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Level up your procurement with AI: From quick wins to game-changing strategy

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From simple automations that save time to sophisticated strategies that drive major business value, embedding AI in your business processes can provide immense value. AI also enhances supplier profile management, enriching, verifying and completing supplier data to provide a more comprehensive view of risks and opportunities.

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Aligning Finance and Procurement – Phase 4: Leveraging technology to bridge the Finance–Procurement gap

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Technology is a powerful enabler of finance-procurement collaboration, bridging gaps in spend visibility, cost control and data integration. Without the right tools, procurements contributions to financial strategy can remain disconnected from budgeting, forecasting and risk management.

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ERP vs. Best-in-Class — What is Best for Managing the Healthcare Supply Chain

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ERP vs. Best-in-Class for Healthcare Supply Chain Management? Are ERP systems better than best-in-class supply chain solutions for managing healthcare supply chains? That’s the question we set out to answer in our recent panel discussion with Procurement and Supply Chain experts.

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AI in procurement: How different industries are harnessing its power

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Manufacturing and industrials: Strengthening the supply chain backbone In the manufacturing world, procurement is about much more than just tracking spend its the heartbeat of supply chain management. This means better compliance, fewer disruptions and greater efficiency in managing supplier relationships.

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

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It also has an impact on procurement teams as they are responsible for managing supplier relationships, identifying opportunities for cost savings, and ensuring that goods and services are delivered on time and within budget. This helps ensure your contracts remain favorable and that all stakeholders comply with the negotiated terms.

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Building Stronger Relationships: Effective Approaches to Multi-Tier Supplier Collaboration

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Building Stronger Relationship s : Effective Approaches to Multi-Tier Supplier Collaboration A chain is only as strong as its weakest link—but what if you can’t evaluate the entire chain? Tier 1 suppliers and their suppliers—and their suppliers’ suppliers—make up an organization’s multi-tier supply chain.

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Moving AI From Progressive Theory To Practical Procurement Utilization And Outcomes

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While both have incredibly impressive credentials regarding AI, besides Pieter’s reference to supply chain optimization as one of the many areas he has focused on, it would be safe to say that both primarily view the procurement function from a purely outside-in AI perspective. The two webinar presenters are Pieter J.