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Market Beat. Four Thumbs Down and One Thumb Up.

Supply Chain Shaman

Today, supply chain excellence matters more than ever. Until there are clear answers, business leaders should avoid buying software from companies with deep investments by venture capitalists. Likewise, data scientists are long on the understanding of software approaches but short on understanding the business.

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The 3 Pillars of Digital Procurement!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Procurement professionals have the same question looming over their head on a daily basis: “How do you plan on dealing with digitalization?”. Recently I had the pleasure of attending EBG Network’s 8th Annual Source to Pay Summit, which gathered some of the Nordic’s largest organizations and procurement profiles. around the globe?—?and

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AI This. Not So Fast.

Supply Chain Shaman

” Or, “If you need an answer, implement my solution.” I define supply chain excellence as year-over-year performance better than the peer group on this balanced scorecard. 11/2017 Logility acquires Halo for 9.3 06/2020 Kinaxis buys Rubikloud for 60M$. They did it. The problem?

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7 Trending Business Practices Disrupting Procurement!

Supply Chain Game Changer

7 KPIs Your Procurement Team May Be Ignoring! But, when my mom was buying a new vehicle, she didn’t decide to scrap the vehicle from 1993 and purchase one from 1995. Procurement is a business function that has undergone a lot of change in the last few years. Subscribe Here! Email Address. She chose the hybrid route.

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Achieving Healthcare Transformation, Powered by Supply Chain

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According to OECD and National Health Expenditure data, US healthcare spending per person was approx $10,224 in 2017. However, leading health systems are changing this by building internal supply chain expertise and leadership and investing in fit for purpose technology to enable supply chain excellence. Share on Twitter.

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Have You Considered Spend Matters SolutionMap Before Choosing an eSourcing Solution?

EC Sourcing Group

Since the first SolutionMap was published in late 2017, it has been used by thousands of organizations in their evaluations and buying decisions. Procurement professionals must align stakeholders, define critical requirements, issue an RFP, develop a believable ROI and secure a budget to purchase a platform.

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E2open Acquires Steelwedge. Impact on Market?

Supply Chain Shaman

Founded in 2000, Steelwedge was an innovator in Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) and was an early provider of cloud solutions for supply chain. I asked him over and over, “Is the market ready for a solution for JUST Sales and Operations Planning?” The supply chain management software market had soured.