Spend Matters

JULY 7, 2025

This article covers phase 3 of our series: Improving expense management for financial forecasting and control – A Finance–Procurement alignment approach. In earlier phases ( phase 1 and phase 2 ), we identified how expense management misalignments can erode budget accuracy, delay financial reporting, and leave policy enforcement lagging spending behavior.

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Procurement Insights

JULY 7, 2025

The following is a preliminary, high-level Hansen Fit Score Assessment of Capgemini CEO Aiman Ezzat ‘s announcement regarding their company’s acquisition of WNS, and its implications for the Procurement and Supply Chain World. “This morning, we announced that Capgemini has entered into an agreement to acquire WNS to create a global leader in Agentic AI-powered Intelligent Operations.

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CPO Rising

JULY 7, 2025

Join Ardent Partners and apexanalytix on July 16th (11 AM ET) as they discuss Proactive Supplier Risk Management Requires a Solid Data Foundation. In today’s complex, global supply chain environment,… The post NEW WEBINAR: Proactive Supplier Risk Management Requires a Solid Data Foundation appeared first on CPO RISING - THE SITE FOR CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICERS & LEADERS IN SUPPLY MANAGEMENT.

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Procurement Insights

JULY 7, 2025

Between 2007 and 2025, Procurement Insights archives reflect a remarkable evolution in the procurement and supply chain industry—from basic cost and operational concerns to strategic, tech-driven, and resilience-oriented priorities. Here’s how the coverage informs our understanding: Evolution from Tactical to Transformational 1. Early Years (2007–2012) Focus: Cost reduction, globalization, basic supplier management Early posts like “Double Marginalization and Decentralized Supply Chain” (2007) h

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Product lead time is crucial in the life sciences industry and represents a key consideration for customers’ purchasing decisions. For this reason, BD Biosciences aimed to optimize its global supply and distribution network to reduce delivery lead time to customers and optimize its global inventory. How was BD Biosciences successful in reducing global distribution lead times between 30% and 60% in addition to: Increasing agility to prioritize urgent and ad-hoc customer requests Increasing global

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Supply Chain Dive

JULY 7, 2025

The facility will process, pack and ship beef to distribution centers to serve the retailer's Midwest stores.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

JULY 7, 2025

 In today’s episode of Women in Supply Chain I’m joined by Lina Castaneda, Chief Customer Officer at Tai Software and a Certified ScrumMaster® and Scrum Product Owner®. With over a decade of expertise spanning customer experience, service delivery, technical support, and quality assurance, Lina applies her deep knowledge to drive customer satisfaction and operational excellence.

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Supply Chain Dive

JULY 7, 2025

The Trump administration plans to reinstate the levies Aug. 1 after alerting individual trading partners of their specific duty rates starting Monday.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 7, 2025

Subscribe Dovetailing Bitcoin and DODO: Proactive Market Maker Insights! Cryptocurrency has emerged as a revolutionary force in the financial sector, offering the promise of decentralized, secure, and efficient transactions. However, as the popularity of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology has grown, so have the threats and risks associated with them.

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ContractSafe

JULY 7, 2025

Break out the shades and crank up the A/C — ContractSafe is on fire in the G2® Summer 2025 Grid Report! We’re not here to humblebrag. We’re here to loud-and-proud shout from the rooftops: our users love us , and G2 just dropped the receipts.

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 7, 2025

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“What should we do about the tariffs?” There’s no straightforward answer — every leader has a different expectation. CFOs want numbers. COOs want action. CEOs want strategy. And supply chain and procurement leaders need to be ready with the right response — fast. That’s why GEP has created a simple three-part framework that will help CPOs and CSCOs brief the board and C-suite with clarity and confidence.

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