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Tail Spend: Your Guide to Full Spend Visibility and Savings

Una

This comprehensive guide will go over tail spend in procurement and provide resources for how to implement an effective tail spend management strategy. You’ll hear from industry experts who have been there, done that, and can share best practices for managing tail spend. Put simply, procurement teams can’t do everything.

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CPO Spotlight: Kendall Smith

Procurement Heads

I am the Chief Procurement Officer, which means that I am responsible for the procurement of everything that we don’t sell in stores or online, so everything non-product. The first thing I did was to strengthen the management of the procurement team. We have made significant progress in that time.

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The Intersection of Technology and Managed Procurement Services

Empowering CPO

Introduction Welcome to our exploration of a fascinating convergence shaping the future of business operations: the intersection of technology and managed procurement services. Before we dive in, let’s first set the stage by discussing EmpoweringCPO, a leader in the field of managed procurement services.

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Uniting manufacturing CFOs and procurement for margin expansion

Spend Matters

As the economy teeters between a so-called ‘soft landing’ and all-out recession, an emerging consensus across C-suites has taken shape: the time to cut costs is now. Once again, all eyes are on procurement. Using conversion funnels to turn skeptics into raving procurement enthusiasts “Can you give me feedback on this approach?

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The Role of Managed Procurement Services in Supply Chain Optimization

Empowering CPO

Introduction In the dynamic world of business, the ability to effectively manage and optimize supply chains has emerged as a critical success factor. At the heart of this revolution lies a powerful tool that many companies are now leveraging to achieve competitive advantage: Managed Procurement Services.

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Predictive Procurement: Overcoming Challenges in Health and Pharma

Arkestro

Supply Chain Visibility. Supply chain visibility is another critical issue. Visibility provides regulatory and consumer assurance in the face of issues like counterfeiting. To combat these issues, health and pharma need supply chain visibility—all the way down the supply chain. Managing Supplier Relationships.

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Predictive Procurement: Your Solution to Supplier Diversity

Arkestro

As a result, implementing a process that effectively supports supplier diversity is a real obstacle many companies struggle with. However, there is a proven solution: predictive procurement. And there’s no better example of how predictive procurement solves the challenge of supplier diversity than Arkestro.