Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 14, 2025

Download the 2025 GRI Guide today and take control of your shipping strategy for the year ahead. Dont let the rising costs of parcel shipping derail your budgetgain the clarity and confidence to make proactive, informed decisions.

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Budget Strategy 52

Procurement Express

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

In this guide, well break down the best financial reporting tools for SMBs in 2025 so you can find the one that fits your needs. Budget tracking & variance analysis. Compare actuals vs. budgets in real-time to stay on top of company spend. Here are some of the top financial reporting solutions to consider in 2025.

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Procurement Insights

MARCH 16, 2025

Contextualized Spend Analysis & Cost Optimization AI models use MCP to remember previous spend categories, budget constraints, and organizational purchasing behavior. Improved Cost Savings AI-driven spend analysis and supplier recommendations optimize procurement budgets.

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Supply Chain Optimization supply chain budgeting Supply Chain Efficiency Bidding 52

Spend Matters

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

The lines between these two critical functions are often blurred, which could lead to potential misalignments in budget planning, compliance and operational goals. The SOVRA Summit 2025 provided valuable insights into the evolving landscape of public procurement.

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Procurement Bidding Contract management Data 116

Jaggaer

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Mark Roberts was previously Commercial Director for the Metropolitan Police Service in London, the largest Police Force in Europe, with income contracts of 300m and an expenditure budget of 850m. Prior to this, he was the first Commercial Continuous Improvement Director for the Government Commercial Function.

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Procurement Real-time Visibility Data Contract 52

ivalua

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

According to Gartner, up to 67% of ERP implementations fail — and as more solutions migrate to the cloud, they predict the failure rate could climb to as much as 90% by 2025. In fact, 74% of ERP implementations go Over Budget and they take longer to roll out. Why ERP Implementations Fail and will fail for Healthcare Supply Chains.

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Procurement Leaders

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

With hungry CFOs desperate for bottom-line impact and budget-protecting functional heads keen to reallocate cost, rather than return it to the central pot, it’s a complex and emotive issue. What about demand management? It was lively, as you might expect. Without going into too much detail, one insight jumps out at me.

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Budget Strategic planning Leadership Negotiation 130

Finale Inventory

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Are you focused on clearing excess inventory, increasing revenue, or launching new products for 2025? Monitor sales velocity, adjust advertising budgets, and introduce backup products if key SKUs sell out. Document your wins, misses, and insights to refine your approach for 2025. Key Takeaways from the Webinar: 1. Don’t worry.

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Inventory Price Strategy Budget 52

Procurement Insights

APRIL 1, 2025

Evidence: Hansens RAM philosophy (Procurement Insights, 2025) advocates lean tools ($1M-$5M savings) over bloated suites ($10M-$20M), aligning with this efficiency. Evidence: Ardent Partners (2024) notes modular flexibility as a 2025 trend, outpacing rigid suites for agility. Subscription models scale with usage, not scope.

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e2e Real-time Visibility Sourcing Strategic sourcing 52

Planergy

MARCH 24, 2025

From tracking tuition payments to managing budgets and grants, schools handle complex financial landscapes that require transparency and precision. Look for options like income statements, budget analysis, and grant usage summaries. Real-time budgeting tools. Accounting is a pivotal part of day-to-day school operations.

Budget 52

Budget Spend management Price Data 52

Planergy

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Download Free Copy Ultimate Guide to Procurement in Education: Tips for Schools & Academies Category Spend Management Written by Keith Murphy 16 min read Tags Education Procurement Last edited February 24, 2025 Download PDF IN THIS ARTICLE What is Procurement in Education?

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Procurement Supply Chain Efficiency supply chain budgeting Budget 52

Planergy

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Download Free Copy Mastering Accounts Payable in Schools: Best Practices for Efficient Management Category Accounts Payable Written by Lyle Del Vecchio 14 min read Tags Accounts Payable Education Last edited February 24, 2025 Download PDF KEY TAKEAWAYS Automate accounts payable to save time, reduce errors, and speed up payments.

Management 52

Management Budget Negotiation Purchasing 52

Planergy

MARCH 10, 2025

Optimize Energy Usage Energy consumption often makes up a large share of a schools budget. Streamline Administrative Processes Administrative work, such as budgeting, payroll, and reporting, may hide additional costs caused by inefficiency. Conduct Energy Audits Start by performing an energy audit to determine where money is wasted.

Strategy 52

Strategy Management Budget Spend management 52

Planergy

MARCH 18, 2025

Download Free Copy Supply Chain Disruptions in Schools: Challenges and Solutions Category Inventory Written by Keith Murphy 17 min read Tags Education Risk Management Supply Chain Management Last edited March 18, 2025 Download PDF KEY TAKEAWAYS Efficient school supply chains are critical for maintaining consistent educational services.

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Planergy

MARCH 19, 2025

Download Free Copy Supplier Management in Education: Best Practices for Success Category Vendor Management Written by Rob Biedron 15 min read Tags Education Supplier Relationship Management Last edited March 19, 2025 Download PDF KEY TAKEAWAYS The education sector has to be more strategic about procurement decisions.

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Suppliers Management supply chain budgeting Supply Chain Efficiency 52

Procurement Tactics

OCTOBER 25, 2022

60% of Finance and accounting outsourcing contacts will not be renewed by 2025 due to the outdated and obsolete pricing models. . 85% of logistics leaders expect to see an increase in outsourcing budgets. Accounting is the most outsourced industry sector. 70 to 80% of the finished manufactured products are outsourced. .

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Suppliers Budget Demand Negotiation 182

Planergy

MARCH 11, 2025

Download Free Copy Sage Intacct Accounts Payable: Everything You Need To Know Category Accounts Payable Written by Mary Girsch-Bock 17 min read Tags AP Automation SaaS Sage Intacct Last edited March 11, 2025 Download PDF KEY TAKEAWAYS It streamlines invoice processing, approval routing, and payment management to improve efficiency and reduce errors.

Real-time Visibility 52

Real-time Visibility Purchase orders Purchasing Export 52

Planergy

MARCH 10, 2025

Download Free Copy Education Data Management: Best Practices for Schools and Trusts Category Business Budgeting Written by Keith Murphy 20 min read Tags Big Data Business Intelligence (BI) Education Last edited March 10, 2025 Download PDF KEY TAKEAWAYS Data management ensures accuracy, compliance, and informed decision-making in education.

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Data Management Budget Real-time Visibility 52

Procurement Leaders

JANUARY 13, 2023

Mirroring the findings outlined above, Procurement Leaders’ 2022 report, Functional capabilities: elevating procurement in an age of disruption , found that teams will grow by 9% between 2022 and 2025. The threat of a global recession next year leaves question marks over Remise’s budget and hiring plans, however, as she explains.

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Procurement team Sustainability Procurement Risk 130

Procurement Leaders

JUNE 9, 2022

This involved the company aiming to shift at least 40 million of its adult customers from cigarettes and other combustible tobacco products to smoke-free alternatives by 2025. In March 2021, the company announced an ambition for smoke-free products to account for more than 50% of its total net revenues, also by 2025.

Category management 130

Category management Strategy Procurement Innovation 130

Procurement Insights

JULY 8, 2024

From our experience at a high level, in 2024 companies budgeted for a recession. If 85% GenAI projects failed in the last 18 months, why are most companies increasing budgets in 2024 and 2025? Hansen “failed” need to be clearly defined (Gartner may have done this). Then this “school cheat tool” show up.

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supply chain budgeting Influencing Budget Innovation 84

Planergy

MARCH 24, 2025

Maybe you plan renovation projects over several years and pair them with targeted fundraising or grant applications to keep operations going without disrupting budgets. Software tailored to the scale and complexity of a trusts operations streamlines budgeting, forecasting, and performance tracking processes.

Sustainability 52

Sustainability Real-time Visibility Spend management Innovation 52

Procurement Software

MARCH 30, 2025

Thankfully, in 2025, it’s pretty much a given that any tech that’s implemented needs to have a slick UX. Needless to say, the best tech won’t help you if you’ve not got the right people, a good change management playbook, and some budget to tackle your dirty data issues.

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supply chain software solutions Procurement supply chain budgeting Change management 40

Jaggaer

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Roberts was previously Commercial Director for the Metropolitan Police Service in London, the largest Police Force in Europe, with income contracts of £300m and an expenditure budget of £850m. Prior to this, he was the Commercial Continuous Improvement Director for the Government Commercial Function.

Leadership 52

Leadership Budget Supplier relationship management Collaboration 52

Procurement Insights

JULY 27, 2024

2025 will likely be a rough year for AI-driven high-tech companies in our industry. Don’t have budget or bandwidth. Acceptance Is the crash or AI bubble burst in 2025 inevitable? Now is the time to look for a soft landing. Person #2 ProcureTech solutions, in general, aren’t selling. Too much tech.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

APRIL 30, 2022

If you’re thinking of upgrading your fleet to electric then the sooner the better as this tax deal is only guaranteed to be in place until March 2025. How much budget do you have? Company Car Tax (CCT) costs less for zero and ultra-low emission cars and these beneficial rates can save drivers over £2,000 a year.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

APRIL 14, 2021

I don’t hold that point of view, but I do not believe there is a realistic scenario that Road Ready occurs before 2025 and most likely not until 2030. So if the autonomous truck is Road Ready (2025 or 2030?). The infrastructure is in place for the vehicle to actually hit the road (2035 or 2040?). That doesn’t happen overnight.

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supply chain budgeting Supply chain Budget Purchasing 65

Supply Chain Trend

AUGUST 13, 2020

The budget, or annual operating plan, is normally the first year of the strategy. It doesn’t take imagination to monetize these plans to assess their impact on P&L, to create an automated rolling forecast and to calculate variance from budget. Amazon to spend $700 million retraining a third of its workforce by 2025.

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supply chain software solutions Supply Chain Optimization supply chain budgeting Supply chain 147

Procurement Insights

AUGUST 14, 2024

EDITOR’S NOTE: 75% of all solution providers will be gone by the end of 2025. Historically, PE firms have made deep cuts in research and development (R&D) budgets, which inevitably hampers a vendor’s innovation ability.

Procurement 98

Procurement Vendor relationships Innovation Leadership 98

Planergy

JANUARY 16, 2025

Select the Right Accounting Automation Software Many accounting automation tools are available, so it’s essential to choose one that fits your business’s needs and budget. Spending less time on repetitive tasks means you can track financial data better in real-time.

Data 52

Data Purchasing Purchase orders Strategic planning 52

Barkers Procurement

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Following an initial discovery phase, it was concluded that the most viable option for delivering savings at scale was likely to be some form of retendering, changing behavioursand ceasing certain activities to offer 2023/2024/2025 savings.

Project management 52

Project management Contract Collaboration Budget 52

SupplyShift

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

To reuse the Kraft Heinz example, something like: Procure most electricity from renewable sources by 2025 and decrease energy usage by 15 percent. Decrease water usage by 20 percent at high-risk sites and 15 percent overall by 2025 (per metric ton of product made). Make 100 percent recyclable, reusable or compostable packaging by 2025.

Supply Chain Efficiency 52

Supply Chain Efficiency supply chain budgeting Supply chain Supply 52

SupplyShift

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

To reuse the Kraft Heinz example, something like: Procure most electricity from renewable sources by 2025 and decrease energy usage by 15 percent. Decrease water usage by 20 percent at high-risk sites and 15 percent overall by 2025 (per metric ton of product made). Make 100 percent recyclable, reusable or compostable packaging by 2025.

Supply Chain Efficiency 52

Supply Chain Efficiency supply chain budgeting Supply chain Supply 52

Zycus Cognitive Procurement

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

As per a recent survey , 40% of board directors have moved digital business-related budgets from central technology and IT budgets to business functions. By 2025, customers will expect products that offer dynamic, proactive, and even prescriptive personalised experience. This is to enable greater autonomy and agility. .

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supply chain budgeting Procurement supply chain software solutions Agile and Lean Supply Chain 52

SCMDOJO

JUNE 21, 2023

During such instances, consultancy firms identify issues and offer expertise to resolve them within the allocated budget. Forecasts suggest that the SCaaS market will reach nearly 7 billion USD by 2025. Lack of Technical Knowledge Companies often require technical assistance when implementing recommendations in their systems.

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Planergy

JANUARY 20, 2025

Download Free Copy GL Codes: What Are They and How To Use Them Category Finance Written by Mary Girsch-Bock 16 min read Tags Accounting Chart of Accounts Financial Reporting Last edited January 20, 2025 Download PDF IN THIS ARTICLE What Are GL Account Codes? What Is a GL Code in Accounting and Why Do They Matter? What Are GL Classifications?

Purchasing 52

Purchasing Spend management Import Data 52

Una

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Its essential to weigh the costs against the benefits to ensure it aligns with your budget. Limited Budgets : While 4PL can provide cost savings in the long run, the initial investment may be higher than sticking with a 3PL. Visit una.com to discover other ways to enhance your supply chain operations in 2025.

Logistics 45

Logistics supply chain budgeting Supply Chain Optimization Supply Chain Efficiency 45