Empowering CPO

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Introduction In the ever-evolving landscape of procurement, organizations are realizing that strategic sourcing is not merely a process but a comprehensive approach that can redefine the trajectory of businesses. Our approach encompasses the development and implementation of cutting-edge procurement dashboards and tools.

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Spend Matters

JANUARY 8, 2024

Amid lower growth forecasts and higher interest rates, companies continue to grapple with the challenge of swiftly optimizing working capital. Resilience In light of increased geopolitical uncertainty and extreme weather events, the focus on strengthening supply chains against disruptions will remain.

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NLPA (Next Level Purchasing Association)

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

In today’s dynamic business landscape, category management in procurement has become an essential weapon for procurement teams seeking to optimize spend, strengthen supplier relationships, and drive growth. Strategic Sourcing: Develop a strategic sourcing strategy for each defined category.

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Una

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Understanding Offshoring, Onshoring, Nearshoring, and Rightshoring in Procurement Explore the nuances between offshoring and other approaches to procurement and how each one can impact the bottom line, supply chain resilience and overall strategic objectives. Offshoring Offshoring is the opposite of onshoring.

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Procurement Templates

JUNE 18, 2023

Strategic sourcing: Adopting strategic sourcing practices enables procurement to analyze the entire supply chain and identify cost drivers. By understanding the components and processes that contribute to the final product’s cost, procurement can explore opportunities to optimize and reduce expenses.

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ivalua

MAY 28, 2014

In my last blog post, “ Will your supply chain lead in the next decade? ,” I talked about Gartner’s first-day focus at their Supply Chain Executive Summit in Phoenix, Arizona. This is an especially important message for manufacturers’ supply chain organizations.

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NLPA (Next Level Purchasing Association)

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Improved communication, regular performance assessments, and joint value creation efforts lead to better supplier performance, reduced risks, and potential cost savings through optimized partnerships. This results in better negotiation outcomes, improved quality, reduced costs, and enhanced overall value delivery.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JANUARY 14, 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 here at Supply Chain Game Changer.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

JUNE 12, 2023

While central banks have a very different mission from commercial banks, what they do have in common is the need to modernize their IT operations to support digital transformation, contain costs, source key skills and mitigate operational and cybersecurity risks.

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Empowering CPO

JULY 16, 2023

Managed procurement services can be defined as an external service that helps streamline a company’s acquisition processes, offering an end-to-end solution that takes into account all aspects of procurement – from sourcing to payment.

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Empowering CPO

MAY 4, 2023

By effectively managing the purchasing process, companies can better control their expenditures and optimize their supply chain, ensuring the availability of the right products and services at the right time. E-sourcing tools: Platforms that facilitate online bidding and negotiation, streamlining the supplier selection process.

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Una

JANUARY 8, 2024

Boosting Business Growth With the Help of a Group Purchasing Organization A playbook for boosting business growth, moving beyond the outdated perceptions of procurement, and turning it into one of your organization’s most important sources of value. Office Furniture Cost-First Crusader You decide to pinch pennies on office furniture.

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Empowering CPO

JULY 16, 2023

Managed procurement services can be defined as an external service that helps streamline a company’s acquisition processes, offering an end-to-end solution that takes into account all aspects of procurement – from sourcing to payment.

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NLPA (Next Level Purchasing Association)

APRIL 5, 2023

With the increasing complexity of supply chains and the growing importance of sustainability and social responsibility, the role of procurement professionals has become more critical than ever. It involves optimizing procurement processes and reducing costs while maintaining the quality of goods and services.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 26, 2023

Category management may involve the splitting of products (goods or items) or services or may relate to the dissecting of products or services by value, supplier, type, or volume into various categories to allow for easy management and sourcing. Sourcing decisions also play a role in the categorization of items or services.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

As companies seek to discover ways to increase overall excellence and competitiveness, a new source of value has emerged – Strategic Sourcing. What is Strategic Sourcing? The fundamental objective of any organisation is lowering the cost of goods manufactured. Deliver significant earnings to bottom line.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 3, 2022

Procurement eAuctions may be used in a multitude of sectors and domains, including industrial machinery, supply chains and logistical operations, telecommunications, commodities, and business technical support programs. Introduction to Strategic Sourcing. . What is Total Cost of Ownership? Macfarlane, 2017).

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. In our experience the best way to systemically, and sustainably, optimize inventory is to take a process based inventory turnover improvement approach. This process included a focus on total cost of ownership, not just piece price levels. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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Supply Chain Trend

DECEMBER 22, 2023

We will decide and response faster in our supply chain and make higher quality operational and strategic decisions. I believe that soon enough it will become a must to provide new roles to young graduates for them to be interested in working in supply chain. These new operating models can create significant benefits.

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The Good Spending

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

These additions are most important when buyers consider remote locations as physical goods sources. TLC analysis requires a deep understanding of supply chain costs - customs, duties, tariffs, and 3PL services. My Udemy course "Adaptive Sourcing: Agile Procurement in Practice." My Udemy course "Procurement Lab."

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

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. The verdict?

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

TL2 — building on Power10’s high availability leadership with performance and scale enhancements to Live Kernel Update (designed to give the ability to update AIX without unplanned downtime), optimized file system performance and enhancements designed to improve AIX encryption performance and audit event checking.

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Empowering CPO

JUNE 27, 2023

This is where spend analysis steps in as a powerful tool that empowers procurement professionals to make informed decisions, optimize costs, and drive strategic outcomes. By proactively addressing these risks, organizations can minimize disruptions and ensure a reliable supply chain.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 6, 2019

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Organizations are ‘going carbon neutral by 2025’, and ‘implementing Artificially Intelligent business systems’ and ‘sourcing form solely environmentally friendly suppliers’. Responsible Sourcing. Subscribe Here! Email Address. 7 KPIs Your Procurement Team May Be Ignoring!

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

AUGUST 11, 2023

MES systems can assist managers with process management and process control, helping to facilitate optimal performance of manufacturing. By facilitating optimized production planning and scheduling, these systems ensure efficient resource allocation, workload balancing and on-time deliveries, leading to improved profitability.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

MARCH 14, 2024

By using fit-for-purpose databases, customers can efficiently run workloads, using the appropriate engine at the optimal cost to optimize analytics for the best price-performance. With watsonx.data, customers can optimize price performance by selecting the most suitable open query engine for their specific workload needs.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

JUNE 30, 2023

Enterprise asset management (EAM) is an asset lifecycle management solution focused on optimizing the overall lifetime performance of assets from acquisition to end-of-life. KPI dashboards or MRO inventory optimization) and audit trails are also included in CMMS software solutions.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

AUGUST 15, 2023

It’s a myth that “observability is always expensive” because there are various cost-effective options available for implementing observability in modern systems. Prometheus and Grafana) provide additional avenues for cost savings. how much time and resources are developers spending).

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