Skill Dynamics

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

As we discussed in our previous blog , market pressures are driving change in both procurement and supply chain functions. The influencing groups Many organizations are looking to eLearning to drive impactful skill development at scale across various teams in supply chain and procurement.

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Claritum

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Claritum Article - Procurement Blog. Address Procurement Strategy. Focus Procurement on supplier optimisation. Don’t lose Procurement’s focus on costs. Keep Procurement up to date. Procurement is a complex multidisciplinary team activity that crosses all areas of the business. Introduction. Remove the noise.

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Spend Matters

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Zip also hosted panels, Q&A sessions and more with various procurement and finance leaders from Prudential, Pixar, Arm, Coinbase and others. The changes come in conjunction with Zip’s expansion in broader procurement orchestration and into native source-to-pay capabilities, complementing its foundational intake management focus.

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The Thomas Blog

AUGUST 24, 2022

A lot of it depends on what type of materials, products, services, or company is needed, but at a high level, the complete industrial buying process actually involves six distinct phases: The buyer defines a need for a product or service. Impact The Industrial Buying Process Before The Sales Funnel. Sounds exhausting?

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 8, 2019

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Hey Procurement! From one Procurement organization to the next, terminology differs. Procurement is a function, that is undergoing transformation; technologically and ideologically. categorically be boiled down to the ability to communicate efficiently. Subscribe Here!

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Claritum

JANUARY 25, 2019

Claritum Article - Procurement Blog. However, Supply Chain Management technology is beginning to catch on with SMEs, largely because of the significant cost control benefits and the increasing emphasis on control of supply chains and the internationalisation of these supply chains. Introduction.

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Zycus Cognitive Procurement

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Organizations are looking to CPOs to take on broader and deeper strategic initiatives to create a future proof supply chain. In other words, the electronic Procurement system is the paradigm shift in the Procurement function. However, the question arises, does this pose a threat to the future of procurement jobs?

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Procurement Insights

OCTOBER 26, 2023

I am talking about a fully interactive, intuitive chatbot through which 90 percent of everyday procurement work can be effectively and efficiently managed. ” – Maverick Spend, Change Management, and Vendor Rationalization, Procurement Insights (2013) What is maverick spend? Back To Square One?

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Positive Purchasing

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Written by Jonathan O’Brien, leading procurement expert and CEO of Positive Purchasing Ltd. Jonathan and his team work with global blue-chip organizations to help transform their procurement capability. Inevitably, there are some supply chains that are riskier than others.

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Claritum

AUGUST 4, 2020

Introduction Procurement is a complex. The variables and complexities of purchasing products and services, from basic supplies through to strategic purchases, make Procurement a key. the procurement function. the procurement function. The procurement environment is dynamic and constantly changing with.

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The Thomas Blog

JUNE 22, 2022

Today's buying process begins on the internet. What makes sense to an engineer might sound like gibberish to a CFO, while if a supply chain specialist comes across messaging aimed at a company president, it’s not that they wouldn’t know what it was talking about — they probably just wouldn’t care.

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Buyers Real-time Visibility supply chain budgeting Supply Chain Efficiency 64

Spend Matters

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

There is growing enthusiasm among procurement professionals, vendors and industry pundits about the concept of procurement orchestration. Spend Matters notes it as a key emerging market that is “meant to break silos and create bridges between applications, thereby making [procurement] complexity less visible or even disappear.”

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