Procurement Insights

MAY 21, 2025

Agility in Volatility: Real-time adjustments to demand spikes, supply shortages, or ESG regulations ensure continuity. Difficulty Engaging Stakeholders Human-AI Collaboration: Procurement teams override AI decisions for ethical or strategic exceptions (e.g., favoring local suppliers for ESG goals), fostering trust.

supply chain budgeting 52

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

Let's Talk Supply Chain

MAY 19, 2025

Lyle will be sharing his journey as one of the co-founders of ProcurementIQ, and Anthony will be giving his perspective on why, after many years in the industry, he decided to go to school for supply chain. Its making it much harder to plan and strategize for de-risking supply chains.

Purchasing 52

Purchasing Data Supply Chain Efficiency Agile and Lean Supply Chain 52

Procurement Insights

APRIL 9, 2025

Impact : Eliminates miscommunication and delays, improving stakeholder satisfaction and implementation success. Predictive Risk Mitigation Challenge : Reactive risk management leads to costly supply chain failures. Impact : Lowers supply chain disruption risks by 3040% , ensuring smoother implementations.

Supply Chain Efficiency 52

Supply Chain Efficiency Real-time Visibility Supply Chain Optimization Agile and Lean Supply Chain 52

Procurement Insights

JUNE 14, 2025

Addressing Multi-Stakeholder Complexity Negotiation and Collaboration: Metaprise agents are designed to negotiate and resolve conflicts among stakeholders (e.g., balancing procurement, finance, and supplier objectives), reflecting the real-world complexity of modern supply chains.

Supply Chain Optimization 52

Supply Chain Optimization Agile and Lean Supply Chain Stakeholder engagement Negotiation 52

Procurement Insights

JUNE 12, 2025

Dangerous Supply Chain Myths (Part 7) Are you chasing solutions or solving problems? 4C Associates: Known for supply chain and procurement consulting, 4C focuses on digital transformation and analytics. Their supply chain expertise (e.g.,

Sourcing 52

Sourcing Supply Chain Optimization Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Efficiency 52

Procurement Insights

APRIL 7, 2025

Superiority of a Metaprise over an Intake and Orchestration Model: Comprehensive Scope: A Metaprise encompasses the entire business ecosystem, integrating various functions such as finance, operations, and supply chain into a unified, data-driven framework. office supplies, IT services) with standardized processes. Agents (e.g.,

Real-time Visibility 52

Real-time Visibility Supply Chain Efficiency Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Optimization 52

Procurement Insights

JUNE 27, 2025

anticipating supply chain disruptions by linking unrelated indicators). Agent-Based Modeling : Simulates dynamic stakeholder interactions, moving beyond static process maps used by consultancies. Agent-based agility to handle volatility, unlike Gartner’s static “completeness of vision.”

Stakeholder engagement 52

Stakeholder engagement supply chain budgeting Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supplier negotiation 52

Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 20, 2025

Enhanced analytics facilitate improved agility in assessing employee performance gaps and resourcing requirements. Improved analytics promote better agility when assessing employee performance gaps and resourcing requirements. Originally written for Supply Chain Game Changer and published on August 15, 2023.

Management 59

Management Supply Chain Efficiency Agile and Lean Supply Chain supply chain software solutions 59

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. Collaboration and stakeholder engagement are much-used terms within procurement teams.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 130

Agile and Lean Supply Chain supply chain budgeting Stakeholder engagement Supply chain 130

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. Collaboration and stakeholder engagement are much-used terms within procurement teams.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 130

Agile and Lean Supply Chain supply chain budgeting Stakeholder engagement Supply chain 130

Spend Matters

JULY 24, 2023

So while this year’s report places a lot of emphasis on operating model set-up and talent management, we wish to highlight the ‘Digitization’ section because Procurement has a clear imperative to build agility and resilience into supply chains. Category management is the core engine for scaling processes.

supply chain budgeting 98

supply chain budgeting Budget Agile and Lean Supply Chain Risk 98

Procurement Heads

APRIL 5, 2023

So, they had created this whole business case, and they started talking about what was possible from a procurement perspective but had missed the whole point about stakeholder engagement and business requirements going forward. I sometimes wonder actually, how did I end up here?

Procurement 130

Procurement Agile and Lean Supply Chain Collaboration Supply Chain Efficiency 130

Procurement Heads

APRIL 5, 2023

So, they had created this whole business case, and they started talking about what was possible from a procurement perspective but had missed the whole point about stakeholder engagement and business requirements going forward. I sometimes wonder actually, how did I end up here?

Procurement 130

Procurement Agile and Lean Supply Chain Collaboration Supply Chain Efficiency 130

IBM Supply Chain Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

A procurement strategy allows an organization to navigate an increasingly complex global supply chain, adapt swiftly to market fluctuations, and achieve cost optimization, operational efficiency and growth. Engage stakeholders Identify and collaborate with internal departments, suppliers and all those who may be impacted by the plan.

Procurement strategies 65

Procurement strategies Strategy Procurement Agile and Lean Supply Chain 65

The Good Spending

AUGUST 23, 2022

Value creation as the result of stakeholder engagement The authors of Stakeholder Salience model built their work around the process of value creation. Procurement must work closely with the supply chain to optimize depreciation exposure to sell or dispose of slow-moving or obsolete inventories. Moderation.

Procurement 98

Procurement supply chain budgeting Supply Chain Optimization Budget 98

Barkers Procurement

JUNE 26, 2024

The client needed support to build cohesive plans to drive delivery of their flagship E2E supply chain programme which was initiated in order to ensure that the global supply chain is fit for the future and in alignment with the overall client’s strategy.

e2e 40

e2e Agile and Lean Supply Chain Stakeholder engagement Demand Planning 40

Barkers Procurement

APRIL 10, 2025

Responding to changes such as carbon pricing schemes, trade tariffs, and disruptions in the supply chain with ease helps them to meet vital standards. The best way to meet the publics expectations is to be as agile and resilient as possible. Procurement must be able to adapt to these evolving environments.

Procurement 52

Procurement Procurement team supply chain budgeting Stakeholder engagement 52

TYA Suite

JULY 17, 2024

Incorporates digital procurement strategies to track and report sustainability metrics across the supply chain. Collaborating closely with key suppliers fosters innovation, reduces lead times, and enhances supply chain resilience. : How you acquire goods and services directly affects your bottom line and competitiveness.

Procurement strategies 40

Procurement strategies Strategy Supply Chain Efficiency Procurement 40

World of Procurement blog

MAY 8, 2024

Conduct supply chain audits and due diligence on high-risk categories. Risk Management : With global supply chain disruptions, procurement is prioritizing supplier risk assessment and mitigation. Dual sourcing and supply chain digitization can help. Data and tech literacy is also required.

Strategic sourcing 52

Strategic sourcing Strategic sourcing Sourcing Supply Chain Efficiency 52

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. Some of the key benefits include: 1. This alignment can be achieved by: 1. This alignment can be achieved by: 1.

Procurement 52

Procurement Procurement strategies Cost of ownership Supply Chain Efficiency 52

IBM Supply Chain Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Increased agility and flexibility: Having access to a pool of qualified candidates enables organizations to adapt swiftly to emerging opportunities and challenges. Long-term relationship building: Regular engagement with these candidates create a positive candidate experience, even if they are not immediately selected for a role.

Strategy 61

Strategy Sourcing Leadership Networking 61

Empowering CPO

JUNE 27, 2023

Agility and Adaptability: Digital transformation equips organizations with the agility and adaptability required to respond to changing market dynamics and evolving customer needs. In the context of spend analysis, IoT can provide real-time data on inventory levels, consumption patterns, and supply chain activities.

Real-time Visibility 40

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

Spend Matters

OCTOBER 4, 2024

This last requirement may be rather technical, but the enabled capabilities allow for earlier, deeper and tailored stakeholder engagement to provide better experience/satisfaction, adoption — which, ironically, is a characteristic that Coupa has continually held as the North Star — spend compliance and influence on pre-sourced spend.

Sustainability 115

Sustainability Spend management Real-time Visibility Suppliers 115

Let's Talk Supply Chain

JANUARY 17, 2025

The climate change debate is overits real and its herewe need solutions in supply chain now. Business leaders understand recognizing and prioritizing sustainable supply chain solutions is a strategic move to fuel business resilience, profitability, and agility. How did your supply chain journey start?

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 52

Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply chain Sustainability Supply 52

Procurement Insights

APRIL 17, 2025

Lamoureux would see Metaprise as a strategic layer for S2P suites, enhancing visibility and agility, but not a standalone fix, per his hyperscaler vision (LinkedIn, 2024). Metaprises agility suits 2025s volatility, enhancing suites like ORO Labs (70-80% success), but needs GenAI to avoid Youngers funding cliff [web:2].

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 52

Agile and Lean Supply Chain Real-time Visibility Stakeholder engagement Data 52

Procurement Insights

APRIL 8, 2025

1999 – I introduced the Metaprise model (RAM) 2007 – In Dangerous Supply Chain Myths (Part7) , I write about the Metaprise in greater detail, including the results of its implementation in a production environment (Department of National Defence). JAGGAER Industry-specific solutions leveraging AI for supplier collaboration.

Supply Chain Efficiency 52

Supply Chain Efficiency Real-time Visibility Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Optimization 52

Procurement Insights

MAY 11, 2025

Needs of the Procurement Industry and Practitioners in 2025 Procurement professionals today face complex challenges: Tariff Mitigation and Supply Chain Disruptions: With ongoing U.S.-China Gartner serves 14,000 enterprises globally, including procurement and supply chain leaders. billion in Q1 2025.

Procurement 52

Procurement Supply Chain Efficiency Leadership Influencing 52