ivalua

JUNE 9, 2025

We’ve seen AI take over everyday tools and search engines; AI in Sourcing and Procurement is becoming a strategic tool in our kit, At Ivalua, we are helping global procurement teams integrate AI across the Source-to-Pay process, bringing automation, insight, and agility to every step. This is where AI can make a huge difference.

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Skill Dynamics

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Inconsistencies between purchase orders and invoices are another thing to watch for. Continuous monitoring, and the data analysis associated with it, utilizes advanced tools to help identify discrepancies such as unusual purchasing patterns or inconsistencies between purchase orders and invoices.

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Risk Strategy Supply Chain Efficiency Procurement 52

Procurement Insights

JULY 9, 2025

Cost Reduction High HFS is associated with 5–15% annual cost savings in procurement and supply chain operations. Cycle times for purchase orders, invoice approvals, and supplier onboarding are significantly shortened, improving agility and responsiveness.

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Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Efficiency Supplier negotiation Purchase orders 64

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

JUNE 7, 2025

Hansen’s early concepts—especially his 1998 frameworks involving agent-based modeling , the Metaprise , time-zone polling , and advanced self-learning algorithms —share fundamental DNA with the adaptive, decentralized, and data-rich supply chain models later refined and scaled by Jeff Bezos at Amazon. MODEL 2 Jon W.

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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. Operational procurement refers to the process of purchasing the everyday goods and services a business needs to function. Imagine a company that suddenly runs out of packaging materials.

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Procurement supply chain budgeting Supply Chain Efficiency Raw materials 40

SCMDOJO

MAY 23, 2025

In an age where supply chains face persistent disruptionsfrom pandemics and trade wars to cyberattacks and climate volatilityresilience is no longer optional. This shift has pushed supply chain leadership to pivot from reactive management to proactive strategy built on data. Not sure where your supply chain stands?

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Leadership Supply Chain Efficiency Supply Chain Optimization Agile and Lean Supply Chain 59

Planergy

MAY 8, 2025

Helping organizations spend smarter and more efficientlyby automating purchasing and invoice processing. These portals improve real-time visibility into purchase orders, payment timelines, and dispute resolution, directly enhancing vendor satisfaction. [5] What's PLANERGY? Modern Spend Management and Accounts Payable software.

Strategy 52

Strategy Real-time Visibility Procurement Agile and Lean Supply Chain 52

TYA Suite

JUNE 22, 2025

Procurement analytics is the process of gathering, examining, and interpreting information about a business's purchasing operations. Procurement analytics platforms enable access for multiple users across departments, encouraging collaboration between procurement, finance, supply chain, and operations teams.

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SCMDOJO

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Optimise Inventory Planning with this Free Inventory Ageing Report Enhance Supply Chain Visibility In Inventory Life Cycle: When we discuss supply chain and inventory life cycle together, one crucial aspect is better visibility, which will allow us to learn more about potential business descriptions and bottlenecks.

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Inventory Management Supply Chain Optimization Supply Chain Efficiency 98

HICX

JUNE 9, 2025

What is the use of AI in supply chain management? AI helps optimize supply chain management by offering predictive supplier analytics , real-time tracking, and automation. How is AI transforming procurement & supply chains? How AI can forecast demand in the supply chain?

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Suppliers Supply Chain Efficiency Real-time Visibility Supply Chain Optimization 40

Finale Inventory

JUNE 27, 2025

As order volumes increase, basic systems lead to stockouts, overstocking, and lost revenue. Inventory planning software provides a comprehensive solution that forecasts demand, optimizes stock levels, and synchronizes your supply chain. This ensures optimal inventory levels despite fluctuating demand patterns.

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Jaggaer

APRIL 16, 2025

These could be service requests, inquiries, demand planning, or purchase needs. Many procurement teams are being asked to deliver value beyond savings alone , strengthening supply chain resilience, reducing compliance risk, and advancing ESG and sustainability goals, at greater speed and without headcount increases.

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SCMDOJO

JANUARY 19, 2025

We conclude that different types of loans may help e-commerce supply chains. Loans can save you everything, from funding inventory purchases to pay for innovations in common functions. Companies can take them out to upgrade their supply chain infrastructure, such as buying new sorting machines or integrating advanced software.

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supply chain software solutions Supply Chain Optimization supply chain budgeting Agile and Lean Supply Chain 52

TYA Suite

JULY 13, 2025

Here’s the truth: most AP teams aren’t looped into the early stages of purchasing, like requisition requests or vendor selections, which leaves them reacting rather than planning. That means lost chances for smarter purchasing, missed discounts, and minimal influence over the financial outcome. What was ordered and at what price?

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Real-time Visibility Procurement supply chain budgeting Purchase orders 40

Procurement Insights

JUNE 16, 2025

Dynamic “What-If” Scenario Simulation with Real-Time Adaptability: Living Digital Twins: Enterprises will operate “living” digital twins of their entire supply chain, procurement ecosystem, or even broader market segments, powered by Hansen’s ABM.

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Supply Chain Optimization Supply Chain Efficiency Ethics Raw materials 52

Procurement Insights

MAY 21, 2025

Agility in Volatility: Real-time adjustments to demand spikes, supply shortages, or ESG regulations ensure continuity. By addressing CPO pain points with adaptive intelligence and stakeholder-centric design, it delivers measurable improvements in cost, agility, and innovationproven by implementations like the DNDs 23% savings.

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supply chain budgeting Real-time Visibility Stakeholder engagement Agile and Lean Supply Chain 52

Shapiro Negotiations Institute

MARCH 6, 2025

A pitch that makes a technical team lean forward in their chairs might make a marketing team check their phones. When your prospect mentions their supply chain headaches, you can share how a similar company cut their logistics costs by 30%. Think of Social Proof as your greatest hits album.

Strategy 40

Strategy Agile and Lean Supply Chain Negotiation supply chain budgeting 40

Procurement Insights

APRIL 9, 2025

Ramp retains an edge in agility and UX (6,500 hours saved, Forrester), while Amexs legacy brand and Nipendos depth appeal to entrenched corporates. So, why is Ramp “hidden in plain sight” in the procurement and supply chain world? Its marketing leans on fintech events (e.g., This shift, while notable (e.g.,

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Agile and Lean Supply Chain Spend management e2e Leadership 59

Procurement Insights

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Hansens concept of “Velocity Procurement” is a modern evolution of his earlier work in supply chain and procurement optimization, reflecting his decades of experience streamlining processes for organizations like the Canadian Department of National Defence and the New York City Transit Authority. 8,000 now, 2,000 later).

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Agile and Lean Supply Chain Procurement Real-time Visibility Supply Chain Optimization 83

TYA Suite

MAY 3, 2025

Complex and Global Supply Chains In 2025, supply chains are more complex than ever due to globalization, digital transformation, and changing regulations. The pace of business in 2025 requires quick decision-making and operational agility. This is where Vendor Management Tools (VMS) become essential.

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Vendor management Management supply chain software solutions Contract 40

SCMDOJO

MAY 26, 2025

When deadlines slip, the consequences ripple through the supply chain, affecting deliveries, customer satisfaction, and overall profitability. Discover how to reduce waste and empower teams for lasting efficiency with Introduction: Lean & Cultural Changes a step-by-step guide to transformation.

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Real-time Visibility Agile and Lean Supply Chain Inventory Supply Chain Efficiency 59

Procurify

MAY 26, 2022

Did you know that only 22 percent of companies have a proactive supply chain network? That’s why in today’s fast-paced global economy, it’s more important than ever to make sure your supply chain is efficient and reliable. . Let’s take a look at each of these supply chain management methods. .

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Agile and Lean Supply Chain supply chain budgeting Supply Chain Efficiency supply chain software solutions 52

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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Agile and Lean Supply Chain supply chain software solutions Procurement supply chain budgeting 130

ivalua

MAY 31, 2022

Supply chains are complex and varied; to manage them effectively, you need to understand exactly what’s happening in both your supply chain and your customers’ end markets. How can you create a more efficient supply chain and gain a better understanding of overall performance?

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Suppliers Supplier relationship management supply chain software solutions Agile and Lean Supply Chain 246

Pipefy

JANUARY 31, 2023

Build better procurement processes with the Definitive Guide to Workflow Management Download now 3 types of procurement methods Direct procurement Direct procurement deals with the purchasing of products or services that are essential to the business core. It’s more common for direct procurement to involve rigid purchasing (i.e.

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Purchase orders Purchasing Procurement Quantity 59

ivalua

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Finally, Ivalua’s eProcurement solution enables users to create purchase orders quickly and accurately while providing visibility into status updates along each step of the procurement process. This helps ensure your contracts remain favorable and that all stakeholders comply with the negotiated terms. Doug has a B.S.

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Price Strategy Sourcing Real-time Visibility 264

Spend Matters

AUGUST 15, 2024

“Never waste a good crisis” is a phrase worth pondering in the realm of digital transformation for supply chains. Historically, major companies neglected supply chain transformation and digital investments until global disruptions, such as the Covid pandemic, forced a change. 22, at 10:00 AM PST.

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supply chain software solutions Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Efficiency Supply chain 123

Supply Chain Game Changer

JANUARY 19, 2022

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. The Supply Chain Renaissance Has Begun! Strategies to improve your Supply Chain article and permission to publish here provided by Claire Glassman. The supply chain is a significant part of your overall business strategy and inventory management.

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Supply Chain Efficiency Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply chain Strategy 111

Supply Chain Game Changer

APRIL 21, 2020

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. A “Don’t Touch” Strategy will Dramatically Lean out your Supply Chain! Everyone involved in these Supply Chains is abiding by the social distancing and protective mandates we all are adhering to. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 107

Agile and Lean Supply Chain supply chain budgeting supply chain software solutions Supply Chain Optimization 107

Let's Talk Supply Chain

MARCH 30, 2023

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) was introduced in the 1960’s to allow businesses to communicate key business transactions such as purchase orders, advanced shipping notices, and invoices electronically instead of via paper providing fewer errors and more efficiencies. Click here!

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Agile and Lean Supply Chain supply chain software solutions Supply Chain Efficiency Supply chain 98

ivalua

OCTOBER 1, 2019

And it seems that increasingly three topics come to the fore – effectiveness, creativity and agility. . The task of processing thousands of purchase orders may be executed “efficiently”, but there may well be more effective ways of managing this need – for instance, users having access to online guided buying catalogues.

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Agile and Lean Supply Chain Procurement Innovation Supply Chain Efficiency 100

SCMDOJO

MAY 6, 2022

Modern enterprises rely on supply chain software to track several activities, including manufacturing and distribution of goods. Many supply chain systems are closed-source, all-in-one, proprietary, expensive, and difficult to customize ( read Why ERP Sucks ). What are No-code Platforms? Benefits of No-code Platforms.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JANUARY 21, 2020

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. A “Don’t Touch” Strategy will Dramatically Lean out your Supply Chain! I started thinking about the Costco Supply Chain. What is it that makes Costco’s Supply Chain so effective? Subscribe Here! Email Address. Low SKU Count.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 101

Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Efficiency Supply Chain Optimization Supply chain 101

Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 26, 2021

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Supply Chain Visibility Has Never Been More Important! Supply Chain visibility article and permission to publish here provided by Adam Miglio. And the limitations in supply chain visibility seem to start right here. would demand its implementation.

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Supply Chain Visibility Real-time Visibility e2e Agile and Lean Supply Chain 105

Supply Chain Game Changer

JANUARY 22, 2019

Technologies Reshaping the Global Digital Supply Chain! Imagine what the future will look like in Supply Chain! There are articles which describe what the future of Supply Chain will be like in 2020, 0r 2025, or even 2030. So how can all of this be used to shape what happens in Supply Chain?

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Agile and Lean Supply Chain supply chain software solutions Supply Chain Optimization Supply chain 94

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.

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