ivalua

MAY 21, 2019

Investments from Tiger Global Management & Ardian Growth to drive growth in $20B+ Spend Management software market. May 21, 2019, Redwood City, CA Ivalua, a leading provider of global Spend Management cloud solutions, today announced that it has raised $60 million in growth equity funding to further accelerate its rapid growth. This capital raise values the company at a ‘unicorn’ level of more than $1 billion.

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Supply Chain Brain

MAY 24, 2019

Consumers with a high degree of social and environmental awareness will change their behavior and brand choices to match their values. Yet most brands operate on a linear “make, use and dispose” business cycle.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

MAY 23, 2019

If you’re not pursuing supply chain digitization, you run the risk of being left behind! For many organizations, all the data created by today’s disparate supply chain management technologies exist in separate silos. The data is the lifeblood of digitization and these siloes are ripe for convergence. Early adopters are well on their way to realizing the amazing benefits and competitive advantage of digitization.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 21, 2019

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Food Waste and World Hunger – The Food Supply Chain is Broken! (Videos). Every 3-6 months my wife and I accumulate a bag full of clothing that we no longer wear. We take it to the local Goodwill or Salvation Army. In our minds we believe that we are contributing to help those who want gently used clothing.

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ivalua

MAY 21, 2019

The post Ivalua wins prestigious Procurement Leaders P2P Specialist award appeared first on Ivalua.

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Supply Chain Brain

MAY 20, 2019

Few industries stand to benefit from blockchain technology more than the wine and spirits business.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 22, 2019

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. The Digital Transformation in Logistics: Technologies, Barriers and Predictions! Article and Infographic, and permission to publish here, provided by Marc McCormack at straightnorth.com. It’s easy to visualize your supply chain as a river, flowing from one point to another. Along the way, it can branch out into various tributaries — but like running water, any item in the supply chain will find its way to its destination even

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Jaggaer

MAY 24, 2019

In recent years there has been an increase in the outsourcing of services by banks in order to reduce costs and improve their efficiency and flexibility. Outsourcing makes it possible to take advantage of economies of scale and is a form of easy access to new technologies and to tools and services not available in the institution itself. However, it can also have serious drawbacks.

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Supply Chain Brain

MAY 23, 2019

The race to push I.T. applications to the cloud isn’t enough to improve collaboration within the supply chain.

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EazyStock

MAY 24, 2019

You’re a manufacturer who is working on an order when you realize that you’re out of a necessary component due to a sudden increase in demand, meaning you’ll have to order that part and wait until you receive it to finish the order for your customer. Or maybe you’re a distributor who just received a regular order from a customer only to realize that your supplier is experiencing a longer lead time than usual for some unforeseen reason, and you won’t be able to fulfi

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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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Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 23, 2019

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. The Internet of Things (IoT) – Welcome the Digital Supply Chain! Article written for Supply Chain Game Changer and permission to publish here provided by Rachel Stinson. The Internet of Things — IoT, for short — is made up of devices that connect to the internet and share data with each other.

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Claritum

MAY 23, 2019

Claritum Article - Procurement Blog. Bath, UK (May 23, 2019) – Claritum, a provider of cloud based spend management solutions, today announced the addition of new talent into the team. “We continue to grow our team with the best of the growing pool of West of England talent.” said Prof. Richard Hillum, Executive Chairman at Claritum.“These are exciting times for Claritum as we continue to grow and establish our position as a leading force in Procurement automation.

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Ms. Category Management

MAY 18, 2019

Ms Category Management explains what a Bull in a China shop should really mean.

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Supply Chain Brain

MAY 22, 2019

As strategic assets, warehouses of every size need to be more adaptive, configurable and movable.

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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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The Network Effect

MAY 23, 2019

The tariff situation changes rapidly. As of today, the Trump administration has imposed about $250 billion in tariffs on imported. The post Winning in an Era of Tariffs and Trade Wars appeared first on The Network Effect.

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Claritum

MAY 20, 2019

Claritum Article - Procurement Blog. Procurement automation should speed up processes and free employees from repetitive time-consuming administration. Enabling staff to focus on higher value tasks. . In procurement a high percentage of jobs and processes are repetitive which makes them ideal for automation. So how can you automate procurement effectively?

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Ms. Category Management

MAY 22, 2019

7 (Seven) Fun Facts about Category Managers that you may not have known!

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Supply Chain Brain

MAY 21, 2019

Corporate leaders use four top tactics to ensure viable cybersecurity.

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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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