Barkers Procurement

JANUARY 7, 2025

Then, activities within the supply chain should be compared against the goals set out by bodies that support the Paris Agreement, such as the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Next, evaluate supply chain resilience.

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

One way of doing this is by leveraging Source-to-Pay (S2P) solutions, which provide procurement with the tools needed to maximize the value they get from their supplier relationships, automate and streamline processes, and identify opportunities for cost savings. Let’s explore further.

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ivalua

JANUARY 31, 2022

As operating budgets tighten, restrictive spending will pressure businesses to focus on savings and creative alternatives. . The Criticality of the Supply Chain (and Suppliers). Building and maintaining supply chain resilience will be critical in a post-Covid-19 world. The Best Way Forward for 2022.

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Planergy

MARCH 18, 2025

How AP can improve relationships with your key suppliers. Common disruptions such as economic instability, vendor delays, natural disasters, and supply shortages uniquely challenge schools due to tight budgets and rigid schedules. Procurement Items like textbooks, computers, cleaning supplies, and food come from vendors.

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Planergy

MAY 8, 2025

4][5] Supplier Portals Enhance Collaboration: Digital supplier portals are now in use across 35% of procurement platforms. Organizations are leaning into automation, analytics, and collaborative supplier technologies to drive performance across the entire procurement lifecycle.

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Procurement Insights

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Focus on large-scale transformations, strategic frameworks, and cutting-edge technologies like AI and supply chain resilience. Offers insights into emerging trends and supplier innovation. Downsides : Heavy focus on technology; less coverage on broader supply chain challenges.

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Future Purchasing

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Public procurement departments are navigating a complex landscape of challenges, including regulatory shifts, inefficiencies, difficulty building resilient supply chains, and an increasing demand for sustainability and transparency. Inflation creates budget pressure, meaning teams must deliver more with less.

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SCMDOJO

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Targeted Learning: SCMDOJO offers a range of courses and learning paths focusing on specific procurement areas, such as e-auctions, contract negotiation, cost optimization, and supply chain resilience. Budgeting several thousand pounds is a realistic starting point.

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Procurement Insights

MAY 10, 2025

In procurement, this might translate to better supplier negotiations or sourcing strategies, especially for tariffs. Tariff Mitigation and Risk Management: Hansens insights on supply chain risk (e.g., Nokia-Ericsson case) and his focus on supplier relationships can help navigate tariff challenges. 5M in savings.

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TYA Suite

MAY 3, 2025

You want to see spending trends, , and budget use in one place. Lastly 100 48905 0 48905 0 0 6890 0 --:--:-- 0:00:07 --:--:-- 10129, don't overlook supplier relationship tools. A good procurement solution lets you track supplier history, manage communication, and hold vendors to agreed terms.

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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. Take a look at how procurement teams will meet ESG goals in 2024: Technology and supplier intelligence. Supplier performance analysis. Cost analysis.

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GoProcure blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Not only do companies need to be focused on health and safety concerns, but they also will continue to face challenges like managing remote work, building supply chain resiliency and handling budget pressures.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 18, 2021

Procurement professionals surveyed in the 2019 CPO Rising study responded that limited budgets and lack of modern procurement technologies were the top seen as the top 2 hurdles for achieving procurement objectives between 2020–2022 (CPO Rising 2019). Centralized supplier, contract & spend control is difficult in any organization.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Prediction 1: By the end of 2021, half of all manufacturing supply chains will have invested in supply chain resiliency and artificial intelligence, resulting in productivity improvements of 15%; Prediction 2 : By 2022, firms will dedicate 35% of their logistics business process outsourcing services budget to process automation, focusing on order, (..)

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Supply Chain Trend

AUGUST 13, 2020

The budget, or annual operating plan, is normally the first year of the strategy. It also requires a clear understanding of the environment in which the organization operates, so scenario planning must go extend beyond the enterprise to encompass value-chain dynamics and end-to-end supply chain resilience.

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Procurement Software

APRIL 2, 2024

You don’t need a 6-figure software budget or a large sum to hire consultants for implementation. There’s plenty of digital procurement solutions out there for every budget. So, we’re going to take a quick look at three different price brackets and examine what you can buy with this budget. Let’s dive in.

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The Procuretech Podcast

JUNE 18, 2024

Highlighting 25 innovative European-based procurement startups, the episode provides valuable insights into emerging players who don't necessarily have the marketing presence and events budget of larger companies. DigiProc automates supplier negotiations for tactical and tail spend. Vertice optimises SaaS procurement and cloud costs.

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Barkers Procurement

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Critically, for the water industry, are serious concerns regarding the sector’s supply chain resilience and whether the supply chain is capable of supporting water companies to deliver on the mandates outlined in AMP8. Water companies need to build greater capability to understand risk.

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Barkers Procurement

MAY 22, 2024

Innovation: Organisations engaging in ESG will work with innovative suppliers, and those that actively select suppliers with ESG principles will strengthen their tender position for key contracts. Our comprehensive, collaborative process links the UN Sustainability Goals to the activities within your supply chain.

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NLPA (Next Level Purchasing Association)

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

With AI’s lightning-speed evolution, supply chain attacks are expected to become even more sophisticated and harder to detect, putting procurement and logistics professionals on high alert. These attacks will target vulnerabilities within supplier networks, compromising software, hardware, and third-party vendors.

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Zycus Cognitive Procurement

JANUARY 24, 2023

2) Effective risk management should be a priority After the Covid-19 pandemic, enterprises have been firefighting to manage risks and have invested in developing supply chain resilience. Tracking supplier performance: For improvement, measurement and analysis is important.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

JUNE 30, 2023

Automate to ensure consistent service levels Without real-time demand sensing combined with visibility into performance across supplier networks, increasing grid/energy demands for consumers and growing communities can lead to product excess or shortages.

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Planergy

JANUARY 26, 2023

The best way to minimize disruption is to identify the various supplier risks and create a plan of action for what to do if the risk becomes a reality. Financial Risks Risks in this category range from an unexpected change in the exchange rate to supplier bankruptcy. This can also include economic instability.

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World of Procurement blog

MAY 8, 2024

Procurement refers to the business processes involved in acquiring goods, services, and work from external suppliers. It involves identifying needs, sourcing potential vendors, obtaining quotes and proposals, negotiating contracts, selecting suppliers, managing relationships, and meeting obligations.

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Zycus Cognitive Procurement

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The forum served as a platform for Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) and other procurement and sourcing leaders to share their vision about leveraging data-driven insights to create flexible and resilient supply chains. Lack of budget. Developing supply chain resiliency. Procurement 4.0

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

JUNE 30, 2023

80% of manufacturers report MRO asset management in their facilities needs improvement 60% of construction companies admit their industry is behind when it comes to adopting digital technology 5 ways the industrial sector can improve its supply chain resiliency 1. Purpose matters to consumers and drives profitability.

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Procurement Insights

JUNE 1, 2025

Digital supply chain tools (e.g., 2022 Ukraine War: Prediction: Geopolitical strands could have flagged Eastern European supplier risks, prompting diversification. 2025 Tariff War: Prediction: Trade war strands could have led to preemptive supplier contracts outside China. SAP Ariba) could have saved 15% on logistics.

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EazyStock

DECEMBER 13, 2020

The best way to safeguard your supply chain will be by building resilience into your operations. Supply Chain Performance: Reviewing 2020. Take the time to reflect on your supply chain’s performance this past year. How were your suppliers affected? How did your demand change?

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Arkestro

MAY 29, 2025

According to The Hackett Group, procurement executives expect workloads to increase by 10% in 2025 while budgets grow by just 1%. Manual processes pile on the bottlenecks, creating delays in supplier approvals, stalling decision-making, and pushing potential savings and revenue further down the road. Strengthen supplier relationships.

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Procurement Insights

MAY 31, 2025

supply chain resilience, ESG compliance) are sensitive to black swans, as disruptions like pandemics or trade wars impact supplier networks, costs, and net-zero goals (prior response). CDC budget cuts) were known vulnerabilities. Economic Fragility: Globalized supply chains (e.g.,

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