Una

APRIL 23, 2024

Demand forecasting & inventory optimization Can we finally bid goodbye to overstocked warehouses and disappointed customers? Route optimization & logistics planning Cost savings, faster delivery times, and happier customers? Why Do We Need Supply Chain Visibility? Where do I sign?

Supply chain management 52

Supply chain management Supply chain management Supply Chain Optimization Supply Chain Efficiency 52

Bonfire

APRIL 3, 2023

For many of them, their organizations have invested a lot of time and money in ERP systems that do many things well and are there to stay. There’s often little visibility into supplier performance and risk, limited supplier collaboration and communication, and little or no ability to manage supplier contracts and agreements.

Eprocurement 52

Eprocurement Bidding Strategic sourcing Strategic sourcing 52

Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Without an ERP system, you don’t have visibility into your entire supply chain. In a bid to keep productivity and reduced supply chain difficulties, the following are ways you can manage the bullwhip effect with an ERP system. Planning and purchasing. Increased visibility.

Real-time Visibility 76

Real-time Visibility supply chain budgeting supply chain software solutions Inventory 76

The Thomas Blog

APRIL 12, 2024

The goal of lead generation is to gather reliable contact information and rank them based on their likelihood to make a purchase or engage further. Add a clear, appealing, and compelling CTA (call-to-action) that prompts recipients to click, purchase, or otherwise engage with the content or offer — this can make or break a campaign.

Strategy 52

Strategy Real-time Visibility Networking Buyers 52

Procurement Software

MARCH 11, 2022

Instead of looking at direct materials and purchased parts, the hidden opportunity is often found in effective tail spend management. The typical characteristics of tail spend are poor spend data and a relatively low value per purchase order. 2) Uncontrolled purchases. This usually depends on what’s being purchased.

Spend management 52

Spend management Management Real-time Visibility Competitive bidding 52

Procurement Software

MARCH 11, 2022

Instead of looking at direct materials and purchased parts, the hidden opportunity is often found in effective tail spend management. The typical characteristics of tail spend are poor spend data and a relatively low value per purchase order. 2) Uncontrolled purchases. This usually depends on what’s being purchased.

Spend management 52

Spend management Management Real-time Visibility Competitive bidding 52

Zycus Cognitive Procurement

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

In good times, operating leverage (ratio of fixed and variable costs) can supercharge profit growth. However, in times of growth, new costs and expenses also tend to creep in, and over time, these costs harden and morph into fixed cost structures. In troubling times, high operating leverage comes back to bite, crushing profits.

Strategy 52

Strategy Real-time Visibility Contract e2e 52

Claritum

MAY 2, 2019

If your procurement team is spending over half their time on transactional activity, what opportunities are they missing? Purchase Order *. As, whilst Procurement professionals are deeply involved in transaction related activities, they do not have time to effectively address this second list. 1 Introduction. Need recognition.

Real-time Visibility 44

Real-time Visibility Procurement Purchase orders Eprocurement 44

The Thomas Blog

JUNE 22, 2022

Surveys have shown that the purchasing decisions of industrial buyers are most heavily influenced by detailed technical information about the products/services they are sourcing, which is why common content and pages that attract new customers are: Part-level specifications. What markets do you serve? Facility and equipment lists.

Buyers 64

Buyers Real-time Visibility supply chain budgeting Supply Chain Efficiency 64

Claritum

JANUARY 25, 2019

By automating their business processes in functions such as finance, procurement and goods receiving and automating time-consuming, repetitive tasks SMEs stand to improve productivity which will help them gain competitive advantage. Including: Better Cash Flow associated with payments and inventory management.

Supply chain management 36

Supply chain management Supply chain management Supply Chain Efficiency Supply chain 36

Empowering CPO

JUNE 14, 2023

At its core, procurement is the process of finding, agreeing to terms, and acquiring goods, services, or works from an external source, often via a tendering or competitive bidding process. These models are often accompanied by practices such as annual rate contracts, bulk buying, and just-in-time purchasing.

Innovation 52

Innovation Procurement Supply Chain Efficiency Sustainability 52

Empowering CPO

JULY 5, 2023

Procurement, which refers to the process of finding, acquiring, and buying goods, services, or works from an external source, often via a tendering or competitive bidding process, plays a critical role in determining a company’s efficiency and profitability. This is where managed procurement services come into the picture.

Management 52

Management Procurement Real-time Visibility Ethics 52

Procurement Software

JULY 18, 2023

When you think of the best purchasing software solutions for SMEs, or procurement tech in general, you probably think “expensive” This list of 15 procurement tools specifically targeted to smaller and growing businesses will prove it’s not so. It gives you full visibility of your spend data, all in one place.

Purchasing 52

Purchasing Contract Negotiation Real-time Visibility 52

ivalua

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

To summarize, tail spend is commonly labeled as the money a company spends on purchases that accounts for roughly 80% of total transactions, making up about 20% of the company’s spend by volume. Lack of control or visibility into what is being spent and with which suppliers. Which supplier it was purchased from; and .

Buyers 130

Buyers Real-time Visibility Procurement team Purchasing 130

Pipefy

MAY 9, 2023

Build a more efficient and connected procure-to-pay process with The Definitive Guide to P2P Optimization Importance of procurement KPIs Procurement has evolved over the years from transactional functions (now associated with purchasing) to encompass strategic activities focused on maximizing and creating value for a business.

Procurement 52

Procurement Real-time Visibility supply chain budgeting Procurement team 52

Pipefy

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Procurement is the process businesses use to source and obtain goods/services from external suppliers to achieve strategic objectives and fulfill business needs or purchase requests. In this stage of the process, multiple departments collaborate to address capability requirements, design, technology, and, most importantly, time and cost.

Real-time Visibility 52

Real-time Visibility e2e Procurement Bidding 52

Pipefy

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

In fact, 98% have plans for investments or upgrades in analytics and insights tools, automation, and AI-driven optimization of purchasing decisions. Pure platforms only handle procurement processes and are primarily used by large companies with a dedicated purchasing team that manages complex processes. What are procurement tools?

Procurement 52

Procurement Real-time Visibility Supply Chain Efficiency e2e 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. E-sourcing tools: Platforms that facilitate online bidding and negotiation, streamlining the supplier selection process.

Procurement 52

Procurement Procurement strategies Cost of ownership Supply Chain Efficiency 52

Bonfire

MARCH 29, 2022

Crown corporations purchase a variety of goods and services, from professional services to technology to general goods. If the amount is over the threshold, sourcing is led by the procurement team, whether through a public bid, NOI, or limited tendering option. Inflation is a real concern for public sector budgets today.

Procurement 52

Procurement Real-time Visibility Eprocurement Bidding 52

Pipefy

JUNE 15, 2023

Negotiating with suppliers ensures that a customer receives the best value for the goods and services it receives, since this process often involves suppliers bidding against each other. Procurement organizations are primarily measured by cost savings, making it imperative for them to reduce purchase prices as much as possible.

Procurement 52

Procurement supply chain software solutions Purchase orders Procurement solutions 52

Procurement Software

JULY 4, 2023

It also provides real-time data and analytics that can be used to improve purchasing decisions. It can also provide real-time data and analytics. These in turn can be used to inform better purchasing decisions and improve operational efficiencies. In its simplest form, this can be split into two segments.

Supply Chain Efficiency 52

Supply Chain Efficiency supply chain software solutions Procurement supply chain budgeting 52

Arkestro

AUGUST 1, 2022

For the longest time, the procurement scale has tipped in favor of the buyer. Some of these include annual pricing reductions, extended payment terms, and the lack of visibility and profit-sharing. Most enterprise resource planning (ERP), procure-to-pay (P2P), and source-to-pay (S2P) are cumbersome and time-consuming to use.

Supplier relationship management 52

Supplier relationship management Suppliers Management Buyers 52

Claritum

JULY 11, 2018

To make effective decisions about indirect spend, it is important to understand the scope and breadth of the category – visibility. In this case there is a need to capture the data in real time in the first instance. In this case there is a need to capture the data in real time in the first instance.

Real-time Visibility 36

Real-time Visibility Category management Purchasing Contract 36

Claritum

JULY 11, 2018

To make effective decisions, It is important within any spend category to understand the scope and breadth of the category – visibility. In this case there is a need to capture the data in real time in the first instance. In this case there is a need to capture the data in real time in the first instance.

Real-time Visibility 32

Real-time Visibility Category management Purchasing Contract 32

Claritum

MAY 20, 2019

Procurement automation should speed up processes and free employees from repetitive time-consuming administration. How would they like to be able to communicate requirements and evaluate bids? Common problems, in the procurement process, that can be fixed by automation include: the approval process is manual and time consuming.

Procurement 32

Procurement Real-time Visibility Eprocurement Bidding 32

Claritum

JULY 31, 2018

Should a supplier be visible before they become a preferred supplier? This could mean that the supplier has been identified by a user and added to the system in anticipation of making a purchase or it could be that the Procurement team has added a supplier target to the list of suppliers. Under Review. Evaluation.

Suppliers 42

Suppliers Management Real-time Visibility Supplier relationship management 42