Spend Matters

APRIL 15, 2025

Procurements most valuable players Jesus Campos , CEO CorporateLATAM, once wrote on Spend Matters that procurement functions must address two key areas to navigate the uncertainty of global markets: risk management and organizational structure the latter being relevant to our discussion on procurement transformation. The Risk Manager.

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Planergy

MARCH 18, 2025

Download Free Copy Supply Chain Disruptions in Schools: Challenges and Solutions Category Inventory Written by Keith Murphy 17 min read Tags Education Risk Management Supply Chain Management Last edited March 18, 2025 Download PDF KEY TAKEAWAYS Efficient school supply chains are critical for maintaining consistent educational services.

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Jaggaer

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Supplier Collaboration: Driving Innovation and Competitive Advantage In today’s hyper-connected global economy, where supply chains span continents, and industries are interlinked globally, supplier collaboration serves as the foundation to drive innovation and create a future-ready organization. What is supplier collaboration?

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Spend Matters

APRIL 15, 2025

Manufacturing and industrials: Strengthening the supply chain backbone In the manufacturing world, procurement is about much more than just tracking spend its the heartbeat of supply chain management. Supply network modeling, now integrating large language models (LLMs), allows for precise tracking and material tracing.

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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.

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Empowering Procurement and Supply Chain Leaders Across the Globe. Canada , the Middle East , South America and Asia are now using Ivalua’s procurement empowerment platform to power their digital transformations, improving efficiency, reducing costs, managing risk and growing revenue.

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Spend Matters

AUGUST 8, 2023

Continuing our series of analyst observations on procurement tech market movements, this week we are considering the shift in CPO priorities towards supply-related risks. Having that option has become more important than ever, because we’ve all seen the consequences of not taking risk seriously enough.”

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Jaggaer

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Supplier Risk Assessment – In an increasingly large number of cases, a detailed supplier risk assessment might be required to determine whether the lowest bidder is the best overall choice. Buyers can standardize their systems and require suppliers to use compatible technologies.

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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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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.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Supply chain breakdown is a serious problem that can lead to significant losses for any business. If this obstacle often happens within your organization, you might generate higher costs and develop lower-quality products that might affect your customers’ expectations.

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Procurement Tactics

JUNE 22, 2023

A purchase order is simply a document that a buyer sends to a supplier to request goods or services, which outlines the order’s details, including the quantity, price, delivery, and payment terms. First, it ensures clear communication between the buyer and the supplier, eliminating potential misunderstandings or disputes.

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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.

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Skill Dynamics

JANUARY 14, 2025

A typical procurement competency framework covers several key areas, including but not limited to strategic sourcing, supplier management, risk management, and contract negotiation. They can improve performance, lead to stronger strategic alignment, and enhance the career development opportunities for your procurement staff.

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SCMDOJO

MARCH 19, 2024

In today’s fast-paced business landscape, having an efficient supply chain department is more important than ever. A streamlined supply chain can make a significant impact on the overall success of a business, improving operational efficiency, increasing customer satisfaction, and driving revenue growth.

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Procurement Tactics

JULY 2, 2023

Effective planning can begin by setting clear objectives, defining the scope and deliverables, estimating the timeframe of the procurement process, and identifying potential risks and inconveniences. Budget Control When it comes to maintaining budgetary control throughout the entire procurement process, job orders are crucial.

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Jaggaer

MARCH 20, 2025

Community colleges, public universities, and private institutions alike must navigate the potential for budget cuts, shifts in federal aid programs, and changing regulatory requirements. Budget Shortfalls First, the good news. These could be amended, scrapped or introduced by current and future administrations.

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Jaggaer

OCTOBER 24, 2024

The primary goals of SRM are to foster hand-in-glove supplier relationships, manage risk, and optimize the value chain. Supplier Collaboration for Agility Your world is characterized by dynamic market conditions, shifting customer demands, new technologies, rapidly changing regulations, and frequent supply chain disruptions.

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Procurement Insights

MARCH 16, 2025

Smart Supplier Recommendations & Risk Analysis AI models track historical supplier interactions, contract performance, and risk factors to provide real-time recommendations. Improved Outcome: Procurement teams get context-aware supplier suggestions , reducing risk and improving supplier relationships.

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Spend Matters

APRIL 30, 2025

The modern procurement leader must manage risk, drive ESG, deliver cost savings and enable innovation often without additional headcount or budget. In a landscape shaped by inflation, supply chain fragility, regulatory pressure and digital transformation, orchestration is more than a buzzword.

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Procurement Insights

APRIL 15, 2025

Key Features: Practitioner-Led: Agents (DND buyers) own workflows to teach self-learning algorithms. Automation Focus: Prioritizes speed and scale, reducing manual tasks but relying on system interoperability. Goal: Drive adoption and growth, though fragile against dirty data, risking churn and capping CAGR.

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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.

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TYA Suite

JUNE 2, 2025

Without a structured approach to buying, companies risk overspending, ordering the wrong items, or dealing with unreliable suppliers. Such problems may result in delays, higher costs, and possibly interruptions in service or production. It is examined for need and budget.

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Jaggaer

MARCH 6, 2025

Predictive analytics powered by ML helps organizations anticipate procurement trends and identify potential risks. By adopting these technologies, public sector procurement teams can increase efficiency, reduce costs, and improve accountability.

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Arkestro

MARCH 27, 2024

Resources / Blog / Unleashing the Power of Procurement Buyers: Delving into this Impactful Role Unleashing the Power of Procurement Buyers: Delving into this Impactful Role Buyers have always played an important role in the procurement industry, helping organizations obtain goods and maintain a careful balance of speed, cost-efficiency, and quality.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Today, we are seeing significant digital disruption in the business of trade and supply chain financing that is largely influenced by global events and geopolitics, changing regulations, compliance and control requirements, advancements in technology and innovation, and access to capital.

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Jaggaer

MARCH 19, 2025

Procurement today has three overarching objectives: to maximize profitability, minimize risk, and optimize sustainability. We want to reduce costs. The second has become more pronounced in recent years, notably with the Covid pandemic and supply chain disruptions. The first of these has always been with us.

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Procurement Software

MARCH 16, 2025

Countless emails – buried in your inbox – increases the risk of miscommunication and lost information. Three-way communication between Buyers, Stakeholders and Suppliers avoids the need for unnecessary emails. These repetitive tasks not only consume valuable time, but also increase the risk of human error.

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Procurement Tactics

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

In the review, he argued that the supply items should be mapped against two key dimensions which are risk and profitability. The purpose of why he created the Matrix was to help companies in maximizing supply security and reduce costs by using most of their purchasing power. Editor's note: Hi there! Leverage items.

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ivalua

MAY 18, 2022

When it comes to the nature of buyer-supplier relationships, we’re entering a brave, new world. Even reducing costs often depends more on effective collaboration rather than negotiation in today’s market. To top it all off, extremely tight supply markets have further shifted negotiating leverage from buyers to suppliers.

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Procurement Insights

DECEMBER 6, 2024

ProPurchaser ** ProPurchaser** operates in the procurement intelligence and cost management sector, providing tools and data to assist supply chain professionals in negotiations. Dairy.com**: Offers technology services and intelligence platforms tailored to the dairy industry, focusing on supply chain optimization.

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Jaggaer

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

But before this can happen someone has to identify suitable vendors to secure goods and services at the best value (not necessarily the lowest price) within a variety of constraints (risk management, ESG and regulatory factors etc.). Supply chain collaboration: You identified key suppliers in the strategic sourcing activities.

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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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Una

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Procurement professionals are now celebrated for their innovation, creativity, agility, and cost-saving initiatives. And let’s not forget the crucial role they play in driving diversity and sustainability within the supply chain. Reducing suppliers also helps mitigate risk throughout the supply chain.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 3, 2022

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. Reduced manual process intervention is fundamentally impartial and increases the feedback’s reliability.

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Una

JULY 12, 2023

EPISODE 123 Healing Healthcare Supply Chains with Luká Yancopoulos By Kelly Barner | July 12, 2023 Many supply chains deal with pain points. During the pandemic, Luká and William Danon started Pandemic Relief Supply, a venture that delivered $20 million worth of health care supplies to frontline workers.

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TYA Suite

MAY 13, 2025

The procurement team reviews these requests to ensure theyre aligned with the companys budget and strategy. Typically, a manager or procurement officer will examine the request to ensure it fits within the budget and complies with company policies. If necessary, they may suggest alternative solutions or adjustments to save costs.

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