Procurement Insights

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

EDITOR’S NOTE: This post was originally published in the Procurement Insights blog on December 3rd, 2007 – almost 16 years ago. Recognizing “the challenging piece” is linked” to understanding “the kind of interaction you want to resolve with customers and supply chain partners.”

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SCMDOJO

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Understanding Lean and Six Sigma Lean and Six Sigma are two powerful methodologies aimed at enhancing organizational efficiency and quality. – JIT deliveries cause congestion in the supply chain which leads to delays, pollution, shortage of workers, etc. – Lastly, Not applicable to all industries.

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Procurement Insights

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

According to a June 2023 TechTarget article , there are twelve, including better decisions, efficiency and productivity gains, improved speed of business, and so forth. “ As I wrote in a soon-to-be-published article, the date of the above report is 2022, not 1999, 2005, 2007 or 2013. I am sure you can think up many more.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 30, 2022

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. It is needed to ensure the efficiency of the cost of ownership of the technological landscape of financial services. And an important source of new product ideas for global companies that strive to offer the best customer experience. appeared first on Supply Chain Game Changer™.

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Procurement Insights

DECEMBER 13, 2024

1999 Revisited (Video) – Real Agents Leveraging AI GEP Autonomous Agentic AI Agents (High-Level Summary) GEP is set to revolutionize procurement and supply chain operations by introducing autonomous AI agents into the Source-to-Contract (S2C) and Procure-to-Pay (P2P) processes.

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Procurement Insights

OCTOBER 26, 2023

80% of your typical use case across Source to Pay happens on Merlin Chatbot, which is built into Microsoft Teams. I am talking about a fully interactive, intuitive chatbot through which 90 percent of everyday procurement work can be effectively and efficiently managed. You want the right template, Merlin Assist provides it.

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Change management Management Contract Buyers 69

Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Imagining the Supply Chain of the Future! At Supply Chain Game Changer we believe in sharing experiences and expertise from people in every industry and from across the globe. As such we have introduced our “Seasoned Leadership in Action™” Interview series at Supply Chain Game Changer.

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Procurement Insights

APRIL 8, 2025

MODEL #2 An agent-based model within a metaprise framework outperforms traditional equation-based intake and orchestration models in procurement because it better addresses the complexity, unpredictability, and multi-stakeholder nature of modern supply chains. Focused on efficiency, not innovation; maintains status quo.

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Procurement Insights

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Information technology plays a significant role in supporting relationships between the customer and the supplier using electronic data interchange to share data between both sides, this technology provides fast, accurate information and business efficiency to the firm ( Mulligan and Gordon , 2002).

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

JUNE 1, 2023

The SEC’s rule proposal aims to harmonize emissions reporting, ensuring data is comparable and transparent for shareholders, investors and the public. While many companies already disclose their GHG footprint, there are discrepancies with how this is reported even within the same industries.

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The Procuretech Podcast

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

This was around 2007. But by late afternoon, as the geographic time zone of sourcing began to shrink, that price could easily become $800, $900 or $1,000. And so the biggest change is that the procurement and professionals in supply chain are now seen as the leader, rather than a spectator in digital transformation.

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Procurement Insights

MAY 29, 2024

Episode 4 of Dual Source Discourse drops tomorrow. In other words, your organization gains control of it’s spend environment by relinquishing centralized functional control in favor of operational efficiencies originating on the front lines. Dr. Elouise published her Q2 2024 Spider Map a few weeks ago.

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Procurement Insights

MARCH 12, 2025

“What is most interesting about Zycus tremendous growth rate is that it is indicative of the evolution (some would even suggest fruition) of a trend first presented in a Procurement Insights post from August 31, 2007.Titled Scope : Still systemic, enhancing procurement efficiency (e.g., $5M-$20M What is a ProcureTech APP?

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Procurement Insights

JANUARY 8, 2025

EDITOR’S NOTE: In 2007, I wrote what is still one of the most popular posts on this blog: “ The Ariba Interviews: Re-engineering the Future ofOn-Demand. Key Products: Ariba Network, Spend Analysis, Strategic Sourcing Suite, and Contract Management. SAP Ariba: Large enterprises with complex global supply chains.

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