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The Amazing Back-to-School Supply Chain

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The minute we’ve all finally settled into the slower pace of the summer months, the signs go up: Back to School!

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6 Ways that Spend Management Software Improves the Process

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Sourcing has always been an opaque part of the procurement process. Finding suppliers and closing business deals is a job that depends in large part on personal connections. In the modern age of globalization though, efficiency is the number one priority. If an organization wants to remain competitive, it needs to digitize. That’s where spend […].

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Hear how Christian Schmalz, Global Head of Sourcing at Credit Suisse partnered with Ivalua during their transformation

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Four Ways AI Is Impacting Logistics and Supply Chain Management

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Global logistics companies are creating a new normal in how they manage data, run operations and serve customers.

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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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Ep. 013 – Creating a commodity strategy (internal focus)

Procurement Zen

A decent commodity strategy is key to any strategic buyers success. This episode of the podcast focuses on the internal questions one might ask. So what is a commodity strategy? Here's what KB Manage has to say about it. commodity strategies (sometimes referred to as 'commodity sourcing strategies') are purchasing strategy plans that refer to commodity goods.

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Evolution of Warehouse Scanning Technologies in the Digital Era

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Disruptive Warehouse Technologies for Any Company! Article written for Supply Chain Game Changer by Prakash Pol , Principal Consultant at Infosys India. The Warehouse is a central part of Supply Chain Management in any organization. The majority of companies where physical warehouse operation forms a bigger component of the total labor costare primarily concerned about achieving the dual goals of warehousing cost optimization

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Companies Are Turning to External Workers in the Digital Economy

Supply Chain Brain

Does the term “external workforce” describe an essential element of the way businesses must operate today? Or is an just an excuse to avoid paying workers full-time salaries and benefits?

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How AI is Generating Value for US Restaurants

The Network Effect

How artificial intelligence is driving better customer service and supply chain efficiencies in the restaurant supply chain Artificial Intelligence (AI). The post How AI is Generating Value for US Restaurants appeared first on The Network Effect.

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How Air Jordans Became the Greatest Shoes of All Time!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. What is Demand Sensing? Article originally published by, and permission to publish here provided by, Leyton Prentice at Vanguard Software. Demand shaping: from celebrity sponsorship to limited release. The modern-day sneaker culture was built on the celebrity limited release. When Michael Jordan first signed with Nike in 1984, the star-endorsed shoes were expected to produce $4 million in sales annually – they did $100 millio

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Single Unified Platform Across A Decentralized Procurement Organization

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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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Claritum Sponsors Bath Digital Festival

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Claritum Article - Procurement Blog. Claritum is sponsoring and supporting this week-long celebration of emerging technology for professionals, techies & families. . “Claritum is supporting Bath Digital Festival, as part of the Bath business community, to benefit Bath and Southwest businesses and communities.” said Prof. Richard Hillum, Executive Chairman at Claritum. “Engaging and financially supporting this educational and developmental initiative that covers a wide rang

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Axa Global RE on: Lowering Risks and Improving P&L in Reinsurance

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Meritor Chooses Ivalua for Direct and Indirect Procurement

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Read how CACI onboarded virtually 100% of their suppliers

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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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Deutsche Telekom Chose Ivalua for End-to-End Sourcing

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Manage Procurement Spend Like It’s Your Own Business!

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Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Hey Procurement! It’s Time to SELL! Procurement. Purchasing. Commodity Management. Category Management. They are all running their own businesses within their companies, or at least they should be, whether they realize it or not. Goods and services spend in many companies is the largest, or one of the largest, expenses.

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Ivalua Named A Leader in Gartner’s 2019 Magic Quadrant for Procure-to-Pay Suites

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Now positioned as a Leader in two Gartner Magic Quadrants citing the Source-to-Pay space. Redwood City, CA – August 5, 2019 – Ivalua, a global leader in spend management, today announced that it has been named a Leader in the 2019 Gartner “ Magic Quadrant for Procure-to-Pay Suites. ” With Ivalua already positioned as a Leader in the latest Gartner Magic Quadrant for Strategic Sourcing Application Suites, Ivalua is now recognized as a Leader by Gartner in two Magic Quadrants citing the Source-to-

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Ivalua Named A Leader in Gartner’s 2019 Magic Quadrant for Procure-to-Pay Suites

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Now positioned as a Leader in two Gartner Magic Quadrants citing the Source-to-Pay space. Redwood City, CA – August 5, 2019 – Ivalua, a global leader in spend management, today announced that it has been named a Leader in the 2019 Gartner “ Magic Quadrant for Procure-to-Pay Suites. ” With Ivalua already positioned as a Leader in the latest Gartner Magic Quadrant for Strategic Sourcing Application Suites, Ivalua is now recognized as a Leader by Gartner in two Magic Quadrants citing the Source-to-

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How To Align Product Management And Supply Chain Operations For Successful Product Launches

Speaker: Shalini Dinesh

Effective cross-functional collaboration and communication heavily influence product launch success. Research shows that as many as 70% of product launches fail due to inadequate coordination among stakeholders, including supply chain, product management, legal, marketing, and change control teams (Gartner, 2022). The 2023 Supply Chain Insights Report highlights that 60% of supply chain disruptions are caused by poor communication and misalignment among cross-functional teams.

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Spend Analytics: Key to Procurement Transformation at Cengage

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Ivalua For Public Sector

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