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The Digitalization Journey at Mars DPW Amsterdam 2022 – Sam de Frates

HICX

Automate the simple As Sam explains, “We need to break our procurement teams free from the day-to-day tasks that burden them.” In his words, “If we don’t have visibility of it, we don’t know where to go at it.” Analytics, on the other hand, done correctly, can provide this visibility.

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Predictive Procurement: Overcoming Challenges in Health and Pharma

Arkestro

During the pandemic, healthcare needed to treat people with COVID-19, and the pharmaceutical industry had to increase the production and distribution of medical supplies and vaccines. What Are the Biggest Procurement Challenges in Health and Pharma? Supply Chain Visibility. Avoid supply chain delays.

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High Speed 2’s approach to building supply chain transparency

Procurement Leaders

This includes the procurement of materials, where they come from, and the conditions in which they were produced. Supply chain resiliency is also a critical objective for HS2, as the industry contends with challenges including commodities, hyperinflation of material prices, deficits in skilled labour and changing consumption habits.