Jaggaer

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Supplier Collaboration: Fundamental to Elevating Manufacturing Performance Supplier relationships are at the heart of manufacturing performance. That’s why supplier collaboration—that consistent, trusted, and responsive interaction between supplier and manufacturer—is pivotal to manufacturing success.

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Collaboration Suppliers Supply Chain Efficiency Agile and Lean Supply Chain 52

Spend Matters

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

This meant that implementing one of the full end-to-end spend management suites was not feasible from a cost and change management perspective. That system could tell you, for example, that the company had spent $XX million with a supplier on a particular ingredient or package. It has been a home run.

Influencing 98

Influencing Procurement supply chain budgeting e2e 98

Jaggaer

APRIL 24, 2025

These shifts in consumer behavior may be small but the bullwhip exaggerates their effect the further you go up the supply chain, because each vendor along the chain from end-consumer to raw materials supplier, has greater observed variation in demand, and thus greater need for safety stock.

Demand 52

Demand Logistics Real-time Visibility Supply Chain Optimization 52

Procurement Software

MAY 16, 2023

The software automates workflows and approvals, manages supplier catalogues, and provides real-time analytics for better decision-making. The module also includes features such as contract management, invoice processing, and payment processing. They are not an end-to-end procurement software suite.

Procurement 96

Procurement Purchase orders Real-time Visibility Purchasing 96

Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 28, 2020

This is not to say that they believe Procurement doesn’t play a role, but rather that they don’t view Procurement as playing a critical role beyond cutting costs and finding suppliers. And invariably they think of Procurement as the group to go to in order to squeeze more costs out of suppliers over and over again.

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Procurement Chief Procurement Officer Supply Chain Efficiency Purchase orders 92

Jaggaer

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Or alternatively, as senior managers we only see the end results of procurement as figures on a spreadsheet or a financial statement, with little awareness of how they are arrived at and how they can be improved. To understand whats really going on we need, first, to step back and get a holistic view of the end-to-end process.

Sourcing 52

Sourcing Contract Procurement Chief Procurement Officer 52

IBM Supply Chain Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

By assessing and proactively managing risks inherent in the supply chain , organizations can shield themselves from disruptions and strengthen the resilience of their operations. Building strong supplier relationships to encourage favorable contracts and service is also a common goal.

Procurement strategies 65

Procurement strategies Strategy Procurement Agile and Lean Supply Chain 65