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Procurement Strategy’s Role in Guarding Against Supply Chain Disruptions

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Why Your Procurement Strategy is More Critical Now Than Ever Before In an era of global supply chain disruptions, a robust procurement strategy is no longer optionalits essential. The right procurement strategy ensures that organizations: Mitigate risks before they escalate. Loss of revenue due to stock shortages.

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Expanding the influence and impact of Procurement

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As many procurement professionals have discovered, transforming your processes to meet todays challenges in an effective manner is not as simple as writing a new mission statement. The success of the Procurement team at Utz Brands, Inc. , The success of the Procurement team at Utz Brands, Inc. ,

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Getting to grips with tariffs, trade and compliance with Thomson Reuters

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While the imposition of import/export tariffs on goods is nothing new, the recent spate of quid pro quo mandates is increasing complexity and uncertainty for organizations trying to navigate their impact on supply chains. It might even effect a decision to no longer play in a particular market.

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Supplier Collaboration: Fundamental to Elevating Manufacturing Performance

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The primary goals of SRM are to foster hand-in-glove supplier relationships, manage risk, and optimize the value chain. Supplier Collaboration for Agility Your world is characterized by dynamic market conditions, shifting customer demands, new technologies, rapidly changing regulations, and frequent supply chain disruptions.

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Category Management in Procurement: A Comprehensive Overview & Best Practices

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Category management is a procurement strategy that involves grouping similar products or services together into categories and managing them as a single unit. This approach can help organizations streamline their procurement processes, negotiate better deals with suppliers, and ultimately save money.

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AI in procurement – The machine/human paradox

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In fact, more than 80% of CPOs, it states, indicated that digital transformation is a top priority, with a specific focus on GenAI, because “… AI tools can help procurement professionals identify trends and patterns that are otherwise impossible to tease out, thereby enabling more informed decisions from supplier selection to contract negotiation.”

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Strategic Sourcing Success – Techniques Deployed by Leaders in S2P

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It is a process that creates efficiencies across all spend categories, minimizes supply chain risks through improved supplier selection and awards, while giving visibility into pricing and forecasting. Assessment of the supply market (who offers what?) However, whats really missing hereneeds analysis.