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Pacific Drilling Selects Consus & Ivalua to Drive Sourcing Best Practices Globally

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Pacific Drilling requires a fast, efficient and automated sourcing process to support the company’s Purchasing processes. The company chose Consus and Ivalua for their deep capabilities in the Sourcing space to support their critical Purchasing processes.

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Pacific Drilling Selects Consus & Ivalua to Drive Sourcing Best Practices Globally

ivalua

Pacific Drilling requires a fast, efficient and automated sourcing process to support the company’s Purchasing processes. The company chose Consus and Ivalua for their deep capabilities in the Sourcing space to support their critical Purchasing processes.

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Why is an agent-based model within a metaprise framework better for procurement than an equation-based Intake and orchestration model?

Procurement Insights

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. Complex, multi-tiered supply chains Superior (e.g.,

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The Journey of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) in Manufacturing

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If you have an efficient ERP system, information can flow freely between your source-to-pay applications and the companys central IT infrastructure. In addition to manufacturing or production, ERP then expanded to include finance, accounting, order management, supply chain management, payroll, and HR. We are ERP-agnostic.

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Potential Efficiency Improvements: Vehicle Efficiency in Businesses

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CNG burns cleaner than diesel, reducing emissions and greenhouse gas output (Lowe, 2007). Biofuels, derived from renewable sources like plant materials, boast a lower carbon footprint while still being compatible with existing diesel engines (often in blends) (Khare & Sharma, 2003).

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Lean Six Sigma for SMEs: A Path to Continuous Improvement

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While Lean focuses on eliminating waste and optimizing processes to achieve seamless workflow, Six Sigma targets reducing variation and improving quality through data-driven analysis and statistical tools. – JIT deliveries cause congestion in the supply chain which leads to delays, pollution, shortage of workers, etc.

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User Adoption and the Rise of the AI Chatbots: The End of Maverick Spend, Vendor Rationalization and Change Management

Procurement Insights

80% of your typical use case across Source to Pay happens on Merlin Chatbot, which is built into Microsoft Teams. The problem is that batch-based supply-chain tools “can’t support swift resolution of supply chain glitches.” Note that the date of the above report is 2022, not 2005, 2007, or 2013.