ivalua

MARCH 1, 2019

“If you want to make enemies, try to change something.” —Woodrow Wilson. Chief Procurement Officers stand at the precipice of change and taking the next steps towards Procurement innovation is going to require strong leadership and expert guidance. Seeking to light the way on the journey, Procurement Leaders, Covéa and Ivalua joined forces on a recent webinar to inspire Procurement leaders as they boldly go where few Procurement teams have gone before.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Subscribe Here! Email Address. To Centralize or to Decentralize? That is the Organization Design Question! Article, and permission to publish here, provided by Sunita Singh at [link]. Right after demonetization, another big thing that came to India was the implementation of GST (Goods and Services Tax). The sudden rise of the goods and service tax, despite getting a negative impression from some, actually reformed the Indian economy in a much better way.

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Supply Chain Brain

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

For supply-chain partners, blockchain technology promises an immutable record of provenance, as products pass from hand to hand. And which industry stands to benefit more from that capability than luxury goods?

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Solvoyo

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

The post How to become an Agile Organization through Digital Transformation? appeared first on Solvoyo.

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Christopher Bourez, Artificial Intelligence Architect , Ivalua. Many providers in the market talk about leveraging machine learning to capture and digitize information such as that from an invoice. The truth is that the improvement in accuracy that machine learning can offer really varies widely – they are not all made equal. For example, some may call a rule-based engine machine learning.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Procurement (and Purchasing) Job Interview Questions & Answers. Unless your company is amongst the very largest companies in the world then chances are your Procurement team will, at some point, be dealing with Suppliers that are larger than your company. In a function such as Procurement where negotiating is a central part of the role, leverage is a critical element in those negotiations.

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The Network Effect

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Consumers are buying products through many different channels the consumer goods supply chain has become more complex than ever before. The post Meeting the Omnichannel Challenge appeared first on The Network Effect.

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Solvoyo

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Organizational Agility along with Digital Transformation, Machine Learning, Big Data and Blockchain technologies was one of main trending topics for 2018 and will continue to be in the hit list for 2019 as well. Each of the above topics deserves a blog on its own for sure. Let’s start with Organizational Agility and the role of Digital Transformation in making this happen.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Inventory Turnover Breakthrough … Go Back To The Basics! Article originally published by, and permission to publish here provided by, Katherine Barrios at xeneta.com. Change is inevitable in modern supply chain management, and risk management is essential to success. Risks evolve and become more prevalent with time.

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Supply Chain Brain

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

The growing acceptance of cannabis for medical and recreational purposes raises potential issues for workplaces, especially in roles such as commercial driving, heavy equipment operation and other safety-sensitive jobs that require a high degree of cognitive response.

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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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Ms. Category Management

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

The 7 Deadly Sins of Strategic Sourcing - blog by Ms Category Management.

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Claritum

MARCH 1, 2019

Claritum Article - Procurement Blog. Bath, UK (March 1st, 2019) – Claritum, a provider of cloud based spend management solutions, today announced that Wahooti has further increased their procurement of branded office furnishings, using the Claritum platform, with the expansion in the supply of branded frosted glass and large scale wall posters. “Leveraging Claritum’s comprehensive RFx capabilities.” said Richard Hillum, Executive Chairman at Claritum. “Wahooti is able to

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Supply Chain Brain

MARCH 1, 2019

An industry to which consumers might not give much thought truly powers our economy.

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Supply Chain Brain

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

The healthcare industry is going through unprecedented change.

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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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Supply Chain Brain

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Blockchain technology and the United States-Mexico-Canada Act are top of mind for leaders in logistics.

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