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e2e Leadership Purchasing 
ivalua
JUNE 3, 2025
393% ROI from process automation, better visibility, and replacing old systems. Reductions in procurement overhead, coupled with increased spend visibility, innovation opportunities, and streamlined supplier engagement. These disjointed processes introduced inefficiencies, increased human errors, and limited visibility into spend.
SCMDOJO
MAY 23, 2025
This shift has pushed supply chain leadership to pivot from reactive management to proactive strategy built on data. Analytics-driven leadership encourages cross-functional collaboration. Human Leadership in a Data-Driven Ecosystem While algorithms offer precision, the strategic lens still belongs to humans.
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Spend Matters
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
a snack food company, came from how they intentionally targeted key strategic initiatives under Senior Vice President and Head of Procurement Ron Schnurs leadership. The leadership team was on board from the beginning but he still had to execute his recommendations in an orderly and intentional manner to deliver the results.
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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.
Pipefy
APRIL 22, 2025
In simple terms, it spans the entire process from identifying a purchasing need to final payment. S2P identifies the purchasing need up to the payment to the supplier. End-to-End Integration: The Backbone of Procurement Automation A platform is only as good as its connections.
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ivalua
DECEMBER 6, 2022
Many large organizations implement a Procure to Pay platform with the aim to deliver efficiency, visibility, simplicity, and compliance. Procurement as end-to-end process owner . Your leadership team plays a central role in steering this principle, from the start when launching the procurement policy and during operations. .
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TYA Suite
MAY 23, 2025
The answer often lies in disconnected systems, manual workflows, and a lack of visibility between procurement and finance teams. The procure to pay process covers several stages from raising a purchase request to processing the invoice and paying suppliers. Once a purchase request is submitted, it enters an automated approval process.
IBM Supply Chain Blog
JUNE 30, 2023
3 steps to building healthcare supply chain resiliency Step 1: Improve visibility and proactivity Hospital systems work with multiple fragmented teams, technologies and processes to manage daily operations, leading to a pervasive lack of data visibility. Doing so streamlines purchasing power and optimizes inventory management.
Jaggaer
FEBRUARY 5, 2025
It is a process that creates efficiencies across all spend categories, minimizes supply chain risks through improved supplier selection and awards, while giving visibility into pricing and forecasting. emergency purchases and b.) those purchases which do not have a significant impact on operational continuity or the bottom line.
Supply Chain Game Changer
MARCH 16, 2021
I/T was going to be at the epicentre of the strategic and operational leadership of the company. Because we had visibility as to demand, and inventory, at a consumer level, we could completely circumvent and simplify the entire distribution channel network. So the new CIO I hired needed to share a new vision. All Rights Reserved.
Procurement Insights
MAY 21, 2025
Ecosystem Orchestration: Agents align procurement with finance, logistics, and suppliers, ensuring end-to-end process coherence. Example: Automated generation of purchase orders, waybills, and customs forms eliminated manual steps, cutting procurement cycle times by 35%. SAP Joule), enabling incremental digital transformation.
Procurement Insights
APRIL 9, 2025
Strategic Fit: Amex aimed to build an end-to-end B2B platform (Anna Marrs, Amex), enhancing its supplier-side offerings beyond card issuance. ProcureTech Entry: Ramps pivot into procure-to-pay (P2P) came later with the 2023 Venue acquisition, adding intake forms, purchase orders (POs), and vendor management.
Spend Matters
SEPTEMBER 14, 2023
It can be difficult to prioritize some of these initiatives in tough economic conditions, but there is a leadership imperative amongst organizations to do so. What we do know is that supply chains often account for more than 90% of a company’s environmental footprint, and SAP can help provide visibility into the data across this value chain.
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Supply Chain Game Changer
MARCH 28, 2020
The Procurement, or Purchasing, function is considered by many to be a necessary but non-strategic part of any organization. People think of Procurement (inclusive of Purchasing) as the group that will find suppliers (often with the sole objective of cutting costs), negotiate deals, place purchase orders, and deal with supplier issues.
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Supply Chain Game Changer
NOVEMBER 19, 2018
The Supply Chain is directly responsible for the payment terms for Accounts Payable, Inventory (this does vary between companies), and even the negotiated terms for Capital purchases. End to End Supply Chain Visibility and the Internet of Things (IoT). © Copyright Mortson Enterprises Inc, 2017. All Rights Reserved.
Jaggaer
JUNE 28, 2024
We need to bring cost, resilience and sustainability into harmony and in doing so we need to look again at strategic leadership in the function. Iain went on to point out that you need visibility over all of these moving parts in a dynamic environment. Suppliers you thought you could purchase from no longer exist.
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Supply Chain Game Changer
SEPTEMBER 17, 2019
First, consider that a digital supply chain enables complete, end-to-end connectivity and visibility : You can monitor and understand, in real time, what’s happening anywhere within that supply chain and make real-time decisions to create the outcomes that you desire. © Copyright Mortson Enterprises Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Spend Matters
OCTOBER 4, 2023
Our coverage also explores the latest thought leadership topics about procurement and supply, the technology that serves it and comparative analyses based on demos and the scoring of 500+ RFI requirements across 12 source-to-pay (S2P) categories that create our Vendor Ranking data.
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Procurement Insights
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
The new report covers ten leading vendors who meet Gartner’s revised criteria for providing modular but natively integrated S2P platforms spanning sourcing, contracting, purchasing, payments, and analytics. The Diverse Landscape of S2P Solutions The S2P market is rich with diverse solutions.
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Supply Chain Game Changer
NOVEMBER 17, 2018
In Supply Chain that means we want and need full end to end visibility and transparency. To provide that end to end visibility requires electronic connectivity of all nodes of the Supply Chain. Effectively your TMS service provider can act as a Group Purchasing Organization (GPO) for freight.
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Jaggaer
DECEMBER 13, 2024
Its an integrated, end-to-end process that unifies procurement and finance, helping organizations streamline purchasing, minimize delays, and ensure timely payments. By standardizing procurement activities, organizations gain visibility over spending, strengthen supplier relationships, and optimize cash flow management.
Supply Chain Trend
NOVEMBER 16, 2016
This operating model included order to cash, make to demand, purchase to pay, finance and planning processes. Some have a willingness to learn it, but struggle to overcome personal fears and defense mechanisms that come with working with visible goals, openly across functions. What do you believe can be done about that?
Supply Chain Game Changer
NOVEMBER 6, 2018
Consumers are the biggest source of food waste in developed countries as they discard at least 20-30% of what they purchase. The deployment of real time end-to-end Supply Chain visibility, Blockchain, Advanced Analytics and Artificial Intelligence all have the potential to help improve some aspect of the Food Supply Chain.
Supply Chain Game Changer
APRIL 23, 2019
The Procurement, or Purchasing, function is considered by many to be a necessary but non-strategic part of any organization. People think of Procurement (inclusive of Purchasing) as the group that will find suppliers (often with the sole objective of cutting costs), negotiate deals, place purchase orders, and deal with supplier issues.
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Claritum
NOVEMBER 16, 2018
The variables and complexities of purchasing products and services, from basic supplies through to strategic purchases, make Procurement a key resource within the business. The Procurement team need only to be able to monitor and report as needed on the flow of purchasing transactions. Introduction. Step 1 Remove the noise.
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Supply Chain Game Changer
NOVEMBER 10, 2018
They may even take over the provisioning of an entire end-to-end solution. 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. Lower transportation and warehousing costs.
Zycus Cognitive Procurement
MARCH 25, 2021
Better Visibility and Transparency. Electronic invoicing uniquely improves visibility into invoices, purchase orders, supporting documentation, and contracts. All of the functionality is available through an end-to-end native mobile e-invoicing application. It tracks invoices and provides detailed audit trails.
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Pipefy
AUGUST 18, 2023
Process discovery includes the identification and definition of activities and tasks comprising a process; its purpose is to make all stages in a process visible in order to ensure clear responsibility for each of those phases. They can use data from previous sales and purchases to select preferred vendors.
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Zycus Cognitive Procurement
NOVEMBER 29, 2022
Delaying non-essential and indirect purchases at the granular level like office supplies, laptop upgrades etc. You may provide better demand visibility to the vendor partner. When implementing cost management initiatives, it is critical to communicate the strategic intent with the leadership teams and the employees.
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Jaggaer
OCTOBER 22, 2020
Purchase orders were issued through the ERP system, but with no link to the approvals workflow and procurement decisions. Attijariwafa’s senior leadership asked Taghrichte to put together a business case for the implementation of an electronic procurement solution. Youness Taghrichte, Head of Procurement, Attjariwafa Bank.
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Jaggaer
OCTOBER 8, 2019
For this to happen, procurement professionals must make a stronger case to the organization’s leadership to demonstrate the value it can deliver. This provides the foundation for visibility over all data, which is consistent for the execution of all processes, and for end-to-end process continuity, compliance and auditability.
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Solvoyo
OCTOBER 11, 2018
Throughout my career, when supply chain transformation was demanded by leadership, this quote from The Jerk often came to mind, always accompanied with a smile. Our future CEO AG Lafley later refocused P&G on that mantra, we had to win at the First Moment of Truth, when a shopper is in the aisle, or on-line making their purchase decision.
Planergy
SEPTEMBER 12, 2023
How to gain visibility and control of your indirect spend. In the technology sector, Microsoft’s acquisition of LinkedIn in 2016 enabled the company to expand its suite of business services, while Google’s purchase of YouTube in 2006 helped it solidify its presence in the online video market.
Supply Chain Game Changer
NOVEMBER 10, 2018
It is critically important to take the time to meet with your Merchants, Merchandising, Buyers, Distribution Centre teams, Human Resources, Finance and your E-Commerce channel leadership. End to End Supply Chain visibility is critical! What worked and what didn’t work, or didn’t work as well as it should have?
Pipefy
DECEMBER 6, 2023
Businesses use workflows to complete most tasks, from entering a purchase order to manufacturing goods and delivering a service. Visibility Each step in a workflow should be visible. This is most often achieved by mapping the process from end to end and creating a visual representation of it (more on that later).
HICX
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
Shift to customer-centricity Awareness of the end consumers’ ESG and environmental expectations signifies a shift towards supply chains becoming increasingly customer-centric throughout. Since then, there has been a renewed focus on digitalization of supply chain management that provides a holistic view of the supply chain with transparency.
Claritum
AUGUST 4, 2020
The variables and complexities of purchasing products and services, from basic supplies through to strategic purchases, make Procurement a key. The Hackett Group summarises this well: "The leadership and management challenges to create awareness, get support, and galvanize all the. needed on the flow of purchasing transactions.
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World of Procurement blog
MAY 8, 2024
It involves the active streamlining and integration of key processes across purchasing, manufacturing, warehousing, and transportation. Ongoing risk monitoring, control towers, and supply chain visibility enable rapid response. Technological advancements have enabled real-time data sharing and visibility across global supply chains.
Supply Chain Game Changer
AUGUST 3, 2021
The Coronavirus pandemic created a dramatic and highly visible disruption in that paradigm. There are many reasons for this lack of due consideration: Many Supply Chain operations, like manufacturing, purchasing, warehousing, and logistics are hands on, blue collar type jobs. Short sighted corporate leadership.
IBM Supply Chain Blog
JUNE 30, 2023
Purpose Savvy sustainable consumers want end-to-end visibility into a product’s origins to ensure that it was sustainably developed and transported every step of the way. So make sure that you have real-time inventory visibility to deliver on your promises (what’s in-stock, when purchased items will ship and arrive).
Supply Chain Game Changer
NOVEMBER 14, 2018
Many companies have already automated their front-line transactional purchasing activities. In the authors’ words, “within 5-10 years, the supply chain function may be obsolete, replaced by a smoothly running, self-regulating utility that optimally manages end-to-end workflows and requires very little human intervention.”.
Pipefy
MAY 9, 2023
Build a more efficient and connected procure-to-pay process with The Definitive Guide to P2P Optimization Importance of procurement KPIs Procurement has evolved over the years from transactional functions (now associated with purchasing) to encompass strategic activities focused on maximizing and creating value for a business.
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SCMDOJO
JUNE 21, 2023
SCaaS is a technology-driven approach to managing supply chains, offering comprehensive end-to-end solutions for businesses. SCaaS providers typically use advanced technologies like artificial intelligence, machine learning, and blockchain to improve visibility, traceability, and collaboration across the supply chain.
SCMDOJO
APRIL 7, 2025
YouTube, with its vast library of free content, has become a goldmine for professionals seeking to boost their knowledge, skills, and visibility in the field. What It Offers : The channel covers end-to-end supply chain topics, including cost reduction, customer service enhancement, and career-boosting strategies.
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