The Good Spending

JULY 27, 2023

Let's look closer at the sourcing strategy for this category. Category managers and analysts must consider all those factors to develop a balanced sourcing strategy. Category management lifebuoy All of the above is meant to prove the importance of category management. price of imported P.E.

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Spend Matters

MARCH 18, 2024

Day one — which Spend Matters did not attend as it was for customers and partners only — consisted of solution-focused sessions covering various topics: AI and generative AI, risk management, external workforce management, etc. Ivalua now has 950 employees (vs. 900 last year), a revenue of $180 million in 2023 (vs.

Procurement 91

Procurement Raw materials Sustainability Risk 91

Spend Matters

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Categories: CSR , Procurement Strategy & Planning , Procurement Systems & Architecture , Sustainability , Technology , Vendor Snapshots Tags: PRO In the first part of this series we gave a high-level overview of the providers included in the recently launched TechMatch for carbon management.

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Management Procurement strategies Sustainability Strategy 77

The Good Spending

APRIL 10, 2022

The problem with the category management process One of the most significant problems of the category management process is the lack of adaptivity. Once issued and approved, a category strategy hardens over time and transforms from a managerial instrument into a constraint.

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The Good Spending

APRIL 2, 2023

Once, we wrote about demand management in this blog. It's a good enough topic, which misses one crucial element - demand management mastery comes after sophisticated planning. When discussing value generation , we mainly mention category management, stakeholder relationships, and supplier innovation. Demand plan 9.

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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. How did you get into procurement? I’ve been in procurement for such a long time now.

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Spend Matters

JANUARY 11, 2023

Categories: Analytics , Supply Risk Tags: PRO In this Spend Matters PRO Vendor Analysis, we give an overview of Owlin, a risk and intelligence solution built to help customers monitor what is being said and published about them, their suppliers and, in fact, any topic, e.g., customers, competitors or commodities. Read more. ).

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The Good Spending

APRIL 3, 2022

Category management is the brain and spine of strategic procurement. Procurement largely relies on category management in its constant endeavor to transform transactional purchasing into a value-creation machine. Category management is an integral part of the "plan-to-procure" cycle.

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ivalua

JANUARY 30, 2023

For most procurement (and supply chain) professionals, the topic of Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions should be coming at you from every direction. Understanding, managing, and reducing Scope 3 emissions is an essential part of any reduction objective or net-zero goal established by corporate boards and executives. POs, and invoices).

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ivalua

JANUARY 30, 2023

For most procurement (and supply chain) professionals, the topic of Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions should be coming at you from every direction. Understanding, managing, and reducing Scope 3 emissions is an essential part of any reduction objective or net-zero goal established by corporate boards and executives. POs, and invoices).

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The Good Spending

JUNE 25, 2023

Chat GPT on category management I tried ChatGPT as an aid in blogging, and it works very well when you need an explanation of a generic theory or concept for your audience. Getting to more sophisticated tasks, I asked ChatGPT to explain procurement category management to a non-professional.

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Procurement Heads

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

It’s a question I’ve been asking candidates for my recently retained Category Lead – Energy role at Alliance Healthcare. The energy market in the UK has been a hot topic for months now, with a number of changes taking place that are affecting businesses of all sizes. “How should companies respond to the current energy market?”

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Procurement Heads

DECEMBER 7, 2022

I have a management consultancy background, I went into consultancy straight out of university, specialising in transformation projects. Your career has seen a shift from consultancy to management roles and now you are Vice President of Paysafe, when you started your career did you have this kind of trajectory in mind?

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Spend Matters

MARCH 31, 2023

Categories: Conferences , Procurement Commentary , Procurement Strategy & Planning Tags: Conferences and Events This week Spend Matters attended Ivalua NOW EMEA at the prestigious Le Pavillon & Studio Gabriel event venue in Paris.

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Spend Matters

JANUARY 5, 2024

Our coverage also explores the latest thought leadership topics about procurement and supply, the technology that serves it and comparative analyses based on demos and the scoring of 500+ RFI requirements across 12 source-to-pay (S2P) categories that create our Vendor Ranking data. Read part 1 here , part 2 here and part 3 here.

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e2e Procurement supply chain software solutions Contract 79

Spend Matters

APRIL 4, 2024

Our coverage also explores the latest thought leadership topics about procurement and supply, the technology that serves it and comparative analyses based on demos and the scoring of 500+ RFI requirements across 12 source-to-pay (S2P) categories that create our Vendor Ranking data.

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Una

JULY 25, 2023

Doing so reveals the topics that our community of procurement and supply managers are most interested in, from the latest trends to perennial topics that will never go out of date. Where does procurement end and supply chain management start? 7 Supplier KPIs You Should Be Monitoring What are supplier KPIs?

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The Good Spending

JANUARY 4, 2023

Its two dimensions suggest the flat Earth approach with insufficient room to cater to the complexities of modern category management and strategic sourcing situations. New dimensions of the category analysis Therefore, let’s suggest additional dimensions of category analysis. Project procurement should be fast!

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Strategic sourcing Strategic sourcing Agile and Lean Supply Chain Category management 97

SupplyShift

JANUARY 6, 2023

Circular value chains have been a topic of growing interest in recent years. Leave waste recovery and product design to other teams, and focus where you can have impact: Establish clear goals on materials for each category. The post How should supply chain managers be thinking about circularity?

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Procurement Heads

APRIL 26, 2023

Since I graduated, I’ve always worked in procurement and supply chain across both indirect and direct categories, across different geographies and also worked as a Consultant delivering transformational projects. We manage billions of dollars worth of spend. We strive to be a data-driven team using innovative digital solutions.

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Procurement Heads

APRIL 26, 2023

Since I graduated, I’ve always worked in procurement and supply chain across both indirect and direct categories, across different geographies and also worked as a Consultant delivering transformational projects. We manage billions of dollars worth of spend. We strive to be a data-driven team using innovative digital solutions.

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Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Efficiency Sustainability Risk management 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. Before, amongst other roles at HP, he has managed the worldwide hotel and card programs. He is based in Montreal.

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ProtoCast

MAY 24, 2021

On today's show, we're tackling the topic of services procurement and how it's often trickier to manage than buying "widgets". Especially when it's a complex service contract and there are particular nuances are unique to that particular category of spend. There are plenty of unmanaged or poorly managed contracts out there.

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Spend Matters

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Discussing how Procurement can tackle this huge challenge will be Dipan Karumsi, US Leader of KPMG’s Procurement and Outsourcing Advisory Practice and Spend Matters managing director and chief research officer Pierre Mitchell, moderated by Spend Matters chief strategy officer, Sheena Smith. More details here. Read more. ).

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The Procuretech Podcast

APRIL 23, 2024

This week on The Procurement Software Podcast, host James Meads delves into the topic of why reviews and best-of lists may not be as helpful as they seem when choosing procurement software. The episode also touches on the lack of transparency in some top procurement tech listings, cautioning listeners to be wary of sponsored content.

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Category management Procurement Change management Quality 40

Spend Matters

APRIL 20, 2023

Categories: Conferences , Sponsored Article Tags: sponsored post As a procurement expert, staying on top of the latest trends and best practices is critical for success. One of the most effective ways to do this is by attending industry events. Read more. )

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Procurement Heads

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

From then, seeking a new challenge, I moved to LV= to IT procurement a couple of years later and didn’t look back until earlier this year when I was presented with a great opportunity to head up the non-Claims Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) team here at Allianz Holdings, after first TUPE’ing across at the start of 2020.

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EazyStock

JUNE 24, 2020

It’s already apparent that those supply chain management (SCM) teams that can adapt their operations and respond quickly to these issues will be one step ahead of their competition. It is critical to helping inventory management teams understand and manage demand and supply variables. The process is endless.

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Inventory Management Supply Chain Optimization supply chain software solutions 98

SCMDOJO

JULY 3, 2023

Choose between a broad overview of procurement and a focused course that focuses on certain topics like strategic sourcing, contract management, or supplier relationship management. This course is taught by Maryna Trepova, who is a procurement expert who provides consulting training, especially in procurement management courses.

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Procurement Software

MARCH 11, 2022

Instead of looking at direct materials and purchased parts, the hidden opportunity is often found in effective tail spend management. These are the spend categories that they typically understand best. These categories can no longer yield the 3% year-over-year savings. The best opportunities now lie in tail spend management.

Spend management 52

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Procurement Software

MARCH 11, 2022

Instead of looking at direct materials and purchased parts, the hidden opportunity is often found in effective tail spend management. These are the spend categories that they typically understand best. These categories can no longer yield the 3% year-over-year savings. The best opportunities now lie in tail spend management.

Spend management 52

Spend management Management Real-time Visibility Competitive bidding 52

Procurement Heads

JANUARY 4, 2023

As a Buyer at British Airways, I bought a range of different categories from engineering spares to airport services. In 2020, I moved back into corporate life as Head Of Supplier Relationship Management with Coventry Building Society. I completed my MCIPS there and then moved into consulting.

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Supply Chain Efficiency Sustainability Agile and Lean Supply Chain Suppliers 246

Spend Matters

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Our coverage also explores the latest thought leadership topics about procurement and supply, the technology that serves it and comparative analyses based on demos and the scoring of 500+ RFI requirements across 12 source-to-pay (S2P) categories that create our Vendor Ranking data.

Procurement 90

Procurement e2e Contract Sourcing 90

Spend Matters

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Categories: CSR , Procurement Systems & Architecture , Solution Providers , Supplier Information Management , Suppliers Tags: PRO This Spend Matters PRO Vendor Analysis provides an overview of Supplier.io differentiates itself from broader supplier management solutions by specializing in exclusively supplier diversity.

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Procurement Leaders

JUNE 13, 2022

HS2 Ltd needs this visibility to proactively manage and understand critical risks deep within the supply chain; to understand the full impact of these risks and develop intervention strategies in collaboration with Tier 1 contractors. The Hub, together with HS2 then collectively reviewed the categories that would require a further deep dive.

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Procurement Heads

AUGUST 16, 2022

I’ve since spent the last seven years in various procurement and category management roles managing both direct and indirect spend sourcing both locally and internationally. At the end of last year, I moved into a Senior Category Manager role owning all of the cold beverages at Costa including development and ranging.

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The Good Spending

MARCH 3, 2024

Service-oriented offerings ensure that businesses can benefit from the latest technologies without the burden of managing them internally. This is where the main topic of this post resides. Yet another tool for your sourcing and category management to consider applying. My Udemy course "Procurement Lab."

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