Spend Matters

APRIL 15, 2025

Manufacturing and industrials: Strengthening the supply chain backbone In the manufacturing world, procurement is about much more than just tracking spend its the heartbeat of supply chain management. Supply network modeling, now integrating large language models (LLMs), allows for precise tracking and material tracing.

Real-time Visibility 72

Real-time Visibility Procurement e2e Supply Chain Efficiency 72

Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 26, 2021

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Supply Chain Visibility Has Never Been More Important! Supply Chain visibility article and permission to publish here provided by Adam Miglio. And the limitations in supply chain visibility seem to start right here. would demand its implementation.

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Supply Chain Visibility Real-time Visibility e2e Agile and Lean Supply Chain 105

Spend Matters

JUNE 3, 2025

The US administrations announcement of reciprocal tariffs in early April sent a jolt through global supply chains. Building internal alignment across procurement, supply chain, legal and finance to tie sourcing decisions to tariff cost modeling and compliance. Remaining agile by embedding reassessment mechanisms.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 68

Agile and Lean Supply Chain Real-time Visibility Supply Chain Efficiency Procurement 68

Supply Chain Opz

JUNE 23, 2013

Value Chain Analysis for Superior Supply Chain. What is Value Chain and Value Chain Analysis? Many academics and practitioners use the word "value chain" and " supply chain " interchangeably. Differentiation: selecting the important attributes that buyers want so company can get premium price.

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SCMDOJO

MAY 18, 2023

The following is a business case highlighting the background, context and value proposition of SCMDOJO’s Expert Marketplace, a platform designed to connect businesses with specialized Supply Chain Expert Services. It is within this context that SCMDOJO’s Expert Marketplace was conceived.

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Jaggaer

OCTOBER 24, 2024

By selecting and developing the right suppliers and establishing streamlined, transparent communication with them, manufacturers gain the agility and resilience to respond to customer demands, rise to the top, and navigate disruptions more easily. That makes agility a foundational part of your manufacturing strategy.

Collaboration 52

Collaboration Suppliers Supply Chain Efficiency Agile and Lean Supply Chain 52

SCMDOJO

MARCH 19, 2024

Discover Ways to Boost Supply Chain Visibility through Digital Marketing Supply chain visibility is essential for providing a superior customer experience and sustaining customer loyalty over time. Customers face significant frustrations that erode brand trust and sales without supply chain visibility.

Supply Chain Visibility 98

Supply Chain Visibility Real-time Visibility e2e supply chain software solutions 98

Jaggaer

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Building Stronger Relationship s : Effective Approaches to Multi-Tier Supplier Collaboration A chain is only as strong as its weakest link—but what if you can’t evaluate the entire chain? Tier 1 suppliers and their suppliers—and their suppliers’ suppliers—make up an organization’s multi-tier supply chain.

Collaboration 52

Collaboration Supply Chain Efficiency Suppliers Real-time Visibility 52

Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 20, 2019

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. What Supply Chain Management problem does this solve? The biggest problem in the transitional supply chain is lack of open and trustworthy information availability across the supply chain caused by multiple issues – trust, technology and legacy practices being the top ones.

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Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Efficiency supply chain software solutions Supply chain 96

SCMDOJO

AUGUST 21, 2023

Try this as a tongue twister: “Tripping through tantalizing TikTokers, tenfold to transform your tangled supply chain!” In our digital age, where viral trends dominate, TikTok’s influence now extends to supply chain management. Discover the Top 10 TikTokers reshaping how you view supply chains.

Supply Chain Optimization 98

Supply Chain Optimization Supply Chain Efficiency Agile and Lean Supply Chain supply chain software solutions 98

Procurement Insights

APRIL 15, 2025

Understanding the Models Metaprise with Self-Learning Algorithms (DND Case Study): Core Idea: Hansens Metaprise envisions procurement as a network of agents (human practitioners and technology systems/AI agents) making localized decisions. Key Features: Practitioner-Led: Agents (DND buyers) own workflows to teach self-learning algorithms.

Data 78

Data Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Efficiency Supply Chain Optimization 78

Procurement Heads

MARCH 27, 2023

We are having to become much more agile in our approach because suppliers are less willing to hold their pricing. I’m passionate about working in collaboration with the supply chain and allowing for constructive conversations so that we’re doing all we can to ensure the best value for money for our customers.

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Sustainability Agile and Lean Supply Chain Influencing Contract 246

Procurement Insights

APRIL 9, 2025

Impact on Amex vs. Ramp Functionality Boost: Pre-Nipendo: Amex relied on card networks and partnerships (e.g., Supplier Focus: Ramps supplier management is buyer-centric (e.g., vendor sync with NetSuite), while Nipendo strengthens Amexs supplier network integration, potentially outpacing Ramp in complex B2B ecosystems (e.g.,

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 59

Agile and Lean Supply Chain Spend management e2e Networking 59

ivalua

MARCH 27, 2023

The first and most visible element of this change are the emergence of Government tax networks or Continuous Transaction Controls (CTC) systems. The Invoice Hub Unfortunately, this just won’t work if the AP process is locked behind “old school” networks like Basware, Coupa, Tungsten, or Ariba.

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Procurement strategies Agile and Lean Supply Chain Real-time Visibility Networking 130

Procurement Insights

MAY 1, 2025

It fills critical gaps in depth, agility, and contextual insight that most traditional analysts and association models overlook. Spend Matters Tech vendor evaluations, SolutionMap Deepens the story with buyer perspective, implementation lessons , and historical insight into vendor shifts.

Procurement 52

Procurement Supply Chain Optimization Supplier consolidation Agile and Lean Supply Chain 52

SCMDOJO

DECEMBER 14, 2023

In supply chain management, total lead time is a crucial metric encompassing the period from customer order to delivery, be it in B2B or B2C scenarios. As a critical supply parameter, managing lead time is essential for mitigating uncertainties in the supply chain.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 98

Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Efficiency Supply Chain Optimization Real-time Visibility 98

Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 10, 2018

Supply chain collaboration is a hot topic today and no wonder: companies that collaborate effectively across the supply chain have enjoyed dramatic reductions in inventories and costs, together with improvements in speed, service levels, and customer satisfaction. Subscribe Here! Email Address. Making The Right Choices.

Collaboration 78

Collaboration Supply Chain Optimization Agile and Lean Supply Chain supply chain budgeting 78

IBM Supply Chain Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

For years, supply chain professionals have measured success by how well they have been able to drive down costs and drive up efficiency. Then, 2020 sent shockwaves through many JIT strategies; the disruption was just too big to absorb and supply chain ecosystems had not been built to flex.

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Supply chain resilience Supply Chain Efficiency Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Optimization 52

IBM Supply Chain Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Supply chains are under enormous stress. As supply chain leaders, we’ve seen unprecedented levels of disruption, challenges with our ecosystem trading partner networks, tariff wars, real wars and tremendous turnover in human capital. Senior supply chain leaders are retiring in record numbers.

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Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Optimization Supply Chain Efficiency Supply chain 66

ivalua

OCTOBER 1, 2020

This is because the Accounts Payable teams have been expecting eInvoicing Networks to address this challenge. Unfortunately, these Networks have now become the barrier to adoption by forcing new T&Cs and processes on the Supplier. Today, everyone from the poolman to the global catalogue provider can email a PDF Invoice.

Real-time Visibility 130

Real-time Visibility Networking Supply Chain Efficiency Suppliers 130

Procurement Tactics

JUNE 28, 2023

Livestock Commodities Livestock and meat commodities include lean hogs , pork, live cattle , and feeder cattle. It follows the principles of supply and demand as it is the driving force of commodity markets. Mintec Mintec provides market intelligence, commodity prices, and price forecasts across the agri-food supply chain.

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Raw materials Supply Chain Efficiency Price Market analysis 178

Procurement Insights

APRIL 9, 2025

Agent-Based Solution : Agents represent suppliers, buyers, and logistics providers, sharing data and negotiating terms autonomously. Predictive Risk Mitigation Challenge : Reactive risk management leads to costly supply chain failures. Impact : Lowers supply chain disruption risks by 3040% , ensuring smoother implementations.

Supply Chain Efficiency 52

Supply Chain Efficiency Real-time Visibility Supply Chain Optimization Agile and Lean Supply Chain 52

ivalua

AUGUST 5, 2020

In part, this is due to the challenge of handling high volumes of supplier invoices being merged with the new digital Tax Compliance and Government Supplier Networks. The solution is to follow the top performers and focus on supplier adoption, smart matching and introduce the agile methodology of continuous improvement. Invoice Hub .

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supply chain software solutions Real-time Visibility Networking supply chain budgeting 130

Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 5, 2021

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Procurement is one of the sole functions in an organization that can truly implement and realizes quality and sustainability initiatives in the line; considering procurement’s ability to impact the global supply chain network at the supplier level. Subscribe Here!

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Suppliers Management Supply Chain Efficiency Agile and Lean Supply Chain 98

Zycus Cognitive Procurement

DECEMBER 15, 2022

As we are coming to the end of the year, procurement and supply chain leaders across industries initiate their annual strategic planning process for the next year. We have shortlisted 7 C ritical T rends that will help supply chain leaders and practitioners to build a strategic blueprint for 2023 and beyond.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

JANUARY 9, 2023

Today I’m joined by TraceGains , the world’s only networked ingredients marketplace. As a global technology company, they provide networked innovation, quality, and compliance solutions to consumer brands that want to reduce supply chain risk, innovate faster, speed up business processes, and take control of data.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 52

Agile and Lean Supply Chain Food and Beverage Supply Chain supply chain software solutions Supply Chain Efficiency 52

Supply Chain Game Changer

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Inventory management starts with the fundamental in and out of your supply chain. Warehouse and distribution networks. ? Everyone from your product developers to your supply chain management team can more easily do their jobs. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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Inventory supply chain software solutions Management Supply Chain Optimization 98

Supply Chain Game Changer

APRIL 15, 2020

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. The Digital Supply Chain Road is Full of Potholes, Construction and Accidents! Above all, LinkedIn Groups focused around procurement & sourcing keep you in large networks, amongst your peers. appeared first on Supply Chain Game Changer™. Subscribe Here!

Procurement 111

Procurement Supply Chain Efficiency Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply chain 111

Spend Matters

JUNE 19, 2023

Top performing vendors have achieved a “Network Effect” type of collaboration where suppliers can manage all their buyers in the same portal and even behave as buyers themselves receiving invoices from their suppliers.

Buyers 97

Buyers Agile and Lean Supply Chain Collaboration Suppliers 97

SCMDOJO

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

How is marketing connected to my supply chain? The supply chain of your business has many components. That’s why you need to understand the relationship between supply chain and marketing and align them if you hope to maintain a competitive edge in the fast-paced world.

Supply Chain Optimization 52

Supply Chain Optimization Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Efficiency Supply chain 52

Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 10, 2018

For the upcoming Holiday our theme was that we were going to have a BORING Holiday season … from a Supply Chain perspective. But by BORING, from a Supply Chain perspective , I did mean that we were going to do all of the necessary planning. And we would deliver a great customer experience.

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Supply Chain Optimization Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Efficiency Supply chain 60

Jaggaer

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Supplier collaboration serves as the foundation for supply continuity, agility, risk management, and resilience when disruptions occur. Your goal might be to transition from purely traditional buyer-supplier business arrangements, fine-tune strong supplier relationships that yield average results, or something in between.

Collaboration 52

Collaboration Supply Chain Efficiency Suppliers Agile and Lean Supply Chain 52

Jaggaer

JULY 10, 2024

By leveraging advanced technologies and innovative methodologies, the collaboration aims to streamline and optimize the procurement and supply chain processes, enhancing efficiency and driving unparalleled value for manufacturing, financial services, life sciences, transportation and logistics and energy and utilities sectors across the region.

Supply Chain Efficiency 52

Supply Chain Efficiency Agile and Lean Supply Chain Buyers Eprocurement 52

SCMDOJO

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Sourcing agencies excel in handling these intricacies, ensuring a smooth and efficient flow of products from supplier to buyer. Their extensive network of suppliers across the globe opens doors to new markets and a diverse range of products.

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Sourcing Supply Chain Efficiency Supply Chain Optimization Agile and Lean Supply Chain 104

ivalua

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

In part, this is due to the challenge of handling high volumes of supplier invoices being merged with the new digital Government Networks. The solution is to follow the top performers and focus on supplier enablement, smart matching and introduce the agile methodology of continuous improvement.

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Jaggaer

APRIL 14, 2020

Can the complex global supply network survive the COVID-19 pandemic? This is perhaps an extreme example, but it highlights how COVID-19 is causing severe disruptions to supply chains. The broader issue is that border controls and travel bans limit the ability of supply managers to identify and qualify new suppliers.

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supply chain budgeting Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Efficiency Supply Chain Optimization 52

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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