Arkestro

DECEMBER 5, 2024

The technological advances that power Predictive Procurement make it a natural fit for fast-paced industries like high-tech manufacturing , which require high levels of precision, speed, and quality to meet exacting standards and regulations. In short, it is revolutionizing nearly every aspect of high-tech manufacturing.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 7, 2025

Subscribe The Supply Chain Renaissance Has Begun! This article depicts how innovative technology transforms supply chain operations. Supply Chain Management oversees the operational connection between businesses responsible for making and moving products through all distribution stages.

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Jaggaer

OCTOBER 24, 2024

By selecting and developing the right suppliers and establishing streamlined, transparent communication with them, manufacturers gain the agility and resilience to respond to customer demands, rise to the top, and navigate disruptions more easily. That makes agility a foundational part of your manufacturing strategy.

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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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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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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?

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 10, 2025

Subscribe Enhancing Supply Chain Resilience with Smart Automation Technologies! Automation is not just replacing human labor; it unleashes greater performance, greater agility, and a greener future. This enables you to have more control over the quality of output, manufacturing schedules, and cost efficiency.

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TYA Suite

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Risks may include financial instability, delivery delays, quality issues, or non-compliance with regulations. Having a solid risk management plan allows companies to anticipate problems before they escalate, ensuring that supply chains remain efficient and reliable. This process is known as supplier risk management.

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Jaggaer

APRIL 9, 2025

The model depicts what, at the time, was the MESA view of the functions within a manufacturing execution system, including scheduling and sequencing, maintenance, and quality. Seamless integration with ERP and supply chain systems: MES synchronizes manufacturing operations with business planning, inventory management, and customer demand.

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TYA Suite

JUNE 22, 2025

Procurement analytics platforms enable access for multiple users across departments, encouraging collaboration between procurement, finance, supply chain, and operations teams. Evaluate supplier reliability, quality, delivery timelines, and service levels.

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Jaggaer

APRIL 16, 2025

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. On the demand side, there is pressure to do more with less.

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Procurement Insights

APRIL 13, 2025

unit, source coffee from Ethiopia at $4/kg) based on current data, prioritizing cost and quality. Agents update their models to favor successful strategies, aligning with Hansens agility focus (2014 post,). Action and Output (Decision-Making): Process: Agents propose actions (e.g., shift cosmetics packaging to Vietnam at $0.22/unit,

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Planergy

MARCH 12, 2025

Download Free Copy Reshoring vs Nearshoring: Key Differences and Business Benefits Category Inventory Written by Lyle Del Vecchio 16 min read Tags Procurement Supply Chain Management Last edited March 12, 2025 Download PDF IN THIS ARTICLE What is Reshoring? As such, you end up with better quality and compliance and shorter timelines.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

Amidst ever-evolving skies and challenges, Boeing, the aerospace giant, finds itself at a critical juncture ‍as it witnesses meaningful advancements in its supply chain operations. Let us delve deeper into the intricacies of Boeing’s supply chain advancement and its implications on the aviation industry.

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ivalua

JUNE 4, 2020

A review of the key elements in supplier management for manufacturers and how Source-to-Pay procurement technology can support the journey towards supply chain resilience and agility in times of crisis. There are many supply chain management lessons to learn from the Covid-19 crisis.

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SCMDOJO

MAY 2, 2024

The COVID-19 pandemic, along with disruptions such as Brexit, trade wars, and geopolitical tensions, has highlighted the need for business leaders to take a closer look at their supply chains to strike a balance between resilience and efficiency.

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Supply Chain Transformation is ongoing but never more important than in 2021. Supply Chain Risk and Supply Continuity: Risk moved front and center of Procurement during the pandemic, as procurement organizations grappled with constrained supply chains. What Will Impact Procurement Processes in 2021?

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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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SCMDOJO

MAY 2, 2024

The COVID-19 pandemic, along with disruptions such as Brexit, trade wars, and geopolitical tensions, has highlighted the need for business leaders to take a closer look at their supply chains to strike a balance between resilience and efficiency.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

For years, supply chain professionals have measured success by how well they have been able to drive down costs and drive up efficiency. Then, 2020 sent shockwaves through many JIT strategies; the disruption was just too big to absorb and supply chain ecosystems had not been built to flex.

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SCMDOJO

MAY 7, 2024

Supply chains are vital to businesses, facilitating the movement of goods, services, financial flows, and information. Enhancing supply chain resilience as well as supply chain visibility is crucial in today’s interconnected world. However, they are also susceptible to disruptions and risks.

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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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ivalua

JUNE 29, 2021

Amid the pandemic in 2020, I was spending a great deal of time comparing notes with colleagues (past and present) about how their supply chains were faring, as well as canvassing thought leadership and talking to current and potential customers about how our solutions could help with their supplier risk and management challenges.

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ivalua

APRIL 8, 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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EazyStock

JANUARY 27, 2021

2021 Supply Chain and Inventory Management Trends for the US. Here we are, one year later, trying to determine the 2021 supply chain and inventory management trends to adopt. Resiliency is now the name of the game for supply chains. Then 2020 was thrown into chaos by the global COVID-19 pandemic.

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Supply Chain Trend

MAY 17, 2022

In this blog : a new role for supply chain planners. Similar to the continuous automation of physical assets in the supply chain over the last 100 years, we’ve now reached the era where the knowledge worker will be augmented or automated by a machine. Supply chain planners and IBP teams will not escape this evolution.

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SCMDOJO

JUNE 28, 2024

In recent years, there has been a significant shift in the supply chain industry as more and more women are choosing careers in this traditionally male-dominated field. This rise of women in the supply chain is not only breaking gender barriers but also bringing a fresh perspective and new ideas to the table.

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ivalua

JANUARY 31, 2022

Enterprises will continue to undergo the financial burden of revenue disruptions, consumer , and uncontrolled supply chain variables. . Disruptions in global supply chains, labor market shortages, strong consumer demand. The Criticality of the Supply Chain (and Suppliers). What can we expect in 2022?

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Una

JUNE 5, 2024

Building Resilient Supply Chains To Weather Any Storm What does building a resilient supply chain entail? Imagine your supply chain as a sturdy ship navigating the choppy waters of the global marketplace. Building resilient supply chains So, what defines a resilient supply chain?

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Zycus Cognitive Procurement

DECEMBER 15, 2022

As we are coming to the end of the year, procurement and supply chain leaders across industries initiate their annual strategic planning process for the next year. We have shortlisted 7 C ritical T rends that will help supply chain leaders and practitioners to build a strategic blueprint for 2023 and beyond.

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Finale Inventory

AUGUST 28, 2024

This year, supply chain disruptions have posed significant obstacles for small business owners. Understanding the 2024 Supply Chain Challenges Before we look at the key takeaways, let’s first understand the supply chain challenges that have dominated 2024.

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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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Spend Matters

OCTOBER 3, 2024

The appetite for third-party risk management (TPRM) within procurement and the supply chain is keener than ever before — risks are more numerous and complex in what is an increasingly fast-paced and global business environment. This means responsiveness is reduced and the quality of the data goes down.

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Arkestro

JANUARY 4, 2023

But hopefully, we can incorporate what we’ve learned into our day-to-day, creating a better—more resilient—path going forward. Among them were supply chain disruptions , inflation, and supply scarcity and shortages. The Supply Chain Will Continue to Heal.

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Arkestro

JANUARY 9, 2024

As we move into 2024, procurement teams continue to face hurdles like supply chain volatility, geopolitical tensions, budget restrictions, talent shortages, and more. Here are just a few ways manufacturing procurement teams can leverage AI and automation tools this year: Minimize supply chain disruptions. Cost analysis.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 18, 2021

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. CPOs in excellent procurement teams exhibit 3 recurring qualities: 1) Technologically Interested: The future of the CPO function contains procurement officers that have a stronghold on the technology at their disposal. Subscribe Here! Email Address. Infographic).

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Empowering CPO

JUNE 9, 2023

These are quantifiable measures used to track and analyze the efficiency, effectiveness, and quality of the procurement process. Defining Procurement Metrics Procurement metrics, in essence, are a system of parameters that quantify and evaluate the effectiveness, efficiency, and quality of procurement activities within an organization.

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