SCMDOJO

MARCH 7, 2023

But in case you haven’t come across it yet, let us briefly touch on what it is and its concept regarding supply chain management and what Transactional Process Improvement Kaizen really is. It’s a mechanism used to eliminate waste in lean manufacturing principles.

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Spend Matters

APRIL 15, 2025

Across industries, AI is capable of reshaping procurement, making it smarter, more predictive and highly efficient. In this article we will highlight some of the key changes AI has made to procurement strategies in the following industries: manufacturing and industrials, life sciences and healthcare, and the public sector.

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SCMDOJO

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

In this blog, explore vital tips paving the way for a prosperous career in supply chain management. Whether you’re a recent graduate or contemplating a career change, uncover key insights for establishing the groundwork of a thriving career in the dynamic world of supply chain. Lucky for you.

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Spend Matters

MARCH 6, 2025

In a world increasingly driven by the rapid developments within Artificial Intelligence (AI), procurement has the potential for enormous leverage using cutting-edge technology to become a powerhouse for generating efficiency, expanding margins, reducing risk and delivering solutions which the human mind is unable to see.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. For many people who work in Supply Chain Management, or for those on the outside, it functions on the foundation of processes, formulae, and metrics. This is very much the core of Supply Chain education and certification as well. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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FourKites

JANUARY 7, 2021

Defining Agile Supply Chains. Agile supply chains are nimble enough to respond smoothly to sudden changes in supply and demand. Learn more about building agility with real-time transportation visibility. Why Is Agility Important for the Supply Chain?

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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.

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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. Key elements include total cost of ownership (TCO) analysis, supplier relationship management, and category management.

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Procurement Insights

APRIL 15, 2025

data entries, supplier choices) to improve data quality and process efficiency, while agents guide outcomes to fit DNDs context. Hansens agent-based model pushes practitioner ownership to bridge this gap, reducing failures by empowering users, not just leaning on tech. spend analysis).

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Procurement Insights

MAY 22, 2025

Leadership Founder & CEO: Jag Lamba, former McKinsey consultant, leads the company with a focus on operational agility, risk management, and AI innovation. MetricStream Integrated risk management (IRM), governance, risk, and compliance (GRC); strong in enterprise risk, ESG, and IT risk. Key Differentiators Feature Certa.ai

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Arkestro

DECEMBER 5, 2024

This is especially true as many manufacturing procurement departments struggle with exactitude, efficiency, and unforeseen events that keep them from meeting their goals. This process ultimately leads to faster delivery times, more significant cost savings, and improved supply chain resilience.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. The Supply Chain Detective and the Distribution Centre Disaster! I was brought into the company to make changes happen. But when it was time to make change happen the level of resistance, from the CEO on down, was incredible. The Forces for Change.

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NLPA (Next Level Purchasing Association)

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The root causes of these issues often stem from a clash of the following critical Supply Chain Variables: Poor Toxic Culture. The Next Level Purchasing Body of Knowledge underpins, integrates and enhances the essential components of Supply Chain Management in simple how-to-do steps. Flawed Processes.

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Procurement Insights

APRIL 9, 2025

Predictive Risk Mitigation Challenge : Reactive risk management leads to costly supply chain failures. Impact : Lowers supply chain disruption risks by 3040% , ensuring smoother implementations. Scalability in Complex Ecosystems Challenge : Legacy systems struggle to scale across global, multi-tiered supply chains.

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ivalua

JUNE 1, 2022

Creating fuller visibility into supplier risks, Amrest has the power and intel to switch localizations or deliver from different warehouses, creating a stronger supply chain. . This process can also carry over into the supply chain where Amrest needs visibility and the full strategic payments process to identify key suppliers.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Check out 10 Signs You Should Reboot Your Lean Program! Not only did this transformation require new capabilities but it also required improvements to productivity and efficiency throughout the company. And overall this meant a need for cultural change. 5S is a basic but very powerful Lean technique. Subscribe Here!

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

Check out Augmented Reality (AR) is Set to Transform Retail and the Supply Chain! Augmented Reality enables transformational change! Supply chain improvements over the last 15 years have been incremental at best. When I started in the distribution space, I was told “…business is simple…cases in, cases out.”

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Procurement Insights

APRIL 14, 2025

Efficiency Gains : Reduction of procurement staff from 23 to 3 full-time equivalents within 18 months. By leveraging advanced modeling techniques, this innovative approach aims to significantly improve adaptability, efficiency, and strategic decision-making processes. within three months. Potential for Industry Transformation 1.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Imagining the Supply Chain of the Future! Mike Mortson was recently interviewed by Oracle as a part of their Global Supply Chain Influencer program. This article was posted on Oracle’s Supply Chain Management blog. Email Address.

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Procurement Heads

APRIL 26, 2023

I studied procurement and obtained a Master’s degree in supply chain and international procurement. Since I graduated, I’ve always worked in procurement and supply chain across both indirect and direct categories, across different geographies and also worked as a Consultant delivering transformational projects.

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Procurement Heads

APRIL 26, 2023

I studied procurement and obtained a Master’s degree in supply chain and international procurement. Since I graduated, I’ve always worked in procurement and supply chain across both indirect and direct categories, across different geographies and also worked as a Consultant delivering transformational projects.

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World of Procurement blog

MAY 8, 2024

What is Supply Chain Management (SCM) Supply Chain Management (SCM) is the management of the flow of goods, services, information and finances as they move from raw materials to final product, from manufacturer to consumer. Optimized supply chains lead to improved profit margins.

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Procurement Insights

APRIL 30, 2025

– Challenges rigid quadrants with more agile, narrative-driven insights. Moderate trust due to limited transparency and consulting ties. Procurement Insights Value: ROI Case Studies: Procurement Insights real-world examples of cost savings or efficiency gains (e.g.,

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Solvoyo

MARCH 5, 2021

Digital commerce efficiently requires the digitalization of many customer-facing operations and sourcing and procurement. For businesses of all sizes, the digital transformation of supply chain planning became the most important initiative. . These capabilities can bring efficiencies to decision-making across the supply chain.

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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. 09.56] What has, and hasn’t, changed in the last five years, and a look at today’s key challenges and trends. “I

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Procurement Software

MARCH 11, 2022

Most experienced Procurement Managers don’t enjoy performing administrative tasks and firefighting operational issues. And yet, poor operational efficiency in Procurement means that the typical Category Manager often spends at least a THIRD of their time performing “busy work” This is not an effective or efficient use of their time.

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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! Sometimes, digitalization requires change management, process shifts, and organizational restructuring. SpendMatters Supply Chain Dive Supply Chain Digital Art of Procurement (Podcast).

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Supply Chain Opz

JANUARY 17, 2017

Supply Chain Management is complex and truly mastered by few. For those of us who have made our careers in supply chain, one of the great challenges, and the attraction of the discipline, is the variety of differing opinions about what constitutes ‘excellence in supply chain’ and how it can be best achieved.

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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. Supplier-managed inventory fosters closer collaboration between buyers and suppliers.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Transparency: Your employees need you to be clear about the consultant’s role. Their input acts as the guidelines that ensure your business performs efficiently. Efforts to lean on your in-house resources could prove futile. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

 Last week on episode three of our WiseTech Global mini-series, we tackled one of supply chains most difficult, yet most important, topics – risk. One of the many lessons that the pandemic taught us was the importance of ensuring that robust risk management is incorporated into our supply chain strategies.

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ivalua

DECEMBER 8, 2020

First, their approach digitized not just the sourcing process itself, but also requirements gathering from the business, providing transparency into the pipeline and prioritization across the company. Technology has become easier to use and leaders place more focus on change management. But some companies still struggle.

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Procurement Heads

MARCH 2, 2023

As a procurement leader who specialises in change management, among other things, how much have the fast-moving and numerous global situations impacted delivery would you say? I’m going to broaden it from procurement and say supply chain. You are right though, it has opened up new demographics and pools of talent.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 12, 2020

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. At Supply Chain Game Changer we believe in sharing experiences and expertise from people in every industry and from across the globe. He received his Engineering degree from Queen’s University which led to his initial career in manufacturing and supply chain at Celestica.

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Solvoyo

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Supply Chain is a core business function tasked to manage multiple business operations such as production, inventory, order fulfillment, and transportation simultaneously. In fact, the supply chain people are expected to be super-heroes. How can they manage all this simultaneously?

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Procurement Software

MARCH 11, 2022

Most experienced Procurement Managers don’t enjoy performing administrative tasks and firefighting operational issues. And yet, poor operational efficiency in Procurement means that the typical Category Manager often spends at least a THIRD of their time performing “busy work” This is not an effective or efficient use of their time.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2023

As practices like DevOps , cloud native , serverless and site reliability engineering (SRE) mature, the focus is shifting toward significant levels of automation, speed, agility and business alignment with IT (which helps enterprise IT transform into engineering organizations).

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