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Change Management Tips for Procurement Professionals

Una

Change Management Tips for Procurement Professionals Practical change management tips for overcoming resistance from stakeholders and getting your procurement changes to stick for good. Change management tips for procurement To fear change is human. Ambiguity can fuel resistance.

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The Advantages and Disadvantages of ERP Systems

Una

The ERP “one source” database contains all the information needed to run the business, as well as various modules that correspond to different business functions, such as finance, manufacturing, human resources, customer relationship management, and procurement. Customization : ERPs are not off-the-shelf products.

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The Impact of Digital Transformation on Spend Analysis

Empowering CPO

Spend analysis involves the systematic examination of purchasing data to gain insights into spending patterns, supplier performance, and potential areas of improvement. Traditional approaches to spend analysis relied heavily on manual processes and limited data visibility.

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Leveraging Critical Factors for Supply Chain Success

NLPA (Next Level Purchasing Association)

Flawed or outdated Technology and Equipment that limits visibility. The Next Level Purchasing Body of Knowledge underpins, integrates and enhances the essential components of Supply Chain Management in simple how-to-do steps. The company leverages a few key metrics and assures that data is available in many cases in real time.

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Get Started on Your Procurement Transformation Roadmap and Strategy

Pipefy

Procurement teams are now expected to perform as a strategic, value-creating business partner that improves business agility, financial visibility, process resilience, and competitiveness. An abundance of manual work and rapidly changing processes. Complex purchasing systems (31%). Time-consuming invoice reconciliation (28%).

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Opportunity cost of transactional activity in Procurement

Claritum

If your procurement team is spending over half their time on transactional activity, what opportunities are they missing? Purchase Order *. Total lifecycle costs / Managing profitability. Change management. Time that can be spent on exploring opportunities associated with our second list above. Delivery *.

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The Role of IT in Spend Analysis: A Closer Look

Empowering CPO

It’s about automating tedious tasks, enhancing data visibility, and providing more profound, actionable insights. Companies relied heavily on physical documentation, such as invoices and purchase orders, to gather data. However, I was unable to complete the research on specific case studies within the given time.