Procurement Templates

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

I’m going to share some real procurement stories that have happened to me, since we are on the theme of memes, I will let on what really happens in the day of a procurement manger. Normally to a certain extent the customer is always right, not in this case, the supplier was letting off steam in a style never seen before.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

APRIL 1, 2024

We’ll discuss select high-impact product use cases that demonstrate the potential of AI to revolutionize the way we develop, market and deliver products to customers. Addressing customer inquiries with an AI-driven chatbot ChatGPT distinguished itself as the first publicly accessible GenAI-powered virtual chatbot.

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SCMDOJO

MARCH 19, 2024

Discover Ways to Boost Supply Chain Visibility through Digital Marketing Supply chain visibility is essential for providing a superior customer experience and sustaining customer loyalty over time. Customers face significant frustrations that erode brand trust and sales without supply chain visibility.

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The Thomas Blog

JULY 12, 2022

Most industrial businesses actually use email newsletters as the foundation of their email marketing program because they are great tools for educating customers and prospects about your business and showcasing employee profiles, company passion projects, and relevant graphics. Marketing Strategy. Advantages Of Lead Nurturing Emails.

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Spend Matters

MARCH 23, 2023

Sophisticated self-service CRM tools are the real differentiators, however, as they engage the customer/consumer throughout the 360-degree “customer journey.” SRM and general supplier management processes and systems in terms of supplier experience, on the other hand, are a much sadder story.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

APRIL 25, 2024

Benefits: Improved efficiency Reduced cost Enhanced transparency Customer relationship management (CRM) BPR is a pivotal strategy for organizations that want to overhaul their customer relationship management (CRM) processes. This builds customer trust and loyalty and supports the organization’s long-term success.

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ivalua

APRIL 7, 2022

Ivaluans, customers, sponsors, and prospects gathered at the exquisite Musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac to meet, exchange ideas, and collaborate in-person! Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice 2022 . Ivalua Customer Awards. At Ivalua, the customer is the focal point of everything we do and central to our purpose.

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ivalua

MARCH 4, 2020

Nevertheless, we are working on scheduling a series of webcasts featuring customer stories and Ivalua updates during the event days. With the coronavirus continuing to spread in Europe and the world, we’re sorry to inform you that we have decided to cancel Ivalua NOW Paris. REGISTER NOW.

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Procurement Insights

AUGUST 14, 2023

The following story or meme has been popping up on social media lately. Before you get insulted, and say “I would never do that,” I will share a couple of statistics with you before the story: “95 Percent of Enterprises Found Employees To Bypass Security Controls.” There is a line of customers behind you”.

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Procurement Heads

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Previously in roles, you may be placed in quite a constrained role description and you are forced just to do a day job, whereas here it is about going out and helping that customer or client, but also what we want you to do is to come to us with ideas and apply more opportunities to yourself and for us. That is what makes it different.

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ivalua

MARCH 21, 2022

After a 2-year hiatus, Ivalua is thrilled to invite procurement leaders, innovators, customers, and colleagues to Ivalua NOW Paris. . The captivating venue reinforces our “Stronger Together” theme, with the inspiring art and stories reflecting shared collaboration, innovation, and exploration of new horizons. Customer Awards.

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Spend Matters

JANUARY 19, 2024

This year we’re highlighting the customer demands, market movements and advances in procurement tech that are exciting the world of solution providers, how they expect them to shape the S2P landscape next year and how they plan to respond to them. All in all, that’s an outstanding story for procurement leaders to tell as they head into 2024!

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

DECEMBER 1, 2022

11.56] An overview of Envase Technologies – what they do and how they help their customers. 19.25] A closer look at the Envase system for intermodal and drayage customers. 27.44] The importance of building a wider ecosystem, why simplicity empowers growth, and how Envase is facilitating both of these things for their customers.

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Spend Matters

MAY 9, 2023

Find an overview of customer stories and product roadmap updates here. The first Ivalua NOW conference in 2023 took place in Paris in late March. Both conferences were titled 'Breaking new ground' and focused on how businesses must adapt to economic and geopolitical trends. Read more. )

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Procurement Heads

JANUARY 10, 2023

Any job in procurement is a people job, you have got to get on with your stakeholders, but also be supportive and understanding the customer. What are we delivering for our end customer. Of course, the stories that they have got to tell are great, but it is how you put those to the test and the conversation.

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ivalua

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Here are a couple of Sourcing Customer Stories, to bring you up to speed with Ivalua’s expertise: Ivalua will be represented at the event by our North American Marketing Director, Ty Levine! Visit our booth and ask us about the work we are doing with US Public Sector Organizations and with Manufacturers such as Meritor.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

This idea will mean nothing if you do not have an identity to go alongside it, something that your customers will recognize as a viable option on the market. So much of your advertising will be digital, which means that most of your customers will first become exposed to your company on the web. Tell A Good Story. Get Insured.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 17, 2021

Your packaging design is the visual representation of your brand’s story. Are you telling a great story? Among many other advantages of having perfect packaging design, increasing consumer purchases stands as the most vital and critical for any brand, especially since the art of retaining customers is tricky, to say the least.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

OCTOBER 30, 2022

Join us for a panel discussion with some of the industry’s best and brightest as they share their scariest logistics stories. 08.50] Sharing of supply chain horror stories and personal experiences collected from various roles over the years. 15.27] Sarah shares a sting operation horror story. Judd Marcello. Hope White.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

DECEMBER 4, 2023

07.41] Common data challenges, and the importance of good data in telling an organization’s ‘story’ in their supply chain. “It It all starts with the data, because that’s what tells the story. So if you don’t have clean, detailed reliable data, how can you build that story?… 14.04] The ideal client for SDI. “We

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Una

AUGUST 11, 2022

The concept of what brings “meaning” to a role is difficult to pin down and ranges from interesting projects to societal impact, contributing to company success, being part of high-performing teams, having a positive impact on customers, and personal growth. That’s my mission story for the Department of Health and Human Services.

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Una

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Three Innovative Sustainable Packakging Stories Examples of exciting and innovative sustainable packaging solutions emerging in the procurement and supply chain space. A recent study indicated 43% of customers believe the environmental impact of packaging is “extremely or very important” in their purchasing decisions.

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Procurement Tactics

AUGUST 25, 2022

We will look into their story of how they have climbed up from where they are now. . We hope that their stories will uplift you to go on no matter what obstacles you are dealing with right now. . Suppeco allows its customers in any industry to optimize its customer-supplier ecosystem to push for innovation and growth.

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Procurement Heads

APRIL 12, 2023

We are in a really good position in the market and our business success is absolutely down to our great customers and the quality of people that work here. Our expertise and capabilities are what sets us apart and certainly our attitude to what we deliver our customers is a big part of that.

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Procurement Heads

APRIL 12, 2023

We are in a really good position in the market and our business success is absolutely down to our great customers and the quality of people that work here. Our expertise and capabilities are what sets us apart and certainly our attitude to what we deliver our customers is a big part of that.

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ivalua

APRIL 5, 2023

The beautiful Pavilion Gabriel provided an exquisite backdrop to bring together customers, prospects and sponsors in person- what better way to collaborate? Our Partner + Customer day was packed with networking, exchanging ideas, and having a good laugh; it was the perfect recipe for reconnecting and recharging!

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Spend Matters

DECEMBER 19, 2023

During day two, open to a larger audience than just Ivalua stakeholders and customers, we saw a mix of main-stage presentations and break-out sessions. The second, IKEA, shared its digital transformation story. that provides additional market insights based on anonymized customer data. Read the Ivalua NOW key takeaways here.

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Procurement Leaders

DECEMBER 9, 2022

We collaborate closely with our commercial sales and marketing teams to provide insight and justification for potential price adjustments to customers. Digital capabilities, in terms of ensuring agility and speed in creating transparency on impact and insight, are also key.

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Procurement Tactics

JULY 21, 2023

A third reason to consider starting an LLC is that it can help you build your reputation and gain the trust of potential customers. This can be an important way to reassure customers that yours is a “real” business, not a side hustle or a hobby. Are there any downsides to starting an LLC for your dropshipping business?

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Arkestro

APRIL 9, 2024

Here are some tangible successes our customers have enjoyed: Substantial Savings : Our clients saw savings of 16% within the first 60 days of implementing our technology. Resource Maximization : Arkestro allows customers to address more spend without additional resources, scaling their capabilities without scaling their budget.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

JUNE 22, 2023

In our Women in Supply Chain blog series, we hear from global trailblazers about unexpected beginnings, stories, challenges they’ve overcome, and the supply chain career advice they have for their peers. My passion for growth helped me design the role I am in today, overseeing Marketing, New Business Sales, and Customer Success.

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Procurement Insights

AUGUST 10, 2022

After reaching out to a large international pool of suppliers dealing with enterprise customers in the CPG, FMCG, Aerospace Defense and Energy sectors about their experience serving some of the biggest organizations in the world (i.e., Of course, the evolution of these critical relations has been a story I have been tracking for some time.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Design content, ad campaigns and innovative products that build better customer experiences. These public options offer limited control, less customization of model behavior and outputs and the potential for bias inherited from the pre-trained models. Existing content can be reimagined and edited using AI tools.

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SCMDOJO

JUNE 22, 2023

Your potential customers are asking these questions, and your unique value proposition should provide the answers. Not only does this strategy build trust with potential customers, but it also bolsters your credibility. A longer duration spent by visitors on your website increases the probability of their transition into customers.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

MARCH 31, 2023

For example, My Group allows fans to create customized video feeds of every shot by their favorite players. As the teams look to orchestrate experiences across the customer journey, data architecture comes into play: what’s the right data for the purpose, and is it accessible to the systems that need it?

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Value Match

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Community Story. We are really excited that Lucy will enable Value Match to continue to grow our capability and extend our services to existing and new customers while maintaining our tailored and people centric approach. Categories. Best Practice Guides. Bid Management. Case Study. Circular Economy. Contract for Change. Legislation.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Watsonx is comprised of three components that empower businesses to customize their AI solutions: watsonx.ai Exceptional customer care through AI solutions Today, customers expect seamless experiences and fast answers to their questions, and companies that fail to meet these expectations risk falling behind.

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