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At which point should end-to-end (S2C) source-customer visibility begin in the manufacturing process?

Procurement Insights

I obviously think what EiKO is doing regarding process visibility is great – kudos to the company for its progressive customer-centric thinking. The question I have is how many organizations have the same visibility in their Source-2-Customer (S2C) process before their product becomes an order for their customers?

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Supplier KPIs | 7 Performance Indicators You Should Be Measuring

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• A procurement function without supplier performance KPIs is likely a fruitless process. While this procurement function may work in the short term, it cannot meet long-term procurement needs and changing supply chain demands. That’s why it’s […].

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Sustainability in Procurement: Strategies and Challenges

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Originally published in the 2022 ProcureCon Report “Transforming Procurement: Embracing Digital Innovation and Driving Sustainability” Ethical business practices and sustainability initiatives are forcing organizations to not only stand up, but to also set themselves apart from the competition by implementing ESG and CSR commitments.

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Supplier Order Management Software – Everything You Should Know

Procurement Tactics

Procurement Strategy Take the lead with our proven 5-step procurement strategy 3. Sustainable Procurement Maintain high profitability while moving toward sustainability 4. ChatGPT & AI Use ChatGPT to automate procurement processes 5. Negotiation Course Learn from industry experts who negotiated billion $ deals 2.

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Procurement Tracking – Everything You Should Know

Procurement Tactics

Procurement Strategy Take the lead with our proven 5-step procurement strategy 3. Sustainable Procurement Maintain high profitability while moving toward sustainability 4. What is Procurement Tracking? Procurement Tracking is the process of monitoring and managing procurement activities.

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8 Tips to Help Procurement Optimize Supplier Master Data

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Gartner predicts that by 2023, organizations that don’t optimize supplier master data management (MDM) could have wrong information for half of their suppliers! Accurate supplier master data (SMD) is essential for procure-to-pay (P2P) automation, accuracy and analytics, but connecting data to users and systems sometimes gets bumpy.

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4 smart technologies modernizing sourcing strategy

IBM Supply Chain Blog

Because organizations with strategic sourcing mindsets look beyond price and cost savings-centered supplier selection initiatives. They consider factors—like supplier performance or sustainability —that support long-term partnerships, advance business needs and increase purchasing power.

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