Procurement Insights

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

“In some assessments, the boldest way for companies to address climate change is to look beyond their operations and cut emissions across their value chain. That means eliminating emissions from their suppliers as well as how their customers use their products. There is more to e-procurement than software!

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Spend Matters

APRIL 16, 2025

Interviews Expanding the influence and impact of Procurement a case study featuring Ron Schnur at Utz As many procurement professionals have discovered, transforming your processes to meet todays challenges in an effective manner is not as simple as writing a new mission statement. (IO)

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Jaggaer

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Building Stronger Relationship s : Effective Approaches to Multi-Tier Supplier Collaboration A chain is only as strong as its weakest link—but what if you can’t evaluate the entire chain? Tier 1 suppliers and their suppliers—and their suppliers’ suppliers—make up an organization’s multi-tier supply chain.

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Procurement Tactics

JULY 4, 2023

It is a powerful tool that helps procurement and supply chain professionals to evaluate and negotiate pricing with suppliers effectively and favorably and achieve cost savings. Importance of Should Cost Model A should-cost model is an essential tool for procurement and supply chain organizations.

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SCMDOJO

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Introduction As global supply chains evolve, ensuring cost efficiency is crucial. One way to assess the cost performance of any function within the supply chain is through Cost Performance Index (CPI). al has highlighted the below factors and their causal relationships that influence CPI. A CPI of 0.83

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Planergy

MARCH 19, 2025

Modern Spend Management and Accounts Payable software. How AP can improve relationships with your key suppliers. Effective supplier management is essential for educational institutions. Schools rely on vendors for everythingtextbooks and classroom supplies, technology, food services, and maintenance. What's PLANERGY?

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Procurement Insights

JANUARY 3, 2025

Technology Adoption in Early Stages : Adoption of procurement software was growing but not yet widespread, with many organizations relying on manual or semi-automated processes. Procurement is no longer judged solely on cost savings but also on metrics like risk mitigation, supplier diversity, and innovation impact.

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Procurement Insights

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

o9 Solutions o9 Solutions is a robust platform focused on supply chain planning , procurement analytics, and integrated business planning. Pricing Model : Custom Quotation-Based Subscription Enterprise-Focused : Typically designed for large-scale businesses with complex supply chain and procurement needs.

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SCMDOJO

AUGUST 21, 2023

Try this as a tongue twister: “Tripping through tantalizing TikTokers, tenfold to transform your tangled supply chain!” In our digital age, where viral trends dominate, TikTok’s influence now extends to supply chain management. Discover the Top 10 TikTokers reshaping how you view supply chains.

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SCMDOJO

MARCH 24, 2025

The metric results in either a favorable or unfavorable variance, influenced by internal or external factors. 3) Supplier Evaluation Purchase Price Variance (PPV) assists in evaluating supplier relationships and managing supplier selection. It helps determine the accuracy of supplier pricing.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 11, 2021

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Cyber Security and the Digital Supply Chain! Technology has mainly driven the growth of supply chain operations throughout the years. Supply chain breaches pose a substantial danger to businesses, potentially interrupting operations and harming their reputations.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Your customers, employees and shareholders want to know you have a plan to address supply chain sustainability. Supply chain sustainability is defined as embedding environmental, social or corporate governance considerations as raw materials are sourced, converted to products and delivered to market.

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Jaggaer

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

A Complete Guide Strategic sourcing is a data-driven approach to securing the best value for your organization from its strategic suppliers. The process creates efficiencies across all spend categories, minimizes supply chain risks through improved supplier selection and awards, while giving visibility into pricing and forecasting.

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Procurement Insights

APRIL 14, 2025

Hansen’s agent-based model (ABM), notably implemented within Canada’s Department of National Defence (DND), has had a significant influence on the procurement industry by demonstrating the advantages of a people- and process-centric approach over traditional technology-led methods. Influence on the Procurement Industry 1.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

JULY 27, 2022

With a decade hallmarked so far by constant disruption, consumers are more aware of supply chain and how industry shortages , the gender gap in supply chain, and climate events impact their daily lives and local communities. A term that once only resonated with industry insiders is everywhere.

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SCMDOJO

DECEMBER 28, 2023

In the era of the Digital Retail Revolution, adaptive supply chain management is imperative amid the surge in online retail and the social commerce boom. In addition to the ever-changing marketing landscape, the supply chain often fails. You need to integrate your supply chain management systems to meet this demand.

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Procurement Insights

MAY 3, 2025

Sourcing Innovation Launch Date: June 2006 Overview: Authored by Michael Lamoureux, a Computer Science PhD, Sourcing Innovation focuses on procurement technology, strategic sourcing, and supply chain management. Content: Features posts on global sourcing, supplier ethics, and AIs role in procurement.

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Supply Chain Trend

AUGUST 13, 2020

Preview In his 2019 Foresight article, Niels van Hove examined eight technological hurdles that must be overcome to enable autonomous or ‘lights out’ supply-chain planning. He reasoned that to support such planning we need to implement a third wave of integrated supply-chain planning software. Key Points.

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Procurement Software

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

If you’re more of an audio person, we also ran a recent episode of the podcast covering some of these, which you can access here: What are the top 10 criteria to consider when buying procurement software? Or, more specifically, what type of cost model does the procurement software provider use for their pricing?

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Procurement Insights

MARCH 25, 2025

Percentage of Suppliers Responding to RFP Requests No definitive, broad-spectrum statistic exists for the percentage of suppliers who respond to RFPs across all industries. Response rates vary widely depending on industry, RFP complexity, supplier capacity, and perceived opportunity value. Would you do it?

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Procurement Insights

MAY 3, 2025

Ariba) was niche, and spreadsheets remained standard for supplier data and budgeting. 2007 97% Slight decline as early cloud solutions emerged, but spreadsheets dominated due to familiarity and cost. McKinsey: 73% of supply chain executives used basic tools, suggesting slight decline. in spreadsheet software market).

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The Network Effect

OCTOBER 31, 2014

Today I want to talk about some of the processes and management strategies that can be used to help a supply chain on the journey from ‘good’ to ‘great’ To read more about this subject and related themes, I suggest you read the new whitepaper, Supply Chain’s New World Order” , Visibility and Measurement.

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Procurement Software

JANUARY 26, 2025

Or, maybe youre suffering from Cinderella complex: not bold enough to demand an upgrade to the outdated, clunky, legacy Source-to-Pay suite interfaces that suppliers and stakeholders havent really adopted. Once we have this, CPOs or Heads of Procurement can wield more influence in strategic decision-making.

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Procurement Templates

JUNE 18, 2023

They may use various monetary and fiscal policies, such as adjusting interest rates, implementing open market operations, or controlling government spending, to influence inflation levels. Supplier diversification: Relying on a single supplier can increase vulnerability to price fluctuations.

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Planergy

MARCH 12, 2025

Modern Spend Management and Accounts Payable software. How AP can improve relationships with your key suppliers. Nearshoring: How to Choose the Best Fit for Your Business Selecting the Optimal Approach for Your Supply Chain Todays businesses must remain flexible and adaptable if they wish to survive. What's PLANERGY?

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Spend Matters

JUNE 20, 2023

This content does not express the views or opinions of Spend Matters In our previous installment on Spend Matters, we discussed the rapid evolution of Supply Chain Risk Management happening within procurement organizations. And so it should.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 3, 2022

They are far more convenient than conventional discussions and negotiations, providing procedural integrity and transparency while also lowering final prices owing to enhanced supplier competitiveness. Procurement price reductions can have a major influence on a business bottom line.

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Procurement Software

APRIL 23, 2024

Spend analytics software would be the first tech investment I’d make in a greenfield Head of Procurement role. To do this quickly and efficiently, spend analytics software is your best friend. This usually justifies the business case to invest in spend analytics software to categorise this quickly and more easily.

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Spend Matters

APRIL 4, 2024

To clarify this, Bertrand Maltaverne works through the different influences on a GenAI’s design and the degrees that a GenAI may be implemented. As detailed below, the analysts’ work in Q1 took a special interest in solution providers that tackle issues of supplier risk management.

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Procurement Tactics

JULY 23, 2023

His ideas greatly influenced the development of Kaizen. For example, in a customer service department, all employees should have identical workstations equipped with the same tools, such as computers, phones, and relevant software. Another important aspect of Kaizen in procurement is the development of strong supplier relationships.

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HICX

AUGUST 31, 2023

Table of Contents What is Supplier Information Management? What are the benefits of Supplier Information Management? It is a pivotal component of supply chains for organizations of all sizes due to the increasingly complex dynamics of today’s global market that interconnects organizations, suppliers and consumers.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 22, 2022

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. At Supply Chain Game Changer we believe in sharing experiences and expertise from people in every industry and from across the globe. Not too long after I launched Supply Chain Game Changer in 2017 it was recognized on a list of the Top Supply Chain sites by feedspot.com.

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Finale Inventory

AUGUST 22, 2024

When managing a successful business, having dependable suppliers is vital. Finding suppliers you can trust to deliver quality products on time is key for maintaining customer satisfaction and ensuring smooth operations. Understanding the Importance of Reliable Suppliers Dependable suppliers are crucial to the success of your business.

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Spend Matters

MARCH 11, 2024

Tech newcomers to PSI and Spend Matters FISCAL We met David Griffiths, CEO of FISCAL , a P2P risk management solution offering fraud forensics and SaaS risk software. Supplier Master Files have changed, he said. In every supplier base there are missing credits, he says, which can significantly impact the bottom line.

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Procurement Software

MARCH 11, 2022

Procurement tools will plug those leaky holes in your spend with external suppliers. And therein lies the problem of getting procurement to have a bigger influence on companies’ bottom line. Purchase to pay software with a mobile-first interface that busy stakeholders actually enjoy using.

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Procurement Software

MARCH 11, 2022

Procurement tools will plug those leaky holes in your spend with external suppliers. And therein lies the problem of getting procurement to have a bigger influence on companies’ bottom line. Purchase to pay software with a mobile-first interface that busy stakeholders actually enjoy using.

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Finale Inventory

JUNE 24, 2024

Furthermore, effective inventory management not only impacts customer satisfaction but also influences the overall operational efficiency of an ecommerce business. By implementing streamlined inventory processes, businesses can reduce storage costs, minimize waste, and optimize their supply chain management.

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