Supply Chain Trend

JUNE 29, 2023

In two articles, based on the webinar “XP&A in action: Enhancing FP&A Agility with Supply Chain Planning” , I will discuss the future of xP&A and supply chain planning. Financial professionals are supported by cloud FP&A solutions to collaborate, budget, plan, and forecast.

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NLPA (Next Level Purchasing Association)

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The root causes of these issues often stem from a clash of the following critical Supply Chain Variables: Poor Toxic Culture. The Next Level Purchasing Body of Knowledge underpins, integrates and enhances the essential components of Supply Chain Management in simple how-to-do steps. Flawed Processes. Recommended Reading.

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SupplyShift

APRIL 15, 2020

The supply chain is often cited as one of the areas where companies have significant challenges in managing and reducing emissions. For lots of businesses, most emissions lie within the supply chain, and as such, these emissions are beyond a company’s direct control (Scope 3).

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SupplyShift

APRIL 15, 2020

The supply chain is often cited as one of the areas where companies have significant challenges in managing and reducing emissions. For lots of businesses, most emissions lie within the supply chain, and as such, these emissions are beyond a company’s direct control (Scope 3). Complexity.

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ivalua

DECEMBER 14, 2020

The pandemic wreaked havoc on businesses and their supply chains, but even in these trying times, there’s a silver lining. The job of sourcing professionals is to understand the risk in the supply chain and manage it so they can react quickly when a problem occurs.” But cost reduction is no longer sufficient.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JANUARY 15, 2021

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Lead generation is a pivotal process for business growth in any industry, including supply chain and logistics. Email and LinkedIn outreach campaigns enable sales teams to reach out to prospects and quickly convert them to customers without harming a company’s budget.

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Spend Matters

JULY 24, 2023

So while this year’s report places a lot of emphasis on operating model set-up and talent management, we wish to highlight the ‘Digitization’ section because Procurement has a clear imperative to build agility and resilience into supply chains. in the 2021 study to 10.9%.” The full report can be downloaded here.

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NLPA (Next Level Purchasing Association)

MARCH 16, 2023

Spend Management is a critical function within an organization, and it involves the strategic management of the company’s spending to reduce costs, improve efficiency, and enhance profitability. We should also monitor the actual expenses against the projected spend to ensure that we are staying within our budget.”

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Strong supplier relationships lead to new product development and innovation, as well as reduced costs and increased efficiencies. Product quality improves and the supply chain is more likely to keep humming along, despite disruptions caused by global or political events — which seem to be common these days.

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Jaggaer

APRIL 14, 2020

Can the complex global supply network survive the COVID-19 pandemic? Catch the on-demand webinar on building business continuity plans and business strategies for the short, mid and long-term. This is perhaps an extreme example, but it highlights how COVID-19 is causing severe disruptions to supply chains.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

MARCH 28, 2023

Watch a webinar on cloud data warehousing Resolving the challenges of a monolithic data architecture Software vendors understand these challenges, and several have tried to address the challenges in their own way. In the meantime, learn how you can take on a new approach with cloud data warehousing by viewing the on-demand webinar.

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ivalua

MAY 6, 2021

The pandemic has accelerated this trend, with the Procurement function front and center in the fight to ensure supply chain resilience and continuity, reduce costs and protect the bottom line. Other examples include excessive price variances, duplicate invoices or superfluous approvals. 3) Optimize Decision-Making.

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NLPA (Next Level Purchasing Association)

JULY 20, 2023

This includes budgeting, forecasting, and optimizing the utilization of available funds. Cultivating strong supplier partnerships enhances collaboration, fosters innovation, and ensures a reliable supply chain. Budgeting and Forecasting: Creating budgets and accurate forecasts is crucial for strategic spend management.

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NLPA (Next Level Purchasing Association)

MAY 7, 2023

The executive component of S&OP is the eS&OP, where top management, middle managers, and specialists meet to balance supply and demand, align operational and financial planning, connect strategic planning with day-to-day sales and operations, and establish policy, strategy, risk, and budget changes via a disciplined discussion.

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NLPA (Next Level Purchasing Association)

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

This results in better negotiation outcomes, improved quality, reduced costs, and enhanced overall value delivery. Procurement teams equipped with risk management tools can ensure business continuity and minimize potential negative impacts.

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NLPA (Next Level Purchasing Association)

APRIL 5, 2023

With the increasing complexity of supply chains and the growing importance of sustainability and social responsibility, the role of procurement professionals has become more critical than ever. It involves optimizing procurement processes and reducing costs while maintaining the quality of goods and services.

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Spend Matters

MARCH 11, 2024

They have learnt that their supplies care about: shared values forward visibility data security prompt payment (which surprisingly didn’t come first) team building across multiple organizations “It’s important to remember,” she said, “that it’s a whole ecosystem of communications and that every touch point between organizations is a vulnerability.”

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ivalua

JULY 21, 2020

Procurement has been uniquely placed on the business front line of this crisis in helping to pivot supply chains from producing make-up to face masks and to finding thousands of items of remote working equipment overnight, or from manufacturing parts for car engines to ventilators.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

JANUARY 25, 2024

.” Read the “Presidio AI Framework” paper to learn how to address generative AI risks with guardrails across the expanded AI life cycle As generative AI continues to go mainstream, organizations are excited about the potential to transform processes, reduce costs and increase business value.

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NLPA (Next Level Purchasing Association)

JUNE 23, 2022

Act as a forum for disciplined discussion around setting policy, strategy, risk and budget changes. It is a multi-step process involving demand planning, supply planning, middle and top management meetings resulting in decision-making and authorization. Align operational planning with financial planning. more stable production rates.

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Jaggaer

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

For more, and to learn about all four steps of the autonomous procurement process, register for our webinar, “ Four Steps to Autonomous Procurement “ In modern procurement teams, many are wondering what will happen when AI technology is truly integrated into purchasing systems. So what does this all mean for employees? .

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Supply Chain Trend

DECEMBER 22, 2023

We will decide and response faster in our supply chain and make higher quality operational and strategic decisions. See below slide from one of my webinars. I believe that soon enough it will become a must to provide new roles to young graduates for them to be interested in working in supply chain.

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ivalua

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

And they’re not the only ones—other department heads are also increasingly budget-conscious, creating a new opportunity to partner with procurement for better budget management. The increase is directly correlated to the turbulent market caused by the pandemic, supply chain disruptions, and rapid inflation. Risk Metrics.

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

ERP vs. Best-in-Class for Healthcare Supply Chain Management? Are ERP systems better than best-in-class supply chain solutions for managing healthcare supply chains? That’s the question we set out to answer in our recent panel discussion with Procurement and Supply Chain experts. The verdict?

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The Network Effect

APRIL 16, 2015

It is difficult to come across many supply chain leaders today who do not subscribe to the principle of Demand-Driven Supply Chains. As supply chain experts we continue to write about, provide webinars, present at conferences, and assist numerous client companies to progress towards the Demand-Driven Supply Chain model.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 26, 2023

Category Management as a Strategic Procurement Function Category management is regarded as a strategic procurement function as it helps drive value for the organization, such as reduced prices and costs, supply chain risks and timescales and focusing on building supplier relationships.

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Jaggaer

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Register for our webinar, The Virtual Path to Sustainability. According to our partner EcoVadis’s Global CSR Risk and Performance Index report , depending on their industry, 50% to 80% of a company’s sustainability impact is in their supply chain. Get the details on building sustainable supplier relationships.

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NLPA (Next Level Purchasing Association)

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Case Studies in Action Walmart’s Transformation : Walmart leveraged its procurement strategy for cost savings and supply chain efficiency. This reduced costs and fostered supplier innovation. A strategic approach to procurement empowers you to navigate the ever-changing marketplace confidently.

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Jaggaer

JULY 18, 2019

Last week JAGGAER hosted a webinar reviewing the findings of our recently released 2019 Digital Procurement Survey Report. Watch the on-demand webinar . A: Cost is a huge factor in determining what technologies and tools your company uses. Sign up f or the free webinar.

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Slimstock

MARCH 26, 2019

As international supply chain executive Sara Ireton indicates in Industry Week , it’s important to recognize “the success of one partner helps the success of the other.” For example, eLearning solutions, combined with webinars and workshops, can allow professionals in the field to further their learning.

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

In a recent Ivalua webinar , Ardent Partners’ Chief Research Officer Andrew Bartolini presented Ardent Partners’ 8th annual Procurement Big Trends and Predictions, and shared findings and insights from the firm’s 2020 research and conversations he’s had with fellow analysts and procurement professionals. Our supply chains became resilient.

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