Jaggaer

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

The Power of Source-to-Pay Digital Transformation To put it briefly, source-to-pay refers to the entire process that starts with finding, negotiating with, and contracting the suppliers of materials, goods and services, and culminates in the final payment for those items. Who Should Prioritize an S2P Digital Transformation?

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Spend Matters

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

This focus and track record however, was in some ways at the expense of fully optimizing and maximizing procurements total strategic value to the enterprise as a whole. This meant that implementing one of the full end-to-end spend management suites was not feasible from a cost and change management perspective.

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Spend Matters

APRIL 15, 2025

In this article we will highlight some of the key changes AI has made to procurement strategies in the following industries: manufacturing and industrials, life sciences and healthcare, and the public sector. Thats where AI steps in, offering a proactive approach to predicting supplier lead times and optimizing demand forecasts for buyers.

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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. Assessing Risk across the Supply Chain.

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SCMDOJO

MARCH 25, 2022

In the current era, it is clear that new modes of production are concomitant with new modes of distribution, which advances the field of logistics, the science of physical distribution or even supply chain management. Reminder of Key Definitions – Logistics & Supply Chain Management. Rider (1970)).

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SCMDOJO

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

In this blog, explore vital tips paving the way for a prosperous career in supply chain management. Whether you’re a recent graduate or contemplating a career change, uncover key insights for establishing the groundwork of a thriving career in the dynamic world of supply chain. Lucky for you.

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Procurement Insights

JUNE 3, 2025

Poll Time The following is a poll that was posted in the Global & Purchasing Supply Chain Professionals LinkedIn Group, which has over 164,000 members. Reality: No one invested time in proper training, and category managers are still relying on spreadsheets. What is the edge one driver has over another?

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 11, 2019

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. What is Supply Chain Management (SCM)? When I started my career the term “Supply Chain” had just been coined. Now as I look back on my career virtually everything I did falls under the banner of Supply Chain management.

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Arkestro

DECEMBER 5, 2024

It leverages advanced technologies to optimize and automate procurement cycles and predict more favorable outcomes. Arkestro allows them to quickly adapt to changing market conditions and component availability and focus on quality and innovation within their complex manufacturing processes.

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Procurement Insights

JANUARY 22, 2024

MUSING #1 In the age of information, it’s surprising that supply chain digital transformation isn’t as readily available as one would expect. Are you optimizing your negotiations amidst all of the chaos? So, I put the following search term into Google, “optimizing your negotiations amidst all of the chaos?

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Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. For many people who work in Supply Chain Management, or for those on the outside, it functions on the foundation of processes, formulae, and metrics. This is very much the core of Supply Chain education and certification as well. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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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. This can lead to more effective sourcing, reduced sourcing costs, higher quality products, and stronger overall supplier relationships.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

MARCH 25, 2024

Knowing how to manifest these improvements is not always clear: Enter generative AI and the content supply chain. Get the study: The Revolutionary Content Supply Chain A content supply chain brings together people, processes, and technology to effectively plan, create, produce, launch, measure, and manage content.

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Procurement Insights

APRIL 15, 2025

supplier vetting patterns) to ensure cleaned data to optimize desired outcomes. Vendors still suffer, as failures hurt growth, but solutions lie in better onboarding and change management, not just better tools. The Agent-based Metaprise model provides better onboarding while reducing change management requirements.

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SCMDOJO

AUGUST 21, 2023

Try this as a tongue twister: “Tripping through tantalizing TikTokers, tenfold to transform your tangled supply chain!” In our digital age, where viral trends dominate, TikTok’s influence now extends to supply chain management. Discover the Top 10 TikTokers reshaping how you view supply chains.

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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. MENA countries import a lot of food; disrupted supply chains and price increases mean potential food shortages. Enter eProcurement.

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Procurement Insights

APRIL 9, 2025

Predictive Risk Mitigation Challenge : Reactive risk management leads to costly supply chain failures. geopolitical instability, supplier bankruptcy) and preemptively adjust sourcing strategies. Impact : Lowers supply chain disruption risks by 3040% , ensuring smoother implementations. dynamic sourcing).

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Spend Matters

MARCH 25, 2025

Finance departments focus on spend visibility, payment optimization and cost control. What successful stakeholder management looks like Managing change and overcoming resistance While stakeholder engagement reduces resistance, procurement leaders must still navigate organizational change carefully.

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Procurement Insights

MAY 22, 2025

The preliminary run uses the RAM 4-Model Assessment tool to access the Procurement Insights proprietary archives and many cross-reference sources using my AI for AI platform. is a leading AI-powered platform specializing in third-party risk management, compliance, and supplier lifecycle automation. The above is one such request.

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Procurement Insights

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Example: A company wants to deploy an AI-driven supplier risk assessment tool , but procurement teams still manage supplier relationships via email and Excel , preventing seamless integration. Lesson: AI cant optimize outdated, inefficient workflows. Solution: Invest in change management, training, and procurement AI education.

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Procurement Insights

OCTOBER 26, 2023

As you read the title of today’s post, you may wonder what maverick spend, vendor rationalization and change management have to do with user adoption and AI Chatbots. The simple answer is the end of maverick spend , vendor rationalization , and change management. Placing a requisition? So, everything.

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Procurement Insights

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Why did you choose to read the report from this source? McKinsey focuses on AI’s role in creating more resilient and efficient supply chains. They advocate for leveraging AI to address risks, optimize costs, and enhance supplier management, positioning AI as critical for staying competitive in a fast-evolving global market.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. The Supply Chain Detective – Our First 10 Cases! This was another case for The Supply Chain Detective ! Some of the materials were sourced and managed by the customers. While all of those processes worked, they were not optimized.

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The Network Effect

MARCH 4, 2015

The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.” – Samuel Johnson. It’s 1934 and in a dark, dingy basement on the lower east side of New York, a fundamental principle of change management would emerge, from the unlikeliest of sources. I woke up today/Flickr. “ That thing was alcohol.

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Procurement Insights

APRIL 14, 2025

EDITOR’S NOTE: Here are three separate third-party sources analyzing the success and impact of implementing the original RAM Agent-based Metaprise model to support the DND’s IT infrastructure. SOURCE #1 Jon W. Hansen’s agent-based model (ABM) remains highly relevant in 2025.

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SCMDOJO

MAY 13, 2022

By mid-April, the shipping traffic jam, part of a broader gridlock in supply chains around the world amid disruptions from the coronavirus pandemic, started thinning while record cargo volumes were reported in the U.S. Supply Chain KPI Dashboard. Source: project44 Monthly report.

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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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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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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. At its core, strategic sourcing formalizes the process of finding, assessing, and choosing suppliers.

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Procurement Leaders

JUNE 1, 2022

This was a collaborative effort between the consultants and existing category leads, who worked together to quickly identify opportunities for savings, and implement category strategies and sourcing events. Change management. Creating a procurement centre of excellence.

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Procurement Insights

APRIL 30, 2025

sourcing, invoicing) can add qualitative depth to IDCs broader IT-centric assessments, enhancing its Capabilities axis for S2P vendors. sourcing, contract management) can complement Ardents P2P focus, providing a holistic view of how AP automation fits into S2P processes.

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ivalua

DECEMBER 8, 2020

The city of New York adjusting normally cumbersome processes to secure new sources of supply for unprecedented numbers of ventilators. Sprint’s strategic sourcing transformation, presents a great example, in multiple ways. Technology has become easier to use and leaders place more focus on change management.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Procurement is a function that is undergoing an exciting transformation in the majority of global value chains; simultaneously, within its own strategy, process, and technology. Change requires Change Management. Change can be an uphill battle. Subscribe Here!

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Supply Chain Trend

OCTOBER 31, 2016

To get some answers for S&OP practitioners, Niels van Hove founder of Supply Chain Trend, interviewed a group of S&OP leaders. For the next 6 weeks Supply Chain Trend will publish a weekly Q&A with these S&OP leaders. Supply Chain Trend: Can you describe your first involvement in S&OP?

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World of Procurement blog

MAY 8, 2024

It involves identifying needs, sourcing potential vendors, obtaining quotes and proposals, negotiating contracts, selecting suppliers, managing relationships, and meeting obligations. Value-add : Procurement aims to add value by optimizing processes, consolidating spend, and building supplier relationships. What is Procurement?

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

JUNE 5, 2023

Today I’m joined by Logward , an exciting tech brand with a vision of a future where supply chain departments lead the transformation of their industries, instead of simply transporting it. 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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Solvoyo

MARCH 5, 2021

Digital commerce efficiently requires the digitalization of many customer-facing operations and sourcing and procurement. For businesses of all sizes, the digital transformation of supply chain planning became the most important initiative. . This includes internal and external data sources.

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