IBM Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Now, sourcing and procurement professionals are reaping the rewards of such automation: streamlining workflows, boosting the bottom line and finding efficiencies. In sourcing strategy, blockchain technology helps track orders, payments, accounts and more. How is sourcing strategy different than procurement strategy?

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SCMDOJO

MAY 7, 2024

Enhancing supply chain resilience as well as supply chain visibility is crucial in today’s interconnected world. The powerful concept of Supply Chain Visibility lies at the core of resilience. Supply Chain Visibility refers to tracking and monitoring the movement of goods, services, and information throughout the supply chain.

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Value Match

JULY 21, 2022

Procurement Best Practice. Procurement Policy Notes. Procurement Strategy. The Cabinet Office recently published a new policy paper entitled “ Transforming Public Procurement – our transparency ambition ”. Central government departments must publish their procurement pipelines, e.g. DIO , UKAEA , Home Office.

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Procurement Tactics

MAY 22, 2023

18 Must-Have Negotiation Skills For Procurement Professionals Download Course Details →  Or receive our famous weekly newsletter Integrated Logistics — What You Should Know Integrated logistics is gaining popularity throughout the years to the point of replacing the traditional logistics concepts. However, what is it?

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SCMDOJO

MARCH 19, 2024

Discover Ways to Boost Supply Chain Visibility through Digital Marketing Supply chain visibility is essential for providing a superior customer experience and sustaining customer loyalty over time. Customers face significant frustrations that erode brand trust and sales without supply chain visibility.

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Spend Matters

MAY 21, 2024

Spend Matters chose Intake and Orchestration as its main research theme for this quarter because we believe it is the fastest-growing procurement tech market segment today. If you’d like to understand more about what intake management and orchestration mean for procurement, read our Guide to Intake and Orchestration.

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ivalua

MAY 15, 2022

Part I: Bridging the Gap between Procurement and Finance. To achieve their long-term goals, they needed to bridge the gap between their procurement and finance teams. . The gap between procurement and finance is also a factor to consider that creates additional complexity. A New Vision for Amrest. Where to begin? The solution?

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ivalua

MAY 15, 2022

Part I: Bridging the Gap between Procurement and Finance. To achieve their long-term goals, they needed to bridge the gap between their procurement and finance teams. . The gap between procurement and finance is also a factor to consider that creates additional complexity. A New Vision for Amrest. Where to begin? The solution?

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Jaggaer

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

The process creates efficiencies across all spend categories, minimizes supply chain risks through improved supplier selection and awards, while giving visibility into pricing and forecasting. Maximizing Value Through Continuous Improvement The role of strategic sourcing doesnt end once the contracts are signed.

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Procurement Insights

APRIL 1, 2025

Unlike end-to-end Source-to-Pay (S2P) platforms (e.g., This tailored strategy addresses the root causes of non-usageoverbuying, complexity, and misalignmentwhile leveraging modern integration technologies. Comparison to End-to-End S2P S2P Non-Usage: 30-40% unused (e.g., $15K-$400K Governance: Clear policies (e.g.,

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Procurement Insights

MARCH 27, 2025

AdaptOne could provide significant value to Byrne Dairy , a food and beverage company, by optimizing and digitizing its procurement operations particularly in supplier management , compliance tracking , and procurement workflow visibility. Impact: Centralized procurement ecosystem, data consistency, and reduced duplication.

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Procurement Insights

MARCH 25, 2025

PME is not only an opportunity to warm up the market but also ensuring that any issued RFP can be met, specifications and conditions are fit for purpose and the opportunity to add innovation into the procurement and Contract and Supplier management process.” Here’s how: 1.

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Procurement Tactics

DECEMBER 7, 2022

33 Procurement Interview Questions in 2022. The financial supply chain is new to many procurement professionals, especially those who have just started their journey in the procurement and supply chain industry. . This approach involves the procure-to-pay cycle, order-to-cash cycle, and working capital management. .

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Jaggaer

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

These four steps constitute the downstream procure-to-pay part of the process. Optimizing source-to-paythrough digital transformation streamlines every stage of your procurement strategy, improving visibility, efficiency, and collaboration. These begin with enhanced visibility. Getting buy in is essential.

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Procurement Tactics

JUNE 8, 2023

Bonus PDF: 51 ChatGPT Prompts to 10X Your Productivity in Procurement Download 51 Prompts →  Or receive our famous weekly newsletter Inventory Management — Everything You Should Know Inventory management enables companies to ensure that they always have enough stock to fulfill customer orders. However, what is it?

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Procurement Insights

APRIL 4, 2025

EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is a reprint of the March 25th, 2015 article The Impact Of An M&A On The Procurement Department This morning I read a post by Roz Usheroff regarding the just announced merger between Kraft and Heinz, and how an employee can both survive and thrive when an M&A occurs.

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ivalua

JUNE 17, 2022

Over half of the heads of procurement in our survey (53%) are currently confident in the resiliency of their supply chains, while 20% of the respondents are somewhat confident. Procurement leaders are under increased pressure to improve supply chain resilience. Future-proofing Procurement Against Supply and Demand Shocks.

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Procurement Leaders

JUNE 10, 2024

Just 1% of respondents to a poll Procurement Leaders conducted at the World Procurement Congress said they have “excellent” multi-tier visibility of the supply base. Which leaves 28% of those who responded admitting that the visibility they have is “not great” and, at best, goes as far as Tier-1. This is surprising.

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Spend Matters

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Our coverage also explores the latest thought leadership topics about procurement and supply, the technology that serves it and comparative analyses based on demos and the scoring of 500+ RFI requirements across 12 source-to-pay (S2P) categories that create our Vendor Ranking data.

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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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ivalua

OCTOBER 6, 2021

JACKSONVILLE, FL–(10/7/2021) – Beeline , the leading technology solution provider for managing the extended workforce, and Ivalua , a global leader in cloud Spend Management solutions, announce a partnership which incorporates contingent staffing into the total procurement spend solution. .

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Una

AUGUST 30, 2022

The Disruptive Power of Digital Procurement. For old-school procurement professionals , going digital may simply mean moving away from paper-based processes. Digital procurement game-changers. Procurement Automation: 5 Tasks You Should be Automating. Digital enablement in procurement starts with data.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

APRIL 21, 2020

A “Don’t Touch” Strategy will Dramatically Lean out your Supply Chain! The overarching strategy for limiting exposure to, and spreading of, the Coronavirus is that of Social Distancing. One approach is to develop and deploy Don’t Touch Supply Chain strategies! Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The role of procurement extends beyond transactional activities. A procurement strategy allows an organization to navigate an increasingly complex global supply chain, adapt swiftly to market fluctuations, and achieve cost optimization, operational efficiency and growth. What is a procurement strategy?

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Una

MAY 11, 2023

Building a Procurement Function From Scratch With the right approach, building a procurement function from scratch can create streamlined and efficient processes that deliver real value to your organization. The company has never had a dedicated procurement function before, so you’ve been granted a blank slate to work with.

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ivalua

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Author: Hubert Verweij , Head of Procurement Transformation, Capgemini Invent Sweden and Finland. Nowadays, Procurement practitioners primarily talk about emerging topics like the reduction of scope 3 emissions, supplier-enabled innovation and supply risk management. Procurement as end-to-end process owner .

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Procurement Tactics

JULY 20, 2023

Procurement Strategy Take the lead with our proven 5-step procurement strategy 3. Sustainable Procurement Maintain high profitability while moving toward sustainability 4. ChatGPT & AI Use ChatGPT to automate procurement processes 5. Supplier Order Management Software: What it is?

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

The pandemic and its aftermath highlighted the importance of having a robust supply chain strategy , with many companies facing disruptions due to shortages in raw materials and fluctuations in customer demand. Here’s how companies are using different strategies to address supply chain management and meet their business goals.

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ivalua

JULY 21, 2021

The partnership accelerates procurement digital transformation with Ivalua. REV Group embarked on its sourcing and procurement transformation earlier this year, which included four appointments to REV’s global sourcing and supply chain team, representing the Fire & Emergency, Commercial and Recreation segments. ABOUT CONSUS GLOBAL.

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Jaggaer

OCTOBER 24, 2024

That makes agility a foundational part of your manufacturing strategy. Strategies for Building Resilient Supply Chains Recurring disturbances in recent years have highlighted the need for manufacturers and contract manufacturers to build resilience into their supply chains.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Featuring Our 12 Best Procurement Articles! Procurement is a function that is undergoing an exciting transformation in the majority of global value chains; simultaneously, within its own strategy, process, and technology. This is an exciting time to be a procurement practitioner, as well as a vendor of ProcureTech solutions.

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Una

JULY 28, 2022

Partnering with Procurement to Make Good Things Happen. Partnering with procurement. This is particularly true in terms of the procurement function. Is your procurement team territorial? Is your procurement team territorial? Does your procurement team behave like a snapping saltwater crocodile?

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Spend Matters

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Spend Matters constantly updates its understanding of the state of the procurement tech market via RFIs for our SolutionMap dataset, vendor interviews, global event attendance and product demos with the aim of keeping tech-selection decision makers ahead of market trends. What are the challenges and asks of your customers?

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ivalua

JUNE 27, 2022

Once an organization has the complete Strategic Payment cycle in place CFOs can use the end-to-end visibility to control bottom-line growth with targeted programs. . Procurement can use C2FO to reduce the risks within the supply chain, onboard diverse, environmentally conscious or innovative suppliers. What’s more?

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ivalua

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Master supplier data doesn’t just matter to Procurement. It plays a role in a number of necessary business functions and is a key enabler of automation throughout the Procure-to-Pay (P2P) process. Inside the modern enterprise, a variety of groups use supplier master data, including not just Procurement, but also: . Operations.

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Procurement Tactics

DECEMBER 20, 2022

33 Procurement Interview Questions in 2023. Most of this software is designed to provide visibility into corporate spending, create ways in making the contract process efficient, and lower administrative costs. As an end-to-end contract management platform, it offers templates and a template editor to create contracts.

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ivalua

MARCH 9, 2023

Similar to how CRM manages everything around the customer, an S2P platform manages everything around the supplier. ​ It is a crucial process for organizations that are looking to streamline their procurement activities, better manage spend and suppliers and increase operational efficiency. What is Source-to-Pay?

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