Let's Talk Supply Chain

MARCH 3, 2025

In a bid to sweeten its presence in the ever-evolving snack industry, J.M. Smucker‍ has embarked on a series of strategic maneuvers that promise to redefine its‍ sweet snacks business and supply chain.As Smucker‍ can optimize its supply chain processes and meet the growing demand for premium snacks.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

MARCH 5, 2025

In a bid to turn the tide on a recent sales slump, Advance Auto Parts is embarking on a bold initiative to revamp its supply chain. Revamping Supply Chain Strategies to Boost Sales Performance advance Auto Parts is making bold moves to rejuvenate its sales figures by overhauling its supply chain strategies.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Freight mode optimization article and permission to publish here provided by Adam Robinson at FreightWaves.com. The ability to unlock freight optimization and gain meaningful insights to monitor, measure and improve supply chain management is more critical than ever.

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

These options also open up the door for collaboration with suppliers, or holding regular reviews that can help optimize supplier management techniques. You can also use its eSourcing solution to create RFPs, receive bids from qualified suppliers, analyze supplier performance and manage contracts in one place.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 23, 2021

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Competitive bidding results article and permission to publish here provided by James Liang at PowerRFP. Leading a competitive bidding process can be painful. The road to optimize the procurementprocess can be rough, but there is lightat the end of the tunnel. Subscribe Here!

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Spend Matters

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

This focus and track record however, was in some ways at the expense of fully optimizing and maximizing procurements total strategic value to the enterprise as a whole. The historical approach focused on reacting to operational elements, like a plant being short of potatoes, instead of demand driven supply management processes.

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Spend Matters

MAY 14, 2025

The situation is further complicated for global supply chains, particularly when suppliers are located in regions with strict data regulations and infrastructure challenges, such as China. Yet many still rely on spreadsheets and email threads to manage this complexity.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

MAY 16, 2025

As global trade winds gust through the intricate web of supply chains, Clorox stands at a crossroads, poised to navigate the shifting currents in a bid to maintain stability and agility in the face of economic turbulence. These recommendations focus on enhancing efficiency and minimizing costs in the sourcing process.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

APRIL 18, 2025

In the heart of the bustling fintech landscape, a Pakistani supply chain innovator emerges as a trailblazer, setting its sights on the thriving market of Saudi Arabia. With vision and perseverance as its‍ guiding stars, this fintech disruptor aims to establish a formidable presence in the kingdom within a mere‍ 12 months.

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Spend Matters

JANUARY 23, 2025

This article will outline those limitations and propose that invoking competitive negotiations with machine learning solutions such as Arkestro is the optimal way to evaluate the market competitiveness of price quotes.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

MARCH 17, 2025

ITS Logistics is one of North America’s fastest-growing, asset-based modern 3PLs, providing solutions for the industrys most complicated supply chain challenges. Using a holistic approach, he combines technology, supply chain expertise, and leadership skills to ensure sustained growth and profitability.

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Arkestro

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Historically, the focus has been on optimizing portfolios of spend—prioritizing what to address, defer, or ignore—using well-known frameworks such as the Kraljic Matrix and the Pareto Principle. This allows procurement teams to set up events quickly and efficiently, pre-populating supplier bid sheets with suggested prices.

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Jaggaer

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

A successful approach requires careful assessment of supplier bids, followed by structured onboarding, continuous monitoring, and performance measurement. When assessing bids following an eAuction, the process typically involves a combination of automated tools and human decision-making, especially when evaluating factors beyond just price.

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Procurement Insights

MARCH 16, 2025

Contextualized Spend Analysis & Cost Optimization AI models use MCP to remember previous spend categories, budget constraints, and organizational purchasing behavior. MCP ensures that AI remembers preferred bid evaluation metrics , supplier preferences, and prior negotiations. compliance violations, cost overruns).

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Jaggaer

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Building Stronger Relationship s : Effective Approaches to Multi-Tier Supplier Collaboration A chain is only as strong as its weakest link—but what if you can’t evaluate the entire chain? Tier 1 suppliers and their suppliers—and their suppliers’ suppliers—make up an organization’s multi-tier supply chain.

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Spend Matters

JULY 25, 2022

The consensus was cautious optimism about the pivot to a broader platform and ecosystem approach (including the unique community intelligence aspect of Coupa’s solution strategy) that includes the rapidly expanding Coupa App Marketplace. Collaborating supply plans/POs with suppliers. But, is such a leap truly synergistic?

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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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Supply Chain Dive

MAY 8, 2024

Barbie’s parent company is looking to diversify its production footprint in a bid to optimize costs and fulfillment operations.

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Arkestro

DECEMBER 26, 2024

As the procurement industry and supply chains become more tech-driven and complex, one fact is clear: companies that embrace industry trends will be best positioned to thrive in the challenging procurement landscape of 2025 and beyond. Here are five key trends that will shape procurement and supply chain management in the coming year.

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Jaggaer

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Complete Source to Pay cycle and Strategic Sourcing Guide An optimized Source-to-Pay (S2P) process helps businesses enhance procurement efficiency, reduce costs, and improve supplier collaboration. Companies that excel in strategic sourcing achieve greater cost savings and procurement efficiency while ensuring supply chain resilience.

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SCMDOJO

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Access to data on supplier performance, market trends, and cost analyses enables leaders to optimize procurement strategies for improved efficiency and effectiveness. This fosters stronger collaborations, encourages accountability, and ensures a more reliable and resilient supply chain.

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Procurement Templates

MARCH 7, 2024

Key components typically found in a procurement playbook include: Procurement policies and procedures: Clearly defined rules and regulations governing procurement processes, such as vendor selection criteria, bidding procedures, and contract management protocols. I curate best book marks so you don’t need to hunt around!

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 3, 2022

Digital bidding, or eAuctions, are a more efficient way of negotiating with vendors in the international market. Procurement eAuctions may be used in a multitude of sectors and domains, including industrial machinery, supply chains and logistical operations, telecommunications, commodities, and business technical support programs.

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Una

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Eric is the Founder and Chief Problem Solver at GO Get Made, a global sourcing and manufacturing company that specializes in helping businesses optimize their supply chains and scale efficiently with the help of overseas partners.

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Jaggaer

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

It is a process that creates efficiencies across all spend categories, minimizes supply chain risks through improved supplier selection and awards, while giving visibility into pricing and forecasting. But today this is largely executed electronically, for example by eSourcing events and with sourcing optimization software.

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Procurement Tactics

OCTOBER 18, 2022

SRM is usually used by many supply chain professionals who constantly deal with suppliers in areas such as procurement, project management, and operations. . The SRM aims to ensure buying from reliable suppliers, bring end-to-end visibility of supplier collaboration workflow, and improve the resilience of the supply chain. .

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Jaggaer

DECEMBER 12, 2024

enables procurement, finance and supply chain to collectively boost cost savings, make better decisions, and accelerate digital innovation RESEARCH TRIANGLE, NC – JAGGAER , a global leader in enterprise procurement and supplier collaboration, today announces the 24.3 JAGGAER One 24.3 version of its JAGGAER One platform.

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Procurement Insights

APRIL 5, 2025

8 Keelvar 2012 Founded in 2012, a decade of experience in sourcing optimization. 9 Lytica 2015 Established in 2015, a newer player in supply chain analytics. 6 Lytica Predictive cost analytics Real-data-driven insights offer precise should-cost modeling for supply chain optimization.

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Jaggaer

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

The process creates efficiencies across all spend categories, minimizes supply chain risks through improved supplier selection and awards, while giving visibility into pricing and forecasting. Draw up selection criteria optimizing outcomes against risk. Request proposals based on your specifications (e.g.

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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. The job of sourcing professionals is to understand the risk in the supply chain and manage it so they can react quickly when a problem occurs.” Start by Putting the Right Technology in Place.

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Procurement Tactics

JULY 21, 2022

Procurement portals have shaped supply chain management drastically. The procurement portal’s functionality lets two complex business processes be optimized and streamlined. Leverages competitive bidding. A procurement portal offers a variety of ways for stress-free bidding management. What is a Procurement Portal?

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

How Inflation Impacts Procurement Inflation affects a number of aspects within the Manufacturing supply chain, including the ability to compete in the market, financial performance, and overall strategy. Manufacturers, take charge of your supply chain! Let’s explore further.

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Procurement Insights

APRIL 13, 2025

In contrast, SAPs Joule, an AI copilot in S/4HANA Cloud, uses explicit feedback loops, such as gradient descent for procurement analytics, to optimize tasks like supplier selection and spend management, leveraging structured AI methodologies. deviation from optimal spend), converging to better outcomes. select Vietnam for $0.22/unit

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Procurement Insights

APRIL 13, 2025

supplier performance, tariff costs) to optimize decisions. supplier bids, tariff updates) without predefined labels, similar to unsupervised learning, adapting to market shifts like 60% China tariffs. Adaptation (Optimization): Process: Agents continuously adapt to new data (e.g., kg savings, and optimize for Colombias $3.20/kg

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Una

APRIL 23, 2024

How Machine Learning is Transforming Supply Chain Management Machine learning applied to supply chain management allows businesses to enhance decision-making and streamline operations. Machine learning, a subset of AI, has emerged as a game-changer in the world of supply chain management.

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Jaggaer

APRIL 9, 2025

Here are eight important benefits that arise from this: Improved production efficiency: MES optimizes workflows, reduces downtime, and ensures smooth coordination between machines, materials, and labor. In most modern manufacturing environments, MES is closely integrated with ERP systems. Future Trends in MES Industry 4.0,

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Zycus Cognitive Procurement

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Despite sourcing being central to supply chain and procurement processes and the business as a whole, it continues to take a backseat in most organizations’ digital transformation priorities. each event sees participation from scores of suppliers – often 250+ – placing bids across 60,000 to 80,000+ lanes.

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