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How to get the C-Suite to see procurement as a strategic lever versus a cost-savings function

Procurement Insights

“A 2023 survey by KPMG highlights this transition, revealing that procurement leaders are now focusing on supply chain resiliency (68%), introducing new products or expanding into new markets (65%), and improving margins through cost reduction (71%). Its less about control and more about agility.

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How to Become an Agile Organization Through Digital Transformation?

Solvoyo

Organizational Agility along with Digital Transformation, Machine Learning, Big Data and Blockchain technologies was one of main trending topics for 2018 and will continue to be in the hit list for 2019 as well. Let’s start with Organizational Agility and the role of Digital Transformation in making this happen.

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A brief history of cryptography: Sending secret messages throughout time

IBM Supply Chain Blog

2001: Responding to advancements in computing power, the DES was replaced by the more robust Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) encryption algorithm. Similar to the DES, the AES is also a symmetric cryptosystem, however, it uses a much longer encryption key that cannot be cracked by modern hardware. .”

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Fire-side chat with Magdalena Yesil, founder, entrepreneur, venture capitalist, author of the book #PowerUp

Solvoyo

Salesforce did that in CRM, I believe Solvoyo will do that in supply chain decision-support and Zuora in subscription business. Back in late 2001, we were burning more than a half million dollars per month and as such had a serious cash flow problem at Salesforce. Believe and live that dream every day.