World of Procurement blog

APRIL 23, 2024

Procurement analytics is the process of collecting, processing, and analyzing data related to an organization's purchasing activities to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and provide valuable insights into supply chain operations. This can be broken down by suppliers, departments, or individual goods and services.

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World of Procurement blog

APRIL 23, 2024

Procurement analytics is the process of collecting, processing, and analyzing data related to an organization's purchasing activities to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and provide valuable insights into supply chain operations. This can be broken down by suppliers, departments, or individual goods and services.

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NLPA (Next Level Purchasing Association)

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

In today’s dynamic business landscape, category management in procurement has become an essential weapon for procurement teams seeking to optimize spend, strengthen supplier relationships, and drive growth. This is where category management in procurement emerges as a game-changer.

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Arkestro

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Resources / Blog / From Reactive to Proactive: How Predictive Procurement Reshapes the Industry From Reactive to Proactive: How Predictive Procurement Reshapes the Industry The procurement workload is expected to increase by 10.6% How does Predictive Procurement Orchestration Work? The result?

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World of Procurement blog

APRIL 23, 2024

Procurement plays a crucial role in the operational efficiency and sustainability of a business. From managing supplier relationships to ensuring cost-effective purchasing, the performance of the procurement function can significantly impact a company's bottom line and reputation.

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World of Procurement blog

APRIL 23, 2024

Procurement plays a crucial role in the operational efficiency and sustainability of a business. From managing supplier relationships to ensuring cost-effective purchasing, the performance of the procurement function can significantly impact a company's bottom line and reputation.

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Empowering CPO

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

As businesses seek agility, cost optimization, and data-driven decision-making, AI-powered solutions are becoming indispensable for procurement professionals. Procurement teams can proactively manage inventory, negotiate contracts, and mitigate risks. Data governance ensures reliable insights.

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Arkestro

JANUARY 4, 2023

In 2022, procurement faced challenges on multiple fronts. Among them were supply chain disruptions , inflation, and supply scarcity and shortages. Eager to reduce administrative busywork, procurement teams are treating the permacrisis as an opportunity to make long-sought changes along a digital journey.

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Procurement Tactics

JULY 20, 2023

This includes tasks such as creating purchase orders, managing inventory levels, tracking shipments, and reconciling invoices. Supplier order management software, also known as “ purchase order management software” is a digital solution designed to simplify and optimize the supplier order management process.

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NLPA (Next Level Purchasing Association)

JANUARY 16, 2024

Fueling Innovation : The best procurement teams don’t just buy things; they act as strategic partners. Mitigating Risk : Supply chain disruptions, quality issues, and price volatility can all pose significant threats to your business. Conclusion The role of procurement is undergoing a significant transformation.

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

How Inflation Impacts Procurement Inflation affects a number of aspects within the Manufacturing supply chain, including the ability to compete in the market, financial performance, and overall strategy. Manufacturers, take charge of your supply chain! Let’s explore further.

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NLPA (Next Level Purchasing Association)

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

A successful procurement transformation involves a strategic overhaul of processes, technologies, and approaches to achieve greater efficiency, cost savings, risk management, and value creation. Procurement teams equipped with risk management tools can ensure business continuity and minimize potential negative impacts.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

They consider factors—like supplier performance or sustainability —that support long-term partnerships, advance business needs and increase purchasing power. Successful strategic sourcing often results in process optimization, cost management, customer satisfaction, risk management , increased sustainability and other benefits.

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Pipefy

JANUARY 9, 2023

Supply chain risks heightened by geopolitical conflict. These are just some of the many challenges procurement teams have had to face since the pandemic and throughout 2022. 5 procurement trends for 2023. This presents a very real economic cost for companies already faced with a lack of procurement resources.

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Procurement Tactics

JUNE 28, 2023

In this article, we are going to explore what procurement tracking is, its importance in business and the tools to be used when conducting it for its efficient execution. These elements are the main focus of monitoring the procurement process of your company and are the factors that determine whether the procurement is efficient and feasible.

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Una

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

These “back-office” workers were seen primarily as clerical support, entering and tracking purchase orders and researching suppliers. And, like Milton, management assumed procurement people were happily left alone in dank office spaces, content having their red staplers by their side. Business goal & strategy alignment.

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Spend Matters

OCTOBER 19, 2023

We are pleased to announce that the recognized Future 5 providers are: akirolabs — Founded by procurement veterans, akirolabs is a Berlin-based digital solution that helps transform procurement from a tactical function to a value orchestrator. Its founders have extensive supply chain and enterprise technology experience.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

A procurement strategy allows an organization to navigate an increasingly complex global supply chain, adapt swiftly to market fluctuations, and achieve cost optimization, operational efficiency and growth. In addition, a well-crafted procurement framework fosters innovation and sustainability. Be flexible.

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Arkestro

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Getting a Thanksgiving dinner from farm to table is an intricately complex affair for food and beverage procurement teams, with supply chain shortages, inflation, and rising food costs affecting consumer decisions all playing a part. Supply chain, logistics, and supply all dictate how the market price shapes up.

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Una

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Optimize business cashflow by reducing inaccuracies and inefficiencies in the P2P process. . Lean procurement teams pick their goals and targets with care when building their lean procurement strategies , focusing on achievable and high-impact activities such as tackling tail spend. . Create strategic focus.

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Pipefy

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Strategic procurement, or procurement strategic planning, is a data-driven process that helps businesses align procurement and business goals. The result is greater supply chain predictability, more accurate decision-making, and better business agility. What is strategic procurement?

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Arkestro

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

We’ll define autonomous procurement and explain its business impact, then highlight how Arkestro’s Predictive Procurement Orchestration platform is helping organizations quickly find procurement opportunities and deliver value for the business. What is autonomous procurement? Why is autonomous procurement important?

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ivalua

MAY 11, 2021

The research firm asked more than 400 respondents across Europe, the Middle East and Africa 12 questions related to some key themes: What are the strategic priorities of purchasing departments in the region? El-Jawahari, procurement’s priorities have shifted in the Middle East since the pandemic’s onset.

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Arkestro

JANUARY 18, 2023

Since raw materials are expensive—accounting for anywhere from 50% to 70% of sales revenue for chemical companies —procurement is in the spotlight. But beyond impacting cost, factors like economic uncertainty, supply chain disruption, and changing consumer preferences are transforming procurement in the industry.

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Planergy

JULY 5, 2022

ESG In Supply Chain: Creating a Sustainable Value Chain. Ethical Sustainability & Responsibility Procurement. ESG In Supply Chain: Creating a Sustainable Value Chain We all know just how valuable the supply chain is. That’s where procurement’s role becomes so crucial.

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Arkestro

DECEMBER 12, 2023

It’s a time that can be both exciting and stressful for retailers, especially when many procurement teams face supply shortages, staffing shortages, and other day-to-day challenges. Then, we’ll share some tips on how retailers can streamline and optimize procurement to ensure a successful holiday shopping season.

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Spend Matters

JANUARY 16, 2024

As costs continue to spiral upwards and supply chain disruptions become the new norm, procurement leaders must grapple with the dual responsibility of achieving cost savings while considering broader strategic initiatives, such as risk management, sustainability and nurturing vital supplier relationships.

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Procurement Tactics

JULY 2, 2023

A formal contract document that contains the detailed requirement for purchasing and obtaining goods and services, a job order is utilized with a view to ensuring that the desired goods or services are acquired in an orderly and efficient way. To continue to optimize procurement processes, implement these lessons in future job orders.

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Pipefy

JANUARY 30, 2024

To do so, procure-to-pay trends point to an increased focus on three key areas: technology, collaboration, and sourcing. Below is a rundown of the three procure-to-pay trends shaping 2024. The Definitive Guide to Procure-to-Pay Optimization Download free guide 1.Greater

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Una

OCTOBER 9, 2023

How to Implement a Strategic Sourcing Process A play-by-play manual showing how to implement a strategic sourcing process that aligns with your organization’s goals, optimizes spend, and creates long-term value. By proactively addressing risks, organizations can safeguard their supply chains and drive efficiencies.

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ivalua

DECEMBER 14, 2020

The pandemic wreaked havoc on businesses and their supply chains, but even in these trying times, there’s a silver lining. The job of sourcing professionals is to understand the risk in the supply chain and manage it so they can react quickly when a problem occurs.” Start by Putting the Right Technology in Place.

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Una

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Value Creation Through Digital Transformation in Procurement. The recent global pandemic exposed many economic vulnerabilities, not the least of which were weaknesses in many supply chains. In fact, it’s become necessary to meet the growing global challenges of rising costs from supply chain disruptions.

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Una

JUNE 22, 2023

Taking an Advisory Approach to Procurement An inside look at how Una, the nation’s fastest growing group purchasing organization, works to take an advisory approach to procurement. Far too often, however, procurement departments are overworked and understaffed.

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Arkestro

MARCH 27, 2024

After years of focusing on cost reduction, the majority of procurement leaders say they plan to spend more and increase workloads in 2024, meaning procurement buyers will have more power to influence change and optimize spend across the entire supply chain. But what does a procurement buyer do, exactly?

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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.

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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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Una

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

But with a group purchasing organization working behind the scenes to save you money, time, and effort, there’s a golden opportunity to put your valuable time to better use. Below, we suggest 11 things you could be doing while your GPO takes care of time-consuming procurement tasks.

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