ivalua

JUNE 16, 2021

The pandemic was a wake-up call for businesses worldwide, who struggled to overcome operational disruption — everything from the transition to remote working, to supply chain chaos. What’s more, PwC found that the average investment in risk management among MENA companies was $1.5 Enter eProcurement.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

AUGUST 14, 2023

  Today I’m joined by Osa Commerce , an innovative software provider that is on a mission to tackle data chaos in the supply chain. Throughout my career, I have successfully led GTM strategies, built strong brands, and managed high-growth teams. The customer is demanding much more, they want everything fast!…

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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. Strong negotiation can lead to cost savings, more advantageous counteract terms, and overall a much more optimized procurement chain.

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Procurement Insights

APRIL 9, 2025

Predictive Risk Mitigation Challenge : Reactive risk management leads to costly supply chain failures. Agent-Based Solution : AI agents analyze historical and real-time data to predict risks (e.g., Impact : Lowers supply chain disruption risks by 3040% , ensuring smoother implementations.

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Jaggaer

APRIL 9, 2025

but also external data such as supplier networks and performance, extended supply chains, and the environmental impact of their operations. But in manufacturing it is more specifically the use of machine learning (ML) solutions and deep learning neural networks to optimize manufacturing processes.

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Jaggaer

OCTOBER 24, 2024

The Future of Supplier Collaboration is Now: AI is Optimizing Supplier Relationships Artificial Intelligence plays a powerful role in effective supplier collaboration. It provides valuable insights, improves supplier management, and facilitates stronger and more profitable supplier relationships.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 28, 2021

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SCMDOJO

JULY 24, 2023

Contract Logistics is a critical aspect of the supply chain that often remains behind the scenes but plays a significant role in ensuring the efficient movement and management of goods. Key Players In the world of contract logistics, several key players collaborate to ensure the smooth functioning of the supply chain.

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TYA Suite

JANUARY 27, 2025

This comprehensive solution streamlines procurement activities, improves and provides transparency across the entire supply chain. Understanding Procurement Management in Real Estate Procurement in real estate involves acquiring goods, services, and works necessary for the development and maintenance of properties.

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World of Procurement blog

MAY 8, 2024

What is Supply Chain Management (SCM) Supply Chain Management (SCM) is the management of the flow of goods, services, information and finances as they move from raw materials to final product, from manufacturer to consumer. Optimized supply chains lead to improved profit margins.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

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Procurement Insights

APRIL 30, 2025

Example Contribution: A Procurement Insights webinar on P2P user adoption challenges could provide Ardent with data to refine its Provider Strength scores, highlighting vendors with strong change management. world-class procurement organizations achieve 1.6%

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

 Last week on episode three of our WiseTech Global mini-series, we tackled one of supply chains most difficult, yet most important, topics – risk. One of the many lessons that the pandemic taught us was the importance of ensuring that robust risk management is incorporated into our supply chain strategies.

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World of Procurement blog

MAY 8, 2024

Value-add : Procurement aims to add value by optimizing processes, consolidating spend, and building supplier relationships. How can procurement help achieve those aims through better supplier relationships and spending optimization? Supplier Management Supplier management is a critical component of the procurement process.

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TYA Suite

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

However, the is fraught with risks that can impact a company’s bottom line and operational efficiency. Effective procurement risk management is essential to ensure smooth operations and safeguard the organization’s interests. Understanding these risks is the first step toward effective procurement risk management.

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NLPA (Next Level Purchasing Association)

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

In today’s dynamic business landscape, category management in procurement has become an essential weapon for procurement teams seeking to optimize spend, strengthen supplier relationships, and drive growth. This is where category management in procurement emerges as a game-changer.

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World of Procurement blog

MAY 23, 2024

This enables data-driven supplier management and performance optimisation. To mitigate supply chain risks and improve business continuity by reducing dependence on many small suppliers. Working closely with fewer suppliers also enhances supply chain transparency and resilience.

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Jaggaer

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Optimizing cost, in the order of a 20-25% reduction on the current situation, is therefore a must in order to survive. Spend management and procurement will play a key role in enabling banks to achieve their efficiency targets while managing supply chain risks,” he added.

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Pipefy

MAY 22, 2024

A common misbelief is that lowering costs begins and ends with negotiating a lower initial purchase cost, but optimizing TCO requires a more big-picture strategy. In a similar strategy to spending more upfront to save in the long run, investing in preventative measures to reduce downtime helps optimize TCO.

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Una

OCTOBER 9, 2023

How to Implement a Strategic Sourcing Process A play-by-play manual showing how to implement a strategic sourcing process that aligns with your organization’s goals, optimizes spend, and creates long-term value. By proactively addressing risks, organizations can safeguard their supply chains and drive efficiencies.

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Empowering CPO

JUNE 14, 2023

It is a strategic process that involves identifying business needs, sourcing suppliers, negotiating contracts, managing supplier relationships, and ensuring the timely delivery of high-quality products or services. Market volatility, globalization, and changing customer expectations have made procurement more complex than ever before.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

APRIL 4, 2024

Conversely, it has a larger scope than task management, which deals with individual tasks, and project management, which handles one-time initiatives. Business process management examples BPM can help improve overall business operations by optimizing various business processes.

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TYA Suite

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

ERP systems are designed to centralize and automate various business processes, providing a unified platform for managing resources, finances, operations, and supply chains. These insights enable businesses to identify cost-saving opportunities, optimize , and make informed decisions based on data-driven analysis.

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Empowering CPO

MAY 4, 2023

By effectively managing the purchasing process, companies can better control their expenditures and optimize their supply chain, ensuring the availability of the right products and services at the right time. Some of the key benefits include: 1. Develop a Comprehensive Procurement Strategy A.

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Pipefy

AUGUST 15, 2024

Enterprise AI benefits The benefits of AI for an enterprise include: Scalability Personalization Cost savings Risk management Scalability Enterprise AI systems should easily scale in response to rapid changes in data and transaction volume. However, this is not the only way enterprise AI can reduce your organization’s costs.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The platform has been used to modernize and unify the information technology (IT) ecosystem of major financial firms, simplify human capital management (HCM) across brands’ subsidiaries, and optimize reporting processes in complex healthcare settings. Which Oracle modules will my organization adopt?

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TYA Suite

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) in procurement has emerged as a game-changer, redefining how organizations manage their supply chains, purchasing decisions, and. This proactive risk management helps organizations maintain smooth operations and avoid costly disruptions.

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Empowering CPO

JULY 5, 2023

Our offerings, from spend analysis and sourcing support to contract and supplier management, are designed to optimize procurement operations, improve efficiency, and drive cost savings. The latter involves using technology to automate, streamline, and optimize procurement processes.

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Zycus Cognitive Procurement

JULY 29, 2021

How green procurement practices and robust supplier risk management can help organizations build superior brand equity and drive significant business outcomes. AI-driven technology to spearhead change. Holistic risk management. Sustainable procurement is the need of the hour.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

JULY 27, 2023

Risk management : Because EAM offers a comprehensive view of all critical assets, it can be an invaluable tool for identifying potential risks, empowering companies to take preemptive steps to avoid accidents and operational disruptions. It also benefits from advanced asset management software, like IBM Maximo.

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Empowering CPO

JUNE 27, 2023

Within this domain, spend analysis plays a pivotal role in enabling informed decision-making and optimizing procurement processes. Process Optimization: Redesigning procurement processes to eliminate inefficiencies, minimize manual interventions, and enhance collaboration among stakeholders.

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Empowering CPO

JUNE 22, 2023

Spend analysis, a cornerstone of procurement and supply chain management, is the process of collecting, cleansing, classifying, and analyzing expenditure data with the goal of reducing procurement costs, improving efficiency, and monitoring compliance. But how do we fuel the engine of strategic sourcing?

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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. Globalization has made supply chains more complex and harder to manage.

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Procurement Software

JUNE 13, 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. Curtis Fitch holds ISO 27001:2013 certification for Information Security Management, as certified by the globally recognised BSI.

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ivalua

MAY 11, 2021

Risk management, cost reduction and digital transformation — these are the three top priorities for procurement organisations in the Middle East today, according to a global survey conducted by Ivalua’s global partner PwC. According to Dr. El-Jawahari, procurement’s priorities have shifted in the Middle East since the pandemic’s onset.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JANUARY 17, 2022

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. The Agile Supply Chain! Agile project management article and permission to publish here provided by Andrej Fedek. The agile approach is one of the most popular methodologies among project managers these days. Risk minimization. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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