Positive Purchasing

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Jonathan: We set the business up because we were convinced the World needed and was ready to embrace sustainability in both immediate suppliers and right down their extended supply chain – and a heap of conversations with prospective clients confirmed that this was indeed the case. How do we manage risk?

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 26, 2023

Category management is a procurement strategy that involves grouping similar products or services together into categories and managing them as a single unit. In this guide, we’ll explore the key principles of category management and how it can benefit your organization.

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SCMDOJO

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

To get the most out of any procurement team, all the associated key roles need to be filled with qualified individuals that understand both technology and the principles of supply chain management. They also manage the organization’s supply base to ensure coordination and efficiency.

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Procurement Software

MAY 9, 2022

Parallel to this, they offer the ability to streamline supplier governance and due diligence activities to cover increasing demands on compliance and supply chain visibility. Studied cases at Kodiak Hub show between 1–3 % loss of brand exposure resulting from a non-compliant supply chain. Increased Negotiation Power.

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Procurement Software

MAY 9, 2022

Parallel to this, they offer the ability to streamline supplier governance and due diligence activities to cover increasing demands on compliance and supply chain visibility. Studied cases at Kodiak Hub show between 1–3 % loss of brand exposure resulting from a non-compliant supply chain. Increased Negotiation Power.

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Procurement Heads

MARCH 27, 2023

We’re a centralised indirects procurement team with category management being introduced where it can in order to support the parts of the business where we need subject specialism. Sustainability is one of those, and supply chains can influence carbon emissions in a huge way.

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Procurement Software

MARCH 19, 2024

Generative AI’s current impact in procurement is best illustrated by tech-savvy procurement category managers leveraging apps like ChatGPT and Bard to streamline the execution of routine tasks. Category Management AI will increasingly be used to help to write and generate category strategies.

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NLPA (Next Level Purchasing Association)

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

A successful procurement transformation involves a strategic overhaul of processes, technologies, and approaches to achieve greater efficiency, cost savings, risk management, and value creation. Automation increases efficiency and reduces errors, leading to faster and more accurate procurement cycles.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Strategic Supplier Relationship Management – Do’s and Don’ts. As buyer and suppliers aren’t we all living in the same ocean, existing in the same ecosystem, and working towards the same value creation? The common enemy: the complexity of the global supply chain.

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Arkestro

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

In this blog, Arkestro sat down with Jeoff Burris, the Founder and Principal of Advanced Purchasing Dynamics and Procure-Force solution team member, to get his thoughts on hot button topics such as: supply chain disruptions, quote fatigue, managing costs, and more – that are top of mind for automotive procurement teams.

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Procurement Heads

MARCH 27, 2023

We’re a centralised indirects procurement team with category management being introduced where it can in order to support the parts of the business where we need subject specialism. Sustainability is one of those, and supply chains can influence carbon emissions in a huge way.

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Empowering CPO

JUNE 14, 2023

Whether you’re a procurement professional looking to stay ahead of the curve, a business leader seeking to drive efficiency, or simply someone interested in business innovation, this post is for you. These technologies enable better supplier evaluation, improved contract management, predictive analytics, and enhanced transparency.

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Procurement Software

MARCH 12, 2024

It will also be able to assist in monitoring supply chain disruptions by being able to quickly summarise foreign language news sources and weather reports. Younger team members, who are using tools like ChatGPT at home, will expect this level of efficiency in the workplace. Now, I’ve played around with these Gen AI tools.

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Spend Matters

JUNE 19, 2023

E-procurement IT solutions improve process automation, increase spending under management, reduce maverick spend, improve cross-functional process/data integration (e.g., budget compliance and inventory availability), enable effective spend, preferred supplier and category management.

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The Procuretech Podcast

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Part of a rare breed, Anne-Sophie is a fellow ex-Procurement Category Manager turned startup founder. She studied Procurement and Supply Chain in Bordeaux and then moved into the corporate world, starting out in the FMCG industry, moving then into aeronautics and then finally the automotive industry.

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Procurement Software

MARCH 11, 2022

Despite the movement towards a broader value-driven view of procurement excellence and how we contribute to the wider business (people, planet, profit), the reality is that even though there is a tacit, newly found appreciation that buyers deliver more than just bottom line savings, it often isn’t reflected in their annual objectives.

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Procurement Software

MARCH 11, 2022

Despite the movement towards a broader value-driven view of procurement excellence and how we contribute to the wider business (people, planet, profit), the reality is that even though there is a tacit, newly found appreciation that buyers deliver more than just bottom line savings, it often isn’t reflected in their annual objectives.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JANUARY 21, 2020

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. categorically be boiled down to the ability to communicate efficiently. Let’s make a change before it hinders procurement from making a true impact across all business areas in the value chain. appeared first on Supply Chain Game Changer™. Subscribe Here! But, is it?

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The Procuretech Podcast

JUNE 28, 2022

As an example, he asks us to imagine an engineering company: It may have relatively few engineers in-house, but imagine every engineer in that company’s supply chain, all the way down the tiers… It’s a huge number of people that could be coming up with great ideas for that company. Bringing increased transparency - risk is wide.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. How To Differentiate With A Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) Program! Looking back on the training process, our research, strategy, implementation and evaluation methods closely mirrored supplier relationship management and procurement management. Subscribe Here!

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 3, 2022

They are far more convenient than conventional discussions and negotiations, providing procedural integrity and transparency while also lowering final prices owing to enhanced supplier competitiveness. Digital bidding, or eAuctions, are a more efficient way of negotiating with vendors in the international market. Macfarlane, 2017).

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

ERP vs. Best-in-Class for Healthcare Supply Chain Management? Are ERP systems better than best-in-class supply chain solutions for managing healthcare supply chains? That’s the question we set out to answer in our recent panel discussion with Procurement and Supply Chain experts.

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Procurement Heads

JANUARY 4, 2023

As a Buyer at British Airways, I bought a range of different categories from engineering spares to airport services. I joined KPMG in their supply chain practice and spend the next 16 years on consulting assignments in a smaller firm. We need cost efficiency internally and cost-effectiveness with our suppliers externally.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 8, 2019

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. categorically be boiled down to the ability to communicate efficiently. appeared first on Supply Chain Game Changer™. Subscribe Here! Email Address. Hey Procurement! It’s Time to SELL! From one Procurement organization to the next, terminology differs. But, is it?

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Procurement Templates

JANUARY 17, 2024

Demand management embedded within the procurement process. How is this considered throughout the supply chain and reported at a senior level. Organisation undertakes a full assessment of the waste within the supply chain in relation to risk-based existing contracts. a purchaser of carbon steel).

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Looking back on the training process, our research, strategy, implementation and evaluation methods closely mirrored supplier relationship management and procurement management. In fact, it made me think of a specific chapter I read from Magnus Carlsson’s Strategic Sourcing and Category Management: Lessons Learned at IKEA.

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Spend Matters

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Travel and Expense management leveraging SAP Concur is an easy plug in for travel spend management and all spend flowing through expense reporting. baking in benchmarking opportunity analytics more deeply and formally into the analytics, sourcing and category management applications). using RAG ).

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The Good Spending

JANUARY 4, 2023

Its two dimensions suggest the flat Earth approach with insufficient room to cater to the complexities of modern category management and strategic sourcing situations. Indeed, we understand that leverage item attract negotiations, while non-critical ones are about sourcing process efficiency, buying channels, etc.

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Procurement Software

JULY 4, 2023

It aims to make the procurement process more efficient, transparent, and cost-effective. Ultimately, digital procurement enables organisations to enhance the overall procurement experience, as well as increase efficiencies and transform their end-to-end procurement function. What is procurement tech?

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Procurement Leaders

JUNE 1, 2022

With up and downstream emissions accounting for 57% of the average company’s environmental impact, according to Procurement Leaders research, improving supply chain sustainability is becoming an ever-greater priority for business leaders. Decarbonising the supply chain. Training suppliers. Improving working conditions.

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Planergy

JANUARY 18, 2024

Modern Spend Management and Accounts Payable software. Helping organizations spend smarter and more efficiently by automating purchasing and invoice processing. Supplier-managed catalogs live within the buyer’s purchasing system, but the supplier has access to the catalog so they can maintain it. What's Planergy?

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Zycus Cognitive Procurement

DECEMBER 10, 2021

And the S2P software enables multiple activities such as auctions, spend analysis, purchasing categories management, purchase requisitions, sourcing events, billing and vendor relations within the same solution. Learn More: 5 Tips for Effective Source to Contract During Crisis. Diversify and minimize risk .

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Procurement Software

AUGUST 22, 2023

We’re gradually evolving into being the fulcrum of an organisation’s supply chain who strategically manages and controls supplier relationships. If you’re hiring “policeman” roles while firing front line Category Managers or Analysts, then please stop and think. That is to the detriment of the business as a whole.

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