ivalua

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

In May 2022, Ivalua commissioned Forrester to survey over 400 procurement leaders across the globe to ask how they plan to minimize the frequency and impact of supply disruptions. This places limitations on the value that procurement generates for your organization and impacts the resilience and agility of the supply chain.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 2, 2022

It’s been an eventful first quarter of 2022, and the outlook for the rest of the year remains risky and uncertain (just like it’s been the past two years). Read more Top Talking Logistics Posts & Episodes – Plus Indago Highlights (Q1 2022). Could the Russia-Ukraine War turn nuclear? I pray that it doesn’t.

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ivalua

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Nearly a third (32%) of procurement teams concede to cutting corn ers with their sourcing criteria for suppliers to secure supply. 81% of procurement teams feel pressured by executive teams to respond more quickly and effectively to challenges such as inflation, disruptions, and shortages. Redwood, CA, 25 October, 2022.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 18, 2023

In the spring of 2022, Asia/US ocean container rates resumed pre-pandemic levels and congestion eased in November 2022 into California ports. During the pandemic, companies struggled with planning systems turning off the optimizers, and using the technology as a system of record. The peak disruption was in December 2021.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 9, 2022

Featuring Our 12 Best Procurement Articles! Procurement operations are the backbone of every company’s supply chain. Fundamental to procurement is the acquisition of goods and services from a party that’s further up the supply chain. This document is the first legal contract in the operational procurement process.

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LevaData

JANUARY 25, 2023

In 2023, burnout continues to be a hot topic for supply chain and procurement professionals. This has caused industry leaders to ask, What is the real answer to procurement burnout? Since the pandemic, several industry leaders have shared their tips and tricks for alleviating procurement burnout. Their suggestions?

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 17, 2023

Over the past few years, supply chain and procurement pros have faced the challenge of navigating their enterprises through one disruption after another. in 2022 — in the US and the euro area, inflation is expected to hit 3.5 % and 5.7%, down from 8% and 8.3%, respectively. [1].

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QAD

JANUARY 11, 2022

But two of our senior experts wanted to weigh in by sharing their 2022 predictions in VMblog’s 14 th annual predictions series. It’s understandable that the current state of global supply chains would be foremost in everyone’s 2022 predictions. So, let’s break these predictions down. Tightening Supplier Relationships.

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ModusLink Corporation

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Procurement experts face transportation costs, customer demands, and high pressure on global container and air freight rates. But what does that mean for future strategies in procurement ? Let’s rethink everything to figure out what it might be for the future of procurement in light of it all.

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Synovos

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Improve Operational Efficiency and Eliminate Internal Complexity Through Digital Procurement From better spend visibility to reduced order times and more, can your organization afford to miss out on the benefits of digital procurement? In a quarter of cases, though, the change was prompted by the retirement of a legacy system.

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Precoro

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The procurement landscape is ever changing, and recently, in contrast to the traditional procure-to-pay platforms, we have seen the emergence of a new type of software solution, intake-to-pay, which is marketed as a more comprehensive solution. But hold on: are we sure that wasn't all possible with procure-to-pay, anyway?

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Procurement Academy

JULY 29, 2022

The summer of 2022 will be remembered for many things, from soaring temperatures to an unforgettable Women’s Euro championship. Companies should have a system to identify and address any issues that may arise to avoid embroiling themselves in a human rights scandal. Legislation coming into play. Look beyond tier-1 suppliers.

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HICX Solutions

MAY 12, 2023

On September 21 & 22, over 5,000 people from numerous leading global corporations came together for DPW Amsterdam 2022 to share their experiences about a wide range of topics in Procurement and Supply Chain. Automate the simple As Sam explains, “We need to break our procurement teams free from the day-to-day tasks that burden them.”

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Proxima

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Many things are currently making procurement prominent, but not all of them will have a longer-term impact. However, 2022 will be the year when the function we have grown up with and the roles it performs will deliberately start to break itself up! At the moment, this is procurement’s time. Yogi Berra. You are mortal.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 9, 2023

Few companies design their supply chains (research data shows that 9% of companies actively design their supply chains), and few planning systems actively analyze and drive answers to the questions: Do I have a good plan? With the rise of logistics and procurement constraints, an analysis of only manufacturing does not yield a feasible plan.

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EC Sourcing Group

MARCH 29, 2022

7 Essential eSourcing Tools for 2022. eSourcing is such an essential part of procurement. When eSourcing is optimized, it can positively affect procurement and the overall supply chain. If you’re shopping for eSourcing software, there are some must-have features, particularly for 2022. So, what is eSource?

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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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Precoro

MARCH 31, 2023

March 21 was the second annual iteration of World Sustainable Procurement Day , an online event organized by the Sustainable Procurement Pledge team, SPP Chapters, SPP Champions, and partners to raise awareness about the importance of ethical procurement and to share the best sustainability practices with organizations worldwide.

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Precoro

MAY 22, 2023

This process, known as IT procurement, requires comprehensive steps with clear objectives and vendor selection criteria to ensure that technology investments align with business goals and yield a return on investment (ROI). This article encompasses the best practices for planning and executing successful IT procurement strategies.

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The Logistics of Logistics

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

He has extensive experience in the industrial supply chain and distribution space, as he was recognized as a Supply Chain Pros to Know by Supply and Demand Chain Executive in 2021, 2022, & 2023. This helps organizations reduce risk and tail spend, optimize working capital, and ensure production uptime to meet customer needs.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

As businesses report their financial performance for the 2022 final quarter and full year, Supply Chain Matters highlights select bellwether firms that we consider a relatively good indicator of anticipated 2023 industry supply chain challenges. For the quarter that ended on December 31, 2022, the company reported KRW 70.5

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NC State SCRC

AUGUST 18, 2022

Artificial intelligence is growing rapidly across many organizational applications, and nowhere is this impact greater than in procurement. AI applications will become increasingly important especially in buyer-seller transaction systems, to enable improved efficiency of transaction flows.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 18, 2022

The company had a team of 25 demand planners, spent 10M$ on the roll-out of a planning system, and was being courted by multiple consultants to implement a new demand planning technology. In addition, the team did not believe that the system could calculate safety stock as effectively as they could manually (adding to the process latency).

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 4, 2023

This year’s research on the warehouse automation market shows (once again) that the fulfillment requirements from the ongoing, widespread growth in e-commerce continue to be the most prevalent factor stimulating demand growth for warehouse automation systems. Desire for Greater System Adaptability and Flexibility. Supply Constraints.

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Locus Robotics

JULY 12, 2022

Let’s look at the latest and greatest inventions, strategies, and systems that could help your facility stay competitive and thrive in 2022 and beyond. 14 Manufacturing Trends in 2022. Accessible Automation. ERP systems help manufacturers automate different areas of operations under one comprehensive system.

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Synovos

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

The objective of the EcoVadis methodology is to measure the quality of a company’s sustainability management system through its policies, actions, and results. The assessment focuses on 21 sustainability criteria that are grouped into four themes: environment, labor and human rights, ethics, and sustainable procurement.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 1, 2023

With these at play, having agile planning systems which can consume large amounts of internal and external data and provide decision intelligence and decision automation are becoming essential capabilities retailers seek. In March 2022, online shopping was up 27% over the previous year. In 2022 overall, U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 18, 2022

In this Supply Chain Matters blog we provide highlights and insights regarding SAP SE’s 2022 Sapphire ASUG Now customer conference held last week in Orlando, Florida. . Enterprise Cloud software provider SAP SE conducted its 2022 North America Sapphire Now customer conference last week.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Autoliv is the world’s largest safety system supplier in automotive industry. in turn, is a boutique procurement consultancy. Autoliv is the largest supplier of safety systems to the automotive industry. As a first step, we’re operating a “lean” Control-Tower within our supplier relationship management system.

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Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Empty supermarket shelves during the height of the pandemic exposed a food system that was not fit for purpose. Gula explains, “It is likely climate change will affect far more than just agricultural systems and will impact the entirety of the food system, including food security.” ” What Can Be Done?

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ivalua

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

In addition, 26% of respondents agree their organizations lack adequate systems for defining and triggering a response to supply chain disruption, while a quarter (25%) have an inability to effectively assess the risk of individual suppliers. The study was conducted by Forrester Consulting in March 2022 on behalf of Ivalua.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 5, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog features our March 5, 2022 edition of This Week in Supply Chain Management Tech , a synopsis of noteworthy supply chain management focused technology news which we believe would be of specific interest to our global-based blog readership. Names included in this edition include: RightHand Robotics.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 1, 2022

To understand this point, I contrast the results of the Gartner Top 25 Award Winners published in 2022 (last week) against their peer group from 2012 to 2021. Comparison of Business Results to Peer Group of the 2022 Gartner Top 25 Winners. Each plan operates on its own island, and procurement and contract manufacturing are isolated.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Importers are trying to push 30 percent more thru a system that is running at 70 percent throughput aainst the old level. My thought was to combine my experience working on visibility solutions with Descartes Systems Group and Manugistics with recent research data. The 2022 event is in Washington. I thought it would be easy.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

EcoVadis’ focus is helping suppliers accelerate their journey by measuring and improving their sustainability management system, collecting and reporting their data, building capacity to ultimately drive reductions in impact. The project was officially launched in 2021 and by January 2022, 100 suppliers had declared their carbon footprint.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

I know that your primary focus is procurement. The goal was to teach the impact of system dynamics in a non-linear system that we now call the supply chain. Bullwhip Effect at LKQ Europe Summer 2022 Testing So, why do we not measure it? False Belief in Current Systems. ” Anna, this blog post is for you.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

As such, they serve the business leaders as a system of record for planning information, but they do not serve the core user very well. The supply chain investments of the last decade focused on improving black & white processes–order-to-cash and procure-to-pay. September 2021-March 2022. March 2022-Onward.

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