent.

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Choosing Rod Sherkin

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ProPurchaser ** ProPurchaser** operates in the procurement intelligence and cost management sector, providing tools and data to assist supply chain professionals in negotiations. Dairy.com**: Offers technology services and intelligence platforms tailored to the dairy industry, focusing on supply chain optimization.

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

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Hansen was publicly referencing and implementing AI concepts in the late 1990s , notably through “advanced self-learning algorithms” in procurement and supply chain applications. Procurement-Specific : Up to 70% of ERP/procurement tech projects fail due to scope creep, budget overruns, or misalignment.

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Three Reasons Public Sector Must Transform Grants Management NOW

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Office of Management and Budget (OMB) estimates federal grants to states and local governments in FY2019 totaled nearly three quarters of a trillion dollars. trillion, making grants roughly 17% of the total federal budget. . Federal grants often make up a large portion of any state, county or municipal budget. Reason No.

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Blockchain for Supply Chain: A Comprehensive Guide for Businesses

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Blockchain technology is revolutionizing the way businesses manage their supply chains. By providing a secure and transparent way to track products from their origin to their final destination, blockchain for supply chain can help increase efficiency, reduce costs, and improve trust between suppliers and customers.

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Technology Support in Integrated Business Planning: Automation, Augmentation and Human Centricity

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Preview In his 2019 Foresight article, Niels van Hove examined eight technological hurdles that must be overcome to enable autonomous or ‘lights out’ supply-chain planning. He reasoned that to support such planning we need to implement a third wave of integrated supply-chain planning software.