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2025 Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Efficiency 
ivalua
JULY 1, 2025
This blog explains what a successful procurement strategy looks like in 2025, including a working definition, a strategic procurement framework, and the key steps to building one. These areas form the operational backbone of procurement and must be integrated within a unified platform to ensure consistency, compliance, and agility.
ivalua
JULY 1, 2025
This blog explains what a successful procurement strategy looks like in 2025, including a working definition, a strategic procurement framework, and the key steps to building one. These areas form the operational backbone of procurement and must be integrated within a unified platform to ensure consistency, compliance, and agility.
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ivalua
MAY 10, 2025
This guide breaks down the key procurement technologies in use today and the trends reshaping the future, such as AI-driven sourcing, predictive risk management, and deeper integration across the supply chain. Your procurement technology platform should help unify data and processes across tiers to avoid disruptions.
Spend Matters
DECEMBER 23, 2024
In readiness for our Q1 2025 theme of Procurement Transformation, which will include how to even start your digital journey, how to make the case for it, how to shape your digital roadmap and how to survive it, we have received input from some solution providers on their own customers journeys.
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Supply Chain Game Changer
JULY 8, 2025
Rebate Management Software is designed to handle the intricate calculations and processes associated with rebates in the supply chain. The Importance of Rebates in Supply Chains Rebates can be a powerful tool for driving sales and maintaining competitive pricing.
Let's Talk Supply Chain
APRIL 28, 2025
In the ever-evolving landscape of supply chain management, procurement leaders must stay ahead of the curve to ensure success in 2025 and beyond. In this article, we will explore four key strategies that procurement leaders can adopt to navigate the complexities of the future supply chain landscape.
Supply Chain Dive
JUNE 23, 2025
Skip to main content Dont miss tomorrows supply chain industry news Let Supply Chain Dives free newsletter keep you informed, straight from your inbox. To remain competitive, organizations must fundamentally rethink their approach to supply chain management.
Supply Chain Game Changer
FEBRUARY 7, 2025
Subscribe The Supply Chain Renaissance Has Begun! The supply chain industry faces a transformative era heading into 2025. If you want to know how these factors influence daily operations or redefine long-term strategies, read on for an insightful look at the future of supply chain management.
Procurement Insights
MARCH 2, 2025
Hansens ProcureTech solution, RAM (short for “Relational Acquisition Model,” based on historical context), stands out due to its pioneering approach to procurement efficiency, developed in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The industrys SaaS sprawl contrasts with RAMs lean successless might still be more.
ivalua
MAY 28, 2025
Ivalua NOW AMER 2025 in New Orleans was an event that exceeded all expectations, delivering an unforgettable experience for our thriving procurement community. As always, a special thank you to our 2025 Partner sponsors! We came, we connected, and we conquered! Brent Griffith Day 2: More Keynotes, Sessions, and Silent Demos!
The Network Effect
JULY 11, 2025
Skip to content The Network Effect Beyond Supply Chains Menu Home Business Networks Supply Chain Management Logistics Resilience AI About Submit a Post Rethinking Defense Supply Chains with Network-Based Command Centers July 11, 2025 Michael Bruens Defense , Supply Chain Management This post has already been read 125 times!
Let's Talk Supply Chain
FEBRUARY 24, 2025
In a world where the digital realm continues to shape the future of industries, the supply chain landscape stands at the precipice of profound conversion. As we fast forward to the horizon of 2025, the Institute for Supply Management News ventures into the unknown, exploring the enigmatic path that lies ahead.
Spend Matters
JANUARY 9, 2025
In readiness for our Q1 2025 theme of Procurement Transformation, which will include how to even start your digital journey, how to make the case for it, how to shape your digital roadmap and how to survive it, we have received input from some solution providers on their own customers journeys.
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Supply Chain Dive
JUNE 24, 2025
Skip to main content CONTINUE TO SITE ➞ Dont miss tomorrows supply chain industry news Let Supply Chain Dives free newsletter keep you informed, straight from your inbox. Published June 24, 2025 By Kalena Thomhave post share post print email license A rendering of Stellantis’s planned Mopar parts Megahub in metro Detroit.
Supply Chain Game Changer
JULY 15, 2025
In today’s competitive market, every drop of efficiency in extraction and logistics fuels innovation across supply chains, ensuring that products reach consumers faster and at lower costs. How does oil and gas production drive global supply chain innovation?
Jaggaer
DECEMBER 5, 2024
Opportunities for Procurement Technology As we look toward 2025, European businesses are reshaping their supply chains to navigate an increasingly complex global landscape. A recent report by Maersk and Reuters Events highlights that 68% of companies are making supply chain visibility and monitoring solutions a top priority.
Jaggaer
JANUARY 15, 2025
2025 Vision: Transforming Indias Procurement Landscape Indias dynamic economy and distinctive procurement landscape offer significant opportunities for growing businesses to scale strategically. Complex Supply Chains Indias vast supply networks span global and local partnerships, each with its own unique challenges.
ivalua
JUNE 17, 2025
In a world of ever-growing economic uncertainty, procurement is at the heart of organizations’ aim to drive efficiency and cost savings. As more and more companies invest in S2P technology, Ivalua has commissioned a survey and report on “The State of Source-to-Pay Digitization 2025” from trusted research and advisory firm Ardent Partners.
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Jaggaer
FEBRUARY 28, 2025
Procurement Priorities for 2025 and Beyond The manufacturing industry is evolving rapidly, leaving Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) grappling with challenges that could make or break their organizations. Shielding Your Supply Chain: Ensuring Continuity in a Volatile World Supply chain disruptions have become the new normal.
Supply Chain Game Changer
JUNE 7, 2025
Subscribe The Supply Chain Renaissance Has Begun! This article depicts how innovative technology transforms supply chain operations. This blog studies how technological tools boost business efficiency and market standing to lead companies toward lasting success in our rapidly changing global market.
Procurement Insights
JANUARY 3, 2025
Starting with the CFO, then the CIO, CEO, and The Board, here is the outline of changes in how top executives view procurement going forward in 2025. CFOs began to see procurement as critical to business continuity and organizational agility. Emphasis shifted from pure cost savings to total cost of ownership (TCO) and value creation.
Supply Chain Brain
JULY 17, 2025
Breaking Down Business Silos Supply chains don’t exist in isolation. To truly build resilience across the entire organization — including supply chain and logistics — businesses need to remove the internal silos that can lead to restricted data flow and collaboration. It all starts with adaptability.
Procurement Insights
JULY 2, 2025
The 2007 article is a worthwhile read as it demonstrates the potential repercussions of excluding supply chain personnel in the early planning stages of an organization’s M&A strategy.) If it did, then 85% of all e-procurement and supply chain initiatives would not fail. SCADA in energy or Epic in healthcare).
Supply Chain Game Changer
FEBRUARY 11, 2025
Subscribe The Supply Chain Renaissance Has Begun! In the world where supply chain development is going meta, businesses nowadays have to stay abreast and adapt themselves constantly to these metamorphosing areas of operation as well as introduce innovative strategies as a way for survival and/or staying competitive in the game.
Procurement Insights
JUNE 22, 2025
White Paper: Projected Adoption of Hansen Fit Technologies (2025–2075) Abstract This white paper outlines the projected adoption trajectories and anticipated impacts of Hansen’s Metaprise, agent-based automation, and strand commonality models in procurement and supply chains.
Supply Chain Game Changer
JUNE 13, 2025
Subscribe The Supply Chain Renaissance Has Begun! Efficient supply chain management is the key. All of this is possible thanks to an optimized supply chain. This requires everyone in the supply network to share accurate and timely information to identify problems and streamline processes.
Let's Talk Supply Chain
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
With the rapid advancements in technology and the ever-evolving landscape of supply chain management, the role of artificial intelligence is becoming increasingly vital. Join us as we analyze the key takeaways from this engaging discussion and contemplate the implications for the future of supply chain management.
Supply Chain Game Changer
JUNE 5, 2025
Subscribe The Complexity of the Lego Supply Chain! Supply chains in the energy sector are among the most complex and capital-intensive in the world. Key insight for finance professionals: Supply chain complexity is more than logistics. It’s about capital flow, asset risk, and regulatory layering.
Supply Chain Game Changer
JULY 10, 2025
Subscribe Enhancing Supply Chain Resilience with Smart Automation Technologies! With smart machines powered by AI and IoT, your company can operate more efficiently, effectively, and productively. Automation is not just replacing human labor; it unleashes greater performance, greater agility, and a greener future.
Procurement Insights
DECEMBER 11, 2024
EDITOR’S NOTE: I am under embargo regarding the advanced copy I received from ZIP with their Procurement Predictions for 2025. This integration will streamline strategic sourcing, reducing cycle times and enhancing efficiency. Resilient Supply Chain Management** : Building resilience into supply chains will be a priority.
Let's Talk Supply Chain
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
In the fast-paced world of aviation, delays are often unavoidable but always impactful.The highly anticipated entry-into-service (EIS) of the Airbus A350F,originally slated for 2025,now faces unexpected hurdles. Diversify Sourcing: Explore alternative suppliers to reduce dependency on a single source and mitigate risks.
Let's Talk Supply Chain
FEBRUARY 24, 2025
The global shipping industry is undergoing a massive restructuring in 2025, with long-standing alliances dissolving and new partnerships emerging. These shifts are set to redefine carrier operations, impact freight rates, and change how businesses manage their supply chains.
Procurement Insights
JUNE 7, 2025
Well, let’s ask Generative AI through the intelligent filtering of the RAM 2025 4-Model Assessment Tool. In many respects, Amazon’s supply chain success is a real-world realization of Hansen’s early vision—particularly around autonomy, distributed intelligence, and real-time adaptation. MODEL 1 Jon W. MODEL 2 Jon W.
Supply Chain Brain
JULY 17, 2025
Yet the complex supply chains behind those therapies are increasingly vulnerable. To meet this moment, health systems must adopt a more resilient, transparent, and data-driven approach, powered by digital transformation. In a 2022 ASHP survey, 99.7% of pharmacists reported experiencing shortages of critical sterile injectables.
Procurement Insights
MARCH 2, 2025
AI RAM Assessment Regarding 1998 Version RAMs not a silver bulletits 1990s roots dont solve 2025s ESG or global supply chain sprawl directly. Procurement practitioners can benefit from RAM by embracing its adaptability, transparency, efficiency, human focus, measurable ROI, data leverage, and resilience.
Jaggaer
MARCH 6, 2025
Leveraging modern procurement technology has become essential for public sector organizations aiming to achieve efficiency, transparency, and compliance while meeting their social and environmental goals. Blockchain Technology: Blockchain ensures transparency, security, and traceability in procurement transactions.
Procurement Leaders
JUNE 2, 2025
In last weeks CPO Crunch I covered the rise of the term agentic in the context of AI and how it has become one of the most-used words in the corporate lexicon in 2025. Specifically, the capabilities they focus on and attempt to quantify are efficiency, agility and innovation potential.
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Planergy
MAY 8, 2025
5] Scalable Tools Handle Rising Demand: With 95% of organizations reporting increased procurement workloads, digital systems are helping teams scale, reduce cycle times, and handle complex supplier networks more efficiently. [4][5] In 2025, this is finally starting to shift at scale.
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Procurement Insights
APRIL 14, 2025
Efficiency Gains : Reduction of procurement staff from 23 to 3 full-time equivalents within 18 months. 2025 RELEVANCE The Department of National Defence (DND) case study involving Jon W. Hansen’s agent-based model (ABM) remains highly relevant in 2025. within three months. Part 1 of 3).
Jaggaer
APRIL 9, 2025
The Manufacturing Supply Chain Journey through AI and Automation Manufacturing Supply Chains Explained The manufacturing supply chain comprises all the processes a business uses to turn raw materials and components into final products that are ready to be sold to customers, whether these are consumers or other businesses.
Arkestro
JUNE 9, 2025
It’s Event Season 2025! It’s Event Season 2025! Here are four of 2025’s past events where Arkestro was a major presence. Plug and Play Detroit EXPO 2025 Plug and Play is a global innovation hub that brings together startups, corporations, investors, universities, and governments. Where in the World is Arkestro?
Procurement Insights
APRIL 8, 2025
MODEL #2 An agent-based model within a metaprise framework outperforms traditional equation-based intake and orchestration models in procurement because it better addresses the complexity, unpredictability, and multi-stakeholder nature of modern supply chains. Focused on efficiency, not innovation; maintains status quo.
Supply Chain Dive
JUNE 24, 2025
Skip to main content CONTINUE TO SITE ➞ Dont miss tomorrows supply chain industry news Let Supply Chain Dives free newsletter keep you informed, straight from your inbox. Published June 24, 2025 Kelly Stroh Editor post share post print email license A Sportsman's Warehouse storefront in Altoona, Pennsylvania.
Supply Chain Brain
JUNE 19, 2025
As operators struggle to build agility and scale while they manage costs, the use case for person-to-goods (P2G) robotics is more compelling than ever. Just be prepared for anything and keep going. Each requires specialized expertise, careful planning and targeted investment. Return on investment (ROI) is a further consideration.
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