Let's Talk Supply Chain

MAY 16, 2025

As global trade winds gust through the intricate web of supply chains, Clorox stands at a crossroads, poised to navigate the shifting currents in a bid to maintain stability and agility in the face of economic turbulence. These recommendations focus on enhancing efficiency and minimizing costs in the sourcing process.

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Jaggaer

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Complete Source to Pay cycle and Strategic Sourcing Guide An optimized Source-to-Pay (S2P) process helps businesses enhance procurement efficiency, reduce costs, and improve supplier collaboration. Steps, Benefits, and Best Practices S2P covers the entire procurement lifecycle, from supplier selection to final payment.

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Procurement Heads

MARCH 27, 2023

We’re responsible for the supplier management and then supporting the business in contract management as well. We are having to become much more agile in our approach because suppliers are less willing to hold their pricing. Sustainability is one of those, and supply chains can influence carbon emissions in a huge way.

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Jaggaer

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Strategic Sourcing Success: Best Practices and Key Strategies Of course, there are many definition s of source-to-pay but put simply, strategic sourcing is a data-driven approach to securing the best value for your organization from its strategic suppliers. How Has Strategic Sourcing Evolved? Tactical Versus Strategic Sourcing.

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

One way of doing this is by leveraging Source-to-Pay (S2P) solutions, which provide procurement with the tools needed to maximize the value they get from their supplier relationships, automate and streamline processes, and identify opportunities for cost savings. Let’s explore further.

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SCMDOJO

JUNE 28, 2024

In recent years, there has been a significant shift in the supply chain industry as more and more women are choosing careers in this traditionally male-dominated field. This rise of women in the supply chain is not only breaking gender barriers but also bringing a fresh perspective and new ideas to the table.

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Una

MARCH 6, 2023

Procurement process automation can involve anything from automated supplier discovery, risk monitoring, payment processing, spend analytics , and contract approval. The exciting part is that automation frees up your team for big-picture projects, supplier relationship management, strategic planning, and continuous improvement.

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Procurement Insights

APRIL 13, 2025

buyers, suppliers) interacting based on real-world commodity traits (e.g., supplier performance, tariff costs) to optimize decisions. cosmetics suppliers $0.32/unit cosmetics suppliers $0.32/unit Agents update their models to favor successful strategies, aligning with Hansens agility focus (2014 post,). kg margins.

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Skill Dynamics

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Collusion involves suppliers and employees conspiring and coordinating to manipulate procurement outcomes. Unusual vendor behavior such as the consistent submission of suspiciously high bid values or constantly changing bank details are cause for scrutiny. All of this leads to a more agile, responsive, and efficient organization.

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Procurement Insights

APRIL 5, 2025

9 Lytica 2015 Established in 2015, a newer player in supply chain analytics. 10 Archlet ~3050 employees Startup with a lean team, ProcureTech 100 honoree, but minimal scale. 3 Ivalua Unified spend visibility Holistic platform excels in cost breakdown and supplier analytics, flexible for complex needs.

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Jaggaer

OCTOBER 24, 2024

9 Steps to Improving Supplier Collaboration for Competitive Advantage The strategic value of suppliers has been growing, and so has the need to rely on their performance and partnership. Supplier collaboration serves as the foundation for supply continuity, agility, risk management, and resilience when disruptions occur.

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Procurement Insights

APRIL 13, 2025

In contrast, SAPs Joule, an AI copilot in S/4HANA Cloud, uses explicit feedback loops, such as gradient descent for procurement analytics, to optimize tasks like supplier selection and spend management, leveraging structured AI methodologies. cost predictions, supplier scoring). supplier bids, historical costs) feeds predictive models.

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SCMDOJO

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Effective supply chain management is essential for success in the dynamism and connectivity of modern companies. To accomplish this, you require the skills of supply chain experts who can manage the complexity and difficulties of today’s global supply chains. They come from a variety of backgrounds.

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Procurement Heads

JUNE 14, 2023

If you know the regulations well and you can think strategically, you can still be agile, innovative and drive value for money. I also brought in some new people into my national team and changed the culture to be more agile and service-orientated. This took time and required a company-wide change.

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Una

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Now, CPOs and their procurement teams look to invest in more secure supply chains, addressing increased volatility in consumer demand and responding to the changing ways people work (i.e., Then, in the 1960s, the practice of competitive bidding became commonplace giving rise to trained procurement professionals. Is that all?

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Barkers Procurement

AUGUST 10, 2023

Why Diversifying Your Supply Chain Is So Important The Power of Diversifying Your Supply Chain – You don’t need us to tell you how essential supply chains are. Managing a supply chain involves working with a network of suppliers who are all connected via a centralised supply chain management process.

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Una

APRIL 23, 2024

How Machine Learning is Transforming Supply Chain Management Machine learning applied to supply chain management allows businesses to enhance decision-making and streamline operations. Machine learning, a subset of AI, has emerged as a game-changer in the world of supply chain management.

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ivalua

JANUARY 22, 2019

A Forrester study on enabling smarter procurement found only 22% believe their reporting and analysis is where it should be and only 22% that they have the required agility to respond to changing requirements. 33% bluntly stated their service does not meet customer expectations. Innovation.

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World of Procurement blog

APRIL 23, 2024

In this blog, we're diving deep into the realm of procurement strategy—discussing its importance, how to craft an effective plan, communicate it within your firm, measure its success, and understand different procurement methodologies, including agile procurement. This can range from competitive bidding to direct negotiations.

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World of Procurement blog

APRIL 23, 2024

In this blog, we're diving deep into the realm of procurement strategy—discussing its importance, how to craft an effective plan, communicate it within your firm, measure its success, and understand different procurement methodologies, including agile procurement. This can range from competitive bidding to direct negotiations.

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TYA Suite

MAY 3, 2025

Back then, businesses relied on paper purchase ordersphysical forms filled out by hand, signed, mailed, or faxed to suppliers. Today, digital purchase order are part of a larger trend toward automation, integrating with accounting software, inventory systems, and analytics tools to create smarter, more efficient supply chains.

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The Good Spending

AUGUST 23, 2022

The value creation process includes: quality and customer service, supplier relationship, employee enrichment, community benefit, stockholder reward. Briefly, it is the next step from TCO-based supplier selection. Revenue Sales of company products/services through reciprocal buying agreements with suppliers.

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Procurement Software

APRIL 18, 2023

This ensures they get the best deal possible with their suppliers. These negotiations take place in real time, with all prospective suppliers at once. This involves suppliers competing in sequential bidding. It also improves your agility across everyday procurement processes.

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Arkestro

MARCH 13, 2023

Industry: Automotive Manufacturing Headquarters: New Jersey, USA Website: holman.com % savings in one day % supplier reduction “One of the challenges that we’ve had in categorizing our spend is taking on static, preferred supplier agreements to drive pricing down. It turned to Arkestro Predictive Procurement software.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Check out Supplier Collaboration is a Win-Win Strategy! This is clearly not the case in the world of supplier management. All suppliers are not created equally and they should all be managed with this distinction in mind. There are considerably more suppliers at the base than at the top. Basic Construct. All Aboard!

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Arkestro

JANUARY 9, 2024

As we move into 2024, procurement teams continue to face hurdles like supply chain volatility, geopolitical tensions, budget restrictions, talent shortages, and more. Take a look at how procurement teams will meet ESG goals in 2024: Technology and supplier intelligence. Sustainable bidding. Supplier performance analysis.

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Procurement Software

MARCH 7, 2023

The digital P2P process provides intelligent transaction automation between your company, suppliers and their receipt of payments. One of the first things to be digitised was the transfer of money from customer to supplier, via bank transfer. Improvements to end-to-end supply chain efficiency.

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The Procuretech Podcast

MAY 3, 2022

Given the current supply chain crisis and geopolitical instability, what better time to speak to a guest from a unique eSourcing solution? Alan Holland, CEO of Keelvar, is here to tell us how AI can offer something more immediate, spot and transactional, in these unstable times when agility matters.

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The Good Spending

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Procurement is on the journey from cost-cutting to value delivery Naturally, Procurement started in the lowest cost arena, where the cheapest bid wins. Selecting suppliers by cost-only criteria (even as sophisticated as the TCO) contradicts procurement ambition to become the contributors of a value.

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Procurement Software

MARCH 11, 2022

Supplier innovation. Sustainability initiatives within the supply chain. If this were a manufacturing process generating over 30% waste, it would be something that lean experts would be examining closely, questioning the inefficient use of energy and resources. Competitive bidding for €10k worth of one-time spend.

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Arkestro

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

While certain industries continue to work around rising prices and supply disruptions, others are trying to take advantage of downward price pressures. Couple these with a broader climate of economic volatility and talent scarcity, and CPOs and heads of Manufacturing and Supply Chains have their work cut out for them.

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World of Procurement blog

MAY 8, 2024

Procurement refers to the business processes involved in acquiring goods, services, and work from external suppliers. It involves identifying needs, sourcing potential vendors, obtaining quotes and proposals, negotiating contracts, selecting suppliers, managing relationships, and meeting obligations.

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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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Procurement Software

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The digital P2P process provides intelligent transaction automation between your company, suppliers and their receipt of payments. One of the first things to be digitised was the transfer of money from customer to supplier, via bank transfer. It enables: Building stronger relationships with your key suppliers.

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World of Procurement blog

APRIL 23, 2024

Sourcing Software: Helps companies find and acquire goods and services by managing RFQs (Request for Quotations) and bidding processes. Supplier Management Systems: Assists in tracking and evaluating supplier performance, ensuring compliance and fostering better relationships. Examples include SAP Ariba and Coupa.

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Una

JANUARY 8, 2024

They know how to discover niches in the business where they can best add targeted value, and they see supplier relationships as a value-creating goldmine rich with the potential for innovation and competitive advantage. When it's finally time to bid them farewell, they are recyclable, contributing to a greener planet.

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TYA Suite

JULY 17, 2024

This strategy outlines the methods and processes for selecting suppliers, negotiating contracts, , and ensuring that procurement activities align with the organization’s overall goals and objectives. Relies on manual processes for sourcing, negotiation, and Focuses on cost reduction through competitive bidding and bulk purchasing.

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