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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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Pacific Drilling Selects Consus & Ivalua to Drive Sourcing Best Practices Globally

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Additionally, the company was looking for a trusted partner to capture cost savings and reduce supply chain risks. “As We look forward to contributing to their Procurement cost optimization initiative”. Effectively managing costs and supply chain risk is critical to success,” said Dan Amzallag, CEO of Ivalua Inc.

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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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Unlocking Savings Potential with Tail Spend Analysis

Empowering CPO

Definition of Tail Spend and Its Importance in Procurement Tail spend, or non-strategic spend, typically refers to the approximately 20% of a company’s purchases that account for about 80% of its suppliers. While tail spend is often neglected, it holds a gold mine of untapped savings opportunities.

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Körber strengthens strategic and operational procurement with Ivalua and OptiBuy

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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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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. So the challenge for procurement increases.

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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. Many people consider Procurement as a necessary evil. Procurement Responsibilities.