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Analyst eye on how purchasing must really become supply management

Spend Matters

Forty years ago, the Harvard Business review published Peter Kraljic’s article ‘ Purchasing Must Become Supply Management ,’ which debuted the supplier segmenting method that we now know as the Kraljic matrix. For example, the presence of forced labor in the supply chain has received greater scrutiny.

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Webinar Recap: Procurement 2022, Big Trends and Predictions

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While the procurement industry is consistently evolving and shifting, supply management professionals across the globe have had to quickly prepare for change and innovation in technology, business regulations, and the general speed of commerce. . Disruptions in global supply chains, labor market shortages, strong consumer demand.

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There Are Not Enough Women Supply Chain Leaders!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Women Supply Chain Leaders article and permission to publish here provided by Sam White at argentus.com. Women have made tremendous strides in the Supply Chain Management profession. Women have made tremendous strides in the Supply Chain Management profession.

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The 25 Hottest US Procurement Startups

Procurement Software

Their solution is made up of five modules: Payables Supplier management Analytics (spend, contract, and supplier intelligence) e-Sourcing Contract management Key Data: Founder / CEO: Vijay Caveripakkam Date Founded: 2019 Visit Raindrop profile in our Software Finder 4. The platform also offers supply and risk management insights.

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Selecting the right service provider partner for each one of the three steps or stages of procurement digital transformation success

Procurement Insights

Posted on August 22, 2011 (Original post date May 2007) Dangerous Supply Chain Myths Revisited (Part 7): Enabling Technology – The Emergence of the Metaprise Each day for the next seven days I will be posting parts 1 through 7 from what is considered to be one of the most popular series in the Procurement Insights Blog’s history.