Procurement Insights

APRIL 4, 2025

Network Member Question Aside from the basics of spend analysis and eliminating redundancy, Im curious to hear of others experiences in dealing with merger/acquisitions and how the cultural elements were addressed in terms of promoting the use of preferred vendors and the adoption of expense management policy.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

MAY 18, 2023

This shift to the cloud may have, in many ways, left the traditional enterprise network stranded—no longer transporting the bulk of the enterprise network traffic, which now floats between the clouds and over the public internet. This application-first approach is the next important networking paradigm.

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Procurement Tactics

DECEMBER 7, 2022

To simplify, it refers to monetary transactions between trading partners for purchasing, manufacturing, and selling goods and services. . The purpose of financial supply chain management is to achieve and maintain visibility into all of the processes. . The first component is improving network technology. Procure-to-pay cycle.

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Strategic Sourceror

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

For these reasons, many high-end supply chain organizations are investing their money into visibility solutions to get a better handle on their supply chains. Why is visibility so important? Reduced costs Ultimately, visibility boils down into long-term operational efficiency. Brought to you by the StrategicSourceror.

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Procurement Insights

JANUARY 19, 2025

Reference : SAP R/3 Oracle Financials : Overview : Oracle’s suite of financial applications included procurement capabilities, enabling organizations to manage purchasing activities within a broader financial management context. Significance : Their network-based approach facilitated efficient supplier onboarding and interaction.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

They consider factors—like supplier performance or sustainability —that support long-term partnerships, advance business needs and increase purchasing power. For instance, one company is using a network of trusted suppliers built on IBM Blockchain® to provide product provenance for sustainably sourced shrimp.

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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.

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Supply Chain Opz

MARCH 6, 2015

The biggest implication of this new imposition on procurement process is that now procurement managers have to deliver suppliers that are cost conscious and timely in their operations but at the same time can adapt to the changing demands of end customers. Reducing the dependence on a sole supplier is crucial in managing risk.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

The word Metaverse was first coined in 1992 by Neal Stephenson in his science fiction novel, “Snow Crash” It is described as a digital world, an “ integrated network of 3D virtual worlds ” operating separate and apart from our real world. End to End Supply Chain Network Mapping.

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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.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

DECEMBER 2, 2020

I built a billion-dollar supply chain services business listening to my network partners. However, bringing forward these customizations to new ERP releases is costly and complex, the system of record typically remains at a down-level version, lacking new feature sets and support, and ultimately limiting visibility, speed, and flexibility.

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SCMDOJO

MAY 23, 2025

By embedding analytics across logistics, sourcing, and fulfillment, businesses gain the visibility and foresight needed to stay competitive.Analytics-driven leadership is no longer a luxury; it’s the foundation of operational survival in todays volatile business environment. Today, agility and adaptability determine who thrives.

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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. Impact on Amex vs. Ramp Functionality Boost: Pre-Nipendo: Amex relied on card networks and partnerships (e.g., Supplier Focus: Ramps supplier management is buyer-centric (e.g.,

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Una

MAY 11, 2023

Look for solutions that streamline your procurement process, improve visibility, and enhance collaboration. Your organization may already have an end-to-end ERP that includes a procurement module, and you may be expected to use that for ROI reasons. Move faster, save more, and look better doing it.

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Spend Matters

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Expense Management Enable’s rebate management solution empowers businesses with rebate visibility, streamlined automation and ROI metrics and provides a user-friendly, customer-facing platform. By eliminating manual tasks and improving visibility, Productiv optimizes an organization’s SaaS portfolio and enhances operational efficiency.

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SCMDOJO

MAY 6, 2022

The growth of coding capabilities and accessible resources can help several firms consolidate data sources and create real-time visibility throughout the end-to-end supply chain using no-code development platforms. Get Visibility For All Stakeholders. Linked Data Networks. Regrello Will ….

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ivalua

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

A recent study by Forrester found that the single greatest factor in increasing a supplier’s willingness to collaborate with and share innovations with a customer was timeliness of and visibility into payments. AP teams need to embrace digital data and think end-to-end. What is Invoice-to-Pay?

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

AUGUST 12, 2024

Altana is the world’s first Value Chain Management System – a unified, comprehensive approach that goes far beyond supply chain risk management, with unprecedented visibility, contextualized netrt across business areas, and a collaborative network with end-to-end workflows to get jobs done.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 16, 2021

Because we had visibility as to demand, and inventory, at a consumer level, we could completely circumvent and simplify the entire distribution channel network. Instead of replenishing supply into numerous channels before the product could be purchased by the end consumer we could fulfill orders directly to the end consumer.

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Procurement Software

MAY 16, 2023

Onventis Onventis provides a Procure-to-Pay module for buyers that streamlines the procurement process from purchasing to payment. Kissflow Kissflow Procurement Cloud is a cloud-based procurement software that offers a wide range of modules to streamline purchasing processes.

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Spend Matters

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

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. This is still new territory for the profession, and not every company will have the same metrics and priorities — these will vary by industry.

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TYA Suite

MAY 23, 2025

Collaborative efforts can also identify cost-saving opportunities, such as bulk purchasing or optimized logistics, resulting in overall cost reductions for both parties. Supply chain visibility and transparency A key feature of supplier collaboration tools is enhanced visibility into the supply chain.

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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

Whether you''re a manufacturing company in China, a sourcing agent in London or a world''s leading company in Silicon Valley, we''re all in a global supply chain networks. I suggest that KPIs should rather indicate how well-orchestrated the end-to-end network is (e.g.,

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Procurement Software

JULY 18, 2023

When you think of the best purchasing software solutions for SMEs, or procurement tech in general, you probably think “expensive” This list of 15 procurement tools specifically targeted to smaller and growing businesses will prove it’s not so. It gives you full visibility of your spend data, all in one place.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 11, 2021

This begs the question: How does each system talk to the rest of the network? Further, we now have mcommerce (using mobile devices, such as smart phones and tablets, to purchase and sell goods and services) in addition to commonplace ecommerce (purchasing, selling, and exchanging goods and services through the internet).

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

It can take many forms, from automated warehouse systems that pick and pack orders, to blockchain-based smart contracts to software that automates purchasing and invoicing processes. A supply chain control tower can connect many sources of data-driven information and improve end-to-end visibility.

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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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Finale Inventory

JANUARY 27, 2025

As a crucial component of a comprehensive barcode inventory system , scanning technology enables businesses to maintain real-time visibility of their inventory movements. This instantaneous update ensures that inventory counts remain accurate and shipment tracking stays current, providing visibility throughout the fulfillment process.

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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. 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.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

This infrastructure model relies on a network of remote data centers , servers and storage systems owned and operated by a third-party service provider. Besides virtualizing servers, cloud computing uses many other forms of virtualization, including network virtualization and storage virtualization. What is a private cloud?

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Zycus Cognitive Procurement

DECEMBER 10, 2021

A Source-to-Pay cycle is a holistic approach that covers end-to-end procurement lifecycle. And the S2P software enables multiple activities such as auctions, spend analysis, purchasing categories management, purchase requisitions, sourcing events, billing and vendor relations within the same solution.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Wendy Tate, professor of supply chain management at the University of Tennessee, and coeditor-in-chief of the Journal of Purchasing and Supply Chain Management said it well , “Eliminating waste is good, but inventory isn’t necessarily the same as waste. In fact, more than 70% of B2B buyers say they are moving to remote or digital purchases.

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Spend Matters

JUNE 19, 2023

Click to enlarge The average vendor can use its analytics schema to go beyond deriving reports from transactional purchasing and invoicing data to provide deeper quantitative insights on the data, including performance modeling (e.g., normalizing/enhancing spend data for benchmarking), causal factor analysis (i.e., for risk and compliance.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 30, 2019

Digitization is driving this end-to-end approach to container transportation which Maersk CEO Soren Skou says provides greater supply chain visibility, enabling logistics providers to offer a more integrated – and profitable – approach. THE Alliance | ONE, Hapag Lloyd, Yang Ming. Their 2M partnership expires April 2020.

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Pipefy

OCTOBER 24, 2023

For all industries and companies of all sizes, purchasing plays a critical role in helping teams operate effectively. This process is fundamental for increasing efficiency, saving money, and mitigating risks — and the impact of a broken purchase process is too costly to ignore.

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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.

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Procurement Software

MARCH 5, 2024

These modules can be purchased separately or as one complete suite. It is optimised for sourcing raw materials and purchased parts in manufacturing businesses. Ravacan automates the purchased parts procurement process by consolidating part demands, providing automatic price updates, and visualising product cost changes.

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