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5 Big Ideas for CPOs in Europe to Develop Procurement Strategies for 2023

Zycus Cognitive Procurement

As per the experts “ PLAN for 2023 requires a synergy between people, process and technology aspects.” Technology: CPOs should look for an integrated platform to manage all the spending and processes, such as third-party risk, sourcing, supply chain, invoicing, contracting, and payments.

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Innovative Procurement Models: Exploring Different Approaches

Empowering CPO

At its core, procurement is the process of finding, agreeing to terms, and acquiring goods, services, or works from an external source, often via a tendering or competitive bidding process. Market volatility, globalization, and changing customer expectations have made procurement more complex than ever before.

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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Digital Procurement!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Sometimes, digitalization requires change management, process shifts, and organizational restructuring. Source: Deloitte CPO Survey 2019. Below are some outlets that are trustworthy sources of news, content, reports, and conversations: LinkedIn Groups. Source: Paua Ventures. What do you have to lose? Publications.

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The Impact of Digital Transformation on Spend Analysis

Empowering CPO

Data Integration and Visibility: Connecting disparate data sources, such as procurement systems, supplier databases, and financial records, to create a centralized and holistic view of procurement activities. This enables better analysis, identification of trends, and informed decision-making.

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Friends not Foes, Supplier Relationships Made to Last

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Supply chains are complex and varied; to manage them effectively, you need to understand exactly what’s happening in both your supply chain and your customers’ end markets. But most sourcing and procurement teams need to pivot and modify the way they handle SCM decisions.

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

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They may not consider potential issues of integrations, supplier onboarding, supply chain data management, change management and system optimization, all of which add to complexity and costs. What is the benefit of using a single source to pay solution? Demand planning capabilities.

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7 Signs of Excellent Procurement Teams!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Porter’s Value Chain and modeling of the value chain became the widely-accepted model for strategically aligning an organization, cross-functionally, in order to deliver a valuable product or service to the market. Source: Procurement Leader 2017. 28% responded that they aren’t planning any change (Deloitte 2020).