Spend Matters

MARCH 28, 2024

Artificial intelligence (AI) comes in many forms (for a complete history of AI in procurement see our recently published autogmentation series) and despite being a consistent ‘hot topic’ for well over a decade now, continues to grow and evolve each year in the procurement industry.

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Management Eprocurement Risk management Procurement 85

Procurement Heads

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

In some markets, inflation is actually still pretty low, in Switzerland, for example, inflation is much lower than we see in the UK and other parts of Europe but it is still increasing, so it is a serious challenge that all procurement teams are having to manage. What do you think are the key focus areas for procurement right now?

Sustainability 246

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 2, 2021

I have discussed this topic briefly with Procurement Expert Richard Beaumont in this episode of The Supply Chain Show. Topics Covered: Knowing that procurement is a complex business function that varies from an organization to another, and is unknowingly linked to. All You Need To Know appeared first on SCMDOJO.

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Procurement Templates

APRIL 10, 2022

These are key topics that you should be discussing at your weekly or monthly purchasing team meetings. Setting key metrics for all of these things and discussing them in supply chain meetings will focus on these quality deficiencies. First of all, consider when is the best time to meet with your team members during the week.

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ProcurePort

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Conservation is finally starting to become a mainstream topic. This isn’t just in business and organization, but in all aspects of society, the health of the environment is becoming more of a focal point. As such, the discussion of green practices in all aspects of business is also becoming more of an emphasis.

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Procurement 130

IBM Supply Chain Blog

JUNE 20, 2023

A rotating cast of IBM Fellows Initially, I thought of putting together a list of relevant topics and then find guests who could join me on episodes to dive deeper into each one. However, I quickly found that it was much easier to make a list of guests to invite and let each of them bring their own perspective on the topic.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

All the code is provided in the Github URL. So far, all good, your app will be able to use this secret and will be functional. Necessary components like topics, sources, destinations, and subscriptions are created in the Event Notification Instance. A subscription would be made between the topic and the destination.

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Spend Matters

MARCH 19, 2024

Artificial intelligence (AI) comes in many forms (for a complete history of AI in procurement see our recently published autogmentation series) and despite being a consistent ‘hot topic’ for well over a decade now, continues to grow and evolve each year in the procurement industry.

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Spend Matters

MARCH 12, 2024

Artificial intelligence (AI) comes in many forms (for a complete history of AI in procurement see our recently published autogmentation series) and despite being a consistent ‘hot topic’ for well over a decade now, continues to grow and evolve each year in the procurement industry.

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Risk management Procurement Risk Suppliers 80

ivalua

MARCH 31, 2023

The award methodology*) takes into account anonymous votes from employees across all Ivalua’s departments and international office locations. Employees answer questions about different workplace topics such as leadership, team, compensation, perks & benefits, work-life balance, career growth, environment, outlook, etc.

Leadership 130

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Procurement Heads

DECEMBER 15, 2022

For Procurement Heads ‘ latest Big Interview, James spoke with James Dobbin about all things procurement – including his own procurement career, insights into Portland, current hot procurement topics and what he looks for when hiring into his team. All engagements are outcome focused. How did you get into procurement?

Sustainability 130

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

One of the functions of Kafka is to decouple consuming and producing applications, so that they communicate via a Kafka topic rather than directly. The applications all need to share the same assumptions about the structure of the data. What’s next?

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Una

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

EPISODE 134 The Complexity of Navigating the Panama Canal with Kris Lance By Kelly Barner | September 27, 2023 40 percent of all U.S. Kris has experience in multiple industries and has his finger on the pulse of the trends and topics that procurement, sourcing, and supply chain professionals need to be aware of.

Supply chain 78

Supply chain Sourcing Innovation Risk 78

Procurement Insights

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Hansen there is a terrific need to build a greater awareness and understanding of this topic. The scary part of all this is those that choose not to engage in the shaping and forming of all things in this arena. My aim is to keep all this practical. I also have a few do and don’t on the topic.

Supply Chain Optimization 66

Supply Chain Optimization Networking Supply Supply chain 66

Procurement Insights

MARCH 2, 2024

A Procurement Perspective In the procurement world, what are the most discussed topics when it comes to technology? I am also hearing some rumblings about Artificial Intelligence (AI) These seem to be the two technology headline topics we are seeing on almost a daily basis. ” – Mary K.

Budget 73

Budget Stakeholder engagement Project management Sourcing 73

SCMDOJO

JANUARY 8, 2024

These podcasts cover a variety of informative topics. Continue reading to learn the podcasts that can be your ultimate source of supply chain wisdom. Top 10 Supply Chain Podcasts: We have curated a list of the top 10 supply chain podcasts that can solve all your supply chain problems. Go ahead and check them out!

Supply Chain Efficiency 79

Supply Chain Efficiency Supply chain Supply Supply chain management 79

IBM Supply Chain Blog

MARCH 14, 2024

All major cloud providers provide managed data streaming services to meet this growing demand. With Kafka, monitoring typically involves various metrics that are related to topics, partitions, brokers and consumer groups. All these effects might compromise the integrity of the data you are processing and storing in Kafka.

Data 93

Data Import Management Product management 93

IBM Supply Chain Blog

JUNE 12, 2023

IBM Tech Now: Episode 78 On this episode, we’re covering the following topics: The 2023 X-Force Definitive Guide to Ransomware IBM Consulting’s Center of Excellence for Generative AI Stay plugged in You can check out the IBM Blog Announcements for a full rundown of all news, announcements, releases, and updates, and hit the subscribe button (..)

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Una

JUNE 28, 2023

From farm to table and hand to mouth, few topics have the potential to be as contentious as the food supply. Whether your focus is energy consumption, environmentalism, labor conditions, or Federal regulation, agriculture touches them all.

Supply Chain Efficiency 52

Supply Chain Efficiency Sourcing Supply chain Risk 52

Procurement Tactics

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

World Sustainable Procurement Pay is an important event that is attended by many procurement professionals all over the world. We will discuss what World Sustainable Procurement Day is all about. The spectrum of speakers and presenters was as wide as the range of the topics. . What is Sustainable Procurement? .

Sustainability 201

Sustainability Chief Procurement Officer Procurement Suppliers 201

Una

MARCH 27, 2024

EPISODE 158 All Eyes Should Remain on the Red Sea with Kris Lance By Kelly Barner | March 27, 2024 Human nature has a way of becoming numb to that which we absorb as part of the status quo. Sadly, this doesn’t just pertain to the weather; it also applies to human suffering and warfare, especially if it is far away.

Supply chain 52

Supply chain Sourcing Procurement Supply 52

IBM Supply Chain Blog

MAY 30, 2023

IBM Tech Now: Episode 77 This episode, we’re covering the following topics: IBM Watson Code Assistant IBM Hybrid Cloud Mesh IBM Event Automation Stay plugged in You can check out the IBM Blog Announcements for a full rundown of all cloud news, announcements, releases, and updates, and hit the subscribe button on our YouTube channel to see all (..)

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 26, 2022

The International Baccalaureate Math higher level course is a two-year program that covers a wide range of mathematical topics. The sixth and final module, Discrete Mathematics, teaches students about algorithms, graph theory, and other topics in discrete mathematics. Next, start practicing with IB-style questions.

Supply chain 93

Supply chain Import Demand Supply 93

Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 31, 2021

Many of these programs require the completion of a thesis or major project of some sort, intended to be an overarching project drawing on all of the knowledge that the students have acquired to that point to put it into application. Potential Thesis Topics. The Objective of the Thesis.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 98

Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Optimization Supply Chain Efficiency Supply chain 98

Una

JANUARY 30, 2024

Given the challenges dominating this year’s headlines, all of us are probably going to need a balance of all three to make it through the year successfully. Kris has experience in multiple industries and has his finger on the pulse of the trends and topics that procurement, sourcing, and supply chain professionals need to be aware of.

Supply Chain Optimization 80

Supply Chain Optimization Supply chain Sourcing Procurement 80

IBM Supply Chain Blog

JUNE 20, 2023

But it also leads to a higher risk for new, unknown quality issues, and therefore potential warranty topics. This leads to a reduction in total warranty costs for software related warranty topics in a customer-friendly and efficient way. The need now is to detect new unidentified failures and problems as early as possible. and Canada.

Data 92

Data Suppliers Quality Management 92

The Good Spending

MARCH 21, 2024

Quality resources mean we did a good job getting all those at a fair price. It represents the journey of value creation, with all the stops mentioned above. It is my personal take on the hot topic of value. More information on this and other exciting topics can be found in "The Technology Procurement Handbook."

Price 59

Price Procurement Negotiation Sourcing 59

Procurement Tactics

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Russia’s export statistics are a very hot topic due to the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine. We will discuss some topics that are crucial to the situation of Russia regarding its exports. . This subject is very timely to know the situation of Russia’s export in times of war. . Russia’s Ongoing War With Ukraine.

Export 214

Export Price Price negotiations Suppliers 214

Procurement Leaders

JULY 10, 2023

Through trustworthy supplier data: the foundation on which brands can work together with all their suppliers towards cutting costs without conceding these vital goals. A ‘single front door’, through which all new data and all changes to existing data must pass, is essential.

Suppliers 147

Suppliers Data Risk Sustainability 147

Procurement Tactics

JANUARY 13, 2023

It brings procurement professionals from all different areas of the world together. Although attendees are united in a single topic in a conference, it has different sub-fields of study in which you can learn new things. . It will cover topics such as: New strategies and technologies for procurement processes. Retail and CPG.

Procurement 159

Procurement Chief Procurement Officer Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply chain 159

Procurement Heads

DECEMBER 7, 2022

The key initiatives that we are focussing on currently are assessments of all new suppliers on their ESG initiatives in their respective fields and on sustainability, scoring them and making sure we are working with the right partners. Negotiation is a fascinating topic, and it is one of the things I love most about procurement.

Strategic sourcing 246

Strategic sourcing Strategic sourcing Vendor management Category management 246

HICX

JUNE 20, 2023

In this white paper, we look to demystify the topic of supplier portals and supplier portal strategy. The term portal has become something of a catch-all and the tools being referred to solve a lot of different problems.

Strategy 52

Strategy Suppliers Procurement 52

Procurement Heads

MAY 16, 2023

There are so many new, innovative solutions and you can’t have them all, so advising my clients which are the best fit for them is a great challenge. It is a massive topic and one of the key challenges. What do you think are the current procurement trends or hot topics and what emerging roles do you think we might see as a result?

Ethics 130

Ethics Sustainability supply chain software solutions Procurement 130

Procurement Heads

MAY 16, 2023

There are so many new, innovative solutions and you can’t have them all, so advising my clients which are the best fit for them is a great challenge. It is a massive topic and one of the key challenges. What do you think are the current procurement trends or hot topics and what emerging roles do you think we might see as a result?

Ethics 130

Ethics Sustainability supply chain software solutions Procurement 130

Procurement Heads

JULY 27, 2023

All involved in the process must ask themselves: Does the agreement align with the SDS? Ensuring that any agreements are robust and underpin, rather than undermine, an IR35 determination is crucial to getting IR35 right and mitigating risk to all parties. Does it allow for substitution?

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 130

Agile and Lean Supply Chain Contract Risk Supply chain 130

ivalua

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Vitold is the Capgemini Americas Chief Procurement Officer, responsible for all categories: IT and Telco, External Resources, Training, Professional services, Travel and meetings. Vitold has a true passion for innovation and for the sustainable growth topics. Vitold Horodecki Chief Procurement Officer. He is based in Montreal.

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Chief Procurement Officer Sustainability Innovation Procurement 100

IBM Supply Chain Blog

JUNE 26, 2023

IBM Tech Now: Episode 79 On this episode, we’re covering the following topics: The age of quantum utility The general availability of IBM Storage Defender Stay plugged in You can check out the IBM Blog Announcements for a full rundown of all news, announcements, releases, and updates, and hit the subscribe button on our YouTube channel to see (..)

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