Spend Matters

MARCH 11, 2025

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.

Supply Chain Optimization 80

Supply Chain Optimization Supply Chain Efficiency supply chain budgeting supply chain software solutions 80

Spend Matters

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

This focus and track record however, was in some ways at the expense of fully optimizing and maximizing procurements total strategic value to the enterprise as a whole. This meant that implementing one of the full end-to-end spend management suites was not feasible from a cost and change management perspective.

Influencing 103

Influencing Procurement supply chain budgeting Strategic sourcing 103

Jaggaer

OCTOBER 24, 2024

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.

Collaboration 52

Collaboration Suppliers Supply Chain Efficiency Agile and Lean Supply Chain 52

SCMDOJO

APRIL 26, 2023

Category Management as a Strategic Procurement Function Category management is regarded as a strategic procurement function as it helps drive value for the organization, such as reduced prices and costs, supply chain risks and timescales and focusing on building supplier relationships.

Category management 108

Category management Management Supplier relationship management supply chain software solutions 108

ivalua

MARCH 9, 2023

By gaining visibility into spending patterns, demand, supplier performance, and supply markets–opportunities will be uncovered. As an industry analyst, he researched and advised organizations in various industries​ on best ​and innovative practices, digitization and optimization.

Sourcing 130

Sourcing Real-time Visibility e2e supply chain software solutions 130

Spend Matters

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Beroe for supply market intelligence) that’s woven into the solutions to enhance better decision making. The 2024 roadmap does however have some interesting focus beyond GenAI to also include spend channel optimization, exception handling (with feedback/learning) and other areas. using RAG ).

Networking 114

Networking Spend management Suppliers Supply Chain Optimization 114

Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

It is defined as: “A disciplined, systematic process for reducing the total costs of externally purchased materials, products and services while maintaining or improving levels of quality, service and technology”. The Strategic Sourcing approach is designed to: Drive reduction in total cost of acquisition of goods and services.

Strategic sourcing 73

Strategic sourcing Strategic sourcing Procurement supply chain budgeting 73