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Inflation + Source-to-Pay Strategies: The Cure for the Common Price Hike

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How Inflation Impacts Procurement Inflation affects a number of aspects of a business, including its ability to compete in the market, financial performance, and overall strategy. The key for procurement teams is to stay ahead of inflationary trends so they can anticipate needs and adjust accordingly before problems arise.

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4 Key Trends Reshaping Manufacturing Procurement in 2024

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According to Deloitte, the manufacturing industry was in contraction throughout most of 2023 due to challenges like increased lead times, tight labor markets, and rising costs. As we move into 2024, procurement teams continue to face hurdles like supply chain volatility, geopolitical tensions, budget restrictions, talent shortages, and more.

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Procurement Rising: The Silent Inflation Tax on Manufacturers

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How Inflation Impacts Procurement Inflation affects a number of aspects within the Manufacturing supply chain, including the ability to compete in the market, financial performance, and overall strategy. This ensures contracts remain favorable and all stakeholders comply with negotiated terms.

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Supplier Collaboration Software — What You Should Know

Procurement Tactics

Shared value creation Supplier collaboration fosters shared value creation through enhanced innovation, improved operational efficiency, and supply chain resilience. Additionally, GEP SMART provides vendor collaboration dashboards, allowing suppliers to manage their profiles, catalogs, and pricing.

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Digital Procurement Tools: How much do they cost?

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That’s fine if you’re leading a small-ish procurement team. May also have integrations with other data points, or offer vendor intake or contract management capability. This is the territory of automated negotiation, game theory, and multi-tier supply chain monitoring when it comes to third party risk and compliance.

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The Big Interview with James Ball

Procurement Heads

I then moved from there into procurement consultancy, which is where I have spent the last 10 years and that has been a fabulous journey. The other thing over recent times is sustainable procurement, it has become more and more of a priority and is a new topic for us as professionals.

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Risk Management in Procurement: Strategies and Tools for Success

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By gaining a comprehensive understanding of their supply chain, organizations can proactively address risks and implement strategies to enhance supply chain resilience. Contract management solutions help organizations streamline the contract lifecycle, from creation and negotiation to execution and monitoring.