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WNS Procurement, powered by The Smart Cube: Vendor Analysis — Risk, Category and Commodity Intelligence and AI Assistant solutions overview, competitors, user considerations, analyst summary

Spend Matters

Supply disruptions and market dynamics impacted many companies because they had limited visibility into their supply chains, no structured risk management programs and inadequate mechanisms to monitor markets.

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Aligning Finance and Procurement – Phase 5: Sustaining alignment success with shared KPIs

Spend Matters

Tracking performance over time is key to measuring the business value the collaboration is delivers. However, procurement plays a critical role in reflecting cost-saving initiatives, supplier contracts and spend management efforts in financial statements and budget planning.

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ERP vs. Best-in-Class — What is Best for Managing the Healthcare Supply Chain

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Are ERP systems better than best-in-class supply chain solutions for managing healthcare supply chains? What are the pros and cons, and what supply chain strategy will pave the way to higher margins, improved supply chain risk management in healthcare and improved patient care? Demand planning capabilities. The post ERP vs.

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New Year Insights for the procurement solutions and services marketplace 2024: GEP

Spend Matters

AI can help create greater efficiency and value across all source-to-pay processes, including spend analysis, opportunity identification, sourcing and contract management, category management, supply relationship management and risk management.

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Is Spend Analytics Software Essential For Spend Visibility?

Procurement Software

The needs of a Procurement Excellence Manager or a Consultant are going to be rather different to those of a Category Manager. They need to easily dissect both supply risk threats and cost saving opportunities. A team of Category Managers will likely require more granular features at line item level.

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Is Spend Analytics Software Essential For Spend Visibility?

Procurement Software

The needs of a Procurement Excellence Manager or a Consultant are going to be rather different to those of a Category Manager. They need to easily dissect both supply risk threats and cost saving opportunities. A team of Category Managers will likely require more granular features at line item level.

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Reducing Construction Costs & Improving Sourcing Efficiency with Predictive Procurement

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The workforce shortage reached half a million this year , and many sectors continue to grapple with increased lead times, and volatile material costs. At the same time, the number of young, able-bodied construction workers has decreased by 8% over the past decade, further exacerbating the industry’s labor shortage.