Procurement Insights

MAY 21, 2025

Hansens agent-based Metaprise Model directly addresses the core concerns of Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) by combining human-AI collaboration, real-time adaptability, and ecosystem-wide integration. Example: During a tariff spike, agents switch suppliers or adjust logistics routes, capping cost overruns.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 28, 2020

This is not to say that they believe Procurement doesn’t play a role, but rather that they don’t view Procurement as playing a critical role beyond cutting costs and finding suppliers. Procurement is strategic! Procurement 101. Advanced Procurement. Well here’s some news. ” Ouch!

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

It helps bring predictability to Strategic Sourcing, automates Transactional Procurement (or P2P cycle), and enables proactive Supplier Risk Management. This article will examine the top benefits and most typical challenges with procurement automation. Benefits of Procurement Automation. Unparalleled Collaboration.

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Jaggaer

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Or alternatively, as senior managers we only see the end results of procurement as figures on a spreadsheet or a financial statement, with little awareness of how they are arrived at and how they can be improved. To understand whats really going on we need, first, to step back and get a holistic view of the end-to-end process.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

APRIL 23, 2019

This is not to say that they believe Procurement doesn’t play a role, but rather that they don’t view Procurement as playing a critical role beyond cutting costs and finding suppliers. Procurement is strategic! Procurement 101. Advanced Procurement. Well here’s some news. ” Ouch!

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Procurement Software

MAY 14, 2024

By embracing a strategic approach to procurement, you can streamline operations, mitigate risks, and foster stronger supplier relationships. This elevates your procurement function beyond a tactical, reactive organisation and transforms it into a pivotal driver of business value.

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Zycus Cognitive Procurement

JULY 27, 2021

Once upon a time in procurement, a Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) may have been able to make decisions by relying on their instinct; after all, instinct is simply the product of years of distilled experience. Procure to pay automation isn’t difficult, but it does require a strategic approach. Account Payables.

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Procurement Heads

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

From then, seeking a new challenge, I moved to LV= to IT procurement a couple of years later and didn’t look back until earlier this year when I was presented with a great opportunity to head up the non-Claims Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) team here at Allianz Holdings, after first TUPE’ing across at the start of 2020.

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Procurement Heads

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

From then, seeking a new challenge, I moved to LV= to IT procurement a couple of years later and didn’t look back until earlier this year when I was presented with a great opportunity to head up the non-Claims Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) team here at Allianz Holdings, after first TUPE’ing across at the start of 2020.

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Arkestro

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Here are some challenges in health and pharma procurement—and how to overcome them. Limited Supplier Network. Relying on a limited number of suppliers can lead to back-orders and other delays. Supply Chain Visibility. Supply chain visibility is another critical issue. Managing Supplier Relationships.

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