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AI and All That – Ivalua Now Looks to the Future

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The afternoon of the first day at the Ivalua Now event in Paris had a strong AI (artificial intelligence) flavour. (Now there’s an interesting question – if AI had a flavour, what exactly would it be? Fresh mint, maybe? Or aluminium, perhaps?) Anyway, there were also a couple of very good customer cases studies, but we’ll save those for a future discussion and focus on AI here.

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Maverick Spend: It’s Not Just about the Money

Jaggaer

In a world where nearly any purchase is just a click away, keeping maverick spend in check has become one of the top challenges facing procurement. The vast majority of maverick or “rogue” spending happens for perfectly innocent reasons: convenience, laziness, ignorance, or people just being in a hurry. True, sometimes there is an element of dishonesty involved, such as small kickbacks in the form of gifts.

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Sustainable Logistics: Making the Last Mile Eco-Friendly!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. E-Commerce/Last Mile Delivery: Stop Shipping Air and Empty Boxes! Article originally published by, and permission to publish here provided by, Raanan Cohen at [link]. Consumer activism and demands for fast, on-demand delivery are both on the rise. Sustainable logistics solutions like recycling and reusing delivery packaging are affordable ways for online businesses to make same-day deliveries eco-friendly and satisfy their cu

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Unraveling the Complexities of Anti-Bribery and Corruption Laws

Supply Chain Brain

When it comes to eliminating bribery and corruption from your supply chain, who is this “foreign public official” that you have to worry about?

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Load Optimization: A Sustainable Way To Reduce Transportation Costs

Discover strategies to optimize load building and achieve significant transportation cost savings. Plus, learn how load optimization can help reduce CO 2 emissions and align with climate regulations and consumer expectations. Finally, discover best practices for sustainable load optimization.

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Ivalua Announces Broad Range of Artificial Intelligence Capabilities to Transform Procurement

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New AI applications showcased at Ivalua NOW Paris improve automation, access to insights and the overall user experience. Ivalua, a leading provider of global Spend Management Cloud solutions, today announced a broad range of new capabilities powered by artificial intelligence (AI) at its Ivalua NOW Paris conference. This includes a powerful digital assistant, named IVA, available through both a voice-activated interface and chatbot.

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The Top 10 Warehouse Mistakes

The Network Effect

Inventory may not be all you’re stocking in your warehouse. If you’re not careful, your mistakes could be piling up. The post The Top 10 Warehouse Mistakes appeared first on The Network Effect.

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4 Steps to Trim Down Your Excess Inventory

Slimstock

Excess stock is bad for business. It takes up valuable warehouse space and costs you a lot of money while it becomes obsolete. And, 10% of the items in your warehouse will never be sold, according to Slimstock inventory analysts. These items are unlikely to bring in revenue, so why are you holding on to them? ELIMINATING EXCESS STOCK TAKES COURAGE! The problem is that removing these items from your operation is easier said than done.

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Ivalua Launches Search360, Bringing Advanced Cross-Catalog eProcurement Capabilities

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New capability optimizes the user eprocurement experience and strengthens supplier relationships. Ivalua, a leading provider of global Spend Management Cloud solutions, today announced the launch of next generation eprocurement capabilities at its Ivalua NOW event. Search360 allows users to search seamlessly across hosted and external catalogs, view results in real-time, compare items side-by-side and checkout for approval, all within Ivalua’s eprocurement solution.

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Virgo in Supply Chain, Milk in Coffee

Solvoyo

I do not believe in horoscopes but people are telling me that my sign has everything to do with many of my quirks such as ordering, organizing and following routines. Putting things in order is my natural tendency. Organizing or clustering drawers, shelves, libraries or desktops, whether digital or not, is like a second nature to me. I am always the one putting caps on the pens, closing open lids or cupboards, and straightening the frames on the walls.

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Seasoned Leadership in Action™ – An Interview with Steve Radewych, Director, Supply Chain at Precision Global!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Imagining the Supply Chain of the Future! At Supply Chain Game Changer we believe in sharing experiences and expertise from people in every industry and from across the globe. As such we have introduced our “Seasoned Leadership in Action™” Interview series. This interview is with Steve Radewych, Vice President of Supply Chain.

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Autonomous AI Agents Are the Future of Procurement and Supply Chain Operations

As early as next year, procurement and supply chain operations will begin to adopt AI agents, often called “agentic AI,” to work alongside employees to make and execute decisions with precision across procurement and even the most complex global supply chains. Unlike LLM-based generative AI tools such as ChatGPT, these AI agents do not require prompts from humans.

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The EOQ Formula: From Theory to Practice in 7 Easy Steps

Slimstock

Unraveling the secret of optimal order quantities. Whether it consists of raw materials or end-products: inventory is unavoidably one of the largest single assets on your balance sheet. In the manufacturing industry, around 37% of total costs consist of inventory costs, while for retailers and wholesalers even more than half of the total costs are caused by inventory.

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Ivalua Announces Broad Range of Artificial Intelligence Capabilities to Transform Procurement

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New AI applications showcased at Ivalua NOW Paris improve automation, access to insights and the overall user experience. REDWOOD CITY, Calif. , April 11, 2019 — Ivalua, a leading provider of global Spend Management Cloud solutions, today announced a broad range of new capabilities powered by artificial intelligence (AI) at its Ivalua NOW Paris conference.

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When Worker Voice is Next on the Agenda

SupplyShift

Following over 10 years of successful social auditing through which issues within the supply chain have been uncovered in the tens of thousands, the ethical trade industry has increasingly started to recognize the value of tracing supply through multiple data sources right down to the individual worker. This has meant the introduction of both onsite worker interviews in audits and the introduction of worker voice tools, which are helping organizations elevate worker feedback directly to the supp

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Insight into the Unique World of Ultra Rare Diseases

Ms. Category Management

Ms Category Management explores ultra rare and rare disease marketing.

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Freight Procurement Simplified: Bids from Hours to Minutes

Speaker: Eric Berdinis, Ran Sun, & Chris Chmielewski

Procuring freight can be cumbersome, time-consuming, and error-prone. If you’re frustrated with the complex and manual processes for obtaining bids for your contract and spot freight, you’re not alone. In today’s fast-moving supply chain environment, optimizing these processes is critical to staying competitive and cutting costs. Join this exclusive webinar with experts from Uber Freight to learn how the latest digital tools and automation can transform your freight procurement strategy by strea

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Virgo in Supply Chain, Milk in Coffee

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Ivalua Now – So How Was The First Morning For You ?

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It’s not many conference organisers who are praying for no-shows the night before the event. But when I saw the Ivalua team at the opening reception last night, before the start of today’s Ivalua Now conference, they were hoping for a decent number of people not turning up! Registrations were closed last week, but not before the take-up had been way ahead of expectations and last year’s event.

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When Worker Voice is Next on the Agenda

SupplyShift

Following over 10 years of successful social auditing through which issues within the supply chain have been uncovered in the tens of thousands, the ethical trade industry has increasingly started to recognize the value of tracing supply through multiple data sources right down to the individual worker. This has meant the introduction of both onsite worker interviews in audits and the introduction of worker voice tools, which are helping organizations elevate worker feedback directly to the supp