ivalua

JUNE 26, 2023

Blog » Procurement on the Thames: Ivalua’s London Summer Symposium June 26, 2023 | | Thought Leadership by Eloise Barnum As businesses navigate through supply chain disruptions, high inflation, and sustainability initiatives, procurement, and supplier management has taken center stage in driving change.

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HICX

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

So, can brands manage resilience factors, such as costs and compliance, holistically? Supplier expert and HICX’s CEO, Costas Xyloyiannis, says they can. Brands with poor quality supplier data therefore make themselves weak, whereas those with reliable data can be robust. It’s all about visibility.

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

One way of doing this is by leveraging Source-to-Pay (S2P) solutions, which can provide procurement with the tools needed to manage their supplier relationships and identify opportunities for cost savings. Let’s explore further.

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HICX

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

So, can brands manage resilience factors, such as costs and compliance, holistically? Supplier expert and HICX ’s CEO, Costas Xyloyiannis, says they can. However, each factor also stems from a common cause: murky supply chains. By fixing poor-quality supplier data, therefore, brands can empower themselves to be robust.

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SCMDOJO

JUNE 6, 2023

Supply chain optimization can achieve this with the help of data analytics. Data analytics helps businesses make data-driven decisions and initiatives. They can understand their supply chain operations with more precision. How does data analytics help supply chain optimization?

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ivalua

JUNE 17, 2022

Taking Steps to Increase Resiliency. Procurement leaders are under increased pressure to improve supply chain resilience. In this regard, monitoring supplier performance, compliance, and the flow of materials from the lowest tier of supply to the end consumer is key to promoting end-to-end visibility.

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Spend Matters

MARCH 18, 2024

However, third party risk management should be implemented in every procurement department, as regulations and the uncertainties of the post-pandemic era are making these issues around compliance, data security, supply chain resilience and business continuity increasingly important.

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Spend Matters

JANUARY 29, 2024

This Spend Matters Vendor Analysis gives an updated overview of Sphera’s SCRM solution, a solution built to improve supply chain resilience by tackling both predictable and unpredictable risks. The integration of the riskmethods application is a work in progress. GHG, human rights and PFAS). This content is for members only.

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HICX

JANUARY 30, 2023

In a series of interviews which took place during the World Procurement Congress 2022 (WPC) in London, we spoke to a number of thought-leaders and experts from the Procurement and Supply Chain industries on their opinions on Supplier Experience Management (SXM) and the future of Procurement.

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Spend Matters

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

As natural disasters are increasing in frequency and magnitude, the implications for supply chain risk management can be overwhelming. Given that catastrophic events lead to deadly and costly supply chain disruptions, catastrophic risk is at the forefront of operational and supply chain resilience.

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HICX

OCTOBER 3, 2022

In a series of interviews which took place during World Procurement Congress 2022 (WPC) in London, we spoke to a number of thought-leaders and experts from the Procurement and Supply Chain industries about their opinions on Supplier Experience Management (SXM) and the future of Procurement.

Suppliers 52

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HICX

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

In a series of interviews which took place during World Procurement Congress 2022 (WPC) in London, we spoke to a number of thought-leaders and experts from the Procurement and Supply Chain industries about their opinions on Supplier Experience Management (SXM) and the future of Procurement.

Suppliers 52

Suppliers Management Supply chain resilience Supply chain 52

ivalua

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

One way of doing this is by leveraging Source-to-Pay (S2P) solutions, which provide procurement with the tools needed to maximize the value they get from their supplier relationships, automate and streamline processes, and identify opportunities for cost savings. Let’s explore further.

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Jaggaer

MARCH 2, 2020

Research reveals a rise in disruptive incidents deep in the supply chain. What is the optimal way to categorize your suppliers so that you can manage them better and maximize business continuity? Organizations, it seems, are getting better at managing their immediate (tier 1) suppliers. Tier Suppliers.

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ivalua

MAY 17, 2023

This year, our discussions covered Invoice Automation, Scope 3 Emissions, Contract Management, Supply Chain Collaboration, Indirect/Services Procurement, and Supplier Management–Customer of Choice. After catching up with colleagues and acquainting ourselves with some new faces, we dove into solution breakout sessions.

Supply chain resilience 130

Supply chain resilience Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Efficiency Supply Chain Optimization 130

ivalua

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The impact of all of that is that organizations are actively creating geographical supplier diversity within their supply chains, to strike a better balance between cost reduction and agility,” he said. For many organizations risk has become not only an executive committee issue, but a board-level discussion,” he said.

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ivalua

JANUARY 31, 2022

CPO’s and CFO’s will join forces to combat inflation and supply risk, supply assurance will be perceived as more important than price, convenience and customer service gaining significant popularity, and vigilance against commodity and supply market manipulation will be critical. #3. The Best Way Forward for 2022.

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Procurement supply chain budgeting Agile and Lean Supply Chain supply chain software solutions 130

ivalua

MAY 6, 2021

The pandemic has accelerated this trend, with the Procurement function front and center in the fight to ensure supply chain resilience and continuity, reduce costs and protect the bottom line. Smart software shifts from drilling down on existing data to alerting up, so managers can respond to events or trends in real time. .

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supply chain software solutions Procurement Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Efficiency 130

ivalua

APRIL 9, 2021

Procurement priorities have also become more strategic, as organisations focus on improving supply chain resilience and boosting growth. But at many, COVID-19 exposed weaknesses in outdated procurement processes, tools, and data that limited agility and impacted decision-making.” Download the full study *.

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Procurement Tactics

DECEMBER 21, 2022

The complexity of today’s supply chain makes it more prone to severe impacts from disruptions, just like what happened at the start of the pandemic. . Due to this, many organizations have put supply chain resilience as a top priority. Benefits of Supply Chain Collaboration. Enhanced ethical standards.

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ivalua

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

Supply Chain Resilience vs Low-Cost Supply Chain. With the prospect of reshoring or nearshoring limited in scope, many organizations are pivoting their supply strategies to mitigate the impact of another disruption. Managing Risk Across the Supply Chain Remains Challenging.

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Zycus Cognitive Procurement

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Now that the situation is slowly moving towards normalcy, supply chain and procurement teams are under insurmountable pressure to monitor and mitigate supplier risks and compromise competitiveness closely. The increased complexity of supply chains and global nature has expanded the scope of supply chain risk management.

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ivalua

APRIL 8, 2021

Procurement priorities have also become more strategic, as organizations focus on improving supply chain resilience and boosting growth. Organizations believe that overly dispersed (72%), unactionable data (70%), and a lack of embedded best practices (70%) are limiting overall value from technology solutions .

Procurement strategies 130

Procurement strategies Strategy Agile and Lean Supply Chain Procurement 130

ivalua

JULY 8, 2020

In this article we’ll review how supplier management capabilities in Source-to-Pay technology can free-up and enable a manufacturer’s direct material procurement team to do what they do best to ensure the supply chain remains resilient and agile: be creative and strategic. Some of these challenges include limited: .

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ivalua

APRIL 27, 2023

Gaps and dysfunction in the supply chains and a lack of visibility are making it difficult to support Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives. Geopolitical manipulation on suppliers worldwide adds to the pressure. According to Supply Chain Now’s Greg White, the cracks have been exposed and there is nowhere to hide.

Supply Chain Efficiency 130

Supply Chain Efficiency Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Optimization Sustainability 130

ivalua

APRIL 27, 2023

Gaps and dysfunction in the supply chains and a lack of visibility are making it difficult to support Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives. Geopolitical manipulation on suppliers worldwide adds to the pressure. According to Supply Chain Now’s Greg White, the cracks have been exposed and there is nowhere to hide.

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Sustainability Risk Supply Chain Efficiency Agile and Lean Supply Chain 130

ivalua

DECEMBER 14, 2020

What we learned about agility and resilience can be applied to future-proof the source-to-pay (S2P) process and help organizations meet any new challenge with confidence. The job of sourcing professionals is to understand the risk in the supply chain and manage it so they can react quickly when a problem occurs.”

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Procurement Leaders

JUNE 13, 2022

As a public funded project, supply chain transparency is critical. Supply chain resiliency is also a critical objective for HS2, as the industry contends with challenges including commodities, hyperinflation of material prices, deficits in skilled labour and changing consumption habits. Engaging with suppliers.

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Zycus Cognitive Procurement

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Enhancing supply chain resilience. Improving supply chain sustainability. Building Agile Supply Chain Ecosystems : . Supply chain management has long been characterized by the need to source and aggregate goods from various vendors, manufacturers, and suppliers across a wide geographic area.

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Procurement Templates

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Procurement, often considered the gateway between an organization and its suppliers, plays a central role in this transformation. It has the potential to drive change throughout the entire supply chain, influencing how products are sourced, manufactured, and distributed.

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Zycus Cognitive Procurement

JANUARY 20, 2023

At its core, procurement strategies are all about managing the change aimed at driving continuous improvement in the supply chain. This requires expertise across both people and process aspects, and the ability to build strong relationships with suppliers. It can help managers make more informed decisions using data analytics.

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Procurement Software

APRIL 2, 2024

S2C Simple, user-friendly and easy-to-implement RFQ, supplier repository, and contract administration platform designed for the SME market. Collaboration Tools Various types of Project Management and internal stakeholder and supplier collaboration software platforms available within this price range.

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Strategic Sourceror

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Shoring up staff is a good way to increase supply chain resiliency, which companies are trying to do more of today to ensure theirs has what it takes to stay together when it's taxed in the future. Technology, like enterprise resource planning solutions, provides superior visibility into supply chains and workflows.

Collaboration 105

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Zycus Cognitive Procurement

JANUARY 20, 2023

At its core, procurement transformation is all about managing the change aimed at driving continuous improvement in the supply chain. This requires expertise across both people and process aspects, and the ability to build strong relationships with suppliers.

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Arkestro

JANUARY 4, 2023

Reducing supplier risk. Ensuring continuity of supply. This, coupled with the typical 30-plus years’ experience procurement veteran approaching retirement, companies are seeing their tribal knowledge about suppliers and processes walk out the door and not be replaced.”. The Supply Chain Will Continue to Heal.

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EazyStock

JUNE 21, 2022

Recent Accenture research showed that 53% of supply chain executives said the pandemic had made them rethink their overall supply chain leading many companies to use cloud computing solutions to help them transform their business and how they operate their supply chains. Speed and flexibility.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 5, 2021

Companies have leveraged digital tools, and evolving skills, to collect vast data about product or raw materials sourcing, transportation, logistics, and manufacturing. It’s been a long evolution, and it’s made the field more ascendant within companies than it’s ever been, with a bigger seat at the C-suite table. Then came COVID-19.

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