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Agentic AI in Supply Chains: The Future of Decision Making

SCMDOJO

They can proactively identify risks, optimize processes in real time, and even negotiate supplier contracts without human oversight. These AI agents leverage real-time data, predictive analytics, and generative AI to enhance resilience, reduce costs, and improve overall efficiency in AI-driven supply chain resilience.

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Inflation + Source-to-Pay Strategies: The Cure for the Common Price Hike

ivalua

It also has an impact on procurement teams as they are responsible for managing supplier relationships, identifying opportunities for cost savings, and ensuring that goods and services are delivered on time and within budget. This helps ensure your contracts remain favorable and that all stakeholders comply with the negotiated terms.

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The Complete Guide to Source-to-Pay (S2P) and Strategic Sourcing

Jaggaer

A well-executed S2P strategy reduces costs, increases visibility, and ensures compliance. Organizations leveraging digital solutions for S2P gain real-time insights into spending patterns, enabling smarter decision-making. Digital transformation further enhances these benefits by improving visibility and automation.

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Building Stronger Relationships: Effective Approaches to Multi-Tier Supplier Collaboration

Jaggaer

Collaboration across Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 3, and beyond requires visibility and communication regarding capacity, cost, risk, order quantities, inventory levels, quality , timelines, logistics, and more. Collaboration brings visibility and agility for gaining market share.

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Believe It Or Not, Procurement Impacts Every Single Person

ivalua

At some point, there was a need for this, a solicitation process to select a supplier, a competitive bidding process, a contract negotiation, transactions and so on. For the longest time, leading Procurement technology providers in my experience just ignored this space.

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Which “Should Cost” ProcureTech Solution provider is the best in these three key areas?

Procurement Insights

Below is a ranking of the top 10 ProcureTech should-cost solution providersGEP, Zycus, Ivalua, SAP Ariba, Coupa Software, Jaggaer, Keelvar, Lytica, ProPurchaser, and Archletacross three criteria: length of time in business, company size, and top reason for dealing with each one. market share (Apps Run The World, 2023) lead.

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The New Age of Negotiation!

Supply Chain Game Changer

New age of negotiation article and permission to publish here provided by Sam Jenks at kodiakrating.com. We negotiate on a daily basis. We negotiate contracts, terms, and specifications in our professional lives and we negotiate dinner plans, curfews, and allowances in our private lives.