Skill Dynamics

JANUARY 14, 2025

Finance and Cost Management Being able to efficiently and effectively manage and control procurement budgets and general costs will lead to stronger financial control across your business , increased cost efficiencies, and a better allocation of resources, which allows you to enhance profitability and improve your team.

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Procurement Insights

APRIL 15, 2025

data entries, supplier choices) to improve data quality and process efficiency, while agents guide outcomes to fit DNDs context. Key Features: Practitioner-Led: Agents (DND buyers) own workflows to teach self-learning algorithms. The Agent-based Metaprise model provides better onboarding while reducing change management requirements.

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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.

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TYA Suite

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

This insightful guide explores how blockchain is impacting , contributing to transparency, security, and efficiency across supply chains. From reducing fraud to improving and automating contract management, blockchain is shaping the future of procurement in ways previously unimaginable.

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Procurement Software

MARCH 16, 2025

While full-scale digital transformation certainly takes time, organisations can see rapid improvements in efficiency, collaboration, and data accuracy right from the outset. Procurement now has its turn to drive efficiency and performance gains through better data. Sales have had reliable data ever since they had a CRM.

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Procurement Insights

OCTOBER 26, 2023

As you read the title of today’s post, you may wonder what maverick spend, vendor rationalization and change management have to do with user adoption and AI Chatbots. The simple answer is the end of maverick spend , vendor rationalization , and change management.

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SCMDOJO

AUGUST 21, 2023

Try this as a tongue twister: “Tripping through tantalizing TikTokers, tenfold to transform your tangled supply chain!” In our digital age, where viral trends dominate, TikTok’s influence now extends to supply chain management. Discover the Top 10 TikTokers reshaping how you view supply chains.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Imagining the Supply Chain of the Future! Article written for Supply Chain Game Changer by Ralf Llanasas at heroicsearch.com. Supply chain managers are often at the forefront of these developments. 1) Omni-Channel and Buyer Behavior.

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Procurement Insights

APRIL 9, 2025

Agent-Based Solution : Agents represent suppliers, buyers, and logistics providers, sharing data and negotiating terms autonomously. Predictive Risk Mitigation Challenge : Reactive risk management leads to costly supply chain failures. tariffs, ESG compliance) without manual oversight. Learn and optimize continuously.

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Procurement Insights

APRIL 30, 2025

THE SHORT ANSWER Procurement Insights is not a replacement for analyst firms its a complementary and sometimes disruptive mirror , helping enterprise buyers and tech vendors see past sanitized reports into what actually matters to practitioners. Moderate trust due to limited transparency and consulting ties.

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ivalua

JUNE 1, 2022

However, they could probably leverage their great buyers in a better way by having proper data delivered to them upfront and allowing them to identify the most strategic new projects. This process can also carry over into the supply chain where Amrest needs visibility and the full strategic payments process to identify key suppliers.

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Procurement Software

MARCH 11, 2022

Most experienced Procurement Managers don’t enjoy performing administrative tasks and firefighting operational issues. And yet, poor operational efficiency in Procurement means that the typical Category Manager often spends at least a THIRD of their time performing “busy work” This is not an effective or efficient use of their time.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

APRIL 15, 2020

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. The Digital Supply Chain Road is Full of Potholes, Construction and Accidents! Sometimes, digitalization requires change management, process shifts, and organizational restructuring. SpendMatters Supply Chain Dive Supply Chain Digital Art of Procurement (Podcast).

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TYA Suite

JANUARY 27, 2025

The real estate industry, characterized by intricate processes and substantial investments, constantly seeks ways to enhance efficiency, reduce costs, and ensure timely project completion. This comprehensive solution streamlines procurement activities, improves and provides transparency across the entire supply chain.

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TYA Suite

OCTOBER 6, 2024

Vendor-managed inventory (VMI) has become a crucial strategy in modern supply chain management, enabling businesses to enhance efficiency, reduce costs, and strengthen relationships with suppliers. Effective supplier-managed inventory requires seamless communication and data sharing between the buyer and supplier.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

JUNE 5, 2023

Today I’m joined by Logward , an exciting tech brand with a vision of a future where supply chain departments lead the transformation of their industries, instead of simply transporting it. 09.56] What has, and hasn’t, changed in the last five years, and a look at today’s key challenges and trends. “I

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Procurement Software

MARCH 11, 2022

Most experienced Procurement Managers don’t enjoy performing administrative tasks and firefighting operational issues. And yet, poor operational efficiency in Procurement means that the typical Category Manager often spends at least a THIRD of their time performing “busy work” This is not an effective or efficient use of their time.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

APRIL 7, 2016

Choose the stodgy, uninspired logistics IT solution provider with the middling results/poor cost efficiency it delivers and you’ll be remembered as lacking vision. You can select the perfect logistics IT platform for your specific needs at a cost that is completely transparent and without nasty “hidden cost” surprises.

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Procurement Software

APRIL 18, 2023

With tangible benefits for buyers, eAuctions could help your organisation survive the economic downturn. eAuctions are a negotiation method that allow buyers to leverage market-driven pricing opportunities. This saves buyers not only money, but hours of conversation time. This delivers the buyer lower unit prices.

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Procurement Heads

MARCH 2, 2023

As a procurement leader who specialises in change management, among other things, how much have the fast-moving and numerous global situations impacted delivery would you say? I’m going to broaden it from procurement and say supply chain. You are right though, it has opened up new demographics and pools of talent.

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ivalua

MAY 21, 2020

Business today isn’t business as usual, as the COVID-19 pandemic impacts organizations and supply chains across the globe. Procurement teams were just buyers who delivered what other departments told them to buy. And in uncertain times such as these, leaders in every industry and business function must step up.

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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. In order to best implement an S2P process, in 2019, a procurement team requires change management, the support of intelligent digital solutions and cross-functional alignment. Subscribe Here!

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World of Procurement blog

MAY 23, 2024

To gain operational efficiencies by standardising and simplifying purchasing processes across fewer supplier relationships. This enables data-driven supplier management and performance optimisation. To mitigate supply chain risks and improve business continuity by reducing dependence on many small suppliers.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

Yes, AI technology isn’t the end but only a means towards effectiveness and efficiency, improved innovative capabilities, and better opportunities. The model is designed to help financial services companies map buyer personas, simulate “future selves” and anticipate customer behavior. Automation Efficiency and AI.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

APRIL 25, 2024

Business process reengineering (BPR) is the radical redesign of core business processes to achieve dramatic improvements in performance, efficiency and effectiveness. Successful implementation of BPR requires strong leadership, effective change management and a commitment to continuous improvement.

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World of Procurement blog

MAY 8, 2024

Metrics : Procurement tracks savings, efficiencies, supplier performance, and risk. Procurement is strategically important because it: Drives significant cost savings through economies of scale, supplier negotiations, and process efficiencies. Increases efficiency by standardizing, streamlining, and automating processes.

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Jaggaer

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Spend management and procurement will play a key role in enabling banks to achieve their efficiency targets while managing supply chain risks,” he added. The procurement team consists of 40 buyers, around half of them based in the bank’s Casablanca headquarters. It has subsidiaries in Europe and in Egypt.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 6, 2019

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Procurement is a business function that has undergone a lot of change in the last few years. In essence, sourcing is the first point of contact between the buyer and supplier organizations, which makes it a very formative phase of the overall relationship for collaboration.

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Arkestro

MAY 14, 2024

For instance, AI can streamline and increase efficiencies in procurement activities like data entry and analysis, but it can’t replace your personal excellence of negotiating with suppliers or continuing to build on lasting relationships. That’s not a typo, 72 HOURS! When those results compound over time, the ROI is undeniable.

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Procurement Insights

AUGUST 30, 2023

In this test case, the public sector organization realized a year-over-year 23% cost of goods savings for seven consecutive years while simultaneously reducing the number of buyers required to manage the contract to 3 from an original 23. The Dangerous Supply Chain Myths series was based on my review of the ISM, CAPS and A.T.

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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. Market volatility, globalization, and changing customer expectations have made procurement more complex than ever before.

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Procurement Software

MARCH 7, 2023

Improvements to end-to-end supply chain efficiency. The goal is usually to develop the most efficient transactional procurement operations. The next step is using automation to increase P2P digitisation and efficiency to a more advanced level. End-to-end supply chain visibility ensures more synergy in cooperation.

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Procurement Software

JUNE 13, 2023

Mid-market businesses, on the other hand, could invest in this software and easily see a quick return if they have the right change management and procurement talent in place. It serves the needs of purchasing managers, procurement professionals and senior buyers. It enables users to allocate, manage and monitor budgets.

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Pipefy

JANUARY 11, 2023

The need for efficient and error-proof procurement processes has never been greater. Following recent unprecedented events and disruptions, one thing has become clear: procurement optimization is no longer just about cost-effectiveness or efficiency. . An abundance of manual work and rapidly changing processes.

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Procurement Software

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Improvements to end-to-end supply chain efficiency. The goal is usually to develop the most efficient transactional procurement operations. The next step is using automation to increase P2P digitisation and efficiency to a more advanced level. End-to-end supply chain visibility ensures more synergy in cooperation.

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Una

JANUARY 1, 2024

Once you’ve made the change, survey again to measure its impact! Resources to help: How to Improve Procurement Efficiency 5 Essential Technology Solutions for Businesses Tips for Building an Effective Procurement Data Strategy 29 Questions To Ask In A Voice Of Supplier Survey 2. Second, give Una a call.

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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. In order to best implement an S2P process, in 2019, a procurement team requires change management, the support of intelligent digital solutions and cross-functional alignment. Subscribe Here!

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