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Procurement vs. Supply Chain Management: Differences, Challenges & Solutions

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Lack of shared data, visibility, and KPIs leads to disconnects, including poor supplier performance tracking and missed savings. Integrated platforms unify procurement and supply chain teams, improving collaboration, compliance, and supplier relationship management.

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Procurement Technology: Enterprise Solutions Driving Efficiency and ROI

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Compliance and Risk Management: The platform should help enforce policies with workflow automation, mitigate supplier risk using real-time analytics and AI, and support audit-readiness with centralized documentation and controls. Explore Ivalua’s intake management solution. View the full EnBW case study.

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The Importance of Supply Chain Visibility for Procurement

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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.

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Weathering Future Disruptions: 8 Steps to Building Supply Chain Resilience

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Below, we list 8 steps that manufacturers can take to build a more resilient supply chain in a post-covid world. Work to achieve 100% supply chain visibility. Why is visibility so important? Flexibility: Another way to reduce risk is to build flexibility into your supply contracts.

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ERP vs. Best-in-Class — What is Best for Managing the Healthcare Supply Chain

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According to the panelists, there are some key features and functionality that make best-in-class supply chain solutions a better choice for healthcare organizations: Guided procure-to-pay compliance: The concept of compliant purchasing in healthcare encompases the front-end user experience. Efficient warehouse management.

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Building Stronger Relationships: Effective Approaches to Multi-Tier Supplier Collaboration

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Key Strategies for Enhancing Collaboration From efficiently negotiating terms on a bid to determining supplier capacity in a high-risk category, supplier collaboration works to your advantage. Or it can create opportunities, like economies of scale and coordinated deliveries among smaller suppliers.

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Episode 137: Using Visibility to Combat Supply Chain Abstraction with Frank Kenney

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Frank is the Director of Market Strategy at Cleo, where he is focused on helping companies get ahead and stay ahead despite persistent supply chain complexity. The basics of group purchasing Group purchasing refers to the practice of businesses or organizations coming together to purchase goods or services at a discounted price.