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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Skill Dynamics

APRIL 24, 2025

When you look behind the scenes of a global business operation, procurement strategy and supply chain management are usually top priorities, though theyre not always working in sync. This blog explores procurement vs supply chain strategy and looks at how aligning the two leads to operational excellence.

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Planergy

MAY 8, 2025

How strategic sourcing, cost management, and cost avoidance strategies can be applied to indirect spend. 5] Finance Leaders Are Collaborating More Closely with Procurement: Nearly 48% of CFOs are leveraging procurement data to support broader financial strategies, from fraud detection to cost optimization. [1]

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Jaggaer

APRIL 24, 2025

I recently hosted a webinar in which our star speaker was Lora Cecere, Founder at Supply Chain Insight. Supply chain management typically does not fit very well with procurement, which is a challenge at the best of times, and can be a disaster in difficult times. As late as the 1990s, supply chains were very local.

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Procurement Leaders

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

This brings multiple benefits – not least potential access to third-party investment dollars, as well as improved agility, faster decisions, and a greater degree of trust. It’s a tantalising future, but one that Mars Wrigley has clearly acknowledged as an underexploited source of value. It goes without saying that we wish her luck.

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Jaggaer

APRIL 9, 2025

Seamless integration with ERP and supply chain systems: MES synchronizes manufacturing operations with business planning, inventory management, and customer demand. Faster time-to-market: By streamlining processes and improving production agility, MES helps manufacturers respond quickly to changing customer demands.

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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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Empowering CPO

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Introduction In the ever-evolving landscape of procurement, organizations are turning to strategic sourcing services to navigate the complexities and achieve sustainable success. At EmpoweringCPO, we understand the pivotal role it plays in optimizing the supply chain, reducing costs, and fostering long-term competitiveness.

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Jaggaer

DECEMBER 13, 2024

The Essential Guide to Source to Pay, Source to Contract, and Procure to Pay Whether youre new to the world of procurement and supply chain management, or a seasoned veteran; whether you work in a major manufacturing industry, a university, or a medium-sized clinical research organization, you may find procurement jargon rather confusing.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JANUARY 14, 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. As such we have introduced our “Seasoned Leadership in Action™” Interview series here at Supply Chain Game Changer.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

As companies seek to discover ways to increase overall excellence and competitiveness, a new source of value has emerged – Strategic Sourcing. What is Strategic Sourcing? The fundamental objective of any organisation is lowering the cost of goods manufactured. Deliver significant earnings to bottom line.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 30, 2022

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. It is needed to ensure the efficiency of the cost of ownership of the technological landscape of financial services. And an important source of new product ideas for global companies that strive to offer the best customer experience. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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Una

OCTOBER 9, 2023

How to Implement a Strategic Sourcing Process A play-by-play manual showing how to implement a strategic sourcing process that aligns with your organization’s goals, optimizes spend, and creates long-term value. At its core, strategic sourcing formalizes the process of finding, assessing, and choosing suppliers.

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World of Procurement blog

APRIL 23, 2024

In this blog, we're diving deep into the realm of procurement strategy—discussing its importance, how to craft an effective plan, communicate it within your firm, measure its success, and understand different procurement methodologies, including agile procurement.

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World of Procurement blog

APRIL 23, 2024

In this blog, we're diving deep into the realm of procurement strategy—discussing its importance, how to craft an effective plan, communicate it within your firm, measure its success, and understand different procurement methodologies, including agile procurement.

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Empowering CPO

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Introduction In the ever-evolving landscape of procurement, organizations are realizing that strategic sourcing is not merely a process but a comprehensive approach that can redefine the trajectory of businesses. Our approach encompasses the development and implementation of cutting-edge procurement dashboards and tools.

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Jaggaer

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Moreover, driving suppliers to the brink of financial instability can lead to supply disruptions, ultimately increasing costs as buyers scramble to find alternative sources. By building trust and transparency, procurement leaders can work with suppliers to achieve cost savings that are sustainable and equitable.

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NLPA (Next Level Purchasing Association)

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

This results in better negotiation outcomes, improved quality, reduced costs, and enhanced overall value delivery. Initiatives that prioritize environmentally friendly practices, fair labor, and responsible sourcing improve brand reputation and mitigate potential legal and reputational risks.

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Jaggaer

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Improve spend cost reduction I can think of many levers here that our customers have to achieve savings. Ensure supply continuity This was number 1 on the 2023 list of priorities. We’ve also seen disruptions to supply with shipping being targeted in the Red Sea. What is the probability of a supply chain disruption?

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

MAY 13, 2024

Access to multiple options enables rapid adaptation when new trends or strategic shifts occur, maintaining agility and resilience. Optimize costs across use cases : Different models have varying cost implications. By accessing a range of models, businesses can select the most cost-effective option for each application.

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Sourcing and Supply Chain

JUNE 24, 2021

Later on, it is categorically understood that for multiple sources of consumption or multi factory plants, sourcing a similar product by different persons may lead to consumption of more time, money, and resources. Initially, it was deployed in the retail and sales end. Demand management. Livers used.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

MARCH 14, 2024

By using decades of database expertise in performance by IBM and combining it with AWS’s scalability, security and governance features, customers can achieve enhanced flexibility, agility and cost efficiency in the cloud. This approach enables customers to modernize their infrastructure at their own pace. .

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Empowering CPO

MAY 4, 2023

By effectively managing the purchasing process, companies can better control their expenditures and optimize their supply chain, ensuring the availability of the right products and services at the right time. E-sourcing tools: Platforms that facilitate online bidding and negotiation, streamlining the supplier selection process.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 6, 2019

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Organizations are ‘going carbon neutral by 2025’, and ‘implementing Artificially Intelligent business systems’ and ‘sourcing form solely environmentally friendly suppliers’. Responsible Sourcing. Subscribe Here! Email Address. 7 KPIs Your Procurement Team May Be Ignoring!

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Una

JANUARY 8, 2024

Boosting Business Growth With the Help of a Group Purchasing Organization A playbook for boosting business growth, moving beyond the outdated perceptions of procurement, and turning it into one of your organization’s most important sources of value. Office Furniture Cost-First Crusader You decide to pinch pennies on office furniture.

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Empowering CPO

JULY 16, 2023

Managed procurement services can be defined as an external service that helps streamline a company’s acquisition processes, offering an end-to-end solution that takes into account all aspects of procurement – from sourcing to payment.

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The Good Spending

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

These additions are most important when buyers consider remote locations as physical goods sources. TLC analysis requires a deep understanding of supply chain costs - customs, duties, tariffs, and 3PL services. My Udemy course "Adaptive Sourcing: Agile Procurement in Practice."

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NLPA (Next Level Purchasing Association)

APRIL 5, 2023

With the increasing complexity of supply chains and the growing importance of sustainability and social responsibility, the role of procurement professionals has become more critical than ever. It involves optimizing procurement processes and reducing costs while maintaining the quality of goods and services.

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Planergy

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

If suppliers feel like you’re constantly criticizing them or looking for ways to reduce costs, they may be less likely to want to do business with you in the future. This includes things like cost per unit (CPU), the total cost of ownership (TCO), scrap/rework costs, etc. Flexibility / Agility.

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Empowering CPO

JULY 16, 2023

Managed procurement services can be defined as an external service that helps streamline a company’s acquisition processes, offering an end-to-end solution that takes into account all aspects of procurement – from sourcing to payment.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 24, 2020

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Coronavirus Exposes Global Supply Chain Fragility! Every aspect of our lives has been disrupted: our health, freedom of movement, employment, the economy, our ability to buy goods, and virtually every Supply Chain. Supply Chain Disruptions … So Far.

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Jaggaer

JANUARY 23, 2025

They focused on digital transformation, centralizing digital solutions and resources, increasing transparency across the supply chain, digitalizing source-to-pay processes, recruiting top talent, reevaluating sourcing strategies, tackling ESG challenges, and improving supplier relationships.

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