ProcurePort

JULY 27, 2022

• Strategic sourcing is a practice in procurement that seeks to utilize a single, integrated process for purchasing and supply chain management. So, as opposed to sourcing which is the actual […]. So, as opposed to sourcing which is the actual […].

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Ivalua Blog [ivory-search] Weathering Future Disruptions: 8 Steps to Building Supply Chain Resilience February 8, 2023 | | Manufacturing by Doug Keeley In the face of an unprecedented global crisis, Procurement stepped up to become a crucial driving force for business continuity. Work to achieve 100% supply chain visibility.

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Una

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Benefits of Strategic Sourcing and Best Practices. These “back-office” workers were seen primarily as clerical support, entering and tracking purchase orders and researching suppliers. In doing so, procurement professionals are ascending the corporate stairs to have a more visible seat in their business’s strategic sourcing.

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ivalua

JUNE 29, 2020

With rising costs and declining margins, health systems must become more efficient and productive. We believe that a key pillar of this transformation is the supply chain. With such growth comes supply chain complexity. Share on Twitter. According to 2019 Definitive Healthcare data, U.S.

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Procurement Templates

MARCH 3, 2024

I asked my assistant to help me mock up a strategic sourcing framework and she did a fairly good job but made a few mistakes. A RFQ is used for low cost purchases and a PQQ is typically used for higher cost tenders. Risks may include budget constraints, supply chain disruptions, quality issues, legal compliance, etc.

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

ERP vs. Best-in-Class for Healthcare Supply Chain Management? Are ERP systems better than best-in-class supply chain solutions for managing healthcare supply chains? That’s the question we set out to answer in our recent panel discussion with Procurement and Supply Chain experts. The verdict?

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Spend Matters

OCTOBER 31, 2024

“Unlike many ProcureTech companies, True ValueHub was founded and is run by procurement and supply chain industry practitioners. The solution is self-learning and calibrates to the customer’s supply chain needs.” What is the road ahead for True ValueHub? “We What does it mean to be named a Future 5?

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ivalua

MAY 30, 2023

Procurement and supply chain teams will play a crucial role in making this vision a reality. By ensuring that the right goods and services are purchased at the right price and delivered on time, procurement can help to ensure that a company or organization achieves its goals.

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Procurement Tactics

JUNE 7, 2023

Bonus PDF: 51 ChatGPT Prompts to 10X Your Productivity in Procurement Download 51 Prompts →  Or receive our famous weekly newsletter Purchase Price Variance — Everything You Should Know Purchase price variance is an important factor for budget preparation, but why? Price Purchase Variance: What is it? Why is it Important?

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Arkestro

DECEMBER 26, 2024

While these advancements have led to improved efficiency, cost savings, and enhanced strategies, theyve also made procurement processes more complex than ever before. Here are five key trends that will shape procurement and supply chain management in the coming year. trillion , a 9.3% increase from 2024.

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Procurement Tactics

AUGUST 25, 2022

In 2022, he was awarded the Special Mentioned Individual Award by Supply Chain Asia for his contribution to the national emergency procurement for the Covid-19 operation. Furthermore, He was voted by Supply Chain Digital as one of the top 10 procurement executives worldwide. Trillion budget. . Rajeev Karmacharya.

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Spend Matters

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Identifying the need for foundational technology and processes Before joining Utz as its SVP Procurement, Ron had been consulting with the Supply Chain department working on a number of different projects. In addition, the broader supply chain organization was working to implement other new tools and processes.

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Procurement Tactics

MARCH 16, 2023

Strategic procurement is a term used to encompass different procurement processes that support the long-term development of an organization. It aims to ensure that the goods and services that the business needs are delivered on time and purchased within the budget. Activities Compromising Strategic Procurement 1.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 14, 2022

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Supply Chain Education and Certification – What’s Missing? If you’re looking to start or improve your career in the field of supply chain management courses, you might be wondering where to start. Supply Chain Management Courses.

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Procurement Software

MARCH 16, 2025

While full-scale digital transformation certainly takes time, organisations can see rapid improvements in efficiency, collaboration, and data accuracy right from the outset. By automating routine tasks, streamlining communication, and centralising information in one single source of truth, you create tangible quick wins.

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Procurement Tactics

JUNE 28, 2023

In this article, we are going to explore what procurement tracking is, its importance in business and the tools to be used when conducting it for its efficient execution. It allows businesses to track and improve their procurement activities and have a transparent outlook of their procurement process. The key elements are typically: 1.

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Jaggaer

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

In today’s dynamic market, procurement is far more than just a buying and purchasing center. Forward-thinking organizations have transformed the department into an untapped gold mine that creates value for the entire end-to-end manufacturing process—from design and sourcing to production and delivery.

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Jaggaer

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Rather than treat procurement as a series of disparate tasks, global organizations in all sectors implement efficiency across the source-to-pay journey. Big data and digital technologies support the aggregation of purchases across business units to improve performance, provide better spend analysis, and drive business value.

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Skill Dynamics

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Strategic Sourcing and Supplier Relationship Management Strategic sourcing skills are crucial for procurement professionals to effectively identify and then leverage opportunities within the supply base to create value. Strategic sourcing can also help reduce the overall risk in a given supply chain.

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Spend Matters

JANUARY 23, 2025

The momentum around this ‘best practice’ has been further accelerated by the marketing efforts of market intelligence companies selling data and even a few purpose-built software platforms to make these efforts more efficient and accurate.

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ivalua

APRIL 2, 2019

Offshore ultra-deep water drilling company to deploy eSourcing globally across its purchasing function. Pacific Drilling requires a fast, efficient and automated sourcing process to support the company’s Purchasing processes. Pacific Drilling has the most technologically advanced fleet of drillships in the industry.

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Jaggaer

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Tier 1 suppliers and their suppliers—and their suppliers’ suppliers—make up an organization’s multi-tier supply chain. Multi-tier supplier collaboration involves building transparency with and beyond your first tier suppliers. The Role of Communication in Supply Chain Collaboration Communication puts collaboration in motion.

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Procurement Insights

JANUARY 3, 2025

20152020: Procurement Gains Strategic Recognition Emergence of Strategic Sourcing : CFOs began to recognize procurement’s role in driving long-term value through strategic sourcing, supplier relationships, and risk management. Analytics and insights from procurement data were minimal.

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Jaggaer

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

However, the top three procurement challenges featured in the Hackett Group report demand immediate attention: slashing spending costs, securing supply chain resilience, and modernizing outdated operating models. Solutions: Strategic Sourcing: Move beyond transactional purchasing and embrace strategic sourcing.

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Procurement Insights

APRIL 2, 2025

EDITOR’S NOTE: Chevron was IN NO WAY involved with the following assessment, although I think they will find it to be an interesting read because it leverages their known capabilities and aligns them with my prior research and discussions on procurement efficiency, Shared Services, and Hansens RAM principles.

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Strategic Sourceror

OCTOBER 27, 2022

This was a sentiment shared by just about every product-based company during the pandemic, when the efforts designed to stamp out COVID-19 wound up wiping out supply chains more than anything else. Many of those supply chains remain in rough shape in a variety of respects, from raw materials being hard to come by to staffing shortages.

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Jaggaer

JULY 4, 2024

Christian Heinrich, Co-Founder and Managing Director, c arbmee The 80% Challenge I was recently delighted to participate in a JAGGAER live webinar focused on the introduction, in recent years, of carbon emissions measurement as a factor in strategic sourcing. Data transparency Data transparency will be essential to carbon accounting.

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Una

JANUARY 4, 2023

The Basics of Group Purchasing. Discover the basics of group purchasing and the benefits of working with a group purchasing organization to develop a comprehensive procurement strategy. The basics of group purchasing. Benefits of working with a group purchasing organization. By Mackenzie Oakley | January 5, 2023.

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Una

OCTOBER 9, 2023

How to Implement a Strategic Sourcing Process A play-by-play manual showing how to implement a strategic sourcing process that aligns with your organization’s goals, optimizes spend, and creates long-term value. At its core, strategic sourcing formalizes the process of finding, assessing, and choosing suppliers.

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Una

AUGUST 31, 2023

Overcoming Challenges with Strategic Sourcing for SMEs Explore how strategic sourcing for SMEs can help procurement professionals overcome the unique challenges of operating a small business. There’s a good argument to be made that the smaller you are, the more strategic you need to be.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 3, 2022

eAuctions are online real-time dynamic discussions between one purchasing organization and a group of pre-qualified vendors competing for the purchaser’s trade. Digital bidding, or eAuctions, are a more efficient way of negotiating with vendors in the international market.

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Procurement Insights

MARCH 16, 2025

MCP ensures that AI-driven procurement solutions retain, process, and apply relevant context to enhance decision-making and operational efficiency. Contextualized Spend Analysis & Cost Optimization AI models use MCP to remember previous spend categories, budget constraints, and organizational purchasing behavior.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Sourcing is getting smarter. To start, many organizations have already pivoted from a tactical to a strategic sourcing mindset—which can make all the difference when it comes to gaining and retaining a competitive advantage. But now, the benefits of strategic sourcing are becoming even more attainable thanks to innovation.

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Strategic Sourceror

JUNE 30, 2022

Unfortunately, in supply chain matters, we have to deal with some of the planet's biggest polluters by the definition of our jobs. While having no net emissions is a long way off yet, it's not too late to start considering making adjustments in your own supply chain. We all want to make the world a greener place.

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Procurement Heads

JANUARY 4, 2023

Even at that point blue chip corporations recognised the value of procurement and understood that when you’ve got substantial third-party spend, it’s important to use strategic sourcing approaches. I joined KPMG in their supply chain practice and spend the next 16 years on consulting assignments in a smaller firm.

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Procurement Tactics

MAY 24, 2023

Strategic sourcing managers and procurement managers are typically responsible for managing supplier scorecards. Supplier scorecards are also used to track vendor value, measure procurement key performance indicators (KPIs), and monitor overall supply chain performance.

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World of Procurement blog

MAY 8, 2024

Procurement differs from purchasing in a few key ways: Strategic focus : Procurement has a strategic, long-term focus on analyzing spend, reducing costs, managing supplier relationships, and mitigating risk. Purchasing is more transactional and tactical. Purchasing focuses specifically on the buying transaction.

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