Jaggaer

MARCH 20, 2025

Uncertainty around federal and state policy changes poses a significant challenge for procurement leaders across all types of higher education institutions. Community colleges, public universities, and private institutions alike must navigate the potential for budget cuts, shifts in federal aid programs, and changing regulatory requirements.

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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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Procurement Insights

MARCH 16, 2025

Despite my 40-plus years in high-tech and procurement, I am always curious, so I value the insights I gain from the people in my extended community. How does a procurement professional use or interact with Model Context Protocol, and what improved outcomes does it achieve?

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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? What is Procurement in Education?

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Today Im joined by supply chain software brand Manhattan Associates. Manhattan provide more than just supply chain solutions. Today Mandar Rahatekar, Senior Director of Research and Development at Manhattan, joins me to talk all about the power of unified supply chain planning. Im a mechanical engineer.

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Procurement Tactics

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

33 Procurement Interview Questions in 2022. Sustainable Procurement Business Examples — The Ultimate Guide. Sustainable procurement is being adopted by many companies to reduce their carbon emissions and achieve sustainability. After reading this article, you will have a deeper understanding of sustainable procurement.

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SCMDOJO

JUNE 21, 2023

The Supply Chain as a Service (SCaaS) market has experienced significant growth in recent years, with even greater potential ahead. SCaaS is a technology-driven approach to managing supply chains, offering comprehensive end-to-end solutions for businesses. Let’s delve into this emerging concept.

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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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Jaggaer

MARCH 19, 2025

Procurement has changed But how does all this affect us in the procurement community? Procurement today has three overarching objectives: to maximize profitability, minimize risk, and optimize sustainability. We want to reduce costs. The first of these has always been with us.

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Arkestro

AUGUST 22, 2023

Resources / Blog / The Power of Predictive Procurement Orchestration for Food & Beverage Supply Chain The Power of Predictive Procurement Orchestration for Food & Beverage Supply Chain Food and beverage procurement professionals have had their work cut out for them during the last few years.

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Procurement Software

MARCH 30, 2025

We later rebranded to The Procurement Software Podcast to match our software directory.) Procurement – by and large – is still a very conservative and technocratic profession. Since then, procurement software companies have been racing to add AI into their product (or enhance their previous offering).

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

OCTOBER 13, 2024

 Today I’m joined by supply chain software brand, Manhattan Associates. Manhattan provide more than just supply chain solutions. Guest bio: Over the last 13+ years, Bryant has served in various roles in the Supply Chain software space – including operations, implementation, and product management.

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SupplyShift

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

2020 has been a defining year for transparent supply chains. On the contrary, companies seem to be more focused than ever on driving sustainability in supply chains. And in order to do so, you need to drastically increase transparency in your supply chain.

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SupplyShift

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

2020 has been a defining year for transparent supply chains. On the contrary, companies seem to be more focused than ever on driving sustainability in supply chains. And in order to do so, you need to drastically increase transparency in your supply chain. 2021 Supply Chain Transparency Checklist.

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Procurement Insights

JULY 8, 2024

From our experience at a high level, in 2024 companies budgeted for a recession. Hansen Strategic Advisor/Analyst Specializing in Emerging AI Tech, Sales and Marketing (Procurement) Thinkers360 Top 50 Global Thought Leaders & Influencers on Procurement! Then this “school cheat tool” show up.

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Barkers Procurement

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Find out how we can support your AMP8 ambitions Book a meeting Asset Management Period 8 (AMP8) commences on 1 April 2025 affecting all English and Welsh Water companies. All of this has put inflationary pressures on the economy overall, driving costs up. So what should water companies do to mitigate against this challenge?

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Zycus Cognitive Procurement

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

There are a couple of quite interesting facts that prove Procurement to be the captain, guiding the journey to recovery post-crisis. In a case of history repeating, Procurement once again is the torch bearer for organisations looking forward to normalise cash flows, increase profitability and thus return to normalcy.

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Arkestro

JUNE 20, 2023

You may face challenges such as choosing reliable suppliers, controlling costs, and managing orders. Research-backed procurement strategies can help CFOs achieve their goals while minimizing risk exposure across global supply chains. With 36% of leaders prioritizing AI implementation in finance [1].

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Arkestro

JULY 6, 2023

Resources / Blog / Driving Cost Savings & Efficiency with Predictive Procurement Orchestration for Automotive Driving Cost Savings & Efficiency with Predictive Procurement Orchestration for Automotive The ripple effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are still rearing their ugly head in the automotive industry.

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Arkestro

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Resources / Blog / Procuring Thanksgiving Dinner: What’s on the Table for the Food and Beverage Industry Procuring Thanksgiving Dinner: What’s on the Table for the Food and Beverage Industry Thanksgiving is one of the most important holidays for the food and beverage industry in the U.S. Last year, the holiday brought in $2.8

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NLPA (Next Level Purchasing Association)

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

A successful procurement transformation involves a strategic overhaul of processes, technologies, and approaches to achieve greater efficiency, cost savings, risk management, and value creation. Automation increases efficiency and reduces errors, leading to faster and more accurate procurement cycles.

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Jaggaer

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Understanding P2P: The Core of Effective Procurement The procure -to-pay (P2P) process drives purchasing efficiency for organizations of all sizes, covering every stage from initial requisition to final payment. In a manufacturing company, for example, operations might request a fresh supply of components or materials.

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Procurement Insights

JULY 27, 2024

For procurement tech companies, the bells are tolling – can you hear them? 2025 will likely be a rough year for AI-driven high-tech companies in our industry. Don’t have budget or bandwidth. We had to pull back from it and switch back to being just a procurement-tech company—which is not going to pay the bills.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 6, 2019

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. 7 KPIs Your Procurement Team May Be Ignoring! Organizations are ‘going carbon neutral by 2025’, and ‘implementing Artificially Intelligent business systems’ and ‘sourcing form solely environmentally friendly suppliers’. Subscribe Here! Email Address. She chose the hybrid route.

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Procurement Insights

AUGUST 9, 2024

So, here is my question: Do you see the parallel between the video on integration from more than a decade ago and the integration of AI-based solutions, which is likely to increase significantly with the AI Bubble bursts in 2025? Cost & Supply Chain Management ! The company was founded in 1979 by Gideon Gartner. .

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Procurement Insights

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Regardless of the reasons or for that matter the degree, of the pending talent crunch or vacuum as I like to call it, a successful procurement practice is built upon the commitment (some would say passion) of its personnel. When it comes to talent and technology, have we really made any progress heading into 2025?

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SCMDOJO

MARCH 28, 2025

As we approach the end of Q1 of 2025, several key logistics trends are poised to significantly reshape the logistics landscape. Scoutbee is an AI-powered procurement network that connects buyers with potential suppliers. Agentic AI takes this a step further by enabling autonomous supply chain systems.

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Barkers Procurement

JANUARY 7, 2025

In practice, this means that business leaders, including Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs), should gauge whether they are making a meaningful impact on their carbon footprint and net zero policies. First, CPOs can conduct in-depth surveys and interview their key stakeholders to understand how their supply chains are performing.

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Procurement Insights

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

What Is Velocity Procurement Jon W. While Hansen hasnt published a formal manifesto on it, the term emerges in his 2024 writings and discussions, notably on platforms like LinkedIn, where he positions it as a response to the sluggish, tech-heavy procurement systems dominating todays landscape. That systems success (e.g.,

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Procurement Insights

APRIL 2, 2025

Here is an excerpt from the following October 2024 Procurement Insights post: How Many Solution Providers Choose The Right Clients? Here is an excerpt from the following June 2017 Procurement Insights post: Do Service Providers Choose The Right Clients? Direct Procurement Impact: Direct commodities (e.g., million cost of sales.

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Procurement Insights

JANUARY 8, 2025

For those who may not be aware, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey will be, and I quote, leveraging Aribas on-demand Procure-to-Pay offering to drive savings, efficiencies, and competitive advantage. Key Products: Guided buying, procurement portals, vendor onboarding, and SAP add-ons.

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Procurement Insights

MARCH 1, 2025

In an attempt to answer that question, I wrote the following post in late November last year: Impact of tariffs on supply chains 1930, 2009,2024 Following The Money? As of March 1, 2025, with tariffs amplifying these inefficiencies rather than resolving them, heres a detailed look at the potential consequences: 1.

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Jaggaer

JANUARY 23, 2025

A year ago, we published a checklist naming eight procurement challenges manufacturing companies would face in 2024. We began the piece by writing, Procurement is more dynamic than ever. What will that mean for procurement in the manufacturing sector? Restructuring supply chains in this way adds to complexity.

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Positive Purchasing

APRIL 3, 2025

Post pandemic, we all realized how fragile our supply chains had become. Add to that, wars and geopolitical instability, and distance sources of supply have become more problematic than promising. However, there is more to this than shoring up supply chains in the US.

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Procurement Software

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

He’s predicting that 75% of AI (procurement tech) solution providers today will be gone by the end of 2025. I’ve known Jon for a while, and he’s very knowledgeable about the procurement tech space, being one of the original bloggers and analysts. How much procurement tech consolidation should we expect?

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Procurement Insights

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

EDITOR’S NOTE: Here is the link to James Meads’ LinkedIn post regarding my prediction that 75% of all logos on ProcureTech solution maps will be gone by the end of 2025. ” So maybe the questions we should be asking are as follows: How did the dotcom bust hurt the procurement industry? This is great, James Meads !

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