SCMDOJO

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Why Your Procurement Strategy is More Critical Now Than Ever Before In an era of global supply chain disruptions, a robust procurement strategy is no longer optionalits essential. The right procurement strategy ensures that organizations: Mitigate risks before they escalate.

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ivalua

MAY 21, 2025

Enterprise procurement teams face growing pressure to deliver strategic value – managing supplier risk, ensuring compliance, and supporting sustainability – all without sacrificing speed or control. This blog explores the most common challenges in digital procurement and the capabilities that matter most.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

APRIL 28, 2025

Gathered around a table laden with insights and expertise, industry leaders recently convened at the institute for Supply Management to delve into the latest hot topics shaping the world of supply chain management.From procurement strategies to risk mitigation, the roundtable discussion was a lively exchange of ideas and perspectives.

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ivalua

MAY 10, 2025

This guide breaks down the key procurement technologies in use today and the trends reshaping the future, such as AI-driven sourcing, predictive risk management, and deeper integration across the supply chain. Your procurement technology platform should help unify data and processes across tiers to avoid disruptions.

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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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Procurement Insights

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Hyper Cybersecurity Measures** : With increasing digitalization, procurement will place a stronger emphasis on cybersecurity. Ensuring data security across the supply chain will become paramount, with procurement professionals playing a key role in safeguarding against cyber threats.

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Spend Matters

APRIL 15, 2025

Modern procurement needs have far surpassed transaction management; procurement is now a critical component in driving strategic value across businesses and AI has become a key tool in procurement teams back pockets. This means better compliance, fewer disruptions and greater efficiency in managing supplier relationships.

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Spend Matters

APRIL 29, 2025

This article serves as the executive summary of a six-part series built for finance and procurement leaders aiming to strengthen their organizations cash flow management and liquidity position. Cash flow management is no longer an isolated finance function, it requires end-to-end coordination across teams and systems.

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Skill Dynamics

APRIL 24, 2025

Understanding regulations is critical – but what truly builds resilience is training agile, informed teams who can pivot fast, minimize risk, and protect performance when global trade gets turbulent. Another shared: We rerouted our sourcing strategy in a week – because our supply chain leads were trained for scenario planning.

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ivalua

MAY 28, 2025

We’re continually looking for ways to “Innovate to Elevate” as Procurement strategies undergo a significant transformation–requiring organizations to prioritize resilience while staying agile and adaptable in an ever-changing business landscape. Brent Griffith Day 2: More Keynotes, Sessions, and Silent Demos!

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ivalua

JUNE 12, 2025

Why Spend Analysis Fails to Scale Effectively For many organizations, spend analysis often starts with strong intentions to optimize costs and improve procurement strategies. 2) Managing Supplier Risk and ESG Exposure As supplier networks grow more complex and ESG expectations rise, you need more than transactional data to manage risk.

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Spend Matters

JANUARY 9, 2025

By integrating these technologies, organizations unlock efficiencies, enhance decision making and create more agile, connected supply chains, ultimately boosting their ROI. Such stories provide concrete evidence that can reassure stakeholders about the value of procurement technology investments.

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HICX

JUNE 9, 2025

What Is AI in Supplier Management? AI in supplier management is the use of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to streamline and enhance various supplier-related processes. What is the use of AI in supply chain management? What is the role of AI in supplier relationship management?

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Arkestro

DECEMBER 5, 2024

How Predictive Procurement Has Become a Game Changer for High-Tech Manufacturing To stay competitive, high-tech manufacturers are increasingly adopting Predictive Procurement technology to gain greater agility, cost savings, and enhanced supply chain resilience.

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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.,

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Jaggaer

APRIL 9, 2025

The Manufacturing Supply Chain Journey through AI and Automation Manufacturing Supply Chains Explained The manufacturing supply chain comprises all the processes a business uses to turn raw materials and components into final products that are ready to be sold to customers, whether these are consumers or other businesses.

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Jaggaer

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

JAGGAER characterizes the steps in this process as Spend Management, Category Management, Sourcing , and Contracts. Secondly come eProcurement, Supply Chain Collaboration, Invoicing, and Payments. These four steps constitute the downstream procure-to-pay part of the process. So, lets be blunt.

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Procurement Insights

JUNE 22, 2025

White Paper: Projected Adoption of Hansen Fit Technologies (2025–2075) Abstract This white paper outlines the projected adoption trajectories and anticipated impacts of Hansen’s Metaprise, agent-based automation, and strand commonality models in procurement and supply chains.

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Procurement Insights

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

I have noted that many LinkedIn posts regularly mention the belief that the C-Suite continues to see procurement primarily, if not solely, as a cost-savings function. This broader agenda suggests that while cost savings remain important, procurement’s role has expanded to include value creation and strategic partnership.”

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Procurement Insights

APRIL 14, 2025

Influence on the Procurement Industry Hansen’s ABM has influenced procurement practices by emphasizing: Stakeholder Integration : Recognizing the importance of integrating various stakeholders’ processes and objectives to achieve cohesive procurement strategies. suppliers adjusting prices based on urgency).

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ivalua

JUNE 17, 2025

Many executives are therefore adopting more cautious investment strategies, and put greater emphasis on cash management and cost-savings. As more and more CPOs turn to digital procurement platforms to help their teams manage spend and generate value, the focus on digital transformation intensifies.

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Jaggaer

MAY 13, 2025

In 2018, Cosentino implemented its first digital platform and earned UNE 15896 certification for Value-Added Procurement Management. journey in 2023 and migrated to the JAGGAER platform to manage its procurement and supplier operations. This includes negotiations, supplier management, and handling of non-conformities.

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TYA Suite

JUNE 22, 2025

Procurement has become a strategic function in modern businesses, with growing pressure to manage costs, improve supplier performance, and drive operational efficiency. Efficient data management involves the collection, cleaning, integration, and storage of procurement data. This is the heart of procurement analytics.

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Planergy

MAY 8, 2025

Modern Spend Management and Accounts Payable software. How strategic sourcing, cost management, and cost avoidance strategies can be applied to indirect spend. 4][5] Supplier Portals Enhance Collaboration: Digital supplier portals are now in use across 35% of procurement platforms. What's PLANERGY?

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Procurement Software

JUNE 15, 2025

Procurement efficiency (or lack of it) is the elephant in the room. Most experienced Procurement Managers don’t enjoy performing administrative tasks and firefighting operational issues. Your management approach must therefore take a more entrepreneurial mindset. Is the function somehow seen as being less valuable?

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Jaggaer

MARCH 6, 2025

Harnessing Advanced Technologies & Proving Benefit Modern procurement systems must integrate advanced technologies to streamline processes and enhance decision-making: Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML): AI and ML are now indispensable for automating repetitive tasks, such as supplier evaluations and contract management.

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Procurement Insights

APRIL 5, 2025

3 GEP 1999 Established in 1999, a pioneer in procurement software with 25+ years. 4 Zycus 1998 Founded in 1998, a veteran in cognitive procurement solutions. 6 Coupa Software 2006 Founded in 2006, a relatively younger leader in spend management. 9 Lytica 2015 Established in 2015, a newer player in supply chain analytics.

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Planergy

MARCH 12, 2025

Modern Spend Management and Accounts Payable software. How better management in AP can give you better flexibility for cash flow management. Nearshoring: How to Choose the Best Fit for Your Business Selecting the Optimal Approach for Your Supply Chain Todays businesses must remain flexible and adaptable if they wish to survive.

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Procurement Insights

APRIL 30, 2025

Heres a breakdown of how Procurement Insights complements or challenges each major analyst firm: Value Contribution of Procurement Insights to Each Analyst Firm Analyst Firm How Procurement Insights Adds Value Gartner – Offers a counterbalance to Gartners enterprise-centric, vendor-funded evaluations.

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Procurement Insights

MAY 10, 2025

Procurement Insights subscribers Procurement Insights newly integrated Historic Procurement Industry Archives is a powerful complement to other procurement industry firms, not a competitor. It fills critical gaps in depth, agility, and contextual insight that most traditional analysts and association models overlook.

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Procurement Insights

JUNE 12, 2025

EDITOR’S NOTE: In advance of reading the following post, have a quick read of the following two Procurement Insights posts from 2007 and 2023, respectively. Dangerous Supply Chain Myths (Part 7) Are you chasing solutions or solving problems? Their supply chain expertise (e.g.,

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Procurement Insights

APRIL 7, 2025

In contrast, an intake and orchestration model in procurement focuses on streamlining the process of handling purchase requests and coordinating procurement activities. This holistic approach contrasts with the intake and orchestration model, which primarily targets procurement processes. Workflow automation, API integrations.

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Procurement Tactics

JUNE 8, 2023

Bonus PDF: 51 ChatGPT Prompts to 10X Your Productivity in Procurement Download 51 Prompts →  Or receive our famous weekly newsletter Supply Chain Network Design — Everything About Supply Chain Supply chain network design helps businesses to mitigate disruptions by configuring the supply chain.

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Una

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Leveraging Lean Procurement. Have you ever been asked to “do more with less” in procurement? What is lean procurement? Lean procurement” can mean several different things depending on who you ask, but the common thread connecting every definition is the core concept of doing more with less.

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Understanding how inflation impacts procurement and then taking action to mitigate its effects is essential for any business looking to stay ahead of the game. How Inflation Impacts Procurement Inflation affects a number of aspects of a business, including its ability to compete in the market, financial performance, and overall strategy.

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ivalua

APRIL 9, 2021

Ensuring supply chain continuity, identifying new revenue opportunities, and improving decision making are key focuses as firms recover from the pandemic. Ensuring supply chain continuity, identifying new revenue opportunities, and improving decision making are key focuses as firms recover from the pandemic.

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Procurement Tactics

MARCH 16, 2023

So without further ado, let us now delve into strategic procurement. What is Strategic Procurement? Strategic procurement is a crucial aspect for businesses across the globe as every organization wants to create an effective procurement strategy to ensure success and maximize value contribution.

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