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Supply Chain Trends of 2021

All Things Supply Chain

Nobody expected that a global pandemic would arrive last year and wreak havoc for many industries and their supply chains, as well as many natural disasters across the world.

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What is eProcurement?

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Difference Between Procure to Pay and eProcurement. Procure-to-Pay is the sequential process we described earlier. Eprocurement or e-procurement comes from electronic procurement. It relates to the digitization of this process through specialized tools. Cloud-based Procure to Pay platforms are a must-have for any company that wants to become best-class in P2P.

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Three Ways Visual AI Can Optimize Retail Supply Chains

Supply Chain Brain

Visual AI tools such as visual search have unlocked a host of sales-related advantages for e-commerce — and offer a wealth of data that can boost operational efficiencies.

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What is Category Management?

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Procurement solutions, while basically universal, are also extremely unique from business to business and organization to organization. Even within the same market or industry; businesses make use of extremely individualized procurement solutions for a variety of reasons. Mainly, procurement solutions need to fit the specific needs of your business or organization, and therefore it’s unlikely […].

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GEP Spend Category Outlook Report 2025

2025 will feel familiar, in some regards. The procurement and supply chain category management landscape will remain turbulent, with geopolitical tensions, worries over fresh tariffs, rising costs, and supply chain disruptions posing significant challenges. But you should also expect some lightning-fast changes in 2025 as artificial intelligence continues to upend the way enterprises and procurement, supply chain, and category management professionals operate.

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How to Handle High Amount of Returns After Holiday Season

All Things Supply Chain

Goods returned to e-commerce businesses in the 2020 holiday season were projected to reach a value of $57 billion because of an existing increase in online sales and easier returns…

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Intalere partners with Ivalua & Consus Global to digitize and transform their sourcing, supplier management and contract lifecycle management processes

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New York, NY January 07, 2021. We are excited to announce that Intalere, a healthcare supply chain GPO based in St. Louis, Mo. has successfully deployed the Ivalua solution suite. The solution will support Intalere’s Supplier Management, eSourcing, Contract Lifecycle Management and transactional procurement processes. Furthermore, the Ivalua solution will drive automation and efficiency for Intalere’s demanding Category Management requirements, helping to align the needs of over 100,

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What is Supplier Management?

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Supply Chain Weekly Wrap-Up 01/08/2020 – 01/14/2020

All Things Supply Chain

Port of Los Angeles Struggles with the Domino Effect of Congested Ports Due to global supply chain issues caused by COVID-19, the Port of Los Angeles is becoming congested.

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Ken Zinkand

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Can Smaller Grocers Survive the E-Commerce Game?

Supply Chain Brain

Attempts in the early dotcom era to sell food and other grocery items over the internet sputtered. But with the coming of COVID-19, everything has changed.

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5 Ways You Can Win Faster with Gen AI in Sales

Incorporating generative AI (gen AI) into your sales process can speed up your wins through improved efficiency, personalized customer interactions, and better informed decision- making. Gen AI is a game changer for busy salespeople and can reduce time-consuming tasks, such as customer research, note-taking, and writing emails, and provide insightful data analysis and recommendations.

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Choosing the Right Source To Pay Procurement Software

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Something entrepreneurs, business professionals, and trendsetters all understand is that nearly nothing in life is one-size-fits-all. This is an important concept for business professionals specifically because it plays a role in the development process. Understanding that each business is a unique entity compiled of unique individuals will inform the way processes and procedures unfold throughout […].

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JAGGAER Launches Human Equity Project to Remove Insensitive Language from Code and Communications

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The post JAGGAER Launches Human Equity Project to Remove Insensitive Language from Code and Communications appeared first on JAGGAER.

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Rolls Royce

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How to Stay Competitive During Crisis: Six Tips for E-Commerce

Supply Chain Brain

As e-commerce continues to rapidly replace physical channels, it may be time for online sellers to examine their position and competitiveness in the marketplace.

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From Reactive to Resilient: Charting Your Supply Chain Maturity

In this webinar, supply chain industry experts share insights and best practices for enhancing supply chain efficiency, resilience and adaptability. Watch the webinar to learn strategies to develop supply chain maturity and save on costs. Delve into the stages of supply chain maturity, from foundational management to advanced optimization and innovation.

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Route Planning for Logistics and Distribution!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Do You Have Hidden Freight Costs? Get Our EBOOK HERE. Route planning article and permission to publish here provided by Vardan Markosyan. Route planning is essential for logistics and distribution companies as it allows them to provide a more efficient delivery service. There are many transportation challenges in the delivery industry and multiple factors can cause delays, resulting in poor service and customer complaints.

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1995: The Year That Changed Everything

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Procurement 2021: Big Trends & Predictions

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The post Procurement 2021: Big Trends & Predictions appeared first on Ivalua.

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Global Food Prices at Six-Year High Are Set to Keep On Climbing

Supply Chain Brain

Global food prices reached a six-year high in December and are likely to keep rising into 2021, adding to pressure on household budgets while hunger surges around the world.

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The 2nd Generation of Innovation Management: A Survival Guide

Speaker: Chris Townsend, VP of Product Marketing, Wellspring

Over the past decade, companies have embraced innovation with enthusiasm—Chief Innovation Officers have been hired, and in-house incubators, accelerators, and co-creation labs have been launched. CEOs have spoken with passion about “making everyone an innovator” and the need “to disrupt our own business.” But after years of experimentation, senior leaders are asking: Is this still just an experiment, or are we in it for the long haul?

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Lead Generation for Supply Chain: 5 Ways to Get Prospects!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. 4 Challenges in Starting and Sustaining a SIOP (S&OP) Business Process! Get Our EBook here. Lead generation article and permission to publish here provided by Kseniia Burko. Interested in finding a dependable source of warm and high-quality leads to fuel your sales pipeline?

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Calling all Procurement and IT Teams: Why Language Matters

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The post Calling all Procurement and IT Teams: Why Language Matters appeared first on JAGGAER.

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Supply Chain Powered Transformation at Select Medical

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The post Supply Chain Powered Transformation at Select Medical appeared first on Ivalua.

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Watch: Obtaining Adequate Supplies of PPE in the Pandemic

Supply Chain Brain

Jamie Teets, partner with GRJ Health, explains the reasons for the critical shortage of nitrile gloves that has plagued hospitals and healthcare workers since the early weeks of the coronavirus pandemic.

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GEP Outlook Report 2025

For years, you and your team have fought an uphill battle. Supply disruptions. Cost pressures. ESG compliance. You name it, and you’ve had to navigate it. In 2025, many challenges will persist, but procurement and supply chain teams have a powerful tool with rapidly advancing capabilities to tackle them — artificial intelligence (AI). The GEP Outlook 2025 report examines the disruptive transformation AI is driving in procurement and supply chains, alongside other key trends and the macroeconomic

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How a Student Can Get a Business Grant!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Why Millennials are Different and How Marketers can Engage Them! Get Our EBook here. Business grant article and permission to publish here provided by Sam Coleman. Need to get a grant to start business? Financial support is important, especially for students. Some students feel they can start their own business because they have many interesting ideas.

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JAGGAER and EdgeVerve Launch AI-Powered Contracts + Risk Analysis Solution

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The post JAGGAER and EdgeVerve Launch AI-Powered Contracts + Risk Analysis Solution appeared first on JAGGAER.

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Paris 2021 – FR – Sponsors

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Sponsors. Platinum. Gold. Bronze. The post Paris 2021 – FR – Sponsors appeared first on Ivalua.

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How the Pandemic Has Altered AT&T’s Global Sourcing Strategy

Supply Chain Brain

COVID-19 has disrupted supply chains all over the world, and that of communications giant AT&T was no exception.

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10 Ways to Leverage Buyer Signals and Drive Revenue

In today’s ultra-competitive markets, it’s no longer enough to wait for buyers to show obvious signs of interest. Instead, sales teams must be proactive, identifying and acting on nuanced buyer behaviors — often before prospects are fully ready to make a purchase. In this eBook from ZoomInfo & Sell Better, learn 10 actionable ways to use these buyer signals to transform your sales strategy and close deals faster.

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Supply Chain Scams and Fraud!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. 3 Most Common Freight Forwarding Scams (and How to Avoid Them)! (Infographic). GET our EBOOK HERE. Very early on in my career an associate of mine was fired because he was found to be taking kickbacks from packaging suppliers to whom he had been preferentially and inappropriately been giving business.

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The Procurement Collaboration Framework you need to know

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Once I was asked in the interview, what makes procurement important to a company and what is unique about it that any other part of the business cannot do. Perhaps, our profession is no rocket science. Other peers from all around the company overlap with us in their functions - Technology tends to manage vendors, Finance owns the budgeting and cost management, Sales and Marketing monopolized the knowledge of end-customer needs.

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2021 – AMER – Amber Holmes

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Amber Holmes. Cooperative Program and Special Projects Manager, ADOA. The post 2021 – AMER – Amber Holmes appeared first on Ivalua.

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Supply Chain Is Drawing New Talent From More Generations, Industries

Supply Chain Brain

Supply-chain management has perhaps never been more relevant as the U.S. works to distribute COVID-19 vaccines — drawing a new batch of talent interested in innovating the industry.

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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.