Jaggaer

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Procurement Priorities for 2025 and Beyond The manufacturing industry is evolving rapidly, leaving Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) grappling with challenges that could make or break their organizations. Maintaining revenue and profitability depends on a resilient and adaptable supply chain.

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Spend Matters

JUNE 3, 2025

The US administrations announcement of reciprocal tariffs in early April sent a jolt through global supply chains. For many Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs), the real message was clear: Volatility is back, and this time, it demands faster, more coordinated and more data-driven responses.

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ivalua

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Food service leader digitizes procurement to drive efficiency, transparency and effective supplier management as it accelerates global expansion. The deployment of Ivalua’s platform has been tightly integrated with JFC’s backend SAP ERP systems to ensure seamless flow of information and maximum automation.

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Procurement Leaders

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

There’s no doubt that chief procurement officers are being asked to contribute to board-level discussions more frequently. It’s been halcyon days for procurement, as the low-hanging fruit of low-cost-country sourcing and the pursuit of single- or dual-source strategies have delivered huge financial returns to the bottom line.

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Jaggaer

MAY 7, 2019

Let’s say, for example, a supplier of facility management fails to meet its contractual obligations, causing the bank to make substantial losses. The bank’s Chief Procurement Officer may want to change vendor. How Choosing the Right Spend Management Solution Can Help. He is likely to come under pressure to do so.

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Jaggaer

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

And if your organization is big enough to need a Chief Procurement Officer , that person is directly or indirectly responsible for every stage of that journey. Rather than treat procurement as a series of disparate tasks, global organizations in all sectors implement efficiency across the source-to-pay journey.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Why Procurement Transformation Can Fail! The duties of procurement managers are diverse, ranging from creating solicitations to collaborating with vendors. The importance of digital procurement is increasing rapidly. Benefits of Procurement Automation.

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Spend Matters

APRIL 30, 2025

In it, Pierre Mitchell and Bertrand Maltaverne from Spend Matters, Piotr Pierzak from Novartis and Sudhir Bhojwani from ORO Labs explored how orchestration is becoming a strategic imperative for procurement leaders and what it looks like in practice across technology and operations. This fragmentation is not just operational; it is strategic.

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Procurement Insights

OCTOBER 8, 2024

” – Albert Einstein It started as a simple exercise: ask ChatGPT, “What are the Top 3 concerns for Chief Procurement Officers in 2025?” What are the Top 3 concerns for Chief Procurement Officers in 2025? What are the Top 3 concerns for Chief Procurement Officers in 2023?

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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. supplier risk, ESG compliance) ensures tech investments deliver ROI. tariffs, supply shocks).

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Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Featuring Our 12 Best Procurement Articles! 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. Subscribe Here! Email Address. Dirty Little Secret #1.

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Empowering CPO

JUNE 30, 2023

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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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 2, 2020

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. At Supply Chain Game Changer we believe in sharing experiences and expertise from people in every industry and from across the globe. As such we have introduced our “ Seasoned Leadership in Action ™” Interview series at Supply Chain Game Changer.

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NLPA (Next Level Purchasing Association)

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

A successful procurement transformation involves a strategic overhaul of processes, technologies, and approaches to achieve greater efficiency, cost savings, risk management, and value creation. Automation increases efficiency and reduces errors, leading to faster and more accurate procurement cycles.

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Barkers Procurement

APRIL 16, 2025

Were seeing this in leading construction procurement teams, not only in response to AI but also due to the rapid evolution of these functions. Nowadays, the roles of Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) are becoming more integrated. Procurement people are well-placed to manage these risks because they work with suppliers.

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Jaggaer

DECEMBER 13, 2024

The Essential Guide to Source to Pay, Source to Contract, and Procure to Pay Whether youre new to the world of procurement and supply chain management, or a seasoned veteran; whether you work in a major manufacturing industry, a university, or a medium-sized clinical research organization, you may find procurement jargon rather confusing.

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Zycus Cognitive Procurement

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Syed Shahrul Zaman , Head of Group Strategic Procurement. The forum served as a platform for Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) and other procurement and sourcing leaders to share their vision about leveraging data-driven insights to create flexible and resilient supply chains. Procurement 4.0

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Empowering CPO

JULY 5, 2023

Before we dive in, let’s first set the stage by discussing EmpoweringCPO, a leader in the field of managed procurement services. Our goal is to empower Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) and their teams by providing a suite of comprehensive managed procurement services.

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Zycus Cognitive Procurement

JANUARY 12, 2021

Supply chains were severely disrupted on a global scale as countries closed their borders. Contracting was also impacted as employees could no longer come to the office and conduct paperwork. 3] Astute Contract Risk Management. As linear supply chains evolve into interconnected DSNs, A.I.

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SPLC (Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council)

MARCH 27, 2018

Each of the rating tools included in the guide were screened against forty criteria that SPLC’s members determined were important for the credible use of supplier sustainability ratings within procurement and supply chain contexts. Transparency International. Responsible Business Alliance (formerly EICC). Salesforce.com*.

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The Procuretech Podcast

JUNE 28, 2022

Wolfgang thinks it’ll need a structural mandate to empower procurement. It’s frustrating that procurement always gets so little time and money spent on it, so late in the process. . I say that it’s easy to convince CEOs with BCG stood behind him, but what tips would he have for chief procurement officers looking to do the same?

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World of Procurement podcast

JUNE 15, 2021

We covered a lot of ground in this 25-minute podcast and this podcast is going to be exceptionally beneficial to you if you are currently looking at your supply chain and wondering how can we improve visibility, how can we reach our sustainability goals using our supply chains and how do we know what is in this product?

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Empowering CPO

JUNE 20, 2023

But don’t be fooled by their size – when accumulated, these costs can form a substantial part of a company’s expenditure, and a large number of suppliers can add complexity and risk to the supply chain. While tail spend is often neglected, it holds a gold mine of untapped savings opportunities.

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Empowering CPO

JUNE 27, 2023

By examining spending patterns across various categories, such as suppliers, departments, and geographies, businesses can uncover hidden opportunities for cost savings, mitigate risks, and enhance their overall procurement efficiency.

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Arkestro

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The pandemic and resulting supply chain disruptions have added extreme pressure on the health and pharma sector to address shortages quickly and efficiently. Constrained supply chains and the associated shortages have resulted in mounting pressures for organizations to diversify their supplier bases.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. As we see from Deloitte’s CPO Survey in 2018, AI is only fully deployed in 2% of procurement organizations and is far from making any real impact at scale within the digital ecosystems procurement teams are so eagerly trying to build. AI + Data = Supply Chain Risk Management.

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