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How Did the Digital Supply Chain Evolve?

Supply Chain Game Changer

When the first mobile app marketplace launched in 2008, it only presented 500 offerings within the product categories. Support From Robots and Automated Systems. When supply chain brands began using robots to evolve and improve their workflows, the machines stayed behind safety cages. Mobile Apps Make Information Portable.

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Will AI in Procurement make us all irrelevant?

Procurement Software

Gartner has also put together an interesting, well written article on the topic which I would highly recommend as an introductory guide. It can perform, or drastically reduce, the workload for a lot of tasks that are not only administrative in nature, but also those being performed by Buyers and Category Managers. That’s the bad news.

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3 Key Steps to Increase Operational Efficiency in Procurement

Procurement Software

And yet, poor operational efficiency in Procurement means that the typical Category Manager often spends at least a THIRD of their time performing “busy work” This is not an effective or efficient use of their time. All of whom would typically earn less than a Category Manager. Do you really need a team of 10 category managers?

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The People Factor in Digital Transformation: The Procuretech Pub with Florian Kleemann

The Procuretech Podcast

We're back with another Pub episode, where we dive a little bit deeper into a topic than we do in our normal podcasts and really break down a hot topic in a more informal chat format. We dive into the topic of how people are a vital factor in change management. My guest for this one is Prof. Dr. Florian Kleemann.

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3 Key Steps to Increase Operational Efficiency in Procurement

Procurement Software

And yet, poor operational efficiency in Procurement means that the typical Category Manager often spends at least a THIRD of their time performing “busy work” This is not an effective or efficient use of their time. All of whom would typically earn less than a Category Manager. Do you really need a team of 10 category managers?

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AI in Procurement: Opportunities and Watch-outs – Melissa Drew from IBM

The Procuretech Podcast

Melissa Drew, Associate Partner at IBM is my guest to dive into the topic of use cases for AI in procurement applications. I then begin by asking the question of whether AI and robots are about to take over our lives. Are robots about to take over our jobs? Are robots about to take over our jobs?

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Frictionless P2P: A Dream or Reality? 

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Nowadays, Procurement practitioners primarily talk about emerging topics like the reduction of scope 3 emissions, supplier-enabled innovation and supply risk management. As a result, purchases are linked to the wrong sub-category which jeopardizes the quality of spend analyses while it creates rework in the downstream process.

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