Procurement Insights

APRIL 2, 2025

I picked Chevron to prepare the following assessment based on the company’s interest in my recent LinkedIn post and the corresponding poll in the Purchasing & Global Supply Chain Professionals (PGSCP) group. Unique Benefits: Supplier Diversity and ESG: Tracks and promotes diverse suppliers (e.g.,

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Jaggaer

MARCH 6, 2025

This blog explores the key considerations for public sector organizations when selecting procurement technology in 2025, reflecting the latest trends and best practices. Public sector organizations can use blockchain to verify supplier credentials, prevent fraud, and enhance contract execution.

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Procurement Insights

DECEMBER 11, 2024

EDITOR’S NOTE: I am under embargo regarding the advanced copy I received from ZIP with their Procurement Predictions for 2025. Ensuring data security across the supply chain will become paramount, with procurement professionals playing a key role in safeguarding against cyber threats. There is, however, a twist.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

In the fast-paced world of aviation, delays are often‍ unavoidable but always ‍impactful.The highly anticipated entry-into-service (EIS) of the Airbus A350F,originally slated for 2025,now faces unexpected hurdles. Diversify Sourcing: Explore alternative suppliers to reduce dependency on a single source and mitigate risks.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Scheduled for March 2-5, 2025 , this event isn’t just another industry conferenceit’s a strategic battleground where the biggest names in shipping, logistics, and technology will converge to address the challenges that have redefined the supply chain landscape. The timing of TPM25 couldn’t be more crucial.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

APRIL 29, 2021

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Supply Chain Investment Challenges – Real and Imagined! Intelligent Supply Chain technologies article and permission to publish here provided by Dan Weinberger , UN Supply Chain Expert and CEO of Morpheus Network. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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Procurement Leaders

DECEMBER 22, 2024

And theres little to suggest that much will change moving into 2025. Our capacity for operating in areas of ambiguity will be tested to the limit in 2025. In such an environment, agility will be an important muscle to build agile teams, agile processes and supply chains and supplier relationships that are able to pivot at speed.

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Procurement Insights

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

February 2025 – A Liquid Network is a dynamic, decentralized, and adaptable system where ideas, information, and resources flow freely between interconnected participants, fostering innovation and collaboration. Supply chain risk management is proactive and data-driven. What are liquid networks?

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Procurement Insights

APRIL 5, 2025

EDITORS NOTE: The following is based on the 4-Model Agent-based assessment tool that leverages the RAM 1998 to 2025 framework architecture. 9 Lytica 2015 Established in 2015, a newer player in supply chain analytics. 10 Archlet ~3050 employees Startup with a lean team, ProcureTech 100 honoree, but minimal scale.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

In the YouTube video titled “2025 Investments, Supplier Decarbonization, and Lessons from Failures,” sarah Barnes Humphrey and guest Brenda from UBS delve into critical topics surrounding investments, supplier relations, and more within the supply chain industry.

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Barkers Procurement

DECEMBER 16, 2024

On the one hand, supply chain weaknesses are open to risk, and even the smallest challenges are magnified. So, as leaders prepare their strategies for 2025, here are five key insights for procurement teams seeking to navigate this precarious season best. Its a time when the stakes are high. Any lulls will create a weakness.

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NLPA (Next Level Purchasing Association)

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Whether its about navigating complex supplier relationships, managing costs, or preparing for unpredictable challenges, procurement leaders have shown that adaptability and innovation are key. As 2025 approaches, its time to look back at what worked well and how we can build on those successes for the year ahead.

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ivalua

JUNE 16, 2021

The pandemic was a wake-up call for businesses worldwide, who struggled to overcome operational disruption — everything from the transition to remote working, to supply chain chaos. MENA countries import a lot of food; disrupted supply chains and price increases mean potential food shortages. Enter eProcurement.

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Arkestro

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

This agreement was reached after a rigorous evaluation and fast implementation process, delivering tens of millions of material dollar value, driving a measurable impact on earnings per sharethrough hard savings and transformational improvement in performance and operational agility across multiple priority commodity types.

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Procurement Leaders

JULY 1, 2024

Scope 3 data has emerged as an increasingly important topic within the Procurement Leaders community as supply chain sustainability has evolved from being a nice to have to a procurement imperative. Last week, we gathered some of our most mature members for a unique invite-only roundtable to deep-dive into the issue.

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Jaggaer

JANUARY 20, 2025

According to the data, a key trend in the Supply Chain Management Software market in Saudi Arabia is the increasing adoption of cloud-based solutions, which offer scalability, flexibility, and cost-effectiveness. ” For more information about the partnership and its offerings, please visit www.jaggaer.com and www.tforce.com.sa.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 24, 2021

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. 10 Vital Supply Chain Lessons from the Coronavirus Pandemic! Companies rely on supply chain management to reduce costs and increase their production cycle. These developments, combined with the US-China trade war, found the supply chains experiencing unique hurdles.

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Arkestro

MARCH 20, 2025

As supply chains and procurement grow increasingly complex in the face of global challenges, the Executive Advisory Board serves to ensure Arkestro remains strategically positioned and innovative in an evolving market. . billionin revenue. Edwin serves on the Board of Atmus Filtration Technologies, Inc.

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Planergy

MARCH 12, 2025

How AP can improve relationships with your key suppliers. Download Free Copy Reshoring vs Nearshoring: Key Differences and Business Benefits Category Inventory Written by Lyle Del Vecchio 16 min read Tags Procurement Supply Chain Management Last edited March 12, 2025 Download PDF IN THIS ARTICLE What is Reshoring?

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JANUARY 22, 2019

Technologies Reshaping the Global Digital Supply Chain! Imagine what the future will look like in Supply Chain! There are articles which describe what the future of Supply Chain will be like in 2020, 0r 2025, or even 2030. So how can all of this be used to shape what happens in Supply Chain?

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Spend Matters

JANUARY 4, 2024

For example, with a robust configuration, GenAI could be used in supplier relationship management to analyze supplier documents like ESG disclosures and contracts, generating queries and recommended resolutions to issues spotted via performance evaluations.

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Procurement Heads

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

We spend about a billion pounds each year through our supply chain of approximately 500 suppliers. Procurement and supplier management are carried out by separate teams under my leadership. This is why supplier relationship management is a particular passion of mine.

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Arkestro

MARCH 5, 2025

This appointment underscores our dedication to leadership in AI-driven procurement technology and our commitment to helping enterprises unlock trapped savings, mitigate supply chain risk and drive greater, faster efficiencies. We are honored to have them join the team and we look forward to advancing the industry together.”

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 20, 2019

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. What Supply Chain Management problem does this solve? The biggest problem in the transitional supply chain is lack of open and trustworthy information availability across the supply chain caused by multiple issues – trust, technology and legacy practices being the top ones.

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Procurement Tactics

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

Dwindling natural resources, climate change, and increasing demands on energy and food supply are disrupting business operations and supply chains in various ways many professionals do not expect. . Ultimate Supplier Plotting Checklist 2022. Download Free Whitepaper ?. ?. Or receive our famous weekly newsletter.

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EazyStock

JANUARY 17, 2022

The past few years have seen unprecedented supply chain challenges largely stemming from COVID-19 disruptions. Consequently, companies are becoming more focused on anticipating, reacting to, and planning for the unexpected through their supply chain strategies. Supply Chain Digitalization.

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Procurement Heads

JUNE 14, 2023

If you know the regulations well and you can think strategically, you can still be agile, innovative and drive value for money. I also brought in some new people into my national team and changed the culture to be more agile and service-orientated. This took time and required a company-wide change.

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SupplyShift

JULY 6, 2021

But only a handful of businesses are looking at the supply chain as another opportunity to advance diversity. On top of that, many benefits come from doing business with diverse suppliers and supporting DEI initiatives with SMBs. Why Supplier Diversity? If you recognize these problems, here are four steps you can take.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Today, Jeremy Reeves, Senior VP of Product at Relish, and Matt Montgomery, Senior Director of Product Marketing at SAP, join me to talk all about how technology can automate supplier data validation and mitigate risk. Matt Montgomery, Senior Director – Product Marketing, FedRamp, Supplier Lifecycle & Third Party Risk Management at SAP.

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SupplyShift

JULY 6, 2021

But only a handful of businesses are looking at the supply chain as another opportunity to advance diversity. On top of that, many benefits come from doing business with diverse suppliers and supporting DEI initiatives with SMBs. Why Supplier Diversity? Innovation: new talent, new technologies, and new insights.

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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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Solvoyo

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

But what is a cognitive supply chain model and where does it fit into all this? Simply, a cognitive supply chain model utilizes machine learning, which is a type of artificial intelligence that has been merged with advanced analytics. How Cognitive Learning is Applied to Supply Chain Processes.

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NLPA (Next Level Purchasing Association)

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

The Future of Procurement Technology Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) Enhancement: Justification : Strengthening supplier relationships through SRM initiatives fosters collaboration, innovation, and mutual growth. This results in better negotiation outcomes, improved quality, reduced costs, and enhanced overall value delivery.

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Arkestro

JULY 6, 2023

million cars from production due to ongoing supply chain issues and semiconductor shortages. Then we’ll show how autonomous, Predictive Procurement Orchestration (PPO) can help relieve supply chain issues, reduce costs, and help automotive brands navigate increased regulations.

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Jaggaer

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Purchase Order is issued: Once the purchase requisition has been approved by the relevant management, a purchase order is issued to the supplier. Receipt of goods: The supplier delivers the requested goods or services, and a corresponding receipt is created. Invoice received: The suppliers invoice is entered into the processing system.

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Zycus Cognitive Procurement

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

This is to enable greater autonomy and agility. . Focus on supplier relationships with a key focus on the sustainability agenda. Accordingly, the time is right for procurement to take centre stage and create benchmark KPIs to ensure sustainability in global supply chains. Customer-centricity . Risk management.

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Positive Purchasing

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Part of this assessment also helps us to get in touch with critical stakeholders like NGOs, customers, our suppliers, as well as our employees, and ensure that their perspective is accurately reflected. Inevitably, there are some supply chains that are riskier than others.

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