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Thought leader: How to get early supplier involvement right

Procurement Leaders

For many procurement and supply chain leaders, it is standard practice to involve suppliers early when developing new products and services. It also helps to improve the effectiveness of the new product in areas such as product quality and market performance. But does it work?

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Supplier Collaboration: Fundamental to Elevating Manufacturing Performance

Jaggaer

Supplier Collaboration for Agility Your world is characterized by dynamic market conditions, shifting customer demands, new technologies, rapidly changing regulations, and frequent supply chain disruptions. Decision-makers must plan supply chain resilience strategies for a wide range of risk scenarios.

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5 Steps Towards Modernizing Supplier Management

ivalua

When it comes to the nature of buyer-supplier relationships, we’re entering a brave, new world. Organizations are increasingly dependent on suppliers to successfully bring innovative goods and services to market on time, improve ESG performance, and meet other objectives. Take carbon reductions for example.

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Category Management in Procurement: A Comprehensive Overview & Best Practices

SCMDOJO

Category Management as a Strategic Procurement Function Category management is regarded as a strategic procurement function as it helps drive value for the organization, such as reduced prices and costs, supply chain risks and timescales and focusing on building supplier relationships.

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Let’s Get Digital: Introducing your Source-to-Pay Guide

ivalua

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.

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Decoding the Procurement Department: A Comprehensive Guide to Roles and Responsibilities

SCMDOJO

To get the most out of any procurement team, all the associated key roles need to be filled with qualified individuals that understand both technology and the principles of supply chain management. Negotiates cost-effective contracts with suppliers while following organizational policies and guidelines.

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What Makes a Supplier Strategic?

Una

We need to focus on those that are critical for maintaining a reliable supply chain, optimizing costs, driving innovation, improving efficiency , and supporting strategic objectives. The focus for these items is usually on building strong relationships with suppliers and ensuring a stable supply chain.