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

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.

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Procurement Insights

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

“A 2023 survey by KPMG highlights this transition, revealing that procurement leaders are now focusing on supply chain resiliency (68%), introducing new products or expanding into new markets (65%), and improving margins through cost reduction (71%). Its less about control and more about agility.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 52

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

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

Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. A truly efficient and effective Supply Chain must include a strategy, plans, business processes, and performance metrics that incorporate disintermediation and the elimination of waste! Why Disintermediate the Supply Chain? Now consider what a Supply Chain entails.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 78

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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

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

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.

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Collaboration Supply Chain Efficiency Suppliers Real-time Visibility 52

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. Procurement workflows are automated using AI & smart contracts.

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Networking Import Procurement Buyers 59

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.

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

Procurement Insights

APRIL 15, 2025

supplier vetting patterns) to ensure cleaned data to optimize desired outcomes. 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.

Data 78

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

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

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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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

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

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

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

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.

Supply chain management 52

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

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. But today this is largely executed electronically, for example by eSourcing events and with sourcing optimization software.

Strategic sourcing 52

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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 Efficiency supply chain budgeting Raw materials 40

Let's Talk Supply Chain

JUNE 5, 2023

Today I’m joined by Logward , an exciting tech brand with a vision of a future where supply chain departments lead the transformation of their industries, instead of simply transporting it. 41.10] What does and doesn’t work when it comes to digitizing supply chains in the real world. You avoid that by listening properly.”

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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. Everyone from your product developers to your supply chain management team can more easily do their jobs. Subscribe Here! Email Address. What is Product (or Master) Data Management?

Inventory 98

Inventory supply chain software solutions Management Supply Chain Optimization 98

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.

Supply Chain Optimization 60

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

Procurement Insights

APRIL 13, 2025

buyers, suppliers) interacting based on real-world commodity traits (e.g., supplier performance, tariff costs) to optimize decisions. Agents update their models to favor successful strategies, aligning with Hansens agility focus (2014 post,). Adaptation (Optimization): Process: Agents continuously adapt to new data (e.g.,

Real-time Visibility 52

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

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

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

Una

MARCH 6, 2023

How to Market Procurement’s Value Beyond Cost Savings The Importance of Looking Beyond Cost Savings in Procurement Procurement Automation: 5 Tasks You Should be Automating Employ lean procurement principles For some organizations, getting Lean in procurement simply involves doing things faster.

Purchasing 98

Purchasing Innovation Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supplier relationship management 98

SCMDOJO

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Sourcing agencies excel in handling these intricacies, ensuring a smooth and efficient flow of products from supplier to buyer. Specializing in industrial engineering, lean manufacturing, and B2B sourcing, they work with businesses of all sizes, offering expertise in supply chain processes, continuous improvement, and leadership.

Sourcing 104

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

TYA Suite

OCTOBER 6, 2024

Vendor-managed inventory (VMI) has become a crucial strategy in modern supply chain management, enabling businesses to enhance efficiency, reduce costs, and strengthen relationships with suppliers. In a vendor-managed inventory supply chain, the supplier maintains ownership of the inventory until it is consumed by the buyer.

Vendor management 40

Vendor management supply chain budgeting Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Optimization 40

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! Email Address.

Suppliers 98

Suppliers Management Supply Chain Efficiency Agile and Lean Supply Chain 98

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. My Udemy course “Adaptive Sourcing: Agile Procurement in Practice.”

Strategic sourcing 97

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

Jaggaer

APRIL 14, 2020

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. Coronavirus will lead to permanent changes in global supply chains.”.

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

Jaggaer

MARCH 6, 2025

These reforms and similar ones in other countries open up opportunities for public sector buyers. Spend Analysis: Offering detailed visibility into spending patterns, enabling cost optimization. Supplier Performance Metrics: Providing real-time evaluations of supplier reliability and performance.

Supply Chain Efficiency 52

Supply Chain Efficiency Procurement supply chain budgeting Sustainability 52

World of Procurement blog

JANUARY 27, 2021

When I graduated college with my shiny new Supply Chain Management degree, I figured I was heading into my first job to work on supplier contract negotiations, optimizing production line output, and all of the other 'sexy' supply chain management strategy we had spent two years learning about. We all outsource.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 52

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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

ivalua

MARCH 9, 2023

The contracts govern the relationship between the buyer and supplier, an essential process to inform Procure-to-Pay. As an industry analyst, he researched and advised organizations in various industries​ on best ​and innovative practices, digitization and optimization.

Sourcing 130

Sourcing Real-time Visibility e2e supply chain software solutions 130

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. Expert analysts deeply vet solution capabilities prior to ranking inclusion.

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Buyers Agile and Lean Supply Chain Collaboration Suppliers 97