Spend Matters

AUGUST 21, 2024

As described by our analysts : Intake management is not just about the actual request itself but ensuring that the request flows smoothly along its workflows, from department to department and (when applicable) technology to technology. Intake can support payments, sourcing, supplier onboarding, contracts and other use cases.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Lack of Visibility Beyond Tier 1. According to the 2021 Deloitte Chief Procurement Officer Survey, “Around 70% of CPOs felt that they had good visibility on the risks that existed in their direct (tier 1) suppliers. And, only 15% had visibility into tier 2 or beyond. Change requires Change Management.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Supply Chain and it’s importance is more visible than at any time in history. We must deploy and rally that attention into a force for positive change in Supply Chain. But holistic, visionary leadership development, with an emphasis on transformation and change management, will be the most important skill sets of the future.

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Supply chain Real-time Visibility e2e Supply 89

Spend Matters

JUNE 21, 2024

Intake and orchestration (I&O) solutions can transform initial customer requests and subsequent interactions for just about any business into streamlined, end-to-end, secure and transparent engagements. So if it’s Finance, I talk about budget, both budget visibility and spend visibility.

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Procurement Insights

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

This shift responds to the growing need for unified platforms that provide end-to-end process visibility, essential for global corporations seeking to streamline their procurement operations. Fragmented workflows, scattered supplier information, and lack of full source-to-payment traceability are no longer acceptable.

Sourcing 80

Sourcing e2e Spend management Leadership 80

Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

The Supply Chain arranges for the appropriate logistics, and negotiates terms and conditions with Suppliers, audits Suppliers, and deals with quality strategies and issues. End to End Supply Chain Visibility and the Internet of Things (IoT). ERP, TMS), and Indirect Goods and Services all represent enormous costs.

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Agile and Lean Supply Chain supply chain budgeting Supply chain Raw materials 84

Let's Talk Supply Chain

JUNE 5, 2023

Logward is a logistics technology company offering supply chain management as a service, delivering end-to-end visibility as well as control over freight shipments through cloud based solutions. 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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Spend Matters

AUGUST 10, 2023

Kearney’s deep expertise in sourcing, governance and change management means clients will benefit from an end-to-end solution to streamline processes, lower costs and improve overall compliance and user experience in the traditionally hard-to-manage area of tail spend.

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Supply Chain Opz

JANUARY 17, 2017

Equally, lack of visibility adds to uncertainty. Where reliability is key, management of uncertainty may require closer collaboration with external parties and optimization of end-to-end (E2E) inventory levels aligned to segmented trade-off between service level and cost.

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e2e Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Efficiency Supply Chain Optimization 40

Barkers Procurement

APRIL 7, 2025

While it had served its purpose, this was a chance to modernise, unlocking cost savings, efficiency, and better spend visibility. Manual processes, like closing purchase orders and managing supplier data, were slow and cumbersome. Change wasnt just necessaryit was essential. As a charity, transparency was critical.

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e2e Real-time Visibility Spend management Contract 52

Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

One of the services that was very compelling was our Freight Management service. We had a tremendous amount of spend leverage globally, a seasoned team, great supplier relationships, very strong processes, and an excellent Transportation Management System (TMS). With all of that we went to market! Loss of Control.

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Management Real-time Visibility Supply Chain Optimization supply chain budgeting 76

Procurement Software

MAY 16, 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. The software automates workflows and approvals, manages supplier catalogues, and provides real-time analytics for better decision-making.

Procurement 96

Procurement Purchase orders Real-time Visibility Purchasing 96

SCMDOJO

JULY 24, 2023

Depending on the specific needs of the client, the scope of contract logistics can range from managing individual aspects of the supply chain to offering full end-to-end solutions. Suppliers and Manufacturers: Suppliers and manufacturers are the entities that produce or provide the goods needed by the shippers.

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Contract Logistics Supply Chain Efficiency Supply Chain Optimization 98

Jaggaer

OCTOBER 22, 2020

In our poll, webinar participants saw business partnering, supplier innovation and collaboration, and supply chain risk management as their key areas of focus for procurement. Moreover, the bank lacked any collaborative supplier relationship management or sourcing tool.

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Suppliers Strategy Supply Chain Efficiency Agile and Lean Supply Chain 52

Procurement Software

MARCH 7, 2023

The digital P2P process provides intelligent transaction automation between your company, suppliers and their receipt of payments. It begins when you requisition goods or services, and ends with the payment transaction. One of the first things to be digitised was the transfer of money from customer to supplier, via bank transfer.

Sourcing 64

Sourcing supply chain software solutions Procurement Agile and Lean Supply Chain 64

Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

What do these capabilities really mean in terms of the day-to-day realities of managing a supply chain? By looking at a supplier’s onsite, real-time quality-control systems and data, for example, you may anticipate how quality issues will affect the supply of key goods and bring other suppliers into the picture. Overview!

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Procurement Software

JUNE 20, 2023

SMEs are unlikely to see a decent ROI on contract management software, unless it’s a lower-priced software with relatively basic contract repository functionality. 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.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

APRIL 4, 2024

And while enterprise resource planning (ERP) integrates and manages all aspects of a business, BPM focuses on its individual functions—optimizing the organization’s existing, repeatable processes end-to-end. BPM can also provide real-time visibility into claim status and performance metrics.

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Real-time Visibility Management e2e Supply Chain Efficiency 54

Barkers Procurement

DECEMBER 5, 2024

For such a large-scale transformation an implementation provider who could not only deliver upon the technical deployment of the Coupa platform, but also provide deep commercial, procurement and change management expertise and advice, was crucial. Sunbelt Rentals selected Barkers to facilitate and manage this significant project.

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Solvoyo

MARCH 5, 2021

If your planning platform has inaccurate data and you don’t have visibility on the data’s quality, you will need to keep the outputs. Having up-to-date supplier lead times. One goal of these steps should be to provide end-to-end visibility across the organization through interactive dashboards and a single version of the truth.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 52

Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Optimization Supply Chain Efficiency supply chain software solutions 52

SCMDOJO

MARCH 25, 2022

working with suppliers or customers was not a priority for most managers at the time. The idea is to have integrated information sharing between all trading partners (suppliers, manufacturers and customers)”. The management of digital production flows brings great agility to the entire supply chain, from end to end.

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Supply Chain Efficiency Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Optimization Logistics 138

Procurement Software

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The digital P2P process provides intelligent transaction automation between your company, suppliers and their receipt of payments. It begins when you requisition goods or services, and ends with the payment transaction. One of the first things to be digitised was the transfer of money from customer to supplier, via bank transfer.

Sourcing 52

Sourcing supply chain software solutions Procurement Agile and Lean Supply Chain 52

World of Procurement blog

MAY 10, 2024

Conducting market research : AI can scan the web to collect pricing information, identify potential suppliers, assess supplier reputations, and keep up-to-date with market and industry trends. Enhancing contract management : Natural language processing enables AI to extract key data from contracts.

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Procurement team Procurement Real-time Visibility Supply Chain Efficiency 52

World of Procurement blog

MAY 8, 2024

Contract management also provides financial visibility into agreements and helps capture important data to inform business decisions. The types of contracts that typically require robust management include: Procurement contracts - Agreements with suppliers and vendors for goods, services, and materials.

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World of Procurement blog

MAY 8, 2024

Core Phases of Supply Chain Management Supply chain management involves five core phases that are coordinated to enable the flow of products, information, and finances between a company and its suppliers, manufacturers, logistics providers, retailers, and customers.

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Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply chain management Supply chain management Supply Chain Optimization 40

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 9, 2018

“We wanted to freely share and exchange data to become more agile and responsive, and get visibility to what was happening upstream and downstream with supply and demand.” Much of the effort toward digitization has been aimed at the supplier base. For the transportation function alone, Schneider Electric had some 1,450 suppliers.

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supply chain software solutions Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Optimization Supply chain 40

Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

One of the services that was very compelling was our Freight Management service. We had a tremendous amount of spend leverage globally, a seasoned team, great supplier relationships, very strong processes, and an excellent Transportation Management System (TMS). With all of that we went to market! Loss of Control.

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Management Real-time Visibility Supply Chain Optimization supply chain budgeting 43

Zycus Cognitive Procurement

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Similarly, Efficient AP management can eliminate late payment penalties and capture 35% more early bird discounts. Digitizing supplier management’s entire gamut, including order processing, accounts receivable, and e-procurement can be the next logical steps. There is a lack of visibility of cash flow in your processes.

e2e 40

e2e Purchase orders Suppliers Data 40

Pipefy

JANUARY 11, 2023

A procurement strategy creates a sustainable and agile plan for improving procurement processes , increasing procurement efficiency, building better supplier relationships, and generating additional long-term cost savings for the business. An abundance of manual work and rapidly changing processes.

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Strategy supply chain software solutions Procurement Agile and Lean Supply Chain 52

TYA Suite

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

. : Procurement enterprise resource planning systems offer tools to manage the end-to-end procurement process, including supplier selection, purchase requisition, order management, and. Supplier relationships are critical to successful procurement. . Once approved, are generated and sent to suppliers.

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Procurement Real-time Visibility supply chain software solutions Supply Chain Efficiency 40

Empowering CPO

JUNE 25, 2023

It’s a delicate balancing act, where businesses must juggle quality, cost, supplier relationships, and risk management, all while keeping an eye on their bottom line. The advent of the digital age brought about another transformative change. The result is a more efficient, effective, and strategic procurement function.

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Procurement supply chain budgeting Real-time Visibility Supply Chain Efficiency 52

Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Recent projects include the digital transformation of a worldwide service and repair parts program; enabling an OEM’s end-to-end supply chain visibility of outsourced manufacturers, assemblers, distribution hubs and 3PL’s; and forming a B2B business development capability for a successful B2C eCommerce company.

Leadership 42

Leadership supply chain software solutions Bill of materials Real-time Visibility 42

Pipefy

JANUARY 10, 2024

They can also search for a particular piece of content across all channels, granting full visibility into each step and document in any process. Pipefy: process management and automation solution Business process management (BPM) software delivers an integrated, end-to-end solution that improves team productivity.

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Collaboration Real-time Visibility Price e2e 52

Spend Matters

APRIL 2, 2025

As organizations face increased complexity in supplier ecosystems, regulatory pressure, geopolitical uncertainty and economic volatility, intake has emerged as a critical control point. Smarter and contextual workflows allow internal teams and external suppliers to collaborate more effectively from the start.

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