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Procurement 101: Your Essential Guide to Strategic Sourcing

World of Procurement blog

Metrics : Procurement tracks savings, efficiencies, supplier performance, and risk. Procurement is strategically important because it: Drives significant cost savings through economies of scale, supplier negotiations, and process efficiencies. Increases efficiency by standardizing, streamlining, and automating processes.

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3 ways collaboration can make supply chains more durable

Strategic Sourceror

This was a sentiment shared by just about every product-based company during the pandemic, when the efforts designed to stamp out COVID-19 wound up wiping out supply chains more than anything else. Many of those supply chains remain in rough shape in a variety of respects, from raw materials being hard to come by to staffing shortages.

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Understanding Offshoring, Onshoring, Nearshoring, and Rightshoring in Procurement

Una

Understanding Offshoring, Onshoring, Nearshoring, and Rightshoring in Procurement Explore the nuances between offshoring and other approaches to procurement and how each one can impact the bottom line, supply chain resilience and overall strategic objectives.

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Supply Chain Risks: Different Types and How To Mitigate Them

Planergy

How strategic sourcing, cost management, and cost avoidance strategies can be applied to indirect spend. Here we’ll discuss various potential supply chain disruptions and what you can do to mitigate the risks to keep your business up and running throughout whatever circumstances are thrown your way.

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Procurement Metrics: Key Performance Indicators for Success

Empowering CPO

It is the process of sourcing, negotiating, and purchasing the goods and services a business requires to carry out its operations. This can range from raw materials for production, to office supplies, to strategic partnerships. Understanding Procurement Metrics A.