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Procurement Supply Chain Visibility Sustainability 
ivalua
MAY 29, 2025
Procurement and supply chain management are often used interchangeably—but in practice, the lines between them can blur in ways that create real friction. Misaligned priorities, siloed systems, and unclear ownership can directly impact key performance indicators like cost savings percentage and procurement cycle time.
ivalua
MAY 10, 2025
Enterprise procurement leaders are under more pressure than ever—juggling cost control, compliance, supplier risk, and internal complexity, all while trying to modernize outdated systems. AI, automation, and generative tools are redefining efficiency, allowing procurement teams to move from reactive to proactive decision-making.
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Supply Chain Game Changer
SEPTEMBER 5, 2022
Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Supply Chain Visibility – An Overcomplicated Challenge! A recent Deloitte survey estimated only 15% of CPO’s have visibility beyond their tier one suppliers. I found this striking that there is so little multi-tier Supply Chain visibility.
SCMDOJO
MARCH 19, 2024
Discover Ways to Boost Supply Chain Visibility through Digital Marketing Supply chain visibility is essential for providing a superior customer experience and sustaining customer loyalty over time. Each of these experiences damages the customer relationship.
SCMDOJO
MAY 7, 2024
Enhancing supply chain resilience as well as supply chain visibility is crucial in today’s interconnected world. Supply Chain Resilience refers to a supply chain’s ability to withstand and recover from unexpected events.
Jaggaer
FEBRUARY 28, 2025
Procurement Priorities for 2025 and Beyond The manufacturing industry is evolving rapidly, leaving Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) grappling with challenges that could make or break their organizations. Amid economic uncertainties and geopolitical shifts, procurement leaders face mounting pressure to drive sustained growth.
Jaggaer
DECEMBER 5, 2024
Opportunities for Procurement Technology As we look toward 2025, European businesses are reshaping their supply chains to navigate an increasingly complex global landscape. A recent report by Maersk and Reuters Events highlights that 68% of companies are making supply chain visibility and monitoring solutions a top priority.
Spend Matters
JUNE 3, 2025
The US administrations announcement of reciprocal tariffs in early April sent a jolt through global supply chains. For many Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs), the real message was clear: Volatility is back, and this time, it demands faster, more coordinated and more data-driven responses. That is where technology can help.
Supply Chain Game Changer
JULY 14, 2021
Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Featuring Our 12 Best Procurement Articles! Procurement and Sustainability are your business’ Yin and Yang. Procurement and Sustainability are two disciplines and business functions that exist in a perfectly harmonious contradiction. Procurement is Committed.
ivalua
FEBRUARY 24, 2021
What Will Impact Procurement Processes in 2021? Supply Chain Transformation is ongoing but never more important than in 2021. Supply Chain Risk and Supply Continuity: Risk moved front and center of Procurement during the pandemic, as procurement organizations grappled with constrained supply chains.
NLPA (Next Level Purchasing Association)
MAY 8, 2023
Supply chain visibility is essential for successful procurement, as it enables businesses to proactively manage risks and optimize their supply chain. By having a clear view of their entire supply chain, businesses can identify potential issues and take steps to mitigate them.
Procurement Insights
APRIL 6, 2025
EDITOR’S NOTE: This post is inspired by the following comment in a related discussion stream on LinkedIn: Conference Attendance: Past 20 Years Qualitative Trends Over 20 Years 20052010: Steady Early Growth Conferences like ISM World (founded earlier) and SIGs Procurement Technology Summit began formalizing procurement as a strategic function.
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Procurement Tactics
MAY 16, 2023
18 Must-Have Negotiation Skills For Procurement Professionals Download Course Details → Or receive our famous weekly newsletter Fourth Party Logistics — Everything You Should Know Fourth-party logistics (4PL) help businesses to optimize their entire chain. In this article, we will discuss what 4PL means.
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Procurement Software
JANUARY 26, 2025
Procurement has the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to evolve into a strategic powerhouse. Likewise, you could have a progressive organization who values and understands the contribution procurement could make. But then you blow this by futzing around trying to be a cheapskate and running procurement ops in ERP.
SCMDOJO
DECEMBER 5, 2024
Various strategic steps and procurement procedures are incurred to make informed decisions about inventory production. The 7 Stages of the Inventory Life Cycle Procurement Acquiring necessary goods and materials before starting a business is essential. This step involves donation and charity programs.
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Procurement Insights
DECEMBER 3, 2024
STAKEHOLDER (AGENT) 1 What are the top five concerns for Chief Procurement Officers? Collaborative efforts between buyers and suppliers, along with better tools, education, and incentives, can help overcome these barriers and foster a more sustainable supply chain.
ivalua
NOVEMBER 25, 2020
In August 2020 Gartner published this report “4 Tactics Procurement Can Use to Sustain Influence as Economic Conditions Improve” This blog summarizes the key points of the report which you can read in full, here. Procurement Teams Step-up. When Covid-19 hit, supply chains across the globe nearly came to a halt.
Procurement Insights
JUNE 6, 2024
– [link] The Retail Chain – Target sales decline to start the year, but it sees improvement – [link] The Consumer – Grocers pledge discounts and freezes – how, if at all, does this affect the procurement department?
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Procurement Tactics
JUNE 5, 2023
51 ChatGPT Prompts to 10X Your Productivity in Procurement Success! Negotiation Course for Procurement Learn from industry experts who negotiated billion $ deals 2. Procurement Strategy Course Take the lead with our proven 5-step procurement strategy 3. CERTIFICATE COURSES Related courses about this subject 1.
ivalua
FEBRUARY 25, 2021
What are the pros and cons, and what supply chain strategy will pave the way to higher margins, improved supply chain risk management in healthcare and improved patient care? That’s the question we set out to answer in our recent panel discussion with Procurement and Supply Chain experts.
ivalua
JANUARY 24, 2022
How do Chief Procurement Officers and their teams leverage digital transformation to take control of their data and better deliver against their strategic objectives? . Dramatic supply and demand shifts during the pandemic prioritized the need for data accuracy to solve short and long term supply chain challenges.
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Spend Matters
JANUARY 17, 2024
For several years now, Spend Matters has been collecting and publishing a series of articles about procurement, supply and services trends for the year ahead from expert tech and service providers in the market. New forms of outside-in intelligence that complements engineering, procurement and supply chain operational data.
Skill Dynamics
JANUARY 7, 2025
This article will explore key strategies for building supply chain resilience, and how Skill Dynamics can help support your business throughout this transformation. Technology is increasingly vital in increasing supply chain visibility, enabling quicker and more informed decision-making.
SCMDOJO
AUGUST 16, 2023
The ability to analyze this data enables the retail giant to make informed decisions on product procurement, inventory management, and demand forecasting. Efficient Supply Chain Practices: Automated Distribution Centers and Computerized Inventory Systems Automation is a key component of Walmart’s efficient supply chain practices.
Spend Matters
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
Categories: Procurement Systems & Architecture , Supply Chain Visibility Tags: PRO In this Spend Matters PRO Vendor Analysis, we give an overview of Circularise, a blockchain-based traceability solution that helps companies trace products and materials to verify their origins, certificates, CO2 footprints and other material data.
SupplyShift
APRIL 13, 2021
SupplyShift takes a look at three ways that supply chain professionals can drive sustainability through procurement practices. The researchers found that 50% of consumer-packaged goods (CPG) growth came from products marketed as sustainable. times faster than those without a sustainability focus in their marketing.
SupplyShift
APRIL 13, 2021
SupplyShift takes a look at three ways that supply chain professionals can drive sustainability through procurement practices. The researchers found that 50% of consumer-packaged goods (CPG) growth came from products marketed as sustainable. times faster than those without a sustainability focus in their marketing.
Supply Chain Brain
JUNE 10, 2025
Supply Chain Finance & Revenue Management Supply Chain Visibility Quality & Metrics Sourcing/Procurement/SRM Supply Chain Security & Risk Mgmt RELATED CONTENT RELATED VIDEOS Subscribe to our Daily Newsletter! Steve Carpenter is chief operating officer of Creditsafe North America.
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Jaggaer
OCTOBER 24, 2024
Enhancing collaboration pays off, both by increasing transparency with suppliers and improving the bottom line through multi-tier supply chain visibility. The Role of Communication in Supply Chain Collaboration Communication puts collaboration in motion.
Supply Chain Brain
JUNE 7, 2025
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Spend Matters
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
Bertrand agrees the rationale for supply management has become even more obvious, but he thinks that despite this not enough attention has been paid to it yet: “One could argue procurement has been heavily focused on supplier management, on ensuring they work with the most appropriate suppliers.
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Supply Chain Brain
JUNE 10, 2025
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SCMDOJO
JUNE 14, 2024
Paul Denneman , a Master APICS® Instructor with over 20 years of experience, and Maryna Trepova , a renowned procurement expert, are just a few of the instructors leading the way. Supply Chain Visibility: Gain insights into the real-time status of your supply chain, from raw materials to finished goods delivery.
Procurement Leaders
JANUARY 29, 2024
In association with SAP: Discover the actions and capabilities that are enabling leading organisations to improve supply chain visibility
Supply Chain Brain
JUNE 9, 2025
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TYA Suite
MAY 23, 2025
This could include co-developing new products, sharing market insights, or aligning on sustainability goals. This can include sharing information on supply chain disruptions, forecasting potential shortages, or developing contingency plans. It helps businesses streamline procurement, sourcing, and supplier management processes.
Procurement Insights
OCTOBER 8, 2024
” – Albert Einstein It started as a simple exercise: ask ChatGPT, “What are the Top 3 concerns for Chief Procurement Officers in 2025?” What are the Top 3 concerns for Chief Procurement Officers in 2025? What are the Top 3 concerns for Chief Procurement Officers in 2023?
SCMDOJO
JANUARY 30, 2023
The Top 10 CEOs Who Have Worked As Supply Chain Professionals 1. During her tenure as a supply chain professional, Barra has been credited with implementing a new global purchasing and supply chain system, which helped GM reduce costs and improve its supply chain operations.
SCMDOJO
APRIL 11, 2025
Implementing tracking technologies such as barcodes, RFID, and blockchain provides granular data that enhances both forecasting capabilities and overall supply chain visibility. Recession-proofing isnt just preparation for uncertaintyits a catalyst for long-term, sustainable success.
The Procuretech Podcast
JUNE 11, 2024
On this episode of The Procurement Software Podcast, host James Meads dives into the world of procurement tech startups. With over 440 solutions in our software directory over at app.procurementsoftware.site, we aim to educate procurement leaders on the vast array of software options available to them.
Procurement Software
MARCH 7, 2023
Procure-to-Pay (P2P) and Source-to-Pay (S2P) are not just fancy acronyms used by consultants, procurement and finance professionals. This reflects the increasing digitisation trend in procurement to manage both operational and strategic processes more effectively. Table of Contents What is P2P in Procurement?
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Procurement Insights
AUGUST 14, 2024
Supporting the Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) during a rail strike requires a procuretech provider that offers strong supply chain visibility, risk management, and flexibility in sourcing and logistics. Supply Chain Visibility and Risk Management 3. Flexible Procurement and Logistics Solutions 4.
Supply Chain Brain
JUNE 9, 2025
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Strategic Sourceror
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
Some of the key advantages that visibility solutions bring include: Less risk According to McKinsey, organizations that have implemented digital dashboards for their supply chain visibility needs were twice as likely to have avoided the supply chain issues that plagued the industry in the early months of 2022.
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