Procurement Insights

JANUARY 29, 2025

Let me know if you would like to access my archives of white papers, research articles, and other material dating back to 1990, including extensive case studies of initiative failures and successes.

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Procurement Insights

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Hansens work, including a 2007 white paper, used these to argue against one-size-fits-all procurement strategies, showing how price behavior impacts savingse.g., . “Historic Flat Line” describes commodities with stable, predictable pricing over time, like certain indirect spend items (e.g., office supplies).

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Procurement Insights

APRIL 19, 2025

I then began digging through the Procurement Insights archives, which included white papers, blog posts, and knowledge notes to identify what my 40-plus years in the industry would reveal. You can download the white paper from the Zycus landing page when it is up. That was the only condition.

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Procurement Insights

APRIL 18, 2025

Here is an article that provides a good explanation of the difference between the two commodity characteristics: Dangerous Supply Chain Myths (Part7) You can also access the paper through the following link: Acres Of Diamonds (White Paper) How Do The 2004 Acres Paper’s Findings Hold Up In 2025?

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Procurement Insights

MAY 13, 2025

With some tech, you can break down the problem and reduce the chances of it occurring.

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 10, 2025

Show notes: A white paper from AutoStore: “Key Questions to Ask Warehouse Automation Vendors.” The benefits are clear, but the journey to achieving them can be hazardous. Hosted by Bob Bowman, Editor-in-Chief of SupplyChainBrain. This episode is sponsored by AutoStore.

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Pipefy

JULY 25, 2025

That’s where Pipefy’s new white paper comes in. A step-by-step playbook to implement AI Agents Pipefy’s white paper isn’t just theory—it’s a practical guide for professionals ready to embrace the future of intelligent automation. What are AI Agents, and why should you care?

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 14, 2025

You can greatly improve your company’s reputation by providing helpful and informative blog posts, articles, and white papers. It should appear knowledgeable, approachable, helpful, and transparent. Use these tools to showcase your company’s skills and achievements–including what makes your company unique.

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Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 31, 2022

Download this valuable white paper to explore the top 5 ways self-driving forklifts are creating more profitable operations and providing warehousing, manufacturing, and distribution facilities a competitive edge today.

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Procurement Insights

APRIL 24, 2023

In this seminal white paper, Senior Vice President, Growth Executive and Board Advisor Mita Gupta will review, analyze, and ultimately address the seven most pressing issues or challenges CPOs will have (or should have) at the top of their agendas in 2023.

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Supply Chain Brain

DECEMBER 14, 2024

In the third white paper of our series, Deploying Strategy with Integrated Business Planning,we illustrate how demand planning should drive the business.

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Supply Chain Brain

DECEMBER 14, 2024

This white paper demonstrates the principles of connecting strategy to plans and execution in each business function using Integrated Business Planning (IBP) as the means of deployment.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 30, 2024

Download your IDC Spotlight to learn how to react quickly to supply chain disruptions, use tools to improve collaboration with suppliers and increase supply chain visibility using a bu siness network.

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Claritum

JANUARY 8, 2017

We’ve compiled a list of some of the best must read procurement white papers and analyst reports (in no particular order of importance or preference) covering a variety of topics such as supply chain management, tail spend and the future and digitization of procurement. Claritum White Papers. sign up not required.

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Supply Chain Brain

OCTOBER 31, 2024

This white paper presents five essential insights for shippers regarding cargo theft, shedding light on current trends in the U.S. and outlining the most common modus operandi used by these criminal networks.

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The Network Effect

DECEMBER 15, 2015

White Paper. The post Demand Sensing Round-Up (Blog Posts, White Papers, and Webinars!) Can Demand Sensing Really Work in Today’s Confusing IT Landscape? A New Frontier for Forecast Accuracy. What is Demand Sensing? What is Demand Sensing? Much more than a Demand Management Revolution.

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 14, 2024

This white paper highlights the impact BANI is having on the supply chain and shows how logistics professionals can manage challenges that defy imagination.

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Supply Chain Brain

MAY 31, 2024

Download this white paper today and empower your organization with the knowledge to make informed decisions in automated order fulfillment systems. Don't let inefficiencies hold your warehouse back.

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Supply Chain Brain

AUGUST 31, 2023

Our new white paper answers these questions and details the areas of seaports where investments will bring the biggest payback. Healthy, modernized seaports are essential for the profitability of businesses and investors everywhere.

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Supply Chain Brain

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

In its newest white paper, value chain optimization firm River Rock Advisors details several steps companies can take to navigate this ongoing uncertainty. These steps aren’t one-time actionable steps but rather long-term focuses that should be implemented alongside other operational and business strategies.

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Supply Chain Brain

APRIL 30, 2025

This white paper from G3 Logistics explores how businesses can achieve resilience, scalability, and sustainability by partnering with an end-to-end third-party logistics (3PL) provider. In todays volatile and competitive landscape, building a resilient supply chain is no longer optionalit is a strategic imperative.

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Supply Chain Brain

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

In this white paper, author David Goddard poses this question for planners and leadership teams: What are you doing 13 weeks from now?

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Supply Chain Brain

MAY 14, 2024

In this white paper we will discuss how a comprehensive labor management program, including a labor management system, is the key to solving challenges such as: labor shortages, high turnover, high overtime, and low performance.

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Supply Chain Brain

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

This 6-page white paper by Nulogy explores the inherent fragility in rigid, one-to-one supply chain relationships, and how multi-party collaboration and standardized data flow leads to increased nimbleness, freedom, and service quality in your external networks.

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Supply Chain Brain

MAY 31, 2023

Discover GEODIS’ groundbreaking insights and strategies in our latest white paper, 2023 Predictions/Market Outlook – Freight Forwarding. Are you prepared for the future of freight forwarding?

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Supply Chain Brain

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Our new white paper shows how Integrated Strategy Management works to link strategy to execution. No more year-end financial surprises!

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Supply Chain Brain

OCTOBER 26, 2020

In this White Paper, leading business transformation expert Sean Culey describes how companies need to develop more aligned and innovative business practices supported by cross-process tools that provide insight and understanding across the Value Chain.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Take a look at this concise, step-by-step process for calculating ROI we published in the white paper titled, “ Calculating Savings and Return for an Enterprise Transportation Optimization and Automation Solution “ This paper explains how to perform a self-assessment of the current state of your transportation logistics operation.

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Procurement Insights

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

This white paper focuses on the possible reasons behind the alarming number of failed or struggling programs and provides insight into why Deming’s System of Profound Knowledge establishes a meaningful foundation upon which Forrest Breyfogle’s Integrated Enterprise Excellence methodology consistently delivers superior results.”

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Claritum

MAY 28, 2019

The post 5 steps Financial Impact White Paper Download appeared first on Claritum. Claritum Article - Procurement Blog.

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SCMR (Supply Chain Management Review)

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Download this new white paper for a deep dive into the role of demand forecasting and artificial intelligence (AI) to gain a better understanding of the problems associated with each aspect of the supply chain journey and — crucially — the ways teams can leverage AI to overcome them.

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SCMR (Supply Chain Management Review)

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Download this new white paper to learn best-practice strategies that can help your company do more with the same — optimizing your workforce to weather the current economic climate and pave a successful path forward.

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SCMR (Supply Chain Management Review)

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Logistics White Paper, A warehouse management system (WMS) can improve efficiency and service levels, but choosing the right one can be difficult. enVista offers a proprietary RFP based on their expertise and experience, with an updated version for 2023.

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Supply Chain Brain

APRIL 30, 2023

This white paper examines the tax credit and the application process as well as how it may benefit your company’s green energy projects.

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Spend Matters

DECEMBER 1, 2022

In their white paper, “Championing Procurement Transformation in the C-Suite,” Spend Matters analysts discuss how predictive procurement orchestration creates C-suite executive alignment between Finance and Operations, accelerating overall digital procurement excellence. Read more. ).

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