Spend Matters

DECEMBER 23, 2024

How customers justify procuretech investment to stakeholders Cost savings and efficiency: Direct savings and operational efficiency metrics resonate strongly with financial stakeholders. Risk reduction: The platforms compliance features (e.g., GDPR alignment, secure data storage) reduce organizational risk.

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Spend Matters

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

We believe these companies deserve greater visibility, especially in a market which is increasingly consolidating and diluting buyer choices. To potential buyers — Halo Ai’s founder has a background in procurement and has built the tool with procurement in mind and to replace current TPRM and GRC point solutions.

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ivalua

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

The past few years have highlighted serious deficiencies in prevalent supply chain strategies and the major risk that disruptions pose to corporate success. years and companies can expect to lose 42% of one year’s EBITDA every decade due to supply chain disruptions. But a radical rethink is needed to succeed.

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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. The verdict?

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ivalua

JUNE 29, 2020

With rising costs and declining margins, health systems must become more efficient and productive. We believe that a key pillar of this transformation is the supply chain. With such growth comes supply chain complexity. Share on Twitter. According to 2019 Definitive Healthcare data, U.S.

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Procurement Tactics

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Financial Supply Chain — The Ultimate Guide of 2023. Supply chain collaboration is definitely new to many newcomers in the supply chain industry. It may be an overused term in the supply chain but still confuses a lot of people. . Defining Supply Chain Collaboration.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. The Mask Supply Chain! Medical Device Supply Chain article and permission to publish here provided by Claire Glassman. Some manufacturers have appealed for higher transparency so the burden of liability would be shared across the supply chain.

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ivalua

JUNE 4, 2020

A review of the key elements in supplier management for manufacturers and how Source-to-Pay procurement technology can support the journey towards supply chain resilience and agility in times of crisis. As the COVID-19 pandemic disrupts global supply chains, procurement organizations around the world are scrambling to react.

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Spend Matters

JANUARY 9, 2025

Metrics such as reducing supplier numbers, increasing digital contract usage and enhancing sourcing efficiency are common priorities. By integrating these technologies, organizations unlock efficiencies, enhance decision making and create more agile, connected supply chains, ultimately boosting their ROI.

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SCMDOJO

JUNE 9, 2025

How Documentation Happens in Logistics Accurate documentation in logistics requires structured processes and reliable methods to capture, record, and transmit essential information at every stage of the supply chain. It ensures consistency in formatting, eliminates repetitive tasks, and reduces the risk of data entry mistakes.

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Una

OCTOBER 25, 2022

How to Improve Procurement Efficiency. And let’s not forget the crucial role they play in driving diversity and sustainability within the supply chain. 8 Steps to Improve Procurement Efficiency. When it comes to improving procurement efficiency, though, a sourcing hero’s work is never truly done.

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SCMDOJO

MARCH 12, 2025

Introduction Negotiation is at the heart of supply chain management. While often perceived as a middle-ground approach, supply chain negotiation strategies require strategic application to ensure long-term value and sustainability. Checkout the SCMDOJO course on Negotiation Tricks & Pitfalls.

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Procurement Leaders

JANUARY 27, 2023

In this interview, Snow talks to Procurement Leaders’ chief product officer David Rae about his approach to risk, the company’s evolving geographic footprint and how he prepares his team to deal with the ongoing polycrisis. Like most organisations, Inmarsat follows the money to help segment the supply base.

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Procurement Insights

APRIL 8, 2025

MODEL #2 An agent-based model within a metaprise framework outperforms traditional equation-based intake and orchestration models in procurement because it better addresses the complexity, unpredictability, and multi-stakeholder nature of modern supply chains. Focused on efficiency, not innovation; maintains status quo.

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Procurement Insights

JUNE 7, 2025

Hansen’s early concepts—especially his 1998 frameworks involving agent-based modeling , the Metaprise , time-zone polling , and advanced self-learning algorithms —share fundamental DNA with the adaptive, decentralized, and data-rich supply chain models later refined and scaled by Jeff Bezos at Amazon. DND buyers) and external (e.g.,

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Spend Matters

APRIL 15, 2025

Across industries, AI is capable of reshaping procurement, making it smarter, more predictive and highly efficient. 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.

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Spend Matters

JUNE 3, 2025

The US administrations announcement of reciprocal tariffs in early April sent a jolt through global supply chains. Another CPO pointed to the urgent internal push for greater transparency at the supplier-level mapping and for granular understanding of sub-tier suppliers, component origins and even HS-code-level exposure.

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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.

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Jaggaer

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

An advanced source-to-pay platform is crucial for unleashing procurement’s potential and optimizing supply chain performance. Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) has been shown to shorten development cycles and lead times while reducing development costs and risks.

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SCMDOJO

MAY 29, 2025

Supply chains are the systems that move products from where they are made to where they are needed. Strong HSEQ practices can help supply chains avoid big problems that cost a lot of time and money. This makes HSEQ an essential part of keeping supply chains working well.

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Arkestro

DECEMBER 26, 2024

While these advancements have led to improved efficiency, cost savings, and enhanced strategies, theyve also made procurement processes more complex than ever before. Here are five key trends that will shape procurement and supply chain management in the coming year. trillion , a 9.3% increase from 2024.

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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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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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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. Then experienced procurement teams can assess all the data for more nuanced and context-specific judgments.

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ivalua

MAY 19, 2022

Our unrivaled licensing and banking networks are setting new standards of security, transparency, and speed for B2B cross-border payments,” said Sinead Fitzmaurice, CEO of TransferMate Global Payments – a subsidiary of the Clune Tech Group. “We All this is transparent across the payment journey, to the buyer and supplier.

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Procurement Leaders

APRIL 6, 2023

We’re evaluating supplier financial risk, of course, but we’re also monitoring climate risk or potential disruptions that are happening by country, or the region, or even at the company that we’re operating with. That said, the biggest challenge remains going deep into your supply chain.

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ivalua

JULY 8, 2020

As the COVID-19 pandemic disrupts global supply chains, procurement organizations around the world are scrambling to react. There are many supply chain management lessons to learn from the Covid-19 crisis. Transparency, or ability to scale data, across an organization. Risk & Performance Management.

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Jaggaer

OCTOBER 24, 2024

By selecting and developing the right suppliers and establishing streamlined, transparent communication with them, manufacturers gain the agility and resilience to respond to customer demands, rise to the top, and navigate disruptions more easily. Decision-makers must plan supply chain resilience strategies for a wide range of risk scenarios.

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ivalua

JUNE 28, 2021

London, UK – 29 th June 2021 – Research from Ivalua , a leading global spend management cloud provider , has revealed almost two thirds (65%) of suppliers feel late payments are putting their company at financial risk. The findings show late payments are having a knock-on effect across the supply chain.

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Spend Matters

OCTOBER 3, 2024

The appetite for third-party risk management (TPRM) within procurement and the supply chain is keener than ever before — risks are more numerous and complex in what is an increasingly fast-paced and global business environment. Read our analysis: Risk is complex — The different types and sources of risk.)

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Spend Matters

APRIL 16, 2025

(ePro) Circulor can track and monitor the flow of goods through supply chains, enabling companies to demonstrate responsible sourcing, prove ESG performance, support climate neutrality objectives and ensure compliance with regulations. SXM; SRM) Samification promises to normalize 100% of suppliers at an affordable price point.

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Procurement Insights

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Collaborative efforts between buyers and suppliers, along with better tools, education, and incentives, can help overcome these barriers and foster a more sustainable supply chain. C-suite executives are navigating a complex landscape of challenges in 2024. Reference to Scoutbee buycott versus boycott post.

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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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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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Procurement Leaders

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

While procurement teams have been widely credited for helping mitigate the impact of labour shortages in the supply chain during the pandemic, the function itself has not been immune from the evolution of the labour market and the increasingly fraught competition for talent. Data: a powerful weapon. Talent is a real issue.

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Spend Matters

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Categories: Procurement Systems & Architecture , Supply Chain Visibility Tags: PRO In this Spend Matters PRO Vendor Analysis, we give an overview of Circularise, a blockchain-based traceability solution that helps companies trace products and materials to verify their origins, certificates, CO2 footprints and other material data.

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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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