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Stakeholder management in procurement digital transformation: Why, what, how?

Spend Matters

Why stakeholder management matters in procurement digital transformation Stakeholder management is the foundation of any successful procurement digital transformation initiative. For more on stakeholder diagnostic, readers can download our guide for getting stakeholder buy-in.

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What About Procurement Objectives?

Procurement Templates

In first instance you need to get your procurement house in order to deliver projects on time but once a contract is awarded you can work with stakeholders to track project delivery, whether if these are delivered to the agreed timescales. Create Contingency Plans: Develop risk management protocols for supply disruptions and emergencies.

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Expanding the influence and impact of Procurement

Spend Matters

a snack food company, came from how they intentionally targeted key strategic initiatives under Senior Vice President and Head of Procurement Ron Schnurs leadership. The leadership team was on board from the beginning but he still had to execute his recommendations in an orderly and intentional manner to deliver the results.

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The digital front door for procurement leaders in the age of AI

Spend Matters

In a world increasingly driven by the rapid developments within Artificial Intelligence (AI), procurement has the potential for enormous leverage using cutting-edge technology to become a powerhouse for generating efficiency, expanding margins, reducing risk and delivering solutions which the human mind is unable to see.

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Category Management in Procurement: A Comprehensive Overview & Best Practices

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It involves segmenting spending into areas that contain similar or related products, allowing for a focused approach on categories that offer opportunities for consolidation and efficiencies. Using category management software is ideal as it creates visibility and efficient management. Team leadership and management.

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Why a Net Promoter Score is key to achieve S&OP excellence

Supply Chain Trend

To reach S&OP excellence is a long journey, sometimes estimated at minimal 10 years, and we need leadership and employee engagement and support along the way. It is therefor critical to understand S&OP stakeholder support for value creating behaviours during this journey. A Net Promoter Score and the future of S&OP.

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Which current ProcureTech solution providers recognize or champion an agent-based metaprise model?

Procurement Insights

1999 – I introduced the Metaprise model (RAM) 2007 – In Dangerous Supply Chain Myths (Part7) , I write about the Metaprise in greater detail, including the results of its implementation in a production environment (Department of National Defence). JAGGAER Industry-specific solutions leveraging AI for supplier collaboration.