Ms. Category Management

JANUARY 14, 2020

Webinar on Martech Procurement: Please join Ms. Category Management and other amazing Sourcing Professionals in a Webinar in best practices in Sourcing the Martech Stack!

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Spend Matters

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Why we chose it akirolabs is a solution that belongs to a market that is underserved, digital category management, even though the discipline of category management has been a staple of procurement activities for a long time and one that is more critical than ever considering the current business environment (volatile, unpredictable).

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Spend Matters

OCTOBER 17, 2024

In some ways, this is a blessing, as it may succeed in the category management market more than the spend analytics market, for example. Webinar On October 31, our analysts will host a webinar to explain their selection process and what makes a provider stand out.

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Jaggaer

JUNE 7, 2019

Defining Category Management. Category management has a decades-long history that has lead us to our modern understanding of procurement categories. Created in the 1980s, category management was originally the process of grouping products into categories based on how consumers used them.

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Procurement Insights

JULY 12, 2024

Simon Frost • 1st Procurement Expert: Supply Security | Advanced Cost Modelling | Sustainable Sourcing | Category Management | Training & Coaching | Global Adventures Yesterday, I co-hosted a webinar with Expana on Cost Modelling. The webinar went extremely well: 240 attendees!

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

A purpose-built solution can enforce proper governance and standards, automate master data optimization activities, identify product standardization opportunities, and automate category management for strategic sourcing in supply chain. Demand planning capabilities. What is the benefit of using a single source to pay solution?

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Spend Matters

JANUARY 9, 2024

This might be for small use cases like replacing Google when we have a question or more advanced cases like supporting category managers in the buying process. In fact, just recently, we held a webinar with CASME exploring this same topic, bringing together two procurement leaders, who had perspectives from both sides of the argument.

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Spend Matters

OCTOBER 24, 2024

To potential buyers — COVALYZE can save category managers and buyers significant time and money, as it takes away many of the manual processes historically required of these roles. We asked COVALYZE’s co-founder and CEO Christian Haas: How did COVALYZE come into being?

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Spend Matters

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Our only mission since day one has been to make the best-in-class category management accessible to all of the industries with all their complexities and to make category owners the heroes and go-to people. What does it mean to be a Future 5? Obviously, it’s an honor to be selected as part of the Future 5.

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Spend Matters

OCTOBER 26, 2023

akirolabs is a category strategy management solution that aims to support procurement’s transformation from being a purely tactical function to an orchestrator of value. It relies on introducing AI to traditional category management strategies, specifically by augmenting teams instead of automating processes.

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ivalua

JUNE 2, 2016

Challenges in this new manufacturer/supplier partnership Burton cites include: Risk management. This means category managers must work with suppliers much differently and evaluate them based on a wider array of factors. The post The Future of Procurement Is Upon Us.

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Spend Matters

JULY 24, 2023

In terms of technology architecture, the report offers in-depth accounts of a number of use cases, including: Active/strategic stakeholder engagement beyond tactical intake management. Category management is the core engine for scaling processes. The full report can be downloaded here.

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Positive Purchasing

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Focused on developing within the work environment, this should not be limited to traditional training courses, seminars and workshops but can also feature conferences and events, webinars, online programs and even sharing best practice techniques, thoughts and ideas. Online courses that are accredited: Category Management Advanced.

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NLPA (Next Level Purchasing Association)

MAY 5, 2021

Category Management Best Practices. Category Savings Assessment Questionnaire. The Learning site also includes learning resources, including live and on-demand webinars, publications and reports, articles, templates, white papers, and more! Become a member of one of the world’s largest procurement associations today.

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Jaggaer

JUNE 28, 2019

These points and much more are addressed in more detail in our upcoming webinar Digital Transformation in Procurement: How Close Are We? – According to our survey respondents, the technologies that have the highest potential in this regard are supplier management, eProcurement, and eSourcing. on July 10 th.

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Procurement Leaders

MAY 30, 2022

It also brings together clients with diverse and social enterprise suppliers at live events and webinars to help them build connections and learn from each other, with a total of more than 500 attendees in 2021. Boosting social spend with Zurich. It has been particularly successful in supporting social enterprises, which account for £19.6m

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Spend Matters

OCTOBER 17, 2024

To learn more about the methodology behind our analysts’ decisions on all the lists this year, join our webinar on October 31, hosted by the Spend Matters team. We hope the Future 5 broadens our readers’ perception of the art of the possible to help you position your organization for the challenges ahead.

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SCMDOJO

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

That is, adding to what we had previously discussed, finding specialized courses within supply chain management, such as those focused on Category Management or Project Management, may be challenging. However, when it comes to Coursera’s supply chain courses, the platform can be somewhat unclear.

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Zycus Cognitive Procurement

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

It enables supplier centricity and greater visibility, sustainable sourcing, innovative category management techniques and all this culminates to make it a more customer-centric organization. The magic of AI lies in its ability to analyze data, predict and draw pivotal insights in terms of decision making. References: [link].

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NLPA (Next Level Purchasing Association)

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

NLPA Learning also includes learning resources, including live and on-demand webinars, publications and reports, articles, templates, white papers, and more! This results in better negotiation outcomes, improved quality, reduced costs, and enhanced overall value delivery.

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Procurement Software

APRIL 16, 2024

Buying a package of e-learning courses or buying a cumbersome Learning Management System (LMS) can often be counterproductive. When you’re trying to develop a strategic procurement team and teach them things like advanced category management, cheap, basic level self-paced online courses won’t be effective.

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SCMDOJO

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Services James offer are as follows: Consultation Webinar Host and Moderator James has worked on a number of projects for his clients ranging from Machinery, equipment and spare parts category to Interim indirects and Logistics Procurement management. See what this supply chain consultant has to say about it here!

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Procurement Software

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

Compare what you’d get from running Google or LinkedIn ads, or gated white papers or webinars. So, how do you find out whether it’s going to be an audience containing more CPOs, or one which is predominantly Category Managers or Process Excellence Leads attending? Due your due diligence on the event.

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Arkestro

MARCH 28, 2025

This webinar will highlight key supply categories (MRO, Capital, Bill of Materials, and Logistics) and how predictive technology optimizes Spot Buy, Strategic Sourcing, and Category Management. Key Takeaways: How Predictive Procurement supports Enterprise Tariff Strategy How top teams achieve 18.8%

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Spend Matters

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

As part of our Q4 research into supplier risk, third-party and supply-chain risk management (TPRM/SCRM) and the solutions that support it, we have not only conducted analyst- and market-led research in the shape of analyses, advisory, definitions and webinars.

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