ivalua

MAY 28, 2014

In my last blog post, “ Will your supply chain lead in the next decade? ,” I talked about Gartner’s first-day focus at their Supply Chain Executive Summit in Phoenix, Arizona. This is an especially important message for manufacturers’ supply chain organizations.

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Procurement Insights

OCTOBER 26, 2023

” – Maverick Spend, Change Management, and Vendor Rationalization, Procurement Insights (2013) What is maverick spend? Maverick spend was not the result of obstinate buyers refusing to use the “new system.” The real question is not what maverick spend is, but why it happens. Back To Square One?

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Procurement Insights

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

The Inspiration For This Post I recently read a post on LinkedIn talking about “the power of trust” between buyer and supplier. Yes, trust between stakeholders is critically important, and yes, technology can fuel communication and collaboration between buyer and supplier to achieve a collective positive outcome.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 6, 2019

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Due to globalization, growing consumer demands on transparency, the pertinence of sustainable development and technological advancements, procurement and supply chain professionals have been highlighted as an integral part of their organizations. Source: Accenture 2013. “An

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

We see it in something as basic as automatic photo-tagging on Facebook, a process developed by Yann LeCun for the company in 2013. The model is designed to help financial services companies map buyer personas, simulate “future selves” and anticipate customer behavior. What you get is optimized scenarios that maximize revenues.

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Procurement Software

JUNE 13, 2023

It serves the needs of purchasing managers, procurement professionals and senior buyers. Curtis Fitch holds ISO 27001:2013 certification for Information Security Management, as certified by the globally recognised BSI. It claims a ‘guided approach to sourcing optimization, AI-based algorithms and an intuitive user interface’.

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SPLC (Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council)

MAY 29, 2019

About the Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council: Founded in 2013, the Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council convenes buyers, suppliers, and public interest advocates to develop programs that simplify and standardize sustainable purchasing efforts by large organizations. LADWP’s Evolving Sustainable Supply Chain Program.

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