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

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Procurement and supply chain management are often used interchangeably—but in practice, the lines between them can blur in ways that create real friction. In this blog, we cover the key differences between procurement and supply chain management, and explain where the biggest disconnects typically occur.

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Procurement vs Purchasing: Key Differences, Workflows, and Enterprise Risks

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Understanding these differences is essential for businesses that want to optimize operational efficiency and safeguard against costly errors. Aligning procurement and purchasing ensures efficiency, cost control, and reduced risk across the organization. What is Procurement?

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The Supply Chain Transparency Challenge: Report Highlights Gap between Procurement Organisations’ Transparency Ambitions and their Capabilities

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The majority of organizations consider supply chain transparency to be a top priority, however less than a third are satisfied with the level of visibility into their suppliers. Most organizations continue to suffer from severely limited visibility in the lower levels of their supply chains.

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Körber strengthens strategic and operational procurement with Ivalua and OptiBuy

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In recent years, Körber’s global supply chain management network has been intergrated increasingly into all relevant processes – from product development to requirements processing – due to its significant contribution to the company’s success.

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Source-to-Pay Digital Transformation: Roadmap for Efficiency and Resilience

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JAGGAER characterizes the steps in this process as Spend Management, Category Management, Sourcing , and Contracts. Secondly come eProcurement, Supply Chain Collaboration, Invoicing, and Payments. Digital S2P platforms provide real-time insights into supplier performance, contract compliance, and spending patterns.

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Using Digitization to Unlock Supply Chain Value for Manufacturers

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This function must simultaneously balance cost reduction, quality, and assurance of supply in their quest to maximize profits. . Procurement needs digitization at its core to enable automation, efficiency, and innovation within the supply chain. Digitization Benefit #3: Total Spend Management.

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How to Improve Your Indirect Spend Management Strategy

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Indirect spending includes everything from office supplies and travel accommodations to IT services, paid ads, and wages for the people who clean the office. Different departments handle different purchases without much transparency across departmental lines. Create vendor and supplier expense management policies.