Procurement Insights

JUNE 8, 2025

“This analysis reveals most companies prioritize either consumer innovation or procurement efficiency, with only top performers like L’Oréal/Unilever achieving leadership in both domains through integrated AI strategies.” Henkel/Danone focus more on  sustainability reporting  than end-to-end procurement automation.

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Procurement Insights

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The Dawn of Integrated Source-to-Pay Suites The release of Gartner’s first integrated Source-to-Pay (S2P) Magic Quadrant marks a pivotal moment in procurement technology. While vendors like Coupa and Ivalua retain their leadership in this new landscape, there is a tangible slide in their position within the quadrant.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Strong, persistent Supply Chain leadership will be necessary to move the needle in rethinking fundamental Supply Chain principles. And having the courage to implement these changes will be the real test of leadership. Supply Chain and it’s importance is more visible than at any time in history.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Guest bio: Mandar Rahatekar is a seasoned supply chain professional and Senior Director in Product Leadership at Manhattan, where he plays a critical role within the research and development team. We have to use technology to match that speed. More data is good, but it doesnt always lead to accurate forecasts.

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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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Spend Matters

JANUARY 5, 2024

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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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

MAY 21, 2025

Ecosystem Orchestration: Agents align procurement with finance, logistics, and suppliers, ensuring end-to-end process coherence. Her emphasis on leadership fostering a culture of service mirrors the models requirement for procurement to act as a strategic partner, not a gatekeeper. Metaprise Impact: The models success (e.g.,

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Every research firm and vendor has their own definition, but all share the common theme of visibility. A supply chain control tower system is an attempt to make the outside supply chain environment visible to the enterprise, with “end-to-end” visibility being the Holy Grail.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Lack of Visibility Beyond Tier 1. According to the 2021 Deloitte Chief Procurement Officer Survey, “Around 70% of CPOs felt that they had good visibility on the risks that existed in their direct (tier 1) suppliers. And, only 15% had visibility into tier 2 or beyond. Dirty Little Secret #1. Dirty Little Secret #2–4.

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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. I/T was going to be a source of competitive differentiation. Because we had visibility as to demand, and inventory, at a consumer level, we could completely circumvent and simplify the entire distribution channel network.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 17, 2022

The fundamental trick to create the more robust, proactive Supply Chain, is to have the leadership that will allocate the time and resources to pursue these proactive activities. Without that leadership and vision, organizations will continue to be sucked into the morass of expediting and fire fighting.

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ivalua

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

As a result of the disruption, cost management and supply chain visibility were suddenly top of mind for executive leadership teams. . For information on how Ivalua’s end-to-end eProcurment solution can improve transparency and data quality in your organizagiton to support these efforts, contact us today.

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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. Why You Missed It: If your focus is on strategic sourcing, supplier collaboration, or niche innovations (e.g., in 18 months) and AI innovation ($2.2B, 2024), with a scrappy, niche tone.

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ivalua

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Reduction in cost of supporting other master datasets — Supplier master data can overlap with datasets with other datasets creating multiple sources of truth that require maintenance and can become disjointed causing errors. Failure to comply could lead to lower performance scores precluding inclusion in future sourcing opportunities. .

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Spend Matters

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Strategic sourcing remains critical, especially given our inflationary environment. 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. A recurring request is to reduce risk and contain costs.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JANUARY 15, 2019

As such we have introduced our “Seasoned Leadership in Action ” Interview series. We’ve built a peerless network in the areas of Procurement, Logistics, Change Management, Strategic Sourcing, Planning, and other functional areas in Supply Chain. This interview is with Bronwen Hann, President at Argentus. How quaint is that?

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

As such we are introducing a new “Seasoned Leadership in Action ” Interview series at Supply Chain Game Changer. Some parts were manufactured internally and most others were sourced around the world. This drove our decision to enter into sourcing services, vendor management and supplier owned inventories.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

JULY 20, 2023

In sharp contrast with organizations that have fewer women in leadership, more than half of businesses actively focusing on gender equity and inclusion have 50% higher profits and 61% higher revenue growth—73% of these are official leaders in customer satisfaction scores. Who do you admire in the supply chain industry?

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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. This is the first of two articles.

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Supply Chain Trend

OCTOBER 25, 2023

However, one McKinsey study found that 7% of CPG companies apply end to end autonomous planning. Decision trees for the most common IBP decisions can be made like this for Finance, Sales, Marketing, Operation & Sourcing, highlighting where there is automation and augmentation potential. Some go as far as 80%.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Seasoned Leadership in Action™ – An Interview with Kristie Syndikus, VP Procurement at Maple Leaf Foods! However a new survey shows that the percentage of women in leadership roles is still low. Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. But as we chronicle on the Argentus blog, the field has changed.

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Supply Chain Opz

JANUARY 17, 2017

Regardless, it must begin by determining what the Customer values, then work backwards to design processes which deliver to these requirements (see below): Done right, an adaptive Supply Chain can be a source of competitive advantage, as demonstrated by companies such as Apple, Wal-Mart and P&G.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 18, 2022

You must have visibility to all tiers of your entire end to end Supply Chain, from the lowest tier supplier through to the end customer. You must be able to see between the lines and behind the numbers, on the lookout for troublesome trends or incongruities. You need to have the ears of a dog or a bat.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

When your sourcing team chooses what to buy and who to buy from, are you selecting vendors who share the same social values as your brand? Supply chain sustainability is defined as embedding environmental, social or corporate governance considerations as raw materials are sourced, converted to products and delivered to market.

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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. The TMS service provider should also be a source for great freight rates. Email Address. Conclusion.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Video Source: [link]. Consumers are the biggest source of food waste in developed countries as they discard at least 20-30% of what they purchase. Table Source: [link]. ” Source: [link]. Check out ReFed’s Roadmap to Reduce Food Waste: Video Source: [link]. That is over 1.3 All Rights Reserved.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Yet it is managed by one or two people, with no support, and no visibility from upper management. Supply chain visibility is also incredibly important these days. You can not get this visibility without a plan. And you need suppliers who can provide visibility through electronic connectivity. Mode Management.

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Procurement Insights

MAY 22, 2025

The preliminary run uses the RAM 4-Model Assessment tool to access the Procurement Insights proprietary archives and many cross-reference sources using my AI for AI platform. Integrations and Ecosystem 130+ Integrations: Seamlessly connects with major enterprise systems, data brokers, and compliance databases for a unified source of truth.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

JUNE 29, 2023

Data integration and analytics IBP relies on the integration of data from different sources and systems. This may involve consolidating data from enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, customer relationship management (CRM) systems, supply chain management systems, and other relevant sources.

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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.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 28, 2020

This is reflected in our Procurement Report Card article in which “ 83% of executives surveyed say that their Procurement function is not entirely strategic – meaning they don’t think it’s crucial to business leadership, and that it isn’t a key input when making high-level strategic decisions.” It all starts with leadership.

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SupplyShift

APRIL 14, 2020

The abrupt shift in shopping patterns and demand for certain consumer goods and medical supplies compounded the problem and revealed the risk of maintaining small inventories through just-in-time sourcing. Of those, 44 percent did not yet have a plan for dealing with the disruption. But companies are formulating response plans.

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SCMDOJO

MAY 13, 2022

A good way to understand longer end-to-end transit times which under the current scenario have increased dramatically on most of the major trade lanes is to take a closer look at where delays are more likely to happen. Source: project44 Monthly report.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

AUGUST 21, 2023

With over $8 billion of product sourced, nearly 1 million RFQ’s and over 50,000 buyers and suppliers involved, they are the world’s largest manufacturing marketplace. We invested almost $100 million in fully digitizing our end-to-end operations and building software.” Today I’m joined by MFG.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

JUNE 27, 2022

Some reports tie Coca-Cola to sugar sourced from Xinjiang and also document Uyghur workers in a factory that makes Nike shoes in Qingdao. Arguably the biggest issue facing importers today is the lack of visibility and transparency in their supply-side networks.

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Supply Chain Action Blog

AUGUST 3, 2015

Within sourcing, manufacturing or distribution constraints, what options do I have if my demand spikes or tanks? If you can’t detect, diagnose and direct in a way that covers your end-to-end value network in the time that you need it, then you need to explore how you can get there because this is at the heart of a digital supply chain.

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