ivalua

AUGUST 12, 2025

Discover how Ivalua’s  strategic sourcing software  can help you drive long-term value and make smarter sourcing decisions. That means choosing suppliers not just based on price, but on their ability to deliver quality, reliability, and strategic value over time. Here we take a look at the core components of such a process.

Strategic sourcing

Jaggaer

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Since reverse auctions focus heavily on price competitiveness, this can be easily done with sourcing software tools. Furthermore, eSourcing software can help review the contract terms and conditions against a predefined checklist to ensure there are no red flags, like missing clauses, discrepancies, or unfavorable terms.

Strategic sourcing

TYA Suite

JULY 23, 2025

Checking these details early means you won’t face unexpected losses, fraud, or interruptions in your supply chain later on. Working with the wrong vendor can cause delays in delivery, poor product quality, or extra work to fix mistakes. Was their quality consistent? This wastes time and increases costs.

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Spend Matters

APRIL 15, 2025

The digital transformer balances strategic thinking, project planning, and operational execution to ensure the successful implementation of technological solutions. The Quality and Sustainability Advocate. In todays interconnected and demanding world, consumers expect high-quality products that meet modern sustainability standards.

Procurement

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 31, 2025

1 Supply Chain Disruptions The past several years have underscored the fragility of global supply chains, as geopolitical conflicts, natural disasters and labor shortages have continually tested resilience. These disruptions, often unpredictable and rapidly evolving, demand an OMS that is both flexible and integrative.

Supply Chain Optimization

SCMDOJO

MARCH 24, 2025

Strategic Sourcing: Strategic sourcing involves managing suppliers, while their selection is done through Request for Quotation (RFQs) forms from multiple suppliers to compare and evaluate them based on pricing, quality, and delivery speed. However, its impact is typically greater on the buyer than on the supplier.

Price

Procurement Software

MARCH 16, 2025

Better Data One of the biggest advantages of digitising your procurement operations is improved data quality. Three-way communication between Buyers, Stakeholders and Suppliers avoids the need for unnecessary emails. Digital procurement solutions provide built-in analytics and reporting tools that simplify KPI measurement.

Procurement

Procurement Software

JUNE 22, 2025

For raw materials and production parts, purity grades and tolerances for ensuring consistent quality. And if a generic specification would work just fine, note that too—otherwise, you might be needlessly paying premium prices for brand-name parts or over-engineered solutions when standard alternatives would suffice.

Data

Jaggaer

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Tier 1 suppliers and their suppliers—and their suppliers’ suppliers—make up an organization’s multi-tier supply chain. Collaboration across Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 3, and beyond requires visibility and communication regarding capacity, cost, risk, order quantities, inventory levels, quality , timelines, logistics, and more.

Collaboration

Jaggaer

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Best-in-class organizations achieve excellent insight into their spending trends to act on inefficiencies and capture savings opportunities while ensuring compliance with internal, national, international regulations and minimizing the risks of supply chain disruptions. Historically this has involved a lot of manual effort.

Sourcing

Procurement Insights

MAY 3, 2025

There is definitely a reason why a handful of us are still around after all these years: quality over quantity. Sourcing Innovation Launch Date: June 2006 Overview: Authored by Michael Lamoureux, a Computer Science PhD, Sourcing Innovation focuses on procurement technology, strategic sourcing, and supply chain management.

Procurement

TYA Suite

JUNE 2, 2025

From raw materials for manufacturing to office supplies or software subscriptions, these purchases keep the business moving. It follows defined steps to reduce waste, control costs, avoid delays, and ensure quality. Every business, no matter its size or industry, needs to buy goods and services to operate.

Purchasing

Finale Inventory

JULY 18, 2025

This differs fundamentally from traditional procurement where buyers place orders reactively when stock runs low. For broader context on how VMI fits into comprehensive inventory strategies, explore inventory planning software. What happens when quality issues emerge? Detailed contracts protect both parties.

Vendor management

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.

Strategic sourcing

Procurement Software

JUNE 15, 2025

How many of these tasks could be done by an Admin Assistant, Data Analyst or a Junior Buyer? Or could a team of 6 Category Managers, 2 Junior Buyers, 2 data analysts and 1 admin assistant help you deliver better results for the same overall wage bill? Talk to us if you could use some help with analysing the procurement software market!

Supply Chain Efficiency

TYA Suite

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

This insightful guide explores how blockchain is impacting , contributing to transparency, security, and efficiency across supply chains. By using blockchain in procurement, businesses can improve transparency, trust, and efficiency across their supply chains, ensuring smoother and more reliable operations.

Supply Chain Efficiency

TYA Suite

APRIL 13, 2025

A goods received note is a critical document in procurement and , serving as formal confirmation that ordered goods have been received in the specified quantity, quality, and condition. It acts as a checkpoint between suppliers and buyers, ensuring accountability and alignment with (POs). Why Goods Received Note is Important?

Quantity

Finale Inventory

AUGUST 7, 2025

We'll explore how modern software automates these calculations to provide deeper profit visibility. This comprehensive approach ensures your business decisions are based on complete financial data within your accounting and inventory software. What Is Landed Cost? Successful implementation extends beyond technology.

Import

Procurement Express

DECEMBER 24, 2024

The Benefits of Purchase Order Management How Does Purchasing Software Improve The Purchase Order Management Process? A purchase order is a document sent from a buyer to a supplier that outlines the details of a purchase, such as quantity, price, and delivery terms. Lets dive into why it matters and how to do it right.

Purchase orders

TYA Suite

MAY 13, 2025

The PO serves as an official record of the transaction between the buyer and the supplier. Over time, these enhanced collaborations improve supply chain stability and can even lead to co-innovation opportunities. This document includes details like the product or service, agreed-upon price, quantity, and delivery expectations.

Procurement

Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 13, 2025

” It refers to a delivery agreement between a seller and a buyer, where the seller takes full responsibility for transporting the goods to the destination country and paying all import duties and taxes. Originally written for Supply Chain Game Changer and published on March 27, 2024.

Supply Chain Efficiency

Let's Talk Supply Chain

JANUARY 13, 2025

GAINS is the supply chain performance optimization company. So, with GAINS, supply chain teams can make all the right decisions at speed and scale to right-size inventory, strengthen performance, and fulfill customer promises. Today Im joined by leading tech company, GAINS. Check out our other podcasts HERE.

Data

Procurement Software

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

They focused their attention on the more traditional enterprise software suites for the last 10 or so years. There are only a certain number of enterprises out there to sell enterprise software to. The economic buyer in this case is undoubtedly going to be the CFO.

supply chain software solutions

SCMDOJO

JUNE 3, 2025

Many platforms factor in material quality and local supply availability to give exact figures quickly. Retail Supply Chains: Procurement teams can negotiate better deals thanks to the transparent data they receive when their digital estimator analyzes bulk order pricing in an instant.

Procurement

Finale Inventory

JULY 18, 2025

We'll reveal prevention tactics through better inventory planning software and recovery strategies for businesses struggling with excess inventory challenges. Without proper inventory planning software , many businesses struggle to accurately classify their stock positions, leading to capital inefficiency and storage waste.

Strategy

Procurement Insights

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

2007 – Dangerous Supply Chain Myths Revisited (Part 7): Enabling Technology The Emergence of theMetaprise Discussion Excerpt: “In August 2003, the new technology successfully went live in a production environment for the DND. Delivery performance and product quality also improved dramatically.”

Chief Procurement Officer

Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 18, 2025

Use Inventory Management Software: These tools automate tracking, preventing overselling or running out of stock unknowingly. Not only can this reassure customers about the quality of your product, but it can also help foster loyalty towards your brand. Originally written for Supply Chain Game Changer and published on November 1, 2023.

Order Fulfillment

Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 30, 2025

Pragmatic , one of the leading casino software providers, offers a classic example of this recipe, successfully combining ingenuity, customer centricity, and technological prowess. Their software started gaining recognition, not just for its superior functionality, but also for its user-friendly design and immersive gaming experience.

supply chain software solutions

Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

LeafLink was able to develop a sales engine that supports merchants’ long-term growth and successful company management by utilizing its CRM tools, online marketplace, and order management software. The company is “redefining the sex essentials market for modern buyers.”The

supply chain software solutions

Procurement Tactics

JUNE 7, 2023

Bonus PDF: 51 ChatGPT Prompts to 10X Your Productivity in Procurement Download 51 Prompts →  Or receive our famous weekly newsletter Supplier Collaboration Software — What You Should Know The use of supplier collaboration software continues to rise as businesses grow and technology advances. However, what is it?

supply chain software solutions

SCMDOJO

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Whether you outsource or buy one, working with one of these machines will greatly speed up your supply chain. Thanks to CNC machine technology, traditional manufacturing supply chains are gradually disappearing. Machine parts manufacturing companies must rely on their supply chains to obtain and transport raw materials.

Supply Chain Efficiency

Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Thoughts on Future Challenges and the Strategic Direction of Supply Chain! Supply chain management is an important aspect of every business because it ensures your business gets the supplies, resources, and materials it needs to fulfill services or deliver products to customers.

supply chain budgeting

SCMDOJO

MAY 18, 2023

The following is a business case highlighting the background, context and value proposition of SCMDOJO’s Expert Marketplace, a platform designed to connect businesses with specialized Supply Chain Expert Services. It is within this context that SCMDOJO’s Expert Marketplace was conceived.

Supply Chain Efficiency

SCMDOJO

MARCH 19, 2024

Discover Ways to Boost Supply Chain Visibility through Digital Marketing Supply chain visibility is essential for providing a superior customer experience and sustaining customer loyalty over time. Customers face significant frustrations that erode brand trust and sales without supply chain visibility.

Supply Chain Visibility

Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 23, 2022

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Why is Supply Chain Management Important? A company’s supply chain usually comprises all the operations between sourcing raw materials and delivering the product to customers. We will now look more into the benefits of KM in supply chain management.

Supply chain management

Procurement Tactics

JULY 2, 2023

Laying out the relevant details such as the quality standards, quantities, and specifications of the subject goods or services as well as the other dependencies will allow for an effective collaboration and avoid misinterpretation. There are various tools and software that provide a template to create a job order document.

supply chain budgeting

ivalua

MARCH 4, 2016

getting involved early on in the New Product Introduction ( NPI) cycle to ensure suppliers risk is being properly evaluated in production capacity and quality. If they do have a solution, they are using systems built for indirect spend. When the supply base is limited, being the customer of choice is essential. Time is Money.

supply chain software solutions