IBM Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Successful strategic sourcing often results in process optimization, cost management, customer satisfaction, risk management , increased sustainability and other benefits. Now, sourcing and procurement professionals are reaping the rewards of such automation: streamlining workflows, boosting the bottom line and finding efficiencies.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

In today’s complex global business environment, effective supply chain management (SCM) is crucial for maintaining a competitive advantage. Here’s how companies are using different strategies to address supply chain management and meet their business goals.

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Procurement Tactics

AUGUST 19, 2022

33 Procurement Interview Questions in 2022. Vendor Management Best Practices — The Ultimate Guide of 2022. Vendor management best practices are utilized to boost business growth and productivity. For this article, we will discuss what the best practices in vendor management are. What is Vendor Management?

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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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Procurement Insights

MARCH 18, 2024

“Supply chain visibility refers to the ability to track and monitor products, materials, and information as they move through the various stages of a supply chain, from the sourcing of raw materials to the delivery of the final product to the end consumer. Keep that in mind.

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Procurement Heads

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Could you tell us a bit about yourself, your background and how you got into procurement? What roles and responsibilities does Procurement/ SRM have within Allianz? It’s very exciting to see how SRM is developing and growing and from being a ‘die-hard’ IT Category Manager, I’ve certainly been converted!

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Spend Matters

APRIL 5, 2023

Categories: Contract Management , Procurement Systems & Architecture , Solution Providers , Source-to-Contract Tags: PRO This Spend Matters PRO Vendor Analysis provides an overview of Spendflo and its solution for SaaS procurement and management. Having so many options is not always a good thing, though.

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Spend Matters

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Spend Matters is publishing a series of articles about procurement, supply and services trends for the year ahead from expert tech and services providers in the market. Today, for procurement organizations too, applying an AI-first approach has become imperative, especially in the source-to-pay process.

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ivalua

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Jarrod McAdoo, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Ivalua. Master supplier data doesn’t just matter to Procurement. It plays a role in a number of necessary business functions and is a key enabler of automation throughout the Procure-to-Pay (P2P) process. Risk management. Operations.

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ivalua

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Procurement transparency exists within the public sector because it is required by law. It is one thing to make tenders public, and another to offer suppliers visibility into the end-to-end bid management process and final award decisions. And yet, not all transparency is equally effective.

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Procurement Tactics

MAY 22, 2023

18 Must-Have Negotiation Skills For Procurement Professionals Download Course Details →  Or receive our famous weekly newsletter Integrated Logistics — What You Should Know Integrated logistics is gaining popularity throughout the years to the point of replacing the traditional logistics concepts. However, what is it?

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ivalua

JUNE 11, 2019

If you live in a city, state or country, which everybody does, your life and the lives of your family and friends is impacted directly by Procurement. No, I’m not referring to the Procurement department of your company (although, if Ivalua has anything to do about it, there are lots of interesting things happening there too).

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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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Spend Matters

AUGUST 31, 2023

Procurement professionals and IT leaders tasked with managing software procurement today can often only focus on the top 20% of vendors. SaaS and vendor management has become increasingly complex Procurement and IT are being inundated with software access, vendor intake and renewal requests. And that’s just SaaS.

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Una

MAY 11, 2023

Building a Procurement Function From Scratch With the right approach, building a procurement function from scratch can create streamlined and efficient processes that deliver real value to your organization. The company has never had a dedicated procurement function before, so you’ve been granted a blank slate to work with.

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Spend Matters

AUGUST 28, 2023

In this Spend Matters Vendor Analysis Update, we give an updated overview of Zivio, a solution that helps organizations (buying organizations and MSPs) manage sourcing for complex services categories, such as legal, marketing or facilities management.

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Procurement Tactics

DECEMBER 7, 2022

33 Procurement Interview Questions in 2022. The financial supply chain is new to many procurement professionals, especially those who have just started their journey in the procurement and supply chain industry. . We will tell you how it works and how you can manage it. What is Financial Supply Chain Management?

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ivalua

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Author: Hubert Verweij , Head of Procurement Transformation, Capgemini Invent Sweden and Finland. Nowadays, Procurement practitioners primarily talk about emerging topics like the reduction of scope 3 emissions, supplier-enabled innovation and supply risk management. Procurement as end-to-end process owner .

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Spend Matters

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Spend Matters constantly updates its understanding of the state of the procurement tech market via RFIs for our SolutionMap dataset, vendor interviews, global event attendance and product demos with the aim of keeping tech-selection decision makers ahead of market trends. What are the challenges and asks of your customers?

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Barkers Procurement

JANUARY 26, 2024

The Pressures That Procurement Faces In 2024. In recent years, we have seen the demand placed upon the Procurement function significantly increase. What is driving the pressure on Procurement? The pressures that procurement faces show no signs of reducing. What can Procurement do to successfully challenge these pressures?

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Spend Matters

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The impact of Covid-19 on demand, the opening and closing of borders, factories and ports, the obstruction of the Suez Canal and the war in Ukraine have created a nightmare for supply chain and procurement professionals. Even now, supply chains are far from being “back to normal.”

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Barkers Procurement

JANUARY 26, 2024

In recent years, we have seen the demand placed upon the Procurement function significantly increase. What is driving the pressure on Procurement? The pressures that have been placed on the Procurement function show no signs of reducing. What can Procurement do to successfully challenge these pressures? in December 2023.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The role of procurement extends beyond transactional activities. A procurement strategy allows an organization to navigate an increasingly complex global supply chain, adapt swiftly to market fluctuations, and achieve cost optimization, operational efficiency and growth. What is a procurement strategy?

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ivalua

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

In August 2020 Gartner published this report “4 Tactics Procurement Can Use to Sustain Influence as Economic Conditions Improve” This blog summarizes the key points of the report which you can read in full, here. Procurement Teams Step-up. A Blueprint for Demonstrating the value of Strategic Procurement.

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Empowering CPO

JULY 2, 2023

Introduction In an increasingly complex global market, procurement services have become more than just a business necessity; they are a strategic linchpin that can significantly impact a company’s bottom line. Yet, the intricacies of this process, especially in terms of supplier management, can present a myriad of challenges.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

JUNE 5, 2023

Logward is a logistics technology company offering supply chain management as a service, delivering end-to-end visibility as well as control over freight shipments through cloud based solutions. 31.33] An overview of Logward’s Transport Solutions, and the visibility it provides.

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ivalua

JUNE 17, 2022

Over half of the heads of procurement in our survey (53%) are currently confident in the resiliency of their supply chains, while 20% of the respondents are somewhat confident. Procurement leaders are under increased pressure to improve supply chain resilience. Future-proofing Procurement Against Supply and Demand Shocks.

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ivalua

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Viparis has chosen Ivalua and CKS to equip its Procurement department with a software suite that meets the challenges of an exceptional deadline for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris and will help sustain the Group’s growth. The solution implemented is based on a “pre-configuration” that combines the reference functionalities of e-Procurement.

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Empowering CPO

JULY 16, 2023

Introduction Brief Explanation of Managed Procurement Services In today’s interconnected business world, the seamless acquisition of goods and services is paramount to the smooth operation of any organization. This is where managed procurement services come into the picture.

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Pipefy

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Procurement has a direct impact on a company’s financial health. From reducing waste and containing costs to mitigating risks such as procurement fraud and inflated expenses, procurement’s insights and expertise can help businesses navigate some of their most pressing challenges.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Featuring Our 12 Best Procurement Articles! Procurement is a function that is undergoing an exciting transformation in the majority of global value chains; simultaneously, within its own strategy, process, and technology. This is an exciting time to be a procurement practitioner, as well as a vendor of ProcureTech solutions.

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The Good Spending

APRIL 30, 2023

Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) does the rescue by effectively managing contracts from initiation to execution and beyond. Typical misconceptions about Contract Lifecycle Management Despite many apparent virtues of CLM, several misconceptions often surround it. 1️⃣ CLM is only for large enterprises. ?

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ivalua

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

Jarrod McAdoo, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Ivalua. Gartner predicts that by 2023, organizations that don’t optimize supplier master data management (MDM) could have wrong information for half of their suppliers! Don’t forget about processes to manage data creation and maintenance. That’s significant.

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Pipefy

MAY 23, 2023

In its long history , procurement has evolved from self-contained purchasing entities to an essential business partner handling processes involving several departments and many subprocesses. The risks of errors and bottlenecks alone in manual work make procurement a superb place to begin a digital transformation.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 19, 2022

Supply chain management and contract lifecycle management are key ingredients to business success. The journey from idea to end product to shipment and delivery is exciting, yes, but rather complicated — fueled with many moving parts. How well a company manages its supply chain processes can directly impact its bottom line.

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Procurement Heads

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Could you tell us a bit about yourself, your background and how you got into procurement? What roles and responsibilities does Procurement/ SRM have within Allianz? It’s very exciting to see how SRM is developing and growing and from being a ‘die-hard’ IT Category Manager, I’ve certainly been converted!

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Barkers Procurement

AUGUST 2, 2023

What Are The Pressures That Procurement Faces In 2023 And Beyond? In recent years we have seen the demand placed upon the Procurement function significantly increase. What is driving the pressure on Procurement? The pressures that have been placed on the Procurement function show no signs of reducing.

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