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Supply Base Optimization: 6 Steps to Ensure Success

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As businesses grow and scale, oftentimes, so does their supply base and the number of suppliers they work with. As you grow, you want to optimize your supply base. According to Industry Star, most businesses spend 80 percent of their cost of goods sold (COGS) with just 20 percent of their suppliers. .

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How to Minimize Impacts from Supply Chain Disruption

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When one link in the supply chain is shut down, the effect can be felt throughout the supply chain resulting in delayed or cancelled deliveries, closed ports, drastically unbalanced supply and/or demand. This is a major byproduct of globalization, as suppliers are increasingly international.

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The Reality of Automation in Procurement!

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It helps bring predictability to Strategic Sourcing, automates Transactional Procurement (or P2P cycle), and enables proactive Supplier Risk Management. Collaborating with the suppliers without any systems would mean wasting time searching through voicemails, printed documents, and email threads to locate the needed information.