ivalua

AUGUST 6, 2025

For many enterprise teams, managing indirect spend feels like a reactive process that’s out of sync with business goals. A unified procurement platform will help your team manage indirect sourcing with the same discipline as you manage direct procurement. What Is Indirect Procurement?

Real-time Visibility

ivalua

MAY 28, 2025

From overcoming complex challenges to spearheading innovative initiatives, their insights have inspired us to redefine the limits of what’s achievable in procurement and supply chain management! Brent Griffith Day 2: More Keynotes, Sessions, and Silent Demos!

Agile and Lean Supply Chain

Jaggaer

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Supplier Collaboration vs. Supplier Relationship Management What good is having the best suppliers if you can’t communicate well enough to leverage their products and skills? The primary goals of SRM are to foster hand-in-glove supplier relationships, manage risk, and optimize the value chain.

Collaboration

Planergy

MAY 8, 2025

Modern Spend Management and Accounts Payable software. How strategic sourcing, cost management, and cost avoidance strategies can be applied to indirect spend. 6][7][9] Procurement in 2025 is evolving fastbalancing operational demands, strategic decision-making, and digital innovation. What's PLANERGY?

Strategy

Finale Inventory

JULY 18, 2025

We'll provide actionable mitigation strategies tailored for growing e-commerce operations, with frameworks for building long-term resilience. Discover how inventory planning software and improved lead time management can transform these challenges into competitive advantages.

supply chain software solutions

Procurement Insights

MAY 10, 2025

Benefit: Improved sourcing could yield 510% cost savings on annual spend. Tariff Mitigation and Risk Management: Hansens insights on supply chain risk (e.g., For example, his archives might guide a company to diversify suppliers, avoiding high tariffs on Chinese imports (a key issue in 20242025, per Supply Chain Dive).

Procurement

Supply Chain Action Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Detect, Diagnose, Direct Figure 1 The work of managing the value network has consisted of making the best plan, monitoring issues, and responding effectively and efficiently. Figure 3, below, shows examples of both incidental/operational and systemic/strategic challenges for all three dimensions of the 3-D Cycle.

Supply Chain Efficiency

ivalua

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Ivalua Blog [ivory-search] Weathering Future Disruptions: 8 Steps to Building Supply Chain Resilience February 8, 2023 | | Manufacturing by Doug Keeley In the face of an unprecedented global crisis, Procurement stepped up to become a crucial driving force for business continuity. Create speed and transparency.

Supply chain resilience

ivalua

JUNE 26, 2023

Blog » Procurement on the Thames: Ivalua’s London Summer Symposium June 26, 2023 | | Thought Leadership by Eloise Barnum As businesses navigate through supply chain disruptions, high inflation, and sustainability initiatives, procurement, and supplier management has taken center stage in driving change.

Supply Chain Efficiency

ivalua

JUNE 1, 2022

From this discussion, we compiled a list of 8 critical supply chain management activities that to improve, build, and maintain supply chain resilience now and in the years to come. But building an agile, resilient supply chain doesn’t happen overnight; it requires forethought and planning.

Supply chain resilience

ivalua

MARCH 16, 2021

They discussed the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on Procurement and came up with this list of 8 critical supply chain management activities that can help Procurement teams build and maintain supply chain resilience now and in the years to come. Create speed and transparency.

Supply chain resilience

ivalua

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Best-in-Class for Healthcare Supply Chain Management? Are ERP systems better than best-in-class supply chain solutions for managing healthcare supply chains? Sustainable master data management and governance: As much as 55% of projects fail due to data management issues.

supply chain budgeting

World of Procurement blog

MAY 8, 2024

It involves identifying needs, sourcing potential vendors, obtaining quotes and proposals, negotiating contracts, selecting suppliers, managing relationships, and meeting obligations. Mitigates risk by selecting reliable suppliers, managing supplier relationships, and ensuring continuity of supply.

Strategic sourcing

ivalua

JANUARY 31, 2022

While the procurement industry is consistently evolving and shifting, supply management professionals across the globe have had to quickly prepare for change and innovation in technology, business regulations, and the general speed of commerce. . The Criticality of the Supply Chain (and Suppliers). More on that here.

Procurement

Strategic Sourceror

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Shoring up staff is a good way to increase supply chain resiliency, which companies are trying to do more of today to ensure theirs has what it takes to stay together when it's taxed in the future. Brought to you by the StrategicSourceror.

Collaboration

HICX

JANUARY 30, 2023

In a series of interviews which took place during the World Procurement Congress 2022 (WPC) in London, we spoke to a number of thought-leaders and experts from the Procurement and Supply Chain industries on their opinions on Supplier Experience Management (SXM) and the future of Procurement.

Suppliers

Supply Chain Game Changer

APRIL 15, 2020

Sometimes, digitalization requires change management, process shifts, and organizational restructuring. The inner ring & central focus areas being: Strategic Sourcing Contract Management Requisitioning Purchasing/Spot Buys Payment Spend Analysis. appeared first on Supply Chain Game Changer™.

Procurement

Una

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Understanding Offshoring, Onshoring, Nearshoring, and Rightshoring in Procurement Explore the nuances between offshoring and other approaches to procurement and how each one can impact the bottom line, supply chain resilience and overall strategic objectives.

Procurement

Empowering CPO

JUNE 30, 2023

Procurement is no longer just about sourcing goods and services; it’s about creating strategic alliances, driving innovation, and adding value to the organization. This is where the concept of managed procurement services comes into play. The role of procurement services in businesses is multifaceted.

Management

Procurement Insights

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Here are the top 3 concerns likely to dominate the agenda for CPOs in 2025: Supply Chain Resilience and Risk Management Sustainability and ESG Compliance Supply Chain Visibility Conclusion: CPOs in 2025 will need to navigate a complex, fast-changing landscape shaped by technology, sustainability, and global uncertainty.

Chief Procurement Officer

Empowering CPO

JUNE 14, 2023

It’s a strategic function that involves understanding market trends, analyzing suppliers, negotiating contracts, and managing relationships, among other tasks. Procurement is central to a business’s operations, with a purpose that encompasses cost-efficiency, quality control, risk management, and strategic sourcing.

Innovation

Planergy

JANUARY 26, 2023

How strategic sourcing, cost management, and cost avoidance strategies can be applied to indirect spend. Supplier risk is always there, but using various risk management strategies can help you minimize the impact. How to report and analyze indirect spend to identify savings opportunities.

supply chain software solutions

Empowering CPO

JUNE 9, 2023

By measuring key aspects of the procurement process, these metrics provide insights that can drive significant improvements in cost-efficiency, operational performance, and supply chain resilience. KPIs make the procurement process more transparent and manageable. Case Study: Successful Application of Procurement KPIs A.

Procurement

Empowering CPO

JUNE 27, 2023

This facilitates better supplier relationship management, enhances transparency, and enables effective supplier performance monitoring. Strategic Supplier Management: Digital tools enable comprehensive supplier performance monitoring and evaluation. These systems offer a centralized source of data for spend analysis.

Real-time Visibility

ivalua

MAY 30, 2023

Ivalua Spend Management Insights [ivory-search] 3 Powerful Ways Procurement will Drive the 2030 Saudi Vision Transformation May 30, 2023 | | Procurement Strategy by Sara Omer What is the Saudi Vision 2030 Program? Developing and executing category strategies is critical to effective strategic sourcing.

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