Jaggaer

MARCH 24, 2025

Top 3 Procurement Technologies to Embrace in 2025 Staying ahead of key procurement technology and advancements is essential for CPOs who want to improve spend cost reduction, drive strategic value, and navigate the increasingly complex procurement landscape.

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

ERP vs. Best-in-Class for Healthcare Supply Chain Management? Are ERP systems better than best-in-class supply chain solutions for managing healthcare supply chains? That’s the question we set out to answer in our recent panel discussion with Procurement and Supply Chain experts. The verdict?

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Jaggaer

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Opportunities for Procurement Technology As we look toward 2025, European businesses are reshaping their supply chains to navigate an increasingly complex global landscape. A recent report by Maersk and Reuters Events highlights that 68% of companies are making supply chain visibility and monitoring solutions a top priority.

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Jaggaer

MARCH 6, 2025

Leveraging modern procurement technology has become essential for public sector organizations aiming to achieve efficiency, transparency, and compliance while meeting their social and environmental goals. Blockchain Technology: Blockchain ensures transparency, security, and traceability in procurement transactions.

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Jaggaer

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Procurement Priorities for 2025 and Beyond The manufacturing industry is evolving rapidly, leaving Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) grappling with challenges that could make or break their organizations. This involves analyzing spend data, identifying for consolidation, and negotiating better contracts with key suppliers.

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Skill Dynamics

JANUARY 21, 2025

How can you ensure that your supply chain team are consistently up-to-speed with the modern supply chain landscape? A well-defined supply chain competency framework can be extremely useful. It typically covers key supply chain areas including procurement , logistics, demand forecasting , and much more.

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Jaggaer

MARCH 20, 2025

RESEARCH TRIANGLE, NC, March 20, 2025 Rittal, one of the world’s leading system providers of electrical enclosures, power distribution, climate control, IT infrastructure, software and services, has confirmed JAGGAER for its procurement processes.

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Procurement Insights

JANUARY 3, 2025

Starting with the CFO, then the CIO, CEO, and The Board, here is the outline of changes in how top executives view procurement going forward in 2025. Shift Toward Value Creation : CFOs increasingly view procurement as a driver of enterprise-wide value , contributing to innovation, supplier collaboration, and strategic goals.

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Procurement Insights

APRIL 4, 2025

EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is based on the 4-Model Agent-based assessment tool that leverages the RAM 1998 to 2025 framework architecture. Below is a ranking from highest to lowest focus on procurement and supply chain practices, as of April 4, 2025, based on their stated missions, agendas, and historical emphasis.

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Procurement Insights

APRIL 8, 2025

This flexibility is crucial in a Metaprise environment, which integrates multiple enterprises, suppliers, and partners into a unified system. supplier delays, demand spikes). Example During a port strike, agents reroute shipments via alternative suppliers/logistics partners. new suppliers, sustainable materials).

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Jaggaer

APRIL 9, 2025

The Manufacturing Supply Chain Journey through AI and Automation Manufacturing Supply Chains Explained The manufacturing supply chain comprises all the processes a business uses to turn raw materials and components into final products that are ready to be sold to customers, whether these are consumers or other businesses.

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Jaggaer

APRIL 9, 2025

Learn what each one does, how MRP II supports production efficiency and supplier coordination, and where traditional systems fall short without the right source-to-pay technology in place. From sourcing raw materials to delivering finished products, every link in the chain must ope rate with speed, accuracy, and resilience.

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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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Planergy

MARCH 19, 2025

How AP can improve relationships with your key suppliers. Effective supplier management is essential for educational institutions. Schools rely on vendors for everythingtextbooks and classroom supplies, technology, food services, and maintenance. However, budget restrictions and transparency requirements present challenges.

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Jaggaer

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Leaders globally need to champion technology adoption by clearly communicating benefits, such as enhanced transparency, efficiency, and cross-functional collaboration. Lets start a conversation on making measurable impact in 2025 and beyond. echoes across organizations. However, maintaining momentum is critical.

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Procurement Insights

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

As we near the end of 2024, virtually all industry players are publishing their procurement predictions for their respective 2025 reports. Based on the ChatGPT assessment I would ask you the following three questions: Which perspective on AI and digital transformation in procurement in 2025 is the most insightful and useful?

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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. This integration will streamline strategic sourcing, reducing cycle times and enhancing efficiency. Resilient Supply Chain Management** : Building resilience into supply chains will be a priority.

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Procurement Insights

MARCH 16, 2025

How Procurement Professionals Use or Interact with Model Context Protocol (MCP) Procurement professionals interact with AI models that utilize Model Context Protocol (MCP) in various ways, especially within digital procurement platforms, supplier management systems, and spend analytics tools.

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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 Insights

APRIL 2, 2025

EDITOR’S NOTE: Chevron was IN NO WAY involved with the following assessment, although I think they will find it to be an interesting read because it leverages their known capabilities and aligns them with my prior research and discussions on procurement efficiency, Shared Services, and Hansens RAM principles.

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Procurement Leaders

AUGUST 12, 2024

Prioritise and tier your suppliers – which are most material to your decarbonisation ambition? Simplify the data-collection process – while there isn’t a one-size-fits-all solution, we need to reduce supplier fatigue where possible. Use technology tools that fit your business and your supply base.

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Planergy

MARCH 18, 2025

How AP can improve relationships with your key suppliers. Common disruptions such as economic instability, vendor delays, natural disasters, and supply shortages uniquely challenge schools due to tight budgets and rigid schedules. Efficient supply chains play a major role in keeping schools running smoothly.

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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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Procurement Insights

MARCH 23, 2025

“ The Forgotten Three A successful ProcureTech implementation can significantly influence product quality, supplier delivery performance, and full-time equivalents (FTEs) in indirect procurement by enhancing efficiency, visibility, and collaboration across the supply chain. MRO vs. Office Supplies).

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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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Procurement Tactics

JUNE 23, 2023

Bonus PDF: 51 ChatGPT Prompts to 10X Your Productivity in Procurement Download 51 Prompts →  Or receive our famous weekly newsletter 12 Best UK Drop Shipping Suppliers 2023 — Pricing & Reviews The drop shipping industry is saturated but it is still a profitable business in 2023. 8 Considerations When Choosing Dropshipping Suppliers 1.

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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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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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Jaggaer

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Companies that fail to implement energy efficiency measures, maintain emissions below a certain benchmark, or develop net-zero plans could lose 20% of their free allowances. Second, supplier collaboration will become more important than ever.

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Jaggaer

MARCH 20, 2025

Additionally, institutions must remain adaptable to changes in compliance requirements related to federal grant-funded purchases, sustainability mandates, or supplier diversity policies. After 2025 the college-age population is expected to shrink for the next five to 10 years. Funding freezes and cuts are a second major cost pressure.

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Procurement Insights

APRIL 9, 2025

For example, Nipendos cloud-based automation enables Amex to handle supplier onboarding, invoice reconciliation, and payments nativelyareas where Ramp excels (e.g., Strategic Fit: Amex aimed to build an end-to-end B2B platform (Anna Marrs, Amex), enhancing its supplier-side offerings beyond card issuance. PO syncing, bill pay).

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ivalua

JUNE 2, 2016

Niul Burton wrote a great article in Industry Week titled “Procurement 2025: 10 Challenges that Will Transform Global Sourcing”. For those of you who are executives in Supply Chain, Procurement or New Product Introduction/Development, this is a must read. Sustainability. Think of the brand Tom’s shoes. Globalization.

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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. 2 Jaggaer 1995 Founded as SciQuest in 1995, rebranded to Jaggaer, just edging out SAP Ariba.

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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. Moreover, businesses that already had a transparency focus were far less impacted by the pandemic overall.

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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. Moreover, businesses that already had a transparency focus were far less impacted by the pandemic overall. Revisit your commitments and goals.

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Procurement Leaders

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

For the best part of half a century, we have been on a rampant journey towards globalisation and efficiency – driving out redundancy from supply chains, focusing on scale and developing global markets fuelled by technology and innovation. Is one global supply chain fit for purpose? The future looks different.

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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.

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