Jaggaer

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Opportunities for Procurement Technology As we look toward 2025, European businesses are reshaping their supply chains to navigate an increasingly complex global landscape. A recent report by Maersk and Reuters Events highlights that 68% of companies are making supply chain visibility and monitoring solutions a top priority.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 11, 2025

With international commerce increasingly digitalized and customer requirements continuing to grow, the demands on supply chain professionals to create frictionless, responsive, and cost-effective operations have never been higher. Supercharge your supply chain career through the SCMDOJO Supply Chain Learning Track Certification!

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ivalua

DECEMBER 14, 2020

The pandemic wreaked havoc on businesses and their supply chains, but even in these trying times, there’s a silver lining. What we learned about agility and resilience can be applied to future-proof the source-to-pay (S2P) process and help organizations meet any new challenge with confidence.

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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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Una

MARCH 6, 2023

9 Innovative Purchasing Concepts for Procurement Implement various innovative purchasing concepts to ditch the old-school way of doing things and bring your procurement function up to speed. Innovative purchasing concepts Getting innovative in purchasing doesn’t necessarily mean leveraging the latest piece of technology.

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ivalua

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The majority of organizations consider supply chain transparency to be a top priority, however less than a third are satisfied with the level of visibility into their suppliers. Most organizations continue to suffer from severely limited visibility in the lower levels of their supply chains.

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Planergy

MAY 8, 2025

Helping organizations spend smarter and more efficientlyby automating purchasing and invoice processing. 4][5] Supplier Portals Enhance Collaboration: Digital supplier portals are now in use across 35% of procurement platforms. 4] These platforms streamline reporting, reduce risk, and free teams to focus on value creation.

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Arkestro

DECEMBER 5, 2024

It leverages advanced technologies to optimize and automate procurement cycles and predict more favorable outcomes. Its real-time insights allow procurement teams to respond swiftly and effectively to changing market conditions and component availability.

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Procurement Insights

JANUARY 3, 2025

Analytics and insights from procurement data were minimal. 20152020: Procurement Gains Strategic Recognition Emergence of Strategic Sourcing : CFOs began to recognize procurement’s role in driving long-term value through strategic sourcing, supplier relationships, and risk management.

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TYA Suite

MAY 13, 2025

Production slows down, orders get delayed, and customer satisfaction dropsall because someone missed a routine purchase. This is where operational procurement proves its true value. Operational procurement refers to the process of purchasing the everyday goods and services a business needs to function.

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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.

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Jaggaer

MARCH 18, 2020

His insights are numerous, and can all be heard in his full podcast episode, but among them is his main focus in 2020, the opportunity presented by agile procurement. Bartolini’s view of modern procurement is one of an industry at a crossroads. Why Agility is Key. Partners , to discuss his view of the CPO’s future.

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Spend Matters

APRIL 23, 2025

Spend Matters asked him to revisit his earlier theme of creating a digital transformation roadmap and update those insights to reflect his current focus expansion into AI and human augmentation for the Spend Matters Digital Procurement Transformation Survival Guide. Heres what he had to say.

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Una

MAY 25, 2023

Managing Procurement Risk with a Group Purchasing Organization Explore how a group purchasing organization can be an effective solution for managing procurement risk and improving overall procurement processes. Challenges of procurement risk management Why is procurement risk management so difficult?

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Jaggaer

MAY 16, 2025

From Order Fulfillment to Strategic Value Creation Partner This realization is relatively new and comes with a fundamental shift in how the role of procurement is understood. Looking back just 30 years, procurement was mainly seen as an ordering department. But the procurement transformation journey is far from over.

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ivalua

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Stepping out of the shadow of the past few years, procurement leaders are having to rapidly master the art of supply continuity as organizations undergo major changes that demand more agility, innovation, and collaboration to survive. . Map Your Sub-tier Supply Chain. Build a Solid Data Foundation.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 18, 2021

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Procurement teams article and permission to publish here provided by Sam Jenks. Procurement is a function that has long been at cross-roads; dare to transform within people, process & technology, or keep doing what has always worked just fine. Subscribe Here!

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Positive Purchasing

JANUARY 20, 2025

Kathleen has over 30 years of experience in consulting and operating at the executive level in procurement. The Shift from In-Person to Hybrid Work Models Procurement has significantly transformed with the shift from in-person to hybrid work models. Remote work has made procurement teams more agile and flexible.

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NLPA (Next Level Purchasing Association)

JANUARY 6, 2025

What makes FIFO (First-In, First-Out) such a vital strategy for inventory management in Purchasing and Procurement? In the fast-paced and ever-changing world of supply chains, FIFO stands out as a simple yet transformative approach. Logistics & Supply Chain : Enhances throughput in distribution centers.

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Spend Matters

MARCH 6, 2025

Configurable and scalable: Every organization is unique, and Raindrop offers options for procurement teams to adjust workflows, dashboards and forms to capture specific information tailored to their needs, ensuring adoption and scalability as they grow.

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

How Inflation Impacts Procurement Inflation affects a number of aspects within the Manufacturing supply chain, including the ability to compete in the market, financial performance, and overall strategy. Manufacturers, take charge of your supply chain! Let’s explore further. Doug has a B.S.

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Una

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Procurement was once known for imposing clunky purchasing processes. In recent years, however, many teams have managed to successfully shake off this long-outdated reputation. Procurement professionals are now celebrated for their innovation, creativity, agility, and cost-saving initiatives.

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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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Spend Matters

MAY 20, 2025

For organizations with very particular requirements or operating in niche environments, BoB platforms can offer a more tailored, agile and cost-effective approach. This approach allows organizations to stay agile adopting new capabilities as business needs evolve without waiting for suite vendors to catch up.

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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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Procurement Heads

APRIL 27, 2023

Andrew’s career started in supply chain and M&A roles in Unipart Group, before moving to Royal Mail where he was part of the procurement leadership team that transformed the function, achieving CIPS Gold accreditation in the process. Most procurement and supply chain professionals are adept at keeping an open mind.

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Procurement Heads

APRIL 27, 2023

Andrew’s career started in supply chain and M&A roles in Unipart Group, before moving to Royal Mail where he was part of the procurement leadership team that transformed the function, achieving CIPS Gold accreditation in the process. Most procurement and supply chain professionals are adept at keeping an open mind.

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Una

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Create an approved purchasing system or require all purchases be made from a catalog to curb rogue spending. Remember, maverick spend may be the end result of clunky or difficult procurement processes. Consolidate suppliers Is there a need to purchase office stationery from fifteen different suppliers ?

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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 Tactics

JUNE 28, 2023

These elements are the main focus of monitoring the procurement process of your company and are the factors that determine whether the procurement is efficient and feasible. Purchase Orders Purchase orders are where the monitoring of the creation and approval of purchase orders comes in.

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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. Assessment of the supply market (who offers what?) emergency purchases and b.) Tactical sourcing is ideal for a.)

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Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

This was my first experience with Outsourcing, or what I refer to as “Supply Chain as a Service” (SCaaS). Virtually every type of software application is offered in a SaaS model, including software to support ERP, TMS, CRM, Inventory Management, and Invoicing applications, all of which are related to Supply Chain.

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TYA Suite

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Agility in Procurement means being able to quickly adjust and respond to changes when purchasing goods and services. Instead of following long, rigid processes, agile procurement allows businesses to move quickly and efficiently, whether it's dealing with market changes, shifting supplier conditions, or new business demands.

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ivalua

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

The increase is directly correlated to the turbulent market caused by the pandemic, supply chain disruptions, and rapid inflation. When it comes to supply continuity, being proactive about mitigating disruptions is essential, yet many procurement organizations may still lack sufficient resources. Risk Metrics.

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Arkestro

JANUARY 4, 2023

In 2022, procurement faced challenges on multiple fronts. Among them were supply chain disruptions , inflation, and supply scarcity and shortages. Eager to reduce administrative busywork, procurement teams are treating the permacrisis as an opportunity to make long-sought changes along a digital journey.

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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

MARCH 9, 2023

Upstream covers all the strategic procurement activities such as spend analysis, sourcing, contract management and supplier management (which includes supplier information, risk and performance management). Downstream activities include e-procurement , purchase orders, invoice automation and accounts payable and payment processes.

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