Arkestro

DECEMBER 26, 2024

By automating routine work, procurement professionals can focus on high-impact tasks like strategic sourcing and relationship building with key suppliers. Strategic sourcing prioritizes developing long-term, value-driven relationships with suppliers rather than just chasing the lowest price.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

MARCH 2, 2025

Let’s set sail on a journey towards efficient and effective supply chain management. By harnessing the power of data analytics and strategic insights, organizations can proactively mitigate the impact of tariffs on their supply chains while enhancing‍ operational efficiency and cost-effectiveness.

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Jaggaer

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

However, the top three procurement challenges featured in the Hackett Group report demand immediate attention: slashing spending costs, securing supply chain resilience, and modernizing outdated operating models. Solutions: Strategic Sourcing: Move beyond transactional purchasing and embrace strategic sourcing.

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Procurement Insights

JANUARY 3, 2025

20152020: Procurement Gains Strategic Recognition Emergence of Strategic Sourcing : CFOs began to recognize procurement’s role in driving long-term value through strategic sourcing, supplier relationships, and risk management. Analytics and insights from procurement data were minimal.

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

A purpose-built solution can enforce proper governance and standards, automate master data optimization activities, identify product standardization opportunities, and automate category management for strategic sourcing in supply chain. Demand planning capabilities. Best-in-Class Beats Single-Stack.

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Strategic Sourceror

JULY 24, 2022

A Blog for Procurement, Supply Chain and Purchasing Professionals, sponsored by Corcentric , a leading Procurement Service Provider, specializing in Strategic Sourcing, Procurement Resources and Procurement Advisory. Brought to you by the StrategicSourceror.

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World of Procurement blog

MAY 8, 2024

Cost Savings - The total cost reduction achieved through strategic sourcing, price negotiations, product rationalization etc. Risk Management : With global supply chain disruptions, procurement is prioritizing supplier risk assessment and mitigation. Dual sourcing and supply chain digitization can help.

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Planergy

MAY 8, 2025

How strategic sourcing, cost management, and cost avoidance strategies can be applied to indirect spend. 2][6] Procurement Automation Strengthened Supply Chain Resilience In a volatile global market, supply chain resilience is top of mind. Available at: [link]. ” Gartner.

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Strategic Sourceror

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Shoring up staff is a good way to increase supply chain resiliency, which companies are trying to do more of today to ensure theirs has what it takes to stay together when it's taxed in the future. Brought to you by the StrategicSourceror.

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ivalua

JANUARY 31, 2022

CPO’s and CFO’s will join forces to combat inflation and supply risk, supply assurance will be perceived as more important than price, convenience and customer service gaining significant popularity, and vigilance against commodity and supply market manipulation will be critical. #3. More on that here.

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Procurement Insights

MAY 10, 2025

This supports practitioners in making data-driven, strategic decisions that lead to measurable business improvements. Risk Mitigation: Access to historical disruption patterns and supplier performance data helps organizations anticipate and avoid costly mistakes, improving supply chain resilience.

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Jaggaer

OCTOBER 24, 2024

This resilience can be defined as “ the ability of a central procurement and supply management function to prepare for unexpected events, respond to disruptions, recover, and emerge even stronger. ” Manufacturers cannot foresee every risk, inconvenience, or disaster, but they can equip themselves to handle the unexpected and come out on top.

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Una

OCTOBER 12, 2023

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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HICX

JANUARY 30, 2023

The aim of this 3-day congress was to ‘challenge the status quo’ and amplify the voices of those that are ‘pushing the boundaries on innovation, ESG and supply chain resiliency’ as they ‘deliver fresh insights, challenge conclusions, and provide action plans and recommendations’.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

APRIL 15, 2020

The inner ring & central focus areas being: Strategic Sourcing Contract Management Requisitioning Purchasing/Spot Buys Payment Spend Analysis. One of the best ways to support supply chain resilience is to ensure that you’re preemptive. That means you need to know your supplier.

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Empowering CPO

JUNE 30, 2023

In the current business scenario, where market dynamics are constantly changing, and supply chain resilience is being tested, managed procurement services have gained significant relevance. But in today’s complex business environment, procurement services have evolved beyond these basic functions.

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Procurement Insights

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Here are the top 3 concerns likely to dominate the agenda for CPOs in 2025: Supply Chain Resilience and Risk Management Sustainability and ESG Compliance Supply Chain Visibility Conclusion: CPOs in 2025 will need to navigate a complex, fast-changing landscape shaped by technology, sustainability, and global uncertainty.

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Empowering CPO

JUNE 14, 2023

It is a strategic process that involves identifying business needs, sourcing suppliers, negotiating contracts, managing supplier relationships, and ensuring the timely delivery of high-quality products or services. Market volatility, globalization, and changing customer expectations have made procurement more complex than ever before.

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Planergy

JANUARY 26, 2023

How strategic sourcing, cost management, and cost avoidance strategies can be applied to indirect spend. As the pandemic showed us, things happen to shake things up at the global level, and companies that were prepared and could pivot quickly were the most successful regarding supply chain resilience and business continuity.

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Empowering CPO

JUNE 9, 2023

By measuring key aspects of the procurement process, these metrics provide insights that can drive significant improvements in cost-efficiency, operational performance, and supply chain resilience. For example, cost-saving metrics can help identify opportunities to reduce expenses and increase profitability.

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Empowering CPO

JUNE 27, 2023

External Data Sources: External data sources, such as market data, industry benchmarks, economic indicators, and supplier directories, provide valuable context for spend analysis. Incorporating external data enhances the understanding of market trends, benchmarks performance, and identifies opportunities for strategic sourcing.

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Supply Chain Action Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Consider these examples: At one food distributor , 96% of disruptions were identified within one hour, and quickly resolved, leading to a 65% reduction in disruption response times, supported by visibility on a platform across demand planning, supply planning and WMS.

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