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

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Procurement Insights

JUNE 8, 2024

.” The following excerpt from the article defines “robotic selling:” “Many notable sales training and coaching programs have historically focused on getting to a decision maker, confirming they have a budget, a need, and the authority to buy, then selling them the benefits of a product or service.”

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Supply Chain Collaborator

JANUARY 25, 2016

These 9 headlines culled from Transport Topics over the first three weeks of 2016, coupled with the emerging economic slowdown should give pause to all shippers. Now is the time to invest in technology to help improve supply chain efficiency and transportation cost-efficacy.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

APRIL 22, 2022

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. You no longer have to “drain” the budget: the funds spent on advertising will pay off through interaction with people already familiar with your company. According to a study conducted by Google in 2016, 38% of the people surveyed regularly make purchases using mobile devices.

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Supply Chain Trend

JUNE 16, 2017

To assess the current state of S&OP, I interviewed 7 S&OP thought leaders at the end of 2016 for my blog supply chain trend. S&OP is still too supply chain focused, although it covers much more than supply chain. Too much Supply Chain focus.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

February 17, 2016 – Fair Lawn, NJ – UltraShipTMS announces the latest addition to its growing roster of valued client companies –The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc., This comprehensive array of logistics software tools will help improve efficiency and reduce costs associated with shipping across multiple modes of transportation.

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Claritum

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

In Deloitte’s Global CPO Survey 2016 the top 4 priorities for CPO’s were found to be cost reduction, new product development, increasing cash flow and organic expansion. source: (p2) Deloitte – The Deloitte Global CPO Survey 2016. Cost Reduction. Reducing total life cycle/ownership costs.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Launched in 2016, BlackBerry Radar is an intelligent, secure and user-friendly asset tracking and monitoring solution. Platt’s career has been focused on advanced technology solutions that help companies improve operational efficiencies, manage compliance, and reduce costs. and Emery Worldwide.

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Procurement Insights

JUNE 1, 2025

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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Arkestro

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Then we’ll discuss how AI and other innovative technologies are removing current complexities, allowing oil and gas companies to reduce costs, optimize supply chains, and make data-driven decisions. As a result, the industry’s efficiency is falling while operational costs rise. trillion.

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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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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

Growing global complexity in supply chain management has forced organizations to look towards technology as their silver bullet; serving as the missing link between people (supply chain actors) and the ability to collaborate at scale. Check out What Exactly is Blockchain? And How Does it Work? Infographic).

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Supply Chain Trend

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

To get some answers for S&OP practitioners, Niels van Hove from Supply Chain Trend interviewed a group of S&OP leaders. Supply Chain Trend will publish a weekly Q&A with these S&OP leaders. To get some answers for S&OP practitioners, Supply Chain Trend interviewed a group of S&OP leaders.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

The role of a hybrid cloud solution for HPC Cadence started its public cloud journey in 2016 and now operates with a hybrid, multicloud approach, which includes IBM. A hybrid cloud approach delivers the agility, flexibility and security required to fill these demands.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

APRIL 26, 2020

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. At Supply Chain Game Changer we believe in sharing experiences and expertise from people in every industry and from across the globe. As such we have introduced our “ Seasoned Leadership in Action ™” Interview series at Supply Chain Game Changer.

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Barkers Procurement

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

It was spending a significant amount with a Total Facilities Management (TFM) provider on both maintenance and projects, but now needed to make significant cost savings because of reduced budgets. For the second project, the team led a full negotiated procurement process in line with the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016.

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Supply Chain Trend

OCTOBER 29, 2021

If we look back over the history of supply-chain planning, we can properly say we are in the third wave of integrated supply-chain planning software (Van Hove, 2019). To become autonomous, supply chains require the new technology of Wave 3 planning systems, which we think of as systems of intelligence.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

APRIL 10, 2021

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Everything to do with Blockchain in 2016. Budgets for blockchain research and development will be cut if no demonstrable advances to existing database technologies can be achieved. appeared first on Supply Chain Game Changer™. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 17, 2018

At Supply Chain Game Changer we believe in sharing experiences and expertise from people in every industry and from across the globe. As such we have introduced our “Seasoned Leadership in Action ” Interview series at Supply Chain Game Changer. I would call myself an accidental supply chain executive!

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Watsonx.data uses cost-efficient compute and storage and fit-for-purpose query engines such as Presto and Spark, that automatically scale up and down. This now gives Db2 Warehouse customers the ability to augment existing workloads and reduce costs by pairing the right workload with the right engine based on price and performance needs.

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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. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 15, 2024

Additionally, Amazon’s logistics services include transportation and warehousing solutions, allowing businesses of all sizes to leverage Amazon’s expertise and resources in streamlining their supply chain and improving their delivery capabilities. It proposes storing products in giant underwater storage facilities.

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Supply Chain Trend

DECEMBER 22, 2023

We will decide and response faster in our supply chain and make higher quality operational and strategic decisions. I believe that soon enough it will become a must to provide new roles to young graduates for them to be interested in working in supply chain. These new operating models can create significant benefits.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

APRIL 5, 2023

In 2015, IBM received the SingHealth Enterprise Partner Award for IBM’s strong commitment in SingHealth’s successful, seamless integration, from raising purchase requisitions to making payment to vendors to eliminate manual tracking of budgets and overspending by the institutions.

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Procurement Software

MARCH 5, 2024

FRDM FRDM is a software company specialising in supply chain risk management. Their software is designed for multinational corporations managing complex supply chains. It helps large enterprises like Virgin, Coca-Cola, Boeing, and IBM map, monitor, and mitigate ESG risks across their global supply chains.

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Planergy

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Vertical Integration: By taking control of different stages of the production or distribution process, businesses can gain supply chain control, reduce costs, increase efficiency, and differentiate their products and services. What is Horizontal Integration?

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Procurement Software

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Founded in 2016, the company is led by two experienced procurement and management experts. Vider and Markus Sinz Date Founded: 2016 Visit Apadua profile in our Software Finder 2. Working together with manufacturers, Alpas aims to create a more sustainable, transparent and cost-effective sourcing environment.

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Procurement Software

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Key Data: Founder / CEO: Mark Zeise Date Founded: 2016 Visit Trackado profile in our Software Finder 2. These all help to drive supply chain impact. ProcureNode helps businesses to streamline supplier onboarding, and reduce costs through better procurement planning.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 13, 2020

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. The Parallel Supply Chain … A Twilight Zone Strategy? Death of Global Supply Chains article and permission to publish here provided by Sam Jenks at kodiakrating.com. Is COVID19 the death of Global Supply Chains? Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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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

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. The speed of drones is a major selling point for customers, of which 79% say they would be “very likely” or “somewhat likely” to request drone delivery if their package could be delivered within an hour (Source: Walker Sands Future of Retail 2016 Study ). Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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Procurement Software

AUGUST 8, 2023

In 2016, Coupa went public on the NASDAQ exchange and continued to grow rapidly through both organic growth and acquisitions. In 2020, Coupa announced the acquisition of Llamasoft , a supply chain planning software company, for $1.5 Mid-market businesses don’t have huge software budgets. Only time will tell.

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Jaggaer

JANUARY 11, 2019

As we start 2019, it’s critical to understand how current events, changes in governmental policy and the general economic climate may affect the global procurement market and supply chain. With slowing growth, the procurement market may see many organizations decrease spending budgets and change focus to cost-saving measures.

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