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Procurement transformation 2025: Why invest in procuretech and how to make the case – Onventis

Spend Matters

By consolidating spend through our system, customers are looking to gain clearer visibility and control over procurement. Metrics around supplier consolidation and spend concentration are also common. Customers use Onventis to consolidate suppliers and negotiate better terms.

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Procurement & Supply Chain Management: Aligning for Operational Excellence

Skill Dynamics

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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The future of procurement: Core competencies, new abilities

Supply Chain Dive

Skip to main content Dont miss tomorrows supply chain industry news Let Supply Chain Dives free newsletter keep you informed, straight from your inbox. Add to this the pace of technological change in the supply chain space, and you have a perfect storm of challenges facing procurement departments across industries.

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New Service: Energize And Optimize Your Procurement Practice By Tapping Into Procurement Insights’ Proprietary Archives and Expertise

Procurement Insights

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

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Peeling Back The Agent-Based Metaprise Onion

Procurement Insights

supplier bankruptcies, geopolitical risks) and autonomously activate contingency plans. Example: During the 2025 China tariff retaliation, agents rerouted $700M in coffee imports to Latin American suppliers, limiting cost hikes to 57%. favoring local suppliers for ESG goals), fostering trust.

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Introduction to Supplier Consolidation

World of Procurement blog

Supplier consolidation refers to the strategy of reducing the total number of suppliers that a company deals with and instead focusing procurement spending on a select few preferred suppliers. To mitigate supply chain risks and improve business continuity by reducing dependence on many small suppliers.

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Building Blocks of Supply Chain Strategy!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. The Importance of a Strong Supply Chain and Logistics Strategy! A supply chain is made up of an interconnected network of suppliers that all function together to deliver products or services to customers efficiently. Consolidation. Subscribe Here!