Spend Matters

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

We believe these companies deserve greater visibility, especially in a market which is increasingly consolidating and diluting buyer choices. To potential buyers — Halo Ai’s founder has a background in procurement and has built the tool with procurement in mind and to replace current TPRM and GRC point solutions.

Supply Chain Efficiency 113

Supply Chain Efficiency Risk management Real-time Visibility Ethics 113

Jaggaer

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

It is a process that creates efficiencies across all spend categories, minimizes supply chain risks through improved supplier selection and awards, while giving visibility into pricing and forecasting. Supplier Onboarding and Supply Chain Collaboration – An often overlooked or underestimated challenge is supplier onboarding.

Strategic sourcing 52

Strategic sourcing Strategic sourcing Sourcing supply chain software solutions 52

TYA Suite

MAY 13, 2025

The PO serves as an official record of the transaction between the buyer and the supplier. Over time, these enhanced collaborations improve supply chain stability and can even lead to co-innovation opportunities. This document includes details like the product or service, agreed-upon price, quantity, and delivery expectations.

Procurement 40

Procurement supply chain budgeting Supply Chain Efficiency Raw materials 40

Procurement Insights

APRIL 15, 2025

data entries, supplier choices) to improve data quality and process efficiency, while agents guide outcomes to fit DNDs context. Key Features: Practitioner-Led: Agents (DND buyers) own workflows to teach self-learning algorithms. Self-learning algorithms augment this by analyzing agent actions (e.g.,

Data 78

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

Procurement Insights

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

February 2025 – Liquid networksdynamic, decentralized, and highly adaptable systemsare reshaping procurement and ProcureTech by enhancing supplier collaboration, innovation, and agility. Supply chain risk management is proactive and data-driven. Delivery performance and product quality also improved dramatically.

Networking 59

Networking Import Procurement Buyers 59

Procurement Insights

APRIL 13, 2025

buyers, suppliers) interacting based on real-world commodity traits (e.g., unit, source coffee from Ethiopia at $4/kg) based on current data, prioritizing cost and quality. Agents update their models to favor successful strategies, aligning with Hansens agility focus (2014 post,). Department of Defense). unit), assess $0.07/unit

Real-time Visibility 52

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

Procurement Software

JUNE 15, 2025

If this were a manufacturing process generating over 30% waste, it would be something that lean experts would be crawling all over. Ask yourself: why it is that startups are so lean and agile…? How many of these tasks could be done by an Admin Assistant, Data Analyst or a Junior Buyer? But What if My Data Quality is Poor?

Supply Chain Efficiency 52

Supply Chain Efficiency Procurement Category management supply chain software solutions 52

Procurement Insights

JUNE 16, 2025

specific suppliers, individual buyers, unique market conditions). Dynamic “What-If” Scenario Simulation with Real-Time Adaptability: Living Digital Twins: Enterprises will operate “living” digital twins of their entire supply chain, procurement ecosystem, or even broader market segments, powered by Hansen’s ABM.

Supply Chain Optimization 52

Supply Chain Optimization Supply Chain Efficiency Ethics Raw materials 52

Procurement Insights

APRIL 30, 2025

THE SHORT ANSWER Procurement Insights is not a replacement for analyst firms its a complementary and sometimes disruptive mirror , helping enterprise buyers and tech vendors see past sanitized reports into what actually matters to practitioners. – Challenges rigid quadrants with more agile, narrative-driven insights.

Procurement 52

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

Supply Chain Dive

JULY 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. Retrieved from Yedi Houseware on July 17, 2025 Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback.

Sourcing 43

Sourcing Agile and Lean Supply Chain Logistics Inventory 43

Procurement Software

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

The new procurement tech players: agile and configurable My prediction is most of the solutions that disappear will be replaced on a one-to-one ratio by new market entrants. The economic buyer in this case is undoubtedly going to be the CFO. I’m not a computer scientist, and neither are most CPOs and CFOs.

supply chain software solutions 52

supply chain software solutions Procurement Contract Procurement team 52

Supply Chain Dive

JULY 17, 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. Dive Brief: Mars has reduced greenhouse gas emissions across its supply chain by 16.4% 18, 2005, in Sydney, Australia.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 57

Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Efficiency Supply chain Supply 57

Finale Inventory

JULY 18, 2025

When buyers rely on gut feeling rather than data-driven analysis, inventory decisions become disconnected from actual market demand. The right technology transforms inventory management from reactive to proactive, dramatically reducing the likelihood of accumulating deadstock while improving overall supply chain optimization.

Strategy 40

Strategy Real-time Visibility Management Inventory planning 40

Procurement Insights

APRIL 16, 2025

Pierre Mitchells Profile: Leads procurement research at Spend Matters, with 30 years of experience in supply chain and digital transformation, per Spend Matters (2022). Advocates for clean data as critical for agility and resilience, per Tealbook (2021), and coined guided buying, focusing on tech-enabled processes, per LinkedIn.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 52

Agile and Lean Supply Chain Data Procurement Quality 52

Supply Chain Dive

JUNE 17, 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. Held will help scale operations, optimize the supply chain and ensure that products are consistently available across the chain’s U.S.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 73

Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Optimization Supply chain Supply 73

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 22, 2025

Such a model, based on prioritizing unit economies and production at scale, doesn’t prepare manufacturers and retailers for the waves of disruption that are washing over global supply chains today. Singhal says AI is instrumental today in helping buyers to locate suppliers that can provide maximum agility.

Supply Chain Optimization 76

Supply Chain Optimization Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Efficiency Real-time Visibility 76

Supply Chain Dive

JULY 8, 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. The goal is to promote the adoption of digital interoperable traceability to drive “trust in fishery and aquaculture supply chains,” per the website.

e2e 51

e2e Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Efficiency Supply chain 51

SCMDOJO

MAY 29, 2025

Supply chains are the systems that move products from where they are made to where they are needed. Many companies follow Health, Safety, Environment, and Quality HSEQ practices to keep everything running smoothly. Strong HSEQ practices can help supply chains avoid big problems that cost a lot of time and money.

Supply Chain Efficiency 52

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

Supply Chain Dive

JUNE 25, 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. The coffee brand said the latter services include monitoring and bettering workers’ rights across Nescafé’s supply chains.

Sourcing 62

Sourcing Sustainability Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Optimization 62

Supply Chain Dive

JUNE 18, 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. A RIVR employee accompanied the robot during the trial for quality assurance. Will mass adoption ever come? By Edwin Lopez • Jan.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 92

Agile and Lean Supply Chain Logistics Supply chain Risk 92

ivalua

JUNE 4, 2020

A review of the key elements in supplier management for manufacturers and how Source-to-Pay procurement technology can support the journey towards supply chain resilience and agility in times of crisis. As the COVID-19 pandemic disrupts global supply chains, procurement organizations around the world are scrambling to react.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 173

Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply chain resilience Supply Chain Efficiency Supply chain 173

ivalua

JUNE 29, 2020

We believe that a key pillar of this transformation is the supply chain. With such growth comes supply chain complexity. Shift towards self-contracting and self-distribution: With health systems gaining significant scale and wanting more control over their supply chain, this shift is accelerating.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 219

Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Optimization Supply Chain Efficiency Supply chain 219

ivalua

JANUARY 13, 2023

These behaviors are commercially advantageous, increasing competition to directly improve quality, drive down costs, and improve project ROI. In addition, diverse suppliers can improve their own supplier resilience, proving they are agile and can “turn on a dime” when it comes to responsiveness. Agile Procurement in Canada.

Suppliers 246

Suppliers Strategy Agile and Lean Supply Chain Ethics 246

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.

Supply Chain Efficiency 111

Supply Chain Efficiency supply chain software solutions supply chain budgeting Supply Chain Optimization 111

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.

Sustainability 246

Sustainability Agile and Lean Supply Chain Influencing Contract 246

Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Check out Brand Protection – The Definitive Role of the Supply Chain! The Supply Chain function within your company has many responsibilities. Yet often the Supply Chain is undervalued. Why is Supply Chain often undervalued? Pressures for Cost Reduction in Supply Chain.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 95

Agile and Lean Supply Chain supply chain budgeting Supply chain Raw materials 95

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

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. Production Lead Time: Encompassing manufacturing, quality control, assembly, and related processes. Improved forecasting contributes to better overall supply chain planning.

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

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.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 96

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

Una

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Procurement professionals are now celebrated for their innovation, creativity, agility, and cost-saving initiatives. And let’s not forget the crucial role they play in driving diversity and sustainability within the supply chain. Reducing suppliers also helps mitigate risk throughout the supply chain.

Supply Chain Efficiency 105

Supply Chain Efficiency Procurement Purchase orders Real-time Visibility 105

ivalua

JUNE 1, 2022

However, they could probably leverage their great buyers in a better way by having proper data delivered to them upfront and allowing them to identify the most strategic new projects. This process can also carry over into the supply chain where Amrest needs visibility and the full strategic payments process to identify key suppliers.

Real-time Visibility 130

Real-time Visibility Agile and Lean Supply Chain Procurement Supply Chain Efficiency 130

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 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.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 66

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

SCMDOJO

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Task-Specific Services: Primarily involved in tasks like supplier identification, negotiation, and quality control. Here, the agency seeks to understand the client’s specific needs, budget constraints, and quality standards. Throughout the production process, the agency implements rigorous quality control measures.

Sourcing 104

Sourcing Supply Chain Efficiency Supply Chain Optimization Negotiation 104

The Good Spending

JANUARY 4, 2023

Buyers of direct materials will empathize with the availability and quality of an item rather than the price itself. Category strategy will elaborate on logistical and supply management aspects, i.e., inventory planning and supply chain configuration. Indirect ones support the production and operational processes.

Strategic sourcing 97

Strategic sourcing Strategic sourcing Agile and Lean Supply Chain Category management 97

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!

Suppliers 98

Suppliers Management Supply Chain Efficiency Agile and Lean Supply Chain 98