Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

In the book, The Living Supply Chain , the authors argue that, “Speeding up the supply chain is at the root of everything that is good: improved revenue, reduced working capital, higher profitability, and less obsolete inventory. Digital transformation of the supply chain will change everything – for the better.

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Spend Matters

JANUARY 8, 2024

This is where AI can come into its own, allowing procurement to establish full price transparency and scrutinize vendor requests to determine whether price increases were overly inflated. Amid lower growth forecasts and higher interest rates, companies continue to grapple with the challenge of swiftly optimizing working capital.

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Procurement Templates

JUNE 18, 2023

Strategic sourcing: Adopting strategic sourcing practices enables procurement to analyze the entire supply chain and identify cost drivers. By understanding the components and processes that contribute to the final product’s cost, procurement can explore opportunities to optimize and reduce expenses.

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Arkestro

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Historically, the focus has been on optimizing portfolios of spend—prioritizing what to address, defer, or ignore—using well-known frameworks such as the Kraljic Matrix and the Pareto Principle. This allows procurement teams to set up events quickly and efficiently, pre-populating supplier bid sheets with suggested prices.

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Una

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Procurement professionals are abandoning traditional sourcing practices in favor of more responsive strategies to supply chain management in pursuit of more significant cost savings and organizational efficiencies. Increased efficiency & innovation. Market & supplier intelligence.

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SCMDOJO

JUNE 6, 2024

Watch Procurement Jobs in Future I The Supply Chain Show video on SCMDOJO YouTube Channel! Ethical and Sustainable Procurement: The curriculum emphasizes the importance of responsible sourcing practices, aligning with the growing demand for ethical and sustainable supply chains. Enroll Now!

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Finale Inventory

JUNE 21, 2024

It allows companies to streamline operations, improve efficiency, and make better informed decisions. Moreover, ERP systems often include modules for human resources, inventory management, and supply chain optimization. Human Resource Management: Manages employee data, tracks attendance, and automates payroll processing.

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Finale Inventory

JUNE 21, 2024

It allows companies to streamline operations, improve efficiency, and make better informed decisions. Moreover, ERP systems often include modules for human resources, inventory management, and supply chain optimization. Human Resource Management: Manages employee data, tracks attendance, and automates payroll processing.

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Jaggaer

OCTOBER 3, 2024

It starts with spend analysis to provide a detailed cost breakdown, providing the information for competitive tendering via auctions using our Sourcing and Advanced Sourcing Optimizer modules, and aggregating spend where it makes sense for better leverage in negotiations. First, organizations need to get full supply chain visibility.

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Empowering CPO

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

At EmpoweringCPO, we understand the pivotal role it plays in optimizing the supply chain, reducing costs, and fostering long-term competitiveness. Consulting firms like ours leverage cutting-edge tools and analytics to gain deep insights into market trends, supplier performance, and cost structures.

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Empowering CPO

JULY 16, 2023

Through our technologically advanced and innovative approach, we have been successful in helping businesses reduce costs, optimize supplier relationships, manage procurement risks, and ultimately drive profitable growth. With EmpoweringCPO, your procurement processes are not just managed; they’re transformed and empowered.

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NLPA (Next Level Purchasing Association)

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

In today’s dynamic business landscape, category management in procurement has become an essential weapon for procurement teams seeking to optimize spend, strengthen supplier relationships, and drive growth. To thrive, procurement functions need to become strategic partners within the organization, actively driving growth and efficiency.

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Finale Inventory

JULY 17, 2024

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software plays a significant role in streamlining operations, improving efficiency , and enhancing overall productivity. The Role of ERP in Manufacturing ERP software plays a vital role in the manufacturing industry, serving as the backbone for efficient and effective operations.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 26, 2023

It involves segmenting spending into areas that contain similar or related products, allowing for a focused approach on categories that offer opportunities for consolidation and efficiencies. Using category management software is ideal as it creates visibility and efficient management.

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NLPA (Next Level Purchasing Association)

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

A successful procurement transformation involves a strategic overhaul of processes, technologies, and approaches to achieve greater efficiency, cost savings, risk management, and value creation. Automation increases efficiency and reduces errors, leading to faster and more accurate procurement cycles.

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Empowering CPO

JULY 16, 2023

Through our technologically advanced and innovative approach, we have been successful in helping businesses reduce costs, optimize supplier relationships, manage procurement risks, and ultimately drive profitable growth. With EmpoweringCPO, your procurement processes are not just managed; they’re transformed and empowered.

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Skill Dynamics

JULY 19, 2024

The Foundation of a Successful Procurement Strategy To put it simply, a procurement strategy is a plan that outlines how an organization optimizes its external spending, manages its various supplier relationships, and maintains streamlined internal processes to support cost-effectiveness and generate efficiency.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

MAY 13, 2024

Optimize costs across use cases : Different models have varying cost implications. By accessing a range of models, businesses can select the most cost-effective option for each application. This step focuses on right-sizing the model to fit the use case optimally as bigger is not necessarily better.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 3, 2022

They are far more convenient than conventional discussions and negotiations, providing procedural integrity and transparency while also lowering final prices owing to enhanced supplier competitiveness. Digital bidding, or eAuctions, are a more efficient way of negotiating with vendors in the international market. Macfarlane, 2017).

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TYA Suite

JULY 17, 2024

In today's dynamic business environment, efficient po management is essential for optimizing inventory levels, controlling costs, and maintaining strong supplier relationships. A robust ensures accuracy, transparency, and efficiency in procurement activities, reducing the risk of errors and delays.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

AUGUST 11, 2023

If your manufacturing processes have become more intricate and challenging to manage manually, an MES can help streamline manufacturing operations management, increase efficiency and reduce errors. MES systems can assist managers with process management and process control, helping to facilitate optimal performance of manufacturing.

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Empowering CPO

MAY 4, 2023

Importance of procurement in modern businesses In today’s fast-paced and competitive business landscape, procurement plays a crucial role in driving efficiency, cost savings, and overall success. Greater transparency: Real-time tracking of procurement activities allows for better monitoring and control of the entire process.

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Una

OCTOBER 9, 2023

How to Implement a Strategic Sourcing Process A play-by-play manual showing how to implement a strategic sourcing process that aligns with your organization’s goals, optimizes spend, and creates long-term value. By proactively addressing risks, organizations can safeguard their supply chains and drive efficiencies.

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NLPA (Next Level Purchasing Association)

APRIL 5, 2023

With the increasing complexity of supply chains and the growing importance of sustainability and social responsibility, the role of procurement professionals has become more critical than ever. It involves optimizing procurement processes and reducing costs while maintaining the quality of goods and services.

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Supply Chain Trend

DECEMBER 22, 2023

In the end, IBP is a philosophy, or belief system that strives for transparency, near perfect integration and alignment, both horizontal (between functions, BUs, even companies) and vertical (between strategy, planning and execution). These are ideas of enhancement, evolution, not replacement. So, there are many possible approaches.

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Empowering CPO

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The result is not just cost savings but a holistic transformation that positions organizations for sustained success in an ever-changing business landscape. Our services are meticulously crafted to maximize efficiency while allowing organizations to concentrate on their core competencies.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

APRIL 5, 2024

No single system can manage all the required information views to enable end-to-end optimization. Monitoring energy efficiency and greenhouse gas or fugitive emissions can directly contribute to environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting, helping to manage and reduce the carbon footprint.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

AUGUST 11, 2023

For example, moving to a modern customer relationship management (CRM) platform from spreadsheets and/or decentralized records may incur an initial cost, but it can increase efficiency and drive sales. Six ways IT can create cost savings Cost optimization is top of mind for any organization.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

JUNE 30, 2023

Enterprise asset management (EAM) is an asset lifecycle management solution focused on optimizing the overall lifetime performance of assets from acquisition to end-of-life. KPI dashboards or MRO inventory optimization) and audit trails are also included in CMMS software solutions.

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Una

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Understanding cost savings Cost savings, as the term suggests, refers to the reduction in expenses achieved through various procurement actions. These actions typically involve negotiating better deals with suppliers , optimizing procurement processes, and finding cost-efficient alternatives for goods and services.

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Una

JANUARY 8, 2024

Value-Creation Maestro You invest a bit more in fuel-efficient, low-maintenance vehicles with a longer lifespan. The value here isn't just held in the initial cost but in the total cost of ownership, environmental impact, and overall efficiency. The initial savings pale in comparison to the ongoing expenses.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

APRIL 11, 2024

The EU AI Act provides a much-needed framework for ensuring transparency, accountability and human oversight in developing and deploying AI technologies. A proven solution with IBM Cloud: It is optimized for regulated industries , addressing the complex and evolving needs of the payments industry.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Strategic Sourcing is a proven approach to understanding and delivering significant cost reduction based on Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), building a sustained value – creating relationship with the suppliers and category spend reduction in order to create and sustain a competitive advantage. So what are the new realities?

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Top 5 commonalities: UEM and device lifecycle management share several commonalities, as they both play essential roles in the management and optimization of endpoints within an organization. This way, IT teams can be both efficient and effective and keep the total cost of ownership under control.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

MAY 8, 2024

Today, our enterprise-grade platform is optimized to help clients manage mission-critical workloads while addressing resiliency, performance, security, compliance and total cost of ownership. A hybrid cloud approach with IBM is designed to: Enable the medical center to access cloud services securely and efficiently.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

MARCH 14, 2024

By using fit-for-purpose databases, customers can efficiently run workloads, using the appropriate engine at the optimal cost to optimize analytics for the best price-performance. Netezza uses AI-infused granular elastic scaling that helps to ensure efficiency and cost predictability of workloads at the enterprise scale.

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The Good Spending

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

TLC analysis requires a deep understanding of supply chain costs - customs, duties, tariffs, and 3PL services. Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) TCO considers all costs associated with acquiring, operating, and maintaining evaluating bids. However, it still neglects revenue, risk, or social objectives.

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