Jaggaer

MAY 8, 2025

I am a big believer in procurement getting involved as early as possible in new product development based on all the market knowledge available. The worst-case scenario is product engineering developing a new product, selecting a supplier and then telling procurement to get on with negotiation.

Supply Chain Optimization

Jaggaer

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Supplier Collaboration: Driving Innovation and Competitive Advantage In today’s hyper-connected global economy, where supply chains span continents, and industries are interlinked globally, supplier collaboration serves as the foundation to drive innovation and create a future-ready organization. What is supplier collaboration?

Collaboration

Procurement Software

JULY 6, 2025

Think of common indirect categories: IT infrastructure Facilities management Capex for machinery & equipment Property maintenance Fabricated spare parts Promotional goods All of these require skilled negotiation to avoid costs that would otherwise hit the company’s budget. There’s no foolproof method.

Procurement

Jaggaer

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Supplier Collaboration for Agility Your world is characterized by dynamic market conditions, shifting customer demands, new technologies, rapidly changing regulations, and frequent supply chain disruptions. Decision-makers must plan supply chain resilience strategies for a wide range of risk scenarios.

Collaboration

TYA Suite

MAY 23, 2025

Managing a successful supply chain requires more than just ensuring products are delivered on time its about building strong, effective partnerships with your suppliers. Supplier collaboration is essential for optimizing supply chain performance and achieving long-term business success.

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TYA Suite

MAY 13, 2025

The procurement team reviews these requests to ensure theyre aligned with the companys budget and strategy. Typically, a manager or procurement officer will examine the request to ensure it fits within the budget and complies with company policies. If necessary, they may suggest alternative solutions or adjustments to save costs.

Procurement

Procurement Software

JUNE 1, 2025

They understand product development cycles, marketing strategies, and operational challenges. Modern procurement teams compete for executive attention and budget allocation. Blockchain As supply chains demand greater transparency, knowledge of blockchain becomes ever more necessary.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 15, 2025

Reasons to Invest in Excellent Customer Service for Your Online Store Call center outsourcing services help many businesses by reducing costs, streamlining operations, and delivering consistently excellent service. In this article, we look at how customer service outsourcing can positively impact your supply chain 1.

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TYA Suite

MAY 13, 2025

Is your procurement process draining your budget? This is why procurement cost reduction is not just an option; its a necessity. By reducing procurement costs, businesses can increase profit margins without raising prices or cutting corners. Cost control helps avoid overbuying, unnecessary stock, or duplicate purchases.

Strategy

Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Outsourcing fulfillment also means that your business will have more time to focus on other aspects of your operations, such as product development or marketing. Automating these processes can help to significantly reduce the amount of time it takes for orders to be fulfilled, as well as improving accuracy and customer service.

Order Fulfillment

Finale Inventory

AUGUST 7, 2025

Purchase Order Optimization Product profitability analysis reveals which items deserve more investment and which should be scaled back. Marketing Resource Allocation Marketing budgets yield better returns when allocated based on contribution margin rather than gross revenue. What Is Profitability Analysis?

Real-time Visibility

Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 2, 2025

Setting these strategies in place will help identify potential issues before they can develop into costly breakdowns, ensuring smooth operations. Supply Chain Management Poor supply chain management can be one of the biggest working challenges for plant managers. appeared first on Supply Chain Game Changer™.

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Finale Inventory

JULY 18, 2025

" —Joseph McClaren, Data Analyst @ Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Seamless Handoff The strength of Finale's approach lies in its ability to export clean supplier purchase order data directly into your preferred production planning and scheduling software or MRP module.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 27, 2025

The process involves promoting the benefits of partnering up with injection molding companies to potential clients who are typically manufacturers or product developers. Originally written for Supply Chain Game Changer and published on November 9, 2023. appeared first on Supply Chain Game Changer™.

Supply Chain Efficiency

SCMDOJO

JANUARY 30, 2023

From tech giants to manufacturing leaders, the top 10 CEOs in the supply chain industry have blazed a trail of success. The Top 10 CEOs Who Have Worked As Supply Chain Professionals 1. Tim Cook Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple, has a background in operations and supply chain management. Don’t forget!

Agile and Lean Supply Chain

Supply Chain Opz

JUNE 1, 2014

Supply chain planning has been recognized as one of the best practices due to the force behind globalization and higher level of competitions. Considerable cost savings can be achieved when it''s implemented properly. Is this the scope of supply chain planning?

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Supply Chain Opz

JUNE 1, 2014

Professionals in supply chain management use various methods to identify best practices to improve the operations. In order to accelerate the learning, this article has gathered 20+ most sought-after supply chain case studies, analyzed/categorized them by industry and the findings are presented.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain

Supply Chain Opz

JUNE 1, 2014

Supply chain planning has been recognized as one of the best practices due to the force behind globalization and higher level of competitions. Considerable cost savings can be achieved when it''s implemented properly. Is this the scope of supply chain planning?

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

JANUARY 16, 2024

To remain competitive in today’s relentlessly paced and ever-expanding marketplace, companies must think carefully about what products they’re developing and how they’re developing them, continuously iterating their processes to maintain a competitive edge. These seven stages of product development are: 1.

Product development

Procurement Leaders

MARCH 26, 2024

For many procurement and supply chain leaders, it is standard practice to involve suppliers early when developing new products and services. Part of the explanation was the then famous ‘Toyota Production System’, an approach to organising manufacturing and logistics efficiently and without waste. But does it work?

Suppliers

Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 10, 2018

Supply chain collaboration is a hot topic today and no wonder: companies that collaborate effectively across the supply chain have enjoyed dramatic reductions in inventories and costs, together with improvements in speed, service levels, and customer satisfaction. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

Collaboration

Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 25, 2021

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. For decades, forward-thinking supply chains were defined by how robust their investments into Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) was. What are Supply Chain Management Platforms? Get Our EBOOK HERE.

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The Good Spending

AUGUST 16, 2022

Why is supply chain collaboration essential? Once, I was asked what makes the supply chain important to a company. Shadow procurement, supply chain, and logistics have become standard for many companies. The supply chain is the most collaborative function in the business.

Supply Chain Efficiency

Procurement Templates

JUNE 18, 2023

Strategic sourcing: Adopting strategic sourcing practices enables procurement to analyze the entire supply chain and identify cost drivers. By understanding the components and processes that contribute to the final product’s cost, procurement can explore opportunities to optimize and reduce expenses.

Procurement

Supply Chain Game Changer

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. What is Product (or Master) Data Management? The following Product Information Management (PIM) article was written by guest author Alex Borzo, a content contributor at Amber Engine , a software company passionate about eCommerce. Subscribe Here! Email Address. Get Our EBOOK HERE.

Inventory

SupplyShift

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

On November 2nd – 3rd, SupplyShift held its third annual Summit, joining business leaders from across the world to share their knowledge, lessons learned, and best practices on tackling today’s biggest supply chain sustainability issues. Check out our roundup of supply chain sustainability collaborations and industry groups.

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SupplyShift

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

On November 2nd – 3rd, SupplyShift held its third annual Summit, joining business leaders from across the world to share their knowledge, lessons learned, and best practices on tackling today’s biggest supply chain sustainability issues. Check out our roundup of supply chain sustainability collaborations and industry groups. .

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Supply Chain Opz

MARCH 31, 2015

Modern purchasing executives take part in value creating initiatives such as performance improve program, cost reduction program and new product development program. Patterson 5) Purchasing and Supply Chain Management: Analysis, Strategy, Planning and Practice by Arjan J. Monczka, Robert B. Handfield, Larry C.

Purchasing

Supply Chain Game Changer

APRIL 25, 2022

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. How to Reduce Software Development Cycle Time! The easiest way to receive such service is to hire dedicated development team. A specialized development staff, on the other hand, saves time and money. Your product development budget won’t go over.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 30, 2022

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. How to Reduce Software Development Cycle Time! It’s no secret that the software development process can be long and arduous. You can hire a consultancy firm, you can work with a software development company , or you can DIY it. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 8, 2021

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Here at Supply Chain Game Changer our fundamental mission is to share experiences and expertise for the benefit of all. Supply chain is both deep and broad. I read multiple magazines and supply chain blogs to keep current. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

Supply Chain Efficiency

ivalua

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Strong supplier relationships lead to new product development and innovation, as well as reduced costs and increased efficiencies. Product quality improves and the supply chain is more likely to keep humming along, despite disruptions caused by global or political events — which seem to be common these days.

Suppliers

Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. 5 Things Startups Must Know Before Launching a Minimum Viable Product (MVP)! Product innovation is at the center of many success stories. Every product that exists now, or that existed before, was once an innovation. The post How to Create Successful and Innovative Products!

Innovation

Supply Chain Game Changer

APRIL 26, 2020

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. As such we have introduced our “ Seasoned Leadership in Action ™” Interview series at Supply Chain Game Changer.

Leadership

IBM Supply Chain Blog

APRIL 25, 2024

BPR examples: Use cases Streamlining supply chain management Using BPR for supply chain optimization involves a meticulous reassessment and redesign of every step, including logistics, inventory management and procurement.

Supply Chain Efficiency

Supply Chain Trend

OCTOBER 29, 2021

If we look back over the history of supply-chain planning, we can properly say we are in the third wave of integrated supply-chain planning software (Van Hove, 2019). To become autonomous, supply chains require the new technology of Wave 3 planning systems, which we think of as systems of intelligence.

Supply Chain Optimization

Supply Chain Trend

DECEMBER 4, 2016

To get some answers for S&OP practitioners, Niels van Hove from Supply Chain Trend interviewed a group of S&OP leaders. Supply Chain Trend will publish a weekly Q&A with these S&OP leaders. The second fallacy is that people believe it is a supply chain process.

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