Spend Matters

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Utzs Procurement team had never focused on influencing budget owners in the corporate services area to strategically source their categories. The historical approach focused on reacting to operational elements, like a plant being short of potatoes, instead of demand driven supply management processes.

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Influencing Procurement supply chain budgeting Strategic sourcing 103

ivalua

JANUARY 31, 2022

During the webinar, Ardent Partners highlighted a series of market trends and predictive scenarios for 2022, focusing on massive challenges brought on by the global pandemic that procurement organizations are facing today and present a thoughtful discourse on the road ahead. The Criticality of the Supply Chain (and Suppliers).

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Procurement supply chain budgeting Agile and Lean Supply Chain supply chain software solutions 130

Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

As companies seek to discover ways to increase overall excellence and competitiveness, a new source of value has emerged – Strategic Sourcing. What is Strategic Sourcing? Strategic Sourcing does exactly the same by addressing the total cost. A Paradigm Shift in the Procurement Function.

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Strategic sourcing Strategic sourcing Procurement supply chain budgeting 73

Jaggaer

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Strategies for Building Resilient Supply Chains Recurring disturbances in recent years have highlighted the need for manufacturers and contract manufacturers to build resilience into their supply chains. Decision-makers must plan supply chain resilience strategies for a wide range of risk scenarios.

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Collaboration Suppliers Supply Chain Efficiency Agile and Lean Supply Chain 52