World of Procurement blog

MAY 8, 2024

Cost benchmarking and market intelligence Data visualization and reporting Predictive analytics for demand planning Data-driven procurement not only improves efficiency, but also empowers more strategic decision making to maximize value. Category and market expertise helps make informed sourcing decisions.

Strategic sourcing 52

Strategic sourcing Strategic sourcing Sourcing Supply Chain Efficiency 52

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JULY 27, 2015

The always astute Pierre Mitchell from Spend Matters recently called out an unnamed solution provider for “trying to create some thought leadership about upstream value creation and downstream value capture.” This reminded me of a prior post I wrote about the subject and I wondered if Pierre was writing about me. If so, in my (imperfect?)

Leadership 149

Leadership Suppliers Strategic sourcing Strategic sourcing 149

ivalua

JULY 27, 2015

The always astute Pierre Mitchell from Spend Matters recently called out an unnamed solution provider for “trying to create some thought leadership about upstream value creation and downstream value capture.” The post This is NOT Thought Leadership, it’s Practical Talk About Supplier Value Management appeared first on Directworks.

Leadership 100

Leadership Suppliers Strategic sourcing Strategic sourcing 100

ivalua

AUGUST 18, 2015

Let’s examine three ways that better collaboration with supply partners creates value for a manufacturer from product design through demand planning. If you work in product design or engineering, supplier collaboration is focused on integrating strategic suppliers into your product innovation efforts. Innovating.

Collaboration 173

Collaboration Suppliers Bill of materials Supply Chain Efficiency 173

ivalua

AUGUST 18, 2015

Let’s examine three ways that better collaboration with supply partners creates value for a manufacturer from product design through demand planning. If you work in product design or engineering, supplier collaboration is focused on integrating strategic suppliers into your product innovation efforts. Innovating.

Collaboration 100

Collaboration Suppliers Bill of materials Supply Chain Efficiency 100

Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 31, 2019

In fact, we recently brought on a new Cannabis client who’s scaling up a strategic sourcing operation in all of their Procurement, so that all their spend is captured and accounted for as they grow, rather than after. But if you don’t have any of that expertise, you’ll get zero.

Supply Chain Efficiency 72

Supply Chain Efficiency Supply chain Supply chain management Supply chain management 72

Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 10, 2018

However, the retailer’s supply chain executives struggled to gain acceptance for the idea from their leadership because it resulted in the retailer carrying a far larger fraction of the logistics cost. Leadership #SupplyChain #Business #SCM #Procurement #Purchasing. Invest in the Right Infrastructure and People.

Collaboration 66

Collaboration Supply Chain Optimization Agile and Lean Supply Chain supply chain budgeting 66