Procurement Software

MARCH 16, 2025

While full-scale digital transformation certainly takes time, organisations can see rapid improvements in efficiency, collaboration, and data accuracy right from the outset. These small but impactful changes set the stage for sustained cost savings and strategic decision-making.

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Procurement Insights

APRIL 3, 2025

Like any ecosystem, it has both positive and critical aspects , depending on your perspective whether you’re a startup, enterprise buyer, vendor, or procurement leader. Emphasizes cross-industry collaboration , with themes like AI, sustainability, and supplier diversity. Positive Aspects of DPW 1. High-profile speakers (e.g.,

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Innovation Real-time Visibility Sustainability Collaboration 52

ivalua

JUNE 29, 2022

In recent years, sustainability has increasingly become a top priority for many organizations. With this in mind, our research found far too few European suppliers are being regularly assessed on sustainability practices, with less than a quarter (24%) seeing themselves routinely measured on carbon emissions.

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Procurement Insights

MARCH 6, 2025

Its a time-saver for procurement teams or C-level execs needing a starting point. Why Its Good: For industries like procurement or sustainability tech, where Provider X operates, being in the Leaders quadrant signals reliability and market dominance. Why Its Good: Combines hard data with real-world feedback, offering a balanced view.

Sourcing 52

Sourcing supply chain software solutions Supply Chain Efficiency Real-time Visibility 52

Procurement Insights

JUNE 6, 2024

” The Supplier – What is the “one thing” all successful negotiators know – [link] The Manufacturer – What is your Buyer – Supplier “TRUST” Score – [link] The Shipper – Automation, AI, and Supplier Trust: Striking A Raw Nerve With the Workforce?

e2e 65

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Additionally, a purpose-built solution will enable you to measure and monitor buyer adherence to compliance purchasing, ensuring your team is taking advantage of preferred items and reaping the rewards of the contracts you have in place. Point-of-use data capture. Total Cost of Ownership, ERP appears to be cheaper, but is it?

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Jaggaer

MARCH 6, 2025

The landscape of public sector procurement has undergone significant transformation in recent years, driven by advancements in technology, evolving regulatory frameworks, and an increasing emphasis on sustainability. These reforms and similar ones in other countries open up opportunities for public sector buyers.

Supply Chain Efficiency 52

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ivalua

JUNE 1, 2022

Overall, their strategy must move toward data-driven decision-making to provide real-time information visibility. However, they could probably leverage their great buyers in a better way by having proper data delivered to them upfront and allowing them to identify the most strategic new projects.

Real-time Visibility 130

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Spend Matters

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Following months of debate based on extensive knowledge of the many procurement technologies they have demoed, analyzed and benchmarked, they arrive at a list of five young providers that they believe are innovative and exciting, have a rapidly rising presence in the market, can grow sustainably and which every CPO should have on their radar.

Buyers 110

Buyers Real-time Visibility Sustainability Data 110

Una

OCTOBER 25, 2022

And let’s not forget the crucial role they play in driving diversity and sustainability within the supply chain. Once the relevant information has been collected, you’ll be able to prioritize how best to direct your resources and time. Internal buyers consider existing processes to be too tedious and/or confusing.

Supply Chain Efficiency 105

Supply Chain Efficiency Procurement Purchase orders Real-time Visibility 105

Jaggaer

OCTOBER 24, 2024

In times of pressure and crisis , highly responsive and trustworthy suppliers make agility possible. Following widely-known standards keeps your vendor options open so you’re not locked into sourcing from a small pool of specialty suppliers that can negatively impact time to market. Performance and stability can waver.

Collaboration 52

Collaboration Suppliers Supply Chain Efficiency Agile and Lean Supply Chain 52

Procurement Heads

JULY 27, 2022

For the last few years what we have seen in procurement is a lot of push around sustainability, systems, processes, and automation of what procurement can do. Many buyers who have started their careers in the last 15 years haven’t been exposed to some of the real challenges where the cost of what you buy can rise by 5-10% every year.

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Procurement Tactics

JUNE 26, 2023

Social Media Trends Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and Pinterest are the best channels that offer real-time trending products to sell. These tips will likely change over time so constant research and informed decisions will play a big part. Sustainable Procurement Course Maintain profitability while moving toward sustainability 4.

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Price Suppliers Negotiation Real-time Visibility 195

ivalua

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Loss of sales and market share are the most visible and measurable impacts. Under pressure to quickly identify new sources of supply, due diligence has–at times been reduced, thereby increasing the likelihood of quality issues, unknowingly supporting forced labor, or exposing organizations to fraud. Increasing Supplier Visibility.

Risk management 130

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Arkestro

MARCH 27, 2024

Resources / Blog / Unleashing the Power of Procurement Buyers: Delving into this Impactful Role Unleashing the Power of Procurement Buyers: Delving into this Impactful Role Buyers have always played an important role in the procurement industry, helping organizations obtain goods and maintain a careful balance of speed, cost-efficiency, and quality.

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TYA Suite

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Each participant in the procurement process—whether they are suppliers, buyers, or logistics providers—has access to this shared ledger. This transparency is a game-changer because it enables all parties to view the same information in real time. This level of visibility is invaluable for several reasons.

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ivalua

MARCH 9, 2023

The contracts govern the relationship between the buyer and supplier, an essential process to inform Procure-to-Pay. By gaining visibility into spending patterns, demand, supplier performance, and supply markets–opportunities will be uncovered.

Sourcing 130

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

AUGUST 7, 2022

IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS: [06.41] Erik’s founder story, and the journey that led him to “experience the tension between small suppliers and giant buyers” first hand, and establish Orderful. “I The biggest problem isn’t the technology itself – it’s getting two companies to collaborate to get the job done.”.

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Planergy

MARCH 18, 2025

Tools like PLANERGY enhance supply chain resilience by providing real-time tracking, data-driven insights, and streamlined communication with suppliers. Building strong supplier relationships, diversifying sourcing, and adopting solid inventory management practices are essential to minimizing risks and ensuring service continuity.

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Spend Matters

JUNE 19, 2023

I have seen top performers with catalog content that includes volume/promotional pricing, real-time price checks, multi-currency, multilingual and custom or specialty attributes for industry-specific inventory data, which were also embedded into shopping lists and more.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Make Your Website Visible and Trustworthy! Thus a website is your strategic source of revenue and brand visibility , which are important considerations before redesigning your website. Still, as time passes, you might notice that your website enjoys fewer visits. Why Think about Redesign? How to Make Redesign Successful.

Real-time Visibility 85

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Jaggaer

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

This has brought benefits but not sustainable value , especially when buyers have looked for “best-of-breed” point solutions with limited interoperability. A second important development objective was to improve supplier enablement and onboarding , thereby reducing costs to the buyer and improving efficiencies for suppliers.

Collaboration 78

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

As a result, you can ensure that your production team can mass-produce high-quality items that would delight your buyers. For instance, if you experience rest and cannot fulfill orders on time, your customers might cancel or buy products from other alternatives. Minimizes Downtime. Avoids Equipment Breakdown. Reduces Product Shortages.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

MAY 14, 2023

Flexport is building the platform for global logistics, empowering buyers, sellers and their logistics partners with the technology and services to grow and innovate. He oversaw all sales and operations, sponsored Fortune 500 global accounts and led an organization with nearly 1,000 full time employees under his leadership.

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SCMDOJO

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Time is really important in business. Knowing how crucial time is for keeping customers happy and influencing what they buy, it’s clear that handling lead time (which means the time it takes to get things ready) is not just needed for business, but it also gives an edge in today’s competitive and complex economy.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 98

Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Efficiency Supply Chain Optimization Real-time Visibility 98

Jaggaer

OCTOBER 24, 2024

From bundling spend to identifying mutual efficiencies, these approaches not only drive down costs but also strengthen supplier relationships, ensuring sustainability and value over time. By building trust and transparency, procurement leaders can work with suppliers to achieve cost savings that are sustainable and equitable.

Collaboration 52

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SupplyShift

JUNE 24, 2021

In this type of supply chain ecosystem, companies must understand sustainability performance of not only their tier-one suppliers, but also their second, third, and fourth tier suppliers and beyond. To learn more about why multi-tier visibility is so important, see our recent article. Where do you start?

Suppliers 52

Suppliers Real-time Visibility Supply Chain Efficiency Sustainability 52

SupplyShift

JUNE 24, 2021

In this type of supply chain ecosystem, companies must understand sustainability performance of not only their tier-one suppliers, but also their second, third, and fourth tier suppliers and beyond. To learn more about why multi-tier visibility is so important, see our recent article. Where do you start? Set Clear Expectations.

Suppliers 52

Suppliers Real-time Visibility Supply Chain Efficiency Sustainability 52

Procurement Software

APRIL 18, 2023

With tangible benefits for buyers, eAuctions could help your organisation survive the economic downturn. eAuctions are a negotiation method that allow buyers to leverage market-driven pricing opportunities. These negotiations take place in real time, with all prospective suppliers at once.

Bidding 52

Bidding Supply Chain Efficiency Real-time Visibility Negotiation 52

Pipefy

JANUARY 9, 2023

Among global workers, stress has (once again) reached an all-time high. This presents a very real economic cost for companies already faced with a lack of procurement resources. These two shortcuts can snowball into bigger risks, cause leaks for businesses, as well as quality and sustainability issues for procurement teams.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 59

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Arkestro

AUGUST 1, 2022

For the longest time, the procurement scale has tipped in favor of the buyer. The leverage buyers once used against suppliers is no longer working in the current global inflationary economy. Some of these include annual pricing reductions, extended payment terms, and the lack of visibility and profit-sharing.

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Arkestro

MAY 9, 2022

Ensure your company has a steady supply of what it needs to produce its end product on time and at the lowest possible price. As companies rethink sourcing , they will have to consider new factors concerning geography and geopolitics, logistics, decarbonization and sustainability, and suppliers’ health.”. Why do we say that?

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Positive Purchasing

MAY 9, 2023

Once we knew what we had, we could start to think about coordinating and bringing together all the data points that would allow our buyers to make different data-based decisions and possibly act quicker. Want to Know What Your Buyers Need? Explore areas that allow you to extract real value. We have addressed this in two ways.

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Procurement Insights

AUGUST 30, 2023

They say that, like truth, good ideas stand the test of time. In this test case, the public sector organization realized a year-over-year 23% cost of goods savings for seven consecutive years while simultaneously reducing the number of buyers required to manage the contract to 3 from an original 23.

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Procurement Software

MARCH 5, 2024

Multi-functional technology enables you to train anywhere at any time, while ever-learning programming allows you to experiment and practice to achieve different outcomes. LavenirAI allows you to train anywhere, any time, so you can stay at the top of your game. It promises to assist with improving buyer and supplier collaboration.

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The Thomas Blog

JANUARY 16, 2024

In the ever-growing and competitive landscape of small businesses, lead generation is vital to your sustainable growth. This improves the company’s online visibility, helps it reach a wider audience, and enhances its authority and credibility within that niche. The right keywords will drive organic traffic to your website.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Businesses that place the emotional needs of the buyer persona at the forefront of the customer experience strategy fosters great relationships. Get the ‘AI for Customer Service’ guidebook Trend 1: Sustainability for customer satisfaction A new generation of consumers creates a need for new approaches to customer relationships.

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