Procurement Insights

MAY 25, 2024

As a result, they avoided the trap of eVA becoming a software project, as Bob put it, and were thereby able to shift the emphasis from an exercise in cost justification to one of process understanding and refinement. The 75 to 85% e-procurement initiative failure rate gives testimony to this fact. – Yes, Virginia!

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supply chain software solutions Supply chain Supply Procurement 81

Procurement Insights

MAY 27, 2024

Here is the paragraph: “Back in 2002, Greg Brady , a supply chain visionary, and Ranjit Notani , a pioneer in multi-enterprise collaboration technology, came to the conclusion that the traditional paradigm of business-to-business collaboration built around enterprise-centric software was fundamentally flawed.

Real-time Visibility 81

Real-time Visibility supply chain software solutions Supply Chain Efficiency e2e 81

Procurement Insights

OCTOBER 30, 2024

These bastions of success have very little to do with the technology (so you can ignore those “comparison” advertisements by the software vendors), and more to do with the individuals involved in the selection and implementation process. And this brings us back to why 75 to 85% of all e-procurement initiatives fail.

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Leadership supply chain budgeting Purchasing Budget 75

Procurement Insights

APRIL 8, 2025

1999 – I introduced the Metaprise model (RAM) 2007 – In Dangerous Supply Chain Myths (Part7) , I write about the Metaprise in greater detail, including the results of its implementation in a production environment (Department of National Defence). Zycus Cognitive procurement systems powered by generative AI (GenAI).

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Supply Chain Efficiency Real-time Visibility Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Optimization 52