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From Number 7 to Number 2: Because of You, My Faithful Readers (Thank You)

Procurement Insights

Here are 10 of the top procurement blogs in the industry, known for providing valuable insights, trends, and best practices: Spend Matters One of the most influential blogs in procurement, Spend Matters covers a wide range of procurement topics, including technology, supplier management, and sourcing trends.

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Procurement and Sustainability are Your Yin and Yang!

Supply Chain Game Changer

At their root, these two roles coexist with conflicting purposes, but function stronger together than they do apart, as they are — at times — seemingly contrary forces that actually are complementary, interconnected, and interdependent in any business. Procurement is fundamentally centered around the act of acquisition and/or buying.

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The Road to a Stronger Business is through Procurement

HICX

Ideally, they wanted a single team that had worked with 100% of suppliers across the business – which didn’t exist. What did exist was Procurement, a function that did worked with all suppliers, albeit in one area: transactions. So, management ended the search and tasked Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) with this added job.

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An Interview on The Role of Technology in the Future of Procurement with David Yarkin

HICX

David is a procurement practitioner who has spent nearly twenty years working in a number of organizations both in the public and private sectors. After gaining experience, David went on to establish his own business, Procurated , which connects public sector buyers with peer-reviewed suppliers.

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5 Procurement Trends Shaping 2024

Pipefy

In the 2024 State of Procurement Data Report by Amazon Business, 95% of decision-makers surveyed acknowledge that there’s room for procurement optimization. In 2023, our procurement predictions focused on five key areas: The growing emphasis on burnout prevention. Growing investments in procurement technology.