Procurement Heads

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Currently, wholesale gas and electricity prices have been fixed for firms from October until March 2023, but the help is under review due to the cost. One of the common themes I’m hearing from large organisations is that they are finding a lack of visibility looking ahead for energy spend.

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Procurement Insights

APRIL 3, 2025

Global Reach, Real Impact Participants and speakers come from over 50 countries. Thought Leadership Consistently pushes the conversation forward from autonomous sourcing to orchestration platforms. Startup Acceleration & Visibility Provides a springboard for companies like Cirtuo, DeepStream, Archlet, Kodiak Hub , and ORO Labs.

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ivalua

MARCH 27, 2023

E-invoicing Mandate | France 2024 March 27, 2023 | | Procurement Strategy by Steve Carter The biggest change to Accounts Payables since the introduction of double entry journals is about to hit finance departments–but are they prepared? The time is now – let’s get an action plan together! What are the implications?

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

For sourcing teams, that means pivoting their mindset around selecting suppliers from a tactical, lowest-cost-above-all approach to a strategic one. Where tactical sourcing is a short-term strategy, strategic sourcing is for long-term business goals. And from that group, 71% would pay a premium for it.

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Una

OCTOBER 17, 2023

EPISODE 137 Using Visibility to Combat Supply Chain Abstraction with Frank Kenney By Kelly Barner | October 18, 2023 In the race to build global empires of data and digital systems, today’s businesses must not risk forgetting what all of those zeroes and ones mean.

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Procurement Insights

MARCH 18, 2024

“Supply chain visibility refers to the ability to track and monitor products, materials, and information as they move through the various stages of a supply chain, from the sourcing of raw materials to the delivery of the final product to the end consumer.

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Procurement Insights

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

The reference to “ Visibility” with a single source of truth ” – How often do we hear that phrase used in 2023 suggests that we still haven’t achieved it yet. If Cisco has achieved a single source of truth visibility, maybe we should look at how they did it and emulate them?

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SCMDOJO

DECEMBER 28, 2023

This integration ensures the visibility of inventory, efficient order processing, and synchronized fulfilment across all channels. Having clear visibility into inventory is critical for omnichannel fulfilment. Limited Visibility: These supply chains have restricted visibility, with real-time information being scarce.

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Spend Matters

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Procurement needs to think AI-first in 2024 and beyond The generative AI wave of 2023 truly brought us into the AI economy, with companies realizing how advances in AI have the potential to transform key processes and workflows that underpin how they operate and generate value.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 4, 2023

When it comes to managing a supply chain, having access to real-time data can be a game-changer. Read More: 10 Must-Read Supply Chain Analytics Books for 2023 ] The benefits of SCM analytics are numerous. To accomplish this, supply chain analytics collects, analyzes, and synthesizes data from a wide variety of sources.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The average cost of a data breach set a new record in 2023 of USD 4.45 On the bright side, data also shows that artificial intelligence (AI) and automation can improve security readiness and speed response to attacks, to help dramatically shrink the data breach window before causing real harm.

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ivalua

APRIL 27, 2023

CTA April 28, 2023 | | Supply Chain by Vishal Patel Cost, Risk, and Sustainability. The question is, how do you balance all three while maintaining continuous operations and generating revenue at the same time? Roach believes that when it comes to ESG, there’s no time like the present. People just need to get started,” she said.

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ivalua

APRIL 27, 2023

Ivalua Spend Management Insights [ivory-search] A Balancing Act: Drive Sustainability while Managing Cost and Risk April 27, 2023 | | Supply Chain by Vishal Patel Cost, Risk, and Sustainability. The question is, how do you balance all three while maintaining continuous operations and generating revenue at the same time?

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Pipefy

JANUARY 9, 2023

2023 will serve as a chance to reset, rebuild, and forge a path forward by implementing technology that delivers process excellence, drives innovation, and empowers procurement teams to do more despite fewer resources. . 5 procurement trends for 2023. Among global workers, stress has (once again) reached an all-time high.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

The challenges continue: one 2023 survey found 44% of companies had to make changes in the past year due to issues with their supply chain footprint, and 49% said supply chain disruptions had caused planning problems. Automation Automation can streamline supply chain operations, from order fulfillment to inventory tracking.

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Arkestro

APRIL 25, 2023

Resources / Blog / Reducing Construction Costs & Improving Sourcing Efficiency with Predictive Procurement Reducing Construction Costs & Improving Sourcing Efficiency with Predictive Procurement Construction companies face a host of challenges in the post-COVID era. from February 2020 to August 2022.

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Procurement Tactics

JUNE 26, 2023

Thus, the dropshipping business is still lucrative in 2023 and in the coming years as it drives revenue and profitability to vendors and retailers. Social Media Trends Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and Pinterest are the best channels that offer real-time trending products to sell. Here are the top 3 tips: 1. One word AMAZING!!!!

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2023

At the beginning of 2023, according to IBM Security’s “ Threat Intelligence Index ” report, healthcare was in the top 10 most-attacked industries on the planet. The “ Cost of a Data Breach 2023” report also uncovered that, since 2020, healthcare data breach costs have increased by 53.3%.

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Spend Matters

JUNE 20, 2023

As the risks that trigger supply disruptions, regulatory non-compliance and missed corporate objectives continue to gain visibility, an ‘eyes wide open’ attitude towards supplier risk assessment and mitigation strategies has become imperative to improve operational resilience.

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EazyStock

JANUARY 6, 2023

As we step into the unknown of 2023, here are some key trends and issues affecting supply chain management to help you prepare your strategies. The economic turndown is threatening a global recession over 2023, and labor disputes and strikes are prevalent. You can read more about demand forecasting techniques in our article.

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EazyStock

JANUARY 6, 2023

As we step into the unknown of 2023, here are some key trends and issues affecting supply chain management to help you prepare your strategies. The economic turndown is threatening a global recession over 2023, and labor disputes and strikes are prevalent. Increased supply chain visibility. Supply chain issues.

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Spend Matters

JUNE 19, 2023

Spend Analytics solutions provide a single view into all historic, current and planned supplier spending in order to improve that spending through better sourcing, compliance and demand management. The top vendors extend the analytics schema to also support predictive data analysis, AI/ML models or real-time visibility across many systems.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

It’s that time of year. As such I knew that they had enormous purchasing power with the suppliers as well as being recognized sources of supply by millions of customers. Manufacturers should very easily, and proactively, see in historical demand patterns that demand would start to spike at this time of year. Email Address.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

JANUARY 26, 2024

Taking all your feedback and market insights into perspective and careful consideration, we are thrilled to announce that in 2023. Here’s a comprehensive recap of everything we launched in 2023, awards and links to the latest update and how you can get started with each enhancement. Learn more in our announcement blog.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

MAY 11, 2023

For IBM, Think is a perfect time for us to connect, collaborate and help our clients and partners continue to forge ahead with digital transformation and innovation. As we wrap up Think 2023, we’re excited to recap a few of the exciting new capabilities we are launching in our IT Automation portfolio.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

According to the IBM Security X-Force Threat Intelligence Index 2023 , ransomware attacks represented 17 percent of all cyberattacks in 2022. Sources of cybersecurity threats The sources of cyberthreats are almost as varied as the types of cyberthreats.

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Spend Matters

JUNE 19, 2023

Why buy a Procure-to-Pay solution Integrated P2P solutions help procurement and finance by implementing sourced contracts to actually deliver value, reduce paper-based processes and improve operational efficiency and effectiveness. from sourcing events), the ability to use external content as part of its catalogs (e.g.,

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Finale Inventory

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

This means the time to focus on brand awareness is NOW! Caroline Powell, Director of Marketing, Trellis With the time between Cyber 5 and Christmas being a week shorter, the calendar will definitely catch some shoppers by surprise. Pauline Shiu, VP of Marketing, Finale Inventory The fight for Q4 wins began weeks ago.

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Spend Matters

JUNE 19, 2023

from sourcing events), the ability to use external content as part of its catalogs (e.g., from sourcing events), the ability to use external content as part of its catalogs (e.g., Top performing vendors have more options to create catalogs (e.g., Top performing vendors have more options to create catalogs (e.g.,

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Una

APRIL 11, 2023

By Eric Edwards | April 11, 2023 Search In the world of business software applications, few are bigger and more expansive than enterprise resource planning applications, also known as “ERP” systems. They also typically provide analytics and reporting tools that allow managers to monitor performance and make data-driven decisions in real time.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

JULY 9, 2023

Operating in over 40 countries worldwide, SEKO lead the industry with innovative and customizable IT solutions, which provide a seamless flow of information to deliver their growing customer base true supply chain visibility. It’s about visibility, it’s about the experience.” You can increase your conversion by providing more options!”

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Pipefy

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

According to a June 2023 McKinsey report , generative AI has the potential to add $400-$660 billion annually to the retail and consumer packaged goods industry alone. One source businesses are currently tapping to find these massive gains is that of business process improvement and efficiency. Accessibility is an asset of iBPM tools.

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Spend Matters

JUNE 19, 2023

They also improve access to contract information and drive more effective and timely purchasing decisions through the re-use of information to create contract terms and notifications of when to take critical actions. Click to enlarge Central to the typical Contract Lifecycle Management experience is the contract drafting process.

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Spend Matters

MARCH 11, 2024

For our readers who couldn’t/didn’t attend, here are our own reflections based on the time we had ( if we missed you, apologies, but do reach out to us here to get your procurement tech solution in front of our analysts ). So cleansing of SMFs is vital, even though it takes time. with a new CFO, or new budget.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

MARCH 26, 2023

Today I’m joined by Blume Global , a market-leading, sustainability-focused software brand that is removing a huge $1 trillion of waste from the global supply chain, and making logistics processes more agile, dependable, and sustainable with innovative execution and visibility solutions. This episode was filmed at Manifest 2023.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

AUGUST 9, 2023

During a phishing simulation, employees receive simulated phishing emails (or texts or phone calls) that mimic real-world phishing attempts. Since 2019, the number of phishing attacks has grown by 150% percent per year— with the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) reporting an all-time high for phishing in 2022 , logging more than 4.7

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SCMDOJO

MAY 13, 2022

A good way to understand longer end-to-end transit times which under the current scenario have increased dramatically on most of the major trade lanes is to take a closer look at where delays are more likely to happen. Source: project44 Monthly report. To combat runaway inflation, which reached 7.9%

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