Spend Matters

JUNE 3, 2025

The US administrations announcement of reciprocal tariffs in early April sent a jolt through global supply chains. Supplier diversification across geographies to reduce dependency on high-risk sources. Remaining agile by embedding reassessment mechanisms. Contract rebalancing to shift tariff liability.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 68

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

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?

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Strategic sourcing Strategic sourcing Sourcing supply chain software solutions 52

ivalua

JANUARY 13, 2023

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. This is crucial as businesses continue to be faced with supply chain and business challenges. Agile Procurement in Canada. Ethical Spend Toolset.

Suppliers 246

Suppliers Strategy Agile and Lean Supply Chain Ethics 246

Procurement Leaders

APRIL 6, 2023

That said, the biggest challenge remains going deep into your supply chain. UCB’s changing supply chain We have a categorisation beyond whether a supplier is strategic or not. And so, the more insight we have into what is going on, it allows us to make that right judgement.

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Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Efficiency Supply chain Supply 130

Procurement Tactics

AUGUST 25, 2022

Sebastian Chua started his procurement journey with Hewlett Packard/Agilent Technologies as their country manager for Singapore, India, Thailand, and the Philippines before he took on the job as the regional procurement manager. . Furthermore, He was voted by Supply Chain Digital as one of the top 10 procurement executives worldwide.

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Procurement Supply Chain Optimization supply chain budgeting Agile and Lean Supply Chain 231

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 112

Supply Chain Efficiency Risk management Real-time Visibility Ethics 112

ivalua

MARCH 9, 2023

A comprehensive Source-to-Pay platform is a critical component of an organization’s IT environment. What is Source-to-Pay? The Source-to-Pay process itself is quite broad but it covers most if not all the aspects of a procurement organization, at least from a process and technology perspective.

Sourcing 130

Sourcing Real-time Visibility e2e supply chain software solutions 130

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.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 93

Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply chain Supply Supply chain management 93

Supply Chain Game Changer

JANUARY 20, 2021

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Supply Chain Investment Challenges – Real and Imagined! You have also invested in supply chain systems to manage and monitor the flow of goods. In fact, the average mid-size and enterprise company has four supply chain system investments each!

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 98

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

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

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

MAY 29, 2025

Supply chains are the systems that move products from where they are made to where they are needed. Strong HSEQ practices can help supply chains avoid big problems that cost a lot of time and money. This makes HSEQ an essential part of keeping supply chains working well.

Supply Chain Efficiency 52

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

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. Complex, multi-tiered supply chains Superior (e.g.,

Supply Chain Optimization 81

Supply Chain Optimization Supply Chain Efficiency Procurement Agile and Lean Supply Chain 81

SCMDOJO

DECEMBER 14, 2023

In the global world of businesses, companies often seek help from sourcing agencies to figure out how to get the things they need. But what’s a sourcing agency or sourcing agent and how does it make buying things easier? Let’s explore this world of sourcing agencies and understand what they do.

Sourcing 104

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

Spend Matters

APRIL 30, 2025

In a landscape shaped by inflation, supply chain fragility, regulatory pressure and digital transformation, orchestration is more than a buzzword. Externally, risk and compliance obligations mount, supply chains are stretched and stakeholder expectations broaden. It’s between the inside and the outside.

Suppliers 82

Suppliers Management Real-time Visibility Agile and Lean Supply Chain 82

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.

Supply Chain Efficiency 111

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

SCMDOJO

MARCH 19, 2024

In today’s fast-paced business landscape, having an efficient supply chain department is more important than ever. A streamlined supply chain can make a significant impact on the overall success of a business, improving operational efficiency, increasing customer satisfaction, and driving revenue growth.

Supply Chain Optimization 98

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

ivalua

MARCH 5, 2020

In this disruptive age, businesses must move faster and become more agile, so Procurement must respond, to this or we will become obsolete. And increasingly, that means collaborative working with key suppliers who can support that need to be innovative, flexible and agile.

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Collaboration Agile and Lean Supply Chain Procurement supply chain budgeting 130

Supply Chain Opz

SEPTEMBER 14, 2013

Fashion industry is one of the most primitive form of supply chain management and its practices have been extended, adopted and become the best practices that we use today. One year later "Kurt Salmon Associates" was assigned to investigate the whole apparel supply chain. Fashion SCM 1.0 Fashion SCM 1.0

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Supply chain management Supply chain management Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply chain 91

SCMDOJO

MARCH 24, 2025

Strategic Sourcing: Strategic sourcing involves managing suppliers, while their selection is done through Request for Quotation (RFQs) forms from multiple suppliers to compare and evaluate them based on pricing, quality, and delivery speed. However, its impact is typically greater on the buyer than on the supplier. Emiliani, M.

Price 60

Price Purchasing supply chain budgeting Raw materials 60

ivalua

MARCH 28, 2019

Professionalisation of the function, logic and analysis has also extended into other areas, with a growth in relevant qualifications, all the way through to procurement and supply chain MBAs and even Doctorates. But, as we move towards a new decade, perhaps the wind is shifting, and we may see a different focus in the next ten years.

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Procurement Agile and Lean Supply Chain Real-time Visibility Innovation 167

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

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

Supply Chain Dive

JUNE 6, 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. Most of those surveyed said they’ve also altered research processes, with nearly 30 % leaning on large language models more often than Google.  

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Barkers Procurement

MAY 7, 2025

When Covid-19 first hit five years ago, retailers experienced the need for supply chain resilience. Now, as they build the agility and strength needed to respond to potential unexpected events, we can look to this period for guidance. A key flaw to emerge was that supply chains were murky. Nothing moved.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 52

Agile and Lean Supply Chain Chief Procurement Officer Supply chain Supply chain resilience 52

Una

MARCH 6, 2023

Innovation” can simply mean finding smarter ways to do things by tweaking a process, removing waste, or speeding up time-to-source. How to innovate: Identify the most manual and time-consuming part of your sourcing cycle, look at the solutions available, automate it , and move on to the next.

Purchasing 98

Purchasing Innovation Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supplier relationship management 98

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

Key Features: Practitioner-Led: Agents (DND buyers) own workflows to teach self-learning algorithms. Hansens agent-based model pushes practitioner ownership to bridge this gap, reducing failures by empowering users, not just leaning on tech. Self-learning algorithms augment this by analyzing agent actions (e.g., spend analysis). .

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

Spend Matters

AUGUST 3, 2022

Accommodate existing applications and external data/intelligence sources alike. This ecosystem strategy for managing “best-in-class architectures” is unfortunately still nascent, but recent activity has thankfully signaled the start of a greater shift by the large technology vendors themselves (and not just progressive buyers).

Sourcing 104

Sourcing Spend management Procurement supply chain software solutions 104

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

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.

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

Supply Chain Dive

JUNE 4, 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 home improvement retailer says China makes up 20% of its sourcing footprint, per a May 21 earnings call. Sign up here. By Max Garland • Feb.

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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.

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TYA Suite

MAY 13, 2025

These are typically routine or recurring purchasessuch as office supplies, raw materials, tools, or maintenance servicesthat support the companys ongoing operations. While it may not seem as strategic or high-profile as long-term sourcing deals, operational procurement is essential. What is the goal of operational procurement?

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Procurement Supply Chain Efficiency supply chain budgeting Raw materials 40

ivalua

JUNE 1, 2022

Although Amrest utilizes a sourcing process, the liquidity gap blocks past analyses and data. . 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.

Real-time Visibility 130

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

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

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