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Technology Round-Up — May 8, 2024

CPO Rising

CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up series continues this week with fresh supply management technology news and updates covering a few recent major announcements.

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Accenture Grows Procurement Services Through Acquisitions

CPO Rising

CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up series continues this week with a focus on Accenture’s latest acquisitions and its growth strategy for Procurement Services.

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ESG In Supply Chain: Creating a Sustainable Value Chain

Planergy

How strategic sourcing, cost management, and cost avoidance strategies can be applied to indirect spend. ESG In Supply Chain: Creating a Sustainable Value Chain. Ethical Sustainability & Responsibility Procurement. That’s where procurement’s role becomes so crucial. Download Free Copy.

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Körber strengthens strategic and operational procurement with Ivalua and OptiBuy

ivalua

Optimization of the entire source-to-pay process for nearly all Körber locations worldwide. The close cooperation between supply chain management and internal stakeholders as well as external partners made a major contribution to this. The goal was to increase efficiency across the Group’s Business Areas.

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Finance and Procurement: How to Become Natural Allies

Procurement Software

Bettina was a Finance professional before founding Berlin-based spend management startup Hivebuy. She goes one step further and says that Procurement and Finance definitely see each other, but don’t necessarily understand one another. In an ideal world, the Chief Procurement Officer should report directly to the CEO.

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Manage Procurement Spend Like It’s Your Own Business!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Hey Procurement! Procurement. Commodity Management. Category Management. Goods and services spend in many companies is the largest, or one of the largest, expenses. But that in no way reflects the true value that your Procurement team can, and should, provide.

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5 Procurement Trends Shaping 2024

Pipefy

Improvements to existing procurement processes, procedures, and operations are as time-sensitive as ever. In the 2024 State of Procurement Data Report by Amazon Business, 95% of decision-makers surveyed acknowledge that there’s room for procurement optimization.