Procurement Insights

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

” – Time Magazine (October 2024) Tracking Scope 3 emissions indirect emissions from a company’s value chainremains a significant challenge for many organizations. There is more to e-procurement than software! That means eliminating emissions from their suppliers as well as how their customers use their products.

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Procurement Insights

MARCH 22, 2025

The above said, here is an excerpt from the August 9th, 2024 post: Are we at the beginning of a procurement industry braindrain? Takeaway: Procurements success is not a technology play procurement success is people and process-driven. billion in 2023, growing to $18.28 billion by 2032 per Fortune Business Insights).

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Procurement Insights

MARCH 23, 2025

“ The Forgotten Three A successful ProcureTech implementation can significantly influence product quality, supplier delivery performance, and full-time equivalents (FTEs) in indirect procurement by enhancing efficiency, visibility, and collaboration across the supply chain. Real-time data and AI (e.g., with tools like Focal Point.

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Procurement Insights

APRIL 9, 2025

It automates procure-to-pay processes, reducing manual friction (PYMNTS, 2023). BillTrust) for P2P, lagging Ramps integrated procurement-to-AP suite (Venue, 2023). However, Ramps front-end procurement (intake forms) remains ahead; Nipendo focuses on back-end AP, not request capture. PO syncing, bill pay). manufacturing).

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Arkestro

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Arkestro's Predictive Procurement Orchestration received two awards from the Sourcing Industry Group, which honours those shaping the future of sourcing

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Procurement Tactics

OCTOBER 31, 2022

33 Procurement Interview Questions in 2022. According to a survey conducted by CR magazine, 92% of professionals interviewed will consider changing their jobs if offered a role by other companies with an excellent employer brand. Negotiation Course For Procurement Professionals. appeared first on Procurement Tactics.

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Procurement Tactics

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

33 Procurement Interview Questions in 2022. Sustainable supply chain management is put into practice right from the procurement of goods or services to the delivery of the products. My name is Marijn Overvest, I'm the founder of Procurement Tactics. First Name. Download Free Whitepaper ?. Or receive our famous weekly newsletter.

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Procurement Insights

MARCH 20, 2024

As a procurement leader, how would you address the above challenges? Is procurement on the sidelines here? What it does mean is that when solution providers boast of solution maps and AI’s great virtues, CEOs are not likely to listen. .” Regarding the Inc.

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Una

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Value Creation Through Digital Transformation in Procurement. But COVID also revealed the growing value placed on the expertise of procurement professionals and a shifting company viewpoint from back-office worker bees to valued C-suite consultants. Prioritizing a digital procurement strategy to gain competitive advantage.

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Procurement Tactics

OCTOBER 27, 2022

33 Procurement Interview Questions in 2022. According to Forbes magazine, there is one qualified driver for every 9 job postings. The post Logistics Statistics 2022 — 18 Key Figures appeared first on Procurement Tactics. First Name. Download Free Whitepaper ?. ?. Or receive our famous weekly newsletter. LEARN MORE.

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Procurement Heads

JANUARY 30, 2023

For the latest of Procurement Heads ‘ Futureheads series, Harsh spoke to Dan Goodson about his procurement career journey. I am an IT Buyer and procure software and hardware. You’ve previously worked on the supply chain side of retail, how much of a shift was it to procuring IT for a leading infrastructure company?

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Procurement Insights

AUGUST 5, 2022

I can remember a time when you could count the number of procurement industry influencers on one hand. In announcing the Top 10 Procurement Influencers, Procurement Magazine has given you an introductory roadmap to engage with and learn from our industry’s most thoughtful and innovative thinkers.

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Una

OCTOBER 12, 2022

If you feel like working in supply chain and procurement has become a political minefield, you’re not alone. Juliette is a reporter at Supply Management magazine, the hard copy publication from CIPS. Episode 86: When Politics Snares Supply Chains with Juliette Rowsell. By Kelly Barner | October 12, 2022.

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ivalua

APRIL 23, 2021

At a recent roundtable with The Manufacturer magazine, the benefits of cross functional collaboration for procurement was raised as a discussion point for the session. . One of the most interesting suggestions is that a procurement team should take a service mindset when working with the budget holders within the organisation.

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The Good Spending

DECEMBER 27, 2023

I worked in procurement for 22 years - telecom, airline, railways, public infrastructure services and consulting industries, and multiple geographies. I’m a Fellow of CIPS and an author of “ The Technology Procurement Handbook ,” where I tried to share my passion for what we used to call “IT Procurement.”

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HICX

AUGUST 31, 2022

By Procurement Magazine editor, Georgia Wilson. Taulia’s Bob Glotfelty and Costas Xyloyiannis of HICX explain the need to improve ESG maturity in procurement if net-zero initiatives are to be met.

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Procurement Insights

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Calling all procurement and supply chain professionals: YOUR VOICE MATTERS! For the next issue of our magazine , which will be out by the first half of December, we drafted some questions for Jon Hansen , Strategic Advisor from Procurement Insights. The talent gap has been recurrently discussed in the Italian procurement realm.

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Procurement Tactics

JUNE 30, 2023

Bonus PDF: 51 ChatGPT Prompts to 10X Your Productivity in Procurement Download 51 Prompts →  Or receive our famous weekly newsletter 10 Corporate Gift Suppliers in the US — Pricing and Quality Reviews Every company has its own tradition, practices, shared values, and goals. Study Procurement Study Negotiations 2.

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Positive Purchasing

AUGUST 14, 2023

If you have just begun, or are planning to start your sustainable procurement journey, this whitepaper is a must-read! It emphasizes the critical role that procurement plays in the drive for sustainability. Hidden Source Protected by reCAPTCHA | Privacy - Terms.

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Procurement Tactics

AUGUST 29, 2022

33 Procurement Interview Questions in 2022. Jacob Gorm Larsen is a recognized thought leader on digital procurement and the founder of Moneyball CPH which is a boutique consultancy that specializes in digital procurement. . He spent almost 17 years with Maersk, last as the head of digital procurement. First Name.

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Procurement Software

JANUARY 16, 2023

This short post explains why we don’t ask for, or publish, user reviews of the different procurement software we feature on the site. Reviews of procurement software solutions are pointless. But, let’s assume for a minute that all of you lovely procurement professionals will leave level-headed reviews.

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Procurement Insights

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

EDITOR’S NOTE: In December 2010, I wrote an article about one of Time Magazine’s picks for the Top Innovations in 2008 – Made-in-Transit Packaging. Forty years in high-tech and almost as long in procurement and supply chain, I have to ask, at what point does the tracking begin, e.g., when the order is placed?

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Procurement Insights

APRIL 18, 2023

Magazine 2021 – How Reliable Is Big Data in Today’s Business World Analytics Insight® Meenu E G 2021 – Sometimes, Big Data can Mislead in Taking Business Decisions Analytics Insight® Adilin Beatrice #data #analytics #procurement #suppliers Here’s How to Put It to Work Inc.

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PASA (Procurement and Supply Australasia)

DECEMBER 11, 2022

The PASA CEO, Jonathan Dutton, is game to try and has compiled a shortlist of ten loose predictions and challenges for the procurement year ahead in 2023. We in procurement can do little to solve such problems, but we can anticipate the likeliness of supply side problems – supplius interruptus we can call it. . Your tier 2 suppliers?

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Procurement Software

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

For this week’s opinion piece on a recent procurement related article, I’m going to dig into a piece from Procurement Magazine, with the title “Procurement and the big reset in Business Travel and Expense”. How can procurement technology drive cost savings in business travel? How is business travel changing?

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Empowering CPO

DECEMBER 7, 2020

These days most of the procurement organizations have access to or have subscriptions for multiple databases and directories. The management in most of these procurement organizations believes that this is what is required and the category managers have everything to support them in supplier discovery. Contact us today.

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Supply Chain Opz

MAY 25, 2013

The story began in January 1810 on the " Scots Magazine, and Edinburgh Literary Miscellany for January 1810". Stock 2009 said more specific that most researchers believed the term " Supply Chain Management " was introduced by Keith Oliver of Booz Allan Hamilton in 1982 on Financial Times. 2) Origin of "Logistics". Image credit Google Books.

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Una

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

According to an article in the May 2022 issue of CIO Magazine , companies are earmarking more budget money for IT to beef up cyber security, automate processes, and improve customer service experiences. . The Disruptive Power of Digital Procurement. How to Improve Collaboration Between Procurement and IT. Related Posts.

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SCMDOJO

MARCH 25, 2022

Also, traditional logistics focuses its attention on activities such as procurement , distribution, maintenance, and inventory management. NAPM published a new magazine, Purchasing Magazine, in 1965. In the fall of 1961, the American Transportation Association published its first issue of Transportation Magazine.

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Procurement Insights

AUGUST 17, 2024

For example, the tagline that over the next four years, “the procurement software market is expected to grow by $5.72 Industry pundits are now even suggesting that there is limited use for GenAI in procurement. A reader sent me the following article asking me for my thoughts on what it means. Here is my response.

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Procurement Insights

AUGUST 18, 2023

Here are four highlights from my recent article in the August 2023 edition of Supply Professional Magazine: Descriptive versus Prescriptive Analytics Deep Blue and Garry Kasparov A Progressive State of Interplay Turning your “ATAD” into “DATA Click here to read the full article.

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HICX

MARCH 10, 2023

In a recent article on Supply Management , he delves into the subject of how Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) can break free from the status quo, which, he views under certain circumstances as a hindrance to growth and progress. To solve this problem, they turned to procurement. Read on Procurement Magazine

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Procurement Insights

DECEMBER 8, 2023

EDITOR’S NOTE: Not long after forming in 2006, Coupa’s founders, Dave Stephens and Noah Eisner, were some of the first sponsors of the Procurement Insights blog. But rather than focusing on new and emerging technologies, today’s procurement professionals seek insights into the actual processes that drive their enterprises.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Our magazine, LogiSYM is the largest circulating supply chain magazine globally with more than 70,000 subscribers and we run symposiums in Singapore, Malaysia and Dubai. His experience covers the full Logistics spectrum, from raw material procurement to. What are some of your greatest achievements in Business?

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Procurement Insights

AUGUST 25, 2023

At this point, I realized the similarity in the relationship evolution between procurement and spreadsheets. ” Fast forward to January 2023, I shared the following thoughts about spreadsheets in my post What role have spreadsheets played in the “evolution of procurement technology?” ” Machine learning?

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Jaggaer

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

Balancing Cost, Resiliency, and Sustainability in Procurement: Insights from Georg Roesch Procurement professionals across industries and markets are struggling to keep their supply chains agile in a world of constant disruptions. Don’t miss these actionable insights from a top industry leader. Listen Now!

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Procurement Insights

AUGUST 13, 2024

The individual just happens to write for publications like VentureBeat, CIO Magazine, and TechTarget: Based on my success using an agent-based model in the late 1990s – early 2000s, I have written extensively in publications, papers, books, and this blog about why this model is the key to success. You already know what this is called.

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