IBM Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Sourcing is getting smarter. To start, many organizations have already pivoted from a tactical to a strategic sourcing mindset—which can make all the difference when it comes to gaining and retaining a competitive advantage. But now, the benefits of strategic sourcing are becoming even more attainable thanks to innovation.

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Strategic Sourceror

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

For these reasons, many high-end supply chain organizations are investing their money into visibility solutions to get a better handle on their supply chains. Why is visibility so important? Reduced costs Ultimately, visibility boils down into long-term operational efficiency. Brought to you by the StrategicSourceror.

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Procurement Tactics

JUNE 28, 2023

It involves systematically tracking, recording, and analyzing data or metrics relating to procurement activities to improve efficiency, and cost-effectiveness , comply with business policies and procedures, and ultimately aid in important business decision-making. What is Procurement Tracking?

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Una

AUGUST 30, 2022

Strategic sourcing experts are using machine learning to categorize and manage spend, AI to better predict demand, and act upon alerts such as contract expiry/renewals. Core digital capabilities that we now take for granted include spend analytics, eAuctions, electronic catalogs, data visualization, and more. What's next?

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Jaggaer

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Value chain : Transparency in operations and across multiple supplier tiers gives you visibility into potential gaps in supply continuity. Enterprise-wide data sharing capabilities help you distribute vital information quickly. Finance : Resilience depends on financial flexibility. Performance and stability can waver.

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Procurement Tactics

AUGUST 23, 2022

Contract management, also known as contract lifecycle management, in the field of procurement refers to the handling of end-to-end contracting with the suppliers and other third parties of an organization. . Enhancing strategic sourcing through data analysis. Enhanced contract visibility.

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TYA Suite

APRIL 13, 2025

Some key objectives of purchasing include: Reducing expenses through competitive pricing and strategic sourcing. By reducing the need for manual data entry and approvals, this software allows businesses to complete tasks faster and with greater accuracy. Ensuring purchased materials meet required standards.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Lack of Visibility Beyond Tier 1. According to the 2021 Deloitte Chief Procurement Officer Survey, “Around 70% of CPOs felt that they had good visibility on the risks that existed in their direct (tier 1) suppliers. And, only 15% had visibility into tier 2 or beyond. Dirty Little Secret #1. Dirty Little Secret #2–4.

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Spend Matters

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Strategic sourcing remains critical, especially given our inflationary environment. What we do know is that supply chains often account for more than 90% of a company’s environmental footprint, and SAP can help provide visibility into the data across this value chain.

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Procurement Insights

APRIL 9, 2025

Strategic Fit: Amex aimed to build an end-to-end B2B platform (Anna Marrs, Amex), enhancing its supplier-side offerings beyond card issuance. Strategic Edge: Amexs scale ($50B revenue) and Nipendos supplier tech could erode Ramps SME lead if Amex markets aggressively. Nipendo pre-Amex).

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Strategic Sourceror

JULY 11, 2022

Automate Source-to-Pay Workflow Increase Workflow Automation When S2P solutions are implemented, organizations can increase the automation of their workflow and reduce critical cycle times. The ease of use, simple implementation, and visibility across robust procurement workflows are unmatched with end-to-end platforms.

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Jaggaer

JULY 7, 2020

In 2019 the company decided to embark on a project to implement global dashboards for sourcing and contracting events. These should provide end users with visibility across their assigned scope. Nonetheless, the way that data is captured in the many regions and countries differs somewhat, so this posed an integration challenge.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

It helps bring predictability to Strategic Sourcing, automates Transactional Procurement (or P2P cycle), and enables proactive Supplier Risk Management. Real-time data and analytics. Without interconnected systems, manual data transfer happens across systems using spreadsheets. Supply Chain Transparency.

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World of Procurement blog

MAY 10, 2024

This frees up procurement professionals to focus on high-value strategic activities. Analyzing spend data : AI tools can quickly categorize expenses, identify spending patterns and trends, pinpoint areas of overspending, and generate actionable insights from vast amounts of procurement data. This enables more accurate planning.

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Procurement Software

MAY 16, 2023

Users can access the software from any device, and it integrates with ERP systems for seamless data transfer. It offers the full range of functions you need from an end-to-end platform: Strategic Sourcing Contract Management Procurement Accounts Payable automation Payments and Supplie Management Actionable Data Insights.

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Jaggaer

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Or alternatively, as senior managers we only see the end results of procurement as figures on a spreadsheet or a financial statement, with little awareness of how they are arrived at and how they can be improved. To understand whats really going on we need, first, to step back and get a holistic view of the end-to-end process.

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Pipefy

JUNE 14, 2023

Key takeaways Spend data is the information related to a company’s spending, specifically goods and services purchased from external suppliers or vendors. This data is usually grouped into categories and subcategories. ignoring the importance of data quality, 2. not reviewing spend data regularly. What is spend data?

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Procurement Software

MARCH 7, 2023

However, procure-to-pay is definitely a subcomponent of the entire source-to-pay process. The key difference is that S2P includes the important stage of strategic sourcing, which is performed before you. Industry jargon refers to sourcing and the negotiation of terms and conditions as the “upstream” part of the process.

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Procurement Software

MARCH 5, 2024

The 25 Hottest American Procurement Tech Startups Before we give you the list, we should briefly touch on what we’ve defined as a “Startup” Less than 50 employees, according to data on LinkedIn. Key Data: Founder / CEO: Anders Lillevik Date Founded: 2020 Visit Focal Point profile in our Software Finder 2.

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Empowering CPO

JULY 16, 2023

Managed procurement services can be defined as an external service that helps streamline a company’s acquisition processes, offering an end-to-end solution that takes into account all aspects of procurement – from sourcing to payment. This is where managed procurement services come into the picture.

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Pipefy

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Typically, the source-to-pay process is used to fulfill needs like finding new suppliers that offer lower prices, better terms, or goods/services not offered by current suppliers. S2P software automatically generates and shares these documents with suppliers and stores them securely in an eVault for easy access and visibility.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

These increase accuracy and productivity, track purchases and offers data visibility that informs decision making and reduces risk, inefficiencies and time-consuming delays. Utilize data and insights to analyze outcomes, identify areas for improvement and refine the procurement strategy accordingly.

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Solvoyo

MARCH 29, 2020

2) Real-time visibility is extremely valuable during times of crisis! In the supply chain, visibility involves status reporting from suppliers, through the production&distribution infrastructure and all the way down to the shelf level. End-to-end scenario analyses require this visibility data as input.

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Pipefy

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Strategic procurement, or procurement strategic planning, is a data-driven process that helps businesses align procurement and business goals. What is strategic procurement? This also leads to more advantageous strategic sourcing. Why is strategic procurement important?

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Pipefy

JANUARY 4, 2023

This guide takes an in-depth look at procurement automation to help you understand how and why more businesses are turning to this technology to contain costs, improve visibility, and protect themselves from supply chain disruptions. For example, workflows such as sourcing , vendor onboarding, RFP, and P2P. Preventing missed handoffs.

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Empowering CPO

JUNE 25, 2023

Spend analysis is a process that involves collecting, cleansing, classifying, and analyzing expenditure data with the purpose of reducing procurement costs, improving efficiency, and monitoring compliance. Finally, businesses grapple with the challenge of data management.

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Procurement Software

DECEMBER 5, 2022

However, procure-to-pay is definitely a subcomponent of the entire source-to-pay process. The key difference is that S2P includes the important stage of strategic sourcing, which is performed before you. Industry jargon refers to sourcing and the negotiation of terms and conditions as the “upstream” part of the process.

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Pipefy

JANUARY 5, 2023

Digital procurement involves the use of apps and systems to capture, consolidate, and manage all of the data and information related to procurement. Enhancing visibility and control. This happens when different teams, departments, locations, or employees use their own unique variations of a process such as purchasing or sourcing.

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Solvoyo

MARCH 29, 2020

2) Real-time visibility is extremely valuable during times of crisis! In the supply chain, visibility involves status reporting from suppliers, through the production&distribution infrastructure and all the way down to the shelf level. End-to-end scenario analyses require this visibility data as input.

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HICX

AUGUST 4, 2022

Caption: Adam Brown, Procurement Strategy & Transformation, Maersk; Carmen Erhardt, Head of Digitalization, Henkel; Anthony Payne CMO, HICX; Ragnar Lorentzen, CCO, HICX; Nils Andersson, Senior Manager – Head of Strategic Sourcing Process, Orkla; and Aleks Hajdas PTP Program Lead, JTI share their views on Supplier Experience.

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Procurement Software

JUNE 4, 2024

If you’re a consultancy, an investor, or a solution provider and need to do deeper analysis of the market, we also offer subscriptions to our back end database , with all data points searchable. Key Data: Founder / CEO: Anam Rahman Date Founded: 2020 Visit Kavida.ai profile in our Software Finder 2. Kavida AI Kavida.ai

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Empowering CPO

JULY 16, 2023

Managed procurement services can be defined as an external service that helps streamline a company’s acquisition processes, offering an end-to-end solution that takes into account all aspects of procurement – from sourcing to payment. This is where managed procurement services come into the picture.

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Pipefy

JANUARY 11, 2023

Procurement teams are now expected to perform as a strategic, value-creating business partner that improves business agility, financial visibility, process resilience, and competitiveness. Learn more about strategic sourcing optimization. An abundance of manual work and rapidly changing processes.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

The rise of big data in various manufacturing and logistics industries, the development of sophisticated ERP systems, and end-to-end Supply Chain visibility has made it a crucial strategic function for companies looking to get an edge in highly-competitive industries like Consumer Goods, Food Production and Pharma.

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Procurement Software

MAY 14, 2024

Key Takeaways: Why we need Intake and Procurement Process Orchestration Streamlining of Procurement Process: Process orchestration simplifies the intricate procurement process by automating and integrating each step from intake to procurement, ensuring operational efficiency and strategic alignment with business objectives.

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Procurement Software

JANUARY 23, 2024

The 10 Hottest Germany-based Procurement Tech Startups Before we give you the list, we should briefly touch on what we’ve defined as a “Startup” Less than 50 employees, according to data on LinkedIn. Key Data: Founder / CEO: Dr. Elena Mechik Date Founded: 2019 Visit Inhubber profile in our Software Finder 2.

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Supply Chain Trend

DECEMBER 22, 2023

However, only 3% of companies apply automated execution and 7% autonomous end to end planning. In that order, because we first have to be able to orchestrate and digitize the decision process, including all data, plans, parameters, and decision policies that feed into it, before we can augment or automate. I was a planner once.

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