Spend Matters

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Today, for procurement organizations too, applying an AI-first approach has become imperative, especially in the source-to-pay process. Generative AI, in particular, offers transformative potential in optimizing source-to-pay processes. And the maximum value can be extracted from these new tools through strategic integration.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Why supply chain management matters Supply chain management involves coordinating and managing all the activities involved in sourcing , procurement, conversion and logistics. A supply chain control tower can connect many sources of data-driven information and improve end-to-end visibility.

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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 . while optimizing the needs for efficiency, simplicity, visibility, and compliance. But there are two issues in practice.

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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 buyer can also source capital from banks or other financial providers at a lower cost or interest. . When this happens, it results in more visibility throughout the physical supply chain.

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ivalua

OCTOBER 29, 2019

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. Government agencies have to facilitate transparency and openness while never losing sight of why that visibility is needed.

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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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IBM Supply Chain Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

It can nurture collaborative partnerships with suppliers and integrate ethical and environmental (green purchasing) considerations into the sourcing strategy. A procurement strategy is a structured plan that an organization develops to guide its purchasing process in a way that aligns with its business needs.

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Pipefy

DECEMBER 20, 2023

This also leads to more advantageous strategic sourcing. Strategic procurement prioritizes planning and strategizing for long-term benefits across the entire procurement process and alignment with business goals, while operational procurement focuses on purchasing and sourcing services strictly for maintaining day-to-day operations.

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ivalua

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Orsay (France), September 02, 2019 – Viparis has chosen e-Procurement software vendor Ivalua and Consulting firm CKS to optimize the management of supplier relations, source-to-contract (purchase orders, calls for tender and contracts), expense analysis and measurement of Procurement performance.

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The Good Spending

APRIL 30, 2023

It provides a holistic approach to managing contracts and ensures visibility, control, and compliance at every stage. We suggest concentrating on just three topics: CLM is an integral part of the source-to-pay process. We need to have some undisputable sources of truth for suppliers, contracts, and SKUs.

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Arkestro

JUNE 6, 2023

Here are just a few of the metrics CFOs look at when examining procurement process efficiency: Cost of Purchase Order: What are the internal costs associated with each purchase? Purchases in Time and Budget: How many purchases are on budget and on time? Procurement Cost Reduction: How are costs being reduced over time?

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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. Purchase approvals The process of approving purchases and moving them to the stage of fulfillment presents similar issues to those of requisitions.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

JULY 9, 2023

Operating in over 40 countries worldwide, SEKO lead the industry with innovative and customizable IT solutions, which provide a seamless flow of information to deliver their growing customer base true supply chain visibility. It’s about visibility, it’s about the experience.” You can increase your conversion by providing more options!”

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Spend Matters

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

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

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Supply Chain Collaborator

MARCH 16, 2020

“A surge in demand to ship the flood of crude oil unleashed by Saudi Arabia and its OPEC peers is sending freight rates surging and forcing buyers to seek out space on smaller tankers after the largest ones have been booked out, shipping sources said.

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Arkestro

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Supply Chain Visibility. Supply chain visibility is another critical issue. Visibility provides regulatory and consumer assurance in the face of issues like counterfeiting. To combat these issues, health and pharma need supply chain visibility—all the way down the supply chain. Climate change is also a massive issue.

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Spend Matters

AUGUST 31, 2023

These adjustments come in the form of license rightsizing, app consolidation at renewal and decisions about which new apps should be purchased. Not only does a high number of collaboration apps have the potential to actually hinder collaboration (a productivity cost), it’s also a huge source of wasted spend.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 3, 2021

The Coronavirus pandemic created a dramatic and highly visible disruption in that paradigm. There are many reasons for this lack of due consideration: Many Supply Chain operations, like manufacturing, purchasing, warehousing, and logistics are hands on, blue collar type jobs. Much of the training is in specific skills (eg.

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Procurement Software

APRIL 4, 2023

This is sadly missing from ERP systems, as well as some of the legacy source-to-pay suites. However, the end user and the supplier must also be placed at the centre of the user experience. To highlight this, let’s look into the source-to-pay (S2P) process to provide a working example. It’s design and feel is clunky and dated.

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Empowering CPO

JULY 16, 2023

Managed procurement services can be defined as an external service that helps streamline a company’s acquisition processes, offering an end-to-end solution that takes into account all aspects of procurement – from sourcing to payment.

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ivalua

MARCH 9, 2023

A comprehensive Source-to-Pay platform is a critical component of an organization’s IT environment. What is Source-to-Pay? The Source-to-Pay process itself is quite broad but it covers most if not all the aspects of a procurement organization, at least from a process and technology perspective.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 16, 2021

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. Real time visibility of the entire Supply Chain could be available to anyone anywhere at any time.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

APRIL 21, 2020

So much time is spent in data entry, spreadsheet creation and manipulation, chart creation, purchase order changes, labelling, reporting and more that is wasteful. You download their app, take the goods off the shelf as you need and as you leave the store your purchases are automatically billed to you. There are no cashiers.

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SupplyShift

DECEMBER 6, 2021

In the wake of supply chain disruptions and global shortages, businesses are quickly recognizing the need for greater visibility over their supply network, from documenting the origin of material components to tracking shipments. When executed properly, this invitation will cascade its way down the supply chain until it’s reached the source.

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SupplyShift

DECEMBER 6, 2021

In the wake of supply chain disruptions and global shortages, businesses are quickly recognizing the need for greater visibility over their supply network, from documenting the origin of material components to tracking shipments. When executed properly, this invitation will cascade its way down the supply chain until it’s reached the source.

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SCMDOJO

MAY 6, 2022

Many supply chain systems are closed-source, all-in-one, proprietary, expensive, and difficult to customize ( read Why ERP Sucks ). No-code platforms offer a more accessible bridge toward closing the visible gaps between crucial groups, allowing for more flexibility and directness. Get Visibility For All Stakeholders.

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Pipefy

AUGUST 1, 2023

The next step in M&E is to identify the data sources and collection methods so staff can conduct proper sampling of those sources. Data pipelines typically accept data from multiple sources, making it easy for a change in a data source to break the pipeline in the pre-processing step.

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Empowering CPO

JULY 16, 2023

Managed procurement services can be defined as an external service that helps streamline a company’s acquisition processes, offering an end-to-end solution that takes into account all aspects of procurement – from sourcing to payment.

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Pipefy

JANUARY 11, 2023

Procurement teams are now expected to perform as a strategic, value-creating business partner that improves business agility, financial visibility, process resilience, and competitiveness. Complex purchasing systems (31%). A necessity for sourcing transformation. Learn more about strategic sourcing optimization.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Many companies have already automated their front-line transactional purchasing activities. In the authors’ words, “within 5-10 years, the supply chain function may be obsolete, replaced by a smoothly running, self-regulating utility that optimally manages end-to-end workflows and requires very little human intervention.”.

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Pipefy

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Businesses use workflows to complete most tasks, from entering a purchase order to manufacturing goods and delivering a service. Visibility Each step in a workflow should be visible. This is most often achieved by mapping the process from end to end and creating a visual representation of it (more on that later).

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Supply Chain Opz

MARCH 6, 2015

However, complex supplier relationships, unreliable sources of material supply, and ever-increasing customer expectations greatly add to the expectations to select the best suppliers and conduct their operations more efficiently. One of these trends, in addition to inventory keeping, is dual/multi-sourcing.

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Jaggaer

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Attijariwafa Bank has successfully implemented a source-to-contract solution with the JAGGAER ONE platform. Taghrichte reported that JAGGAER had enabled it to maintain continuity of service throughout the pandemic while efficiently sourcing protective equipment for its staff at short notice.

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Zycus Cognitive Procurement

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Delaying non-essential and indirect purchases at the granular level like office supplies, laptop upgrades etc. You may provide better demand visibility to the vendor partner. Doing so can help reduce the end-to-end process cycle time from a few weeks to a couple of days or even a few hours. Reduce maverick spend.

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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

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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Zycus Cognitive Procurement

JULY 27, 2021

Source-to-Pay Digitization Diagnostic. 3) Tighter end-to-end integration enables fully automated processes, lower operating costs, reduction in FTEs etc. 3) Tighter end-to-end integration enables fully automated processes, lower operating costs, reduction in FTEs etc. are some of the most common questions.

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