Spend Matters

DECEMBER 21, 2023

AI can help create greater efficiency and value across all source-to-pay processes, including spend analysis, opportunity identification, sourcing and contract management, category management, supply relationship management and risk management.

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Procurement solutions Procurement e2e Real-time Visibility 85

Supply Chain Game Changer

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Featuring Our 10 Best Inventory Management Articles! As I settled into the job and started learning, and studying, the various Supply Chain metrics I was surprised when I looked at the Inventory Turnover performance of the company. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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Spend Matters

JUNE 19, 2023

E-procurement IT solutions improve process automation, increase spending under management, reduce maverick spend, improve cross-functional process/data integration (e.g., budget compliance and inventory availability), enable effective spend, preferred supplier and category management.

Procurement solutions 87

Procurement solutions Procurement supply chain budgeting Real-time Visibility 87

Jaggaer

OCTOBER 24, 2024

The primary goals of SRM are to foster hand-in-glove supplier relationships, manage risk, and optimize the value chain. 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.

Collaboration 52

Collaboration Suppliers Supply Chain Efficiency Agile and Lean Supply Chain 52

Una

JULY 25, 2023

The first three KPIs we suggest every procurement team should monitor are: Defect rates Lead time Contract compliance Can you guess what the other four KPIs will be? Every free resource is dedicated to empowering procurement to save more money, time, and effort. Procurement and Supply Chain: What’s the Difference?

Strategic sourcing 52

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Arkestro

APRIL 25, 2023

The workforce shortage reached half a million this year , and many sectors continue to grapple with increased lead times, and volatile material costs. In fact, 71% of all companies said the cost of raw materials is the biggest threat to their supply chain in 2023. from February 2020 to August 2022.

Supply Chain Efficiency 52

Supply Chain Efficiency Sourcing supply chain budgeting Real-time Visibility 52

World of Procurement blog

MAY 10, 2024

Spend Analysis and Classification with AI AI and machine learning are transforming spend analysis and classification, providing procurement teams with unprecedented visibility into organizational spending. One of the biggest challenges in procurement has been gaining visibility into exactly where money is being spent across the organization.

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Procurement team Procurement Real-time Visibility Supply Chain Efficiency 52

Procurement Software

APRIL 23, 2024

Located in Amsterdam, Netherlands, the company leverages advanced AI technologies to enhance procurement processes, focusing on efficiency and data visibility. What sets Mithra-AI apart is its real-time, continuous visibility of spend data, coupled with proactive alerts for opportunities and risks.

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

Una

APRIL 9, 2024

It might not seem like much but at the time, that meant more wiggle room in our household budget as a young family. Group purchasing works best when optimizing indirect procurement categories as these are often left unmanaged and not part of a company’s more strategic, direct spend amounts.

Purchasing 52

Purchasing supply chain budgeting Real-time Visibility Supply Chain Optimization 52

Procurement Express

DECEMBER 31, 2024

In this article, we’ll go over a few ways to improve the process: education, gaining spend visibility , categorizing spend by supplier or department, etc. Direct vs. Indirect Spend Types of Indirect Spend Categories What’s Behind This Disconnect? What Happens When Indirect Spend Isnt Managed? The list goes on.

Spend management 40

Spend management Strategy Management Real-time Visibility 40

Empowering CPO

JULY 2, 2023

If you’re new to the term, Managed Procurement Services refers to the outsourcing of a company’s procurement functions to a specialized firm. This approach allows businesses to leverage the expertise of procurement specialists to streamline operations, optimize supplier relationships, and most importantly, reduce costs.

Management 40

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Empowering CPO

JUNE 14, 2023

It is a strategic process that involves identifying business needs, sourcing suppliers, negotiating contracts, managing supplier relationships, and ensuring the timely delivery of high-quality products or services. These models are often accompanied by practices such as annual rate contracts, bulk buying, and just-in-time purchasing.

Innovation 52

Innovation Procurement Supply Chain Efficiency Sustainability 52

Planergy

JANUARY 18, 2024

How to gain visibility and control of your indirect spend. How strategic sourcing, cost management, and cost avoidance strategies can be applied to indirect spend. Catalog management in procurement is the strategic process of managing and maintaining a product catalog within an organization.

Management 52

Management Procurement Supplier relationship management Real-time Visibility 52

Procurement Leaders

JUNE 1, 2022

Excluded from planning meetings and strategic decisions, and with a team lacking the knowledge and relationships to drive real change, procurement was extremely decentralised, in control of just 30% of global spending and focused mostly on tactical, transactional activities.

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