Jaggaer

MARCH 24, 2025

Top 3 Procurement Technologies to Embrace in 2025 Staying ahead of key procurement technology and advancements is essential for CPOs who want to improve spend cost reduction, drive strategic value, and navigate the increasingly complex procurement landscape.

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Jaggaer

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Opportunities for Procurement Technology As we look toward 2025, European businesses are reshaping their supply chains to navigate an increasingly complex global landscape. A recent report by Maersk and Reuters Events highlights that 68% of companies are making supply chain visibility and monitoring solutions a top priority.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 10, 2025

During the first week of June 2025, job cuts continued with 90,000 layoffs with iconic brands like Kimberly-Clark (1500-1900), Microsoft (6,000), P&G (7000), and Wal-Mart (1,500). In May 2025, one in seven home-purchase agreements fell through resulting in the cancellation of 56,000 purchase contracts.

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Precoro

MAY 19, 2025

Companies often push aside procurement compliance to focus on more pressing issues. No wonder—procurement often gets tedious and burdened with time-consuming processes. However, ignoring procurement compliance is like ignoring a ticking time bomb. Scroll down to find out: What is procurement compliance?

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Precoro

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Within this setup, an ERP procurement module helps companies make purchases and manage suppliers. Numbers speak louder: According to Procurement Tactics’ top procurement trends in 2025 , 83% of CPOs prioritize digitization.   Keep reading to learn: What Is ERP in Procurement?

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Precoro

MARCH 27, 2025

Rising costs, supply chain chaos, and economic swings put businesses under enormous pressure to protect their margins. According to McKinsey & Company, procurement accounts for 50% to 80% of a company’s cost base. That’s why organizations zero in on strategies to achieve procurement cost reduction. 

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Jaggaer

MARCH 20, 2025

Uncertainty around federal and state policy changes poses a significant challenge for procurement leaders across all types of higher education institutions. Additionally, institutions must remain adaptable to changes in compliance requirements related to federal grant-funded purchases, sustainability mandates, or supplier diversity policies.

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ThroughPut

OCTOBER 18, 2024

To help you optimize your search for the best supply chain management software in 2025. Which is the Best Supply Chain Management Software in 2025? As per Gartner’s Prestigious 2023 Market Guide for Analytics and Decision Intelligence Platforms in Supply Chain , ThroughPut AI was recognized as a leading vendor in this space.

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Kinaxis

MAY 16, 2025

What food and beverage companies need to know about tariffs: Lessons from Canada sharkins Fri, 05/16/2025 - 09:53 Tariffs have been a constant threat since the beginning of 2025, but one sector has felt the impact more immediately than most: consumer packaged goods. goods were “ rapidly dropping.”

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Jaggaer

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Procurement Priorities for 2025 and Beyond The manufacturing industry is evolving rapidly, leaving Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) grappling with challenges that could make or break their organizations. Amid economic uncertainties and geopolitical shifts, procurement leaders face mounting pressure to drive sustained growth.

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ThroughPut

JUNE 12, 2025

In 2025, efficient spare parts inventory management is no longer a competitive advantage — it’s a business necessity. Obsolete stock, fragmented procurement workflows, and disconnected data only make the challenge harder. Supplier Performance Ranking Assesses suppliers based on fulfillment capabilities and cost-efficiency.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Suppliers are facing increasing pressure from the buyers of their goods and services to report their environmental, social, and governance data. Increasingly, companies will take sustainability criteria into account in their purchasing decisions. The data, which is reported on the EcoVadis platform, highlights the supplier’s emissions.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

According to PLS Logistics , global companies will install procurement managers in China for entire organizations by 2025. There was a time when buying a computer was considered a once-in-a-decade purchase, if not once-in-a-lifetime. Globalization Will Become More Important in Everyday Decisions.

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ThroughPut

JUNE 2, 2025

In 2025, the landscape of spare parts management is undergoing a seismic shift. The stakes have never been higher: unplanned downtime due to unavailable parts can cost organizations thousands of dollars per minute, erode customer trust, and disrupt critical operations.

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ivalua

MAY 16, 2025

Rising software costs, lack of procurement oversight, compliance headaches, and clunky vendor management. Many organizations are discovering that without clear procurement software best practices, costs spiral, risks multiply, and efficiency stalls. Find Out More What Is Procurement Software? Sound familiar?

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 15, 2025

Time to Start Preparing for the Digital Product Passport Photo: iStock.com/ Alexandros Michailidis June 16, 2025 Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain The European Union is on the verge of rolling out a reporting regulation that promises to have a huge impact on businesses selling into the region.

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Exiger Perspectives

MARCH 25, 2025

25, 2025 – Exiger , the market-leading supply chain and third-party risk AI company, is a top-ranked vendor in Spend Matters 2025 SolutionMap and TechMatchSM procurement technology rankings, which include over 100 procurement technology vendors. See membership comparisons and details here.

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NC State SCRC

JANUARY 3, 2025

In 2025, we will likely see many supply chain organizations creating multi-purpose COEs that carry out several different processes. They also perform P2P transactions, analytics studies, business intelligence, and other work. As the different activities of a COE mature, the degree of influence and control over activities becomes lower.

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Jaggaer

MAY 21, 2025

CSRD already came into effect in January 2025, requiring large EU-based companies, and non-EU companies with significant operations in the EU, to begin disclosure based on 2024 data. Many companies may have already been reporting based on the Non-Financial Reporting Directive (NRFD), which CSRD replaces, or else on a voluntary basis.

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QAD

MAY 1, 2025

In todays complex and often volatile global environment, procurement leaders face mounting pressure to cut sourcing costs while navigating geopolitical instability, inflation, tariffs and talent shortages. When I started working with KION five years ago, they faced fragmented procurement processes across regions. The outcome?

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 3, 2025

He further established the case for why supply chain teams needed context to integrated sourcing along with procurement. In todays business environment, a B2B focused product demand, sourcing, procurement supply and customer fulfillment network alignment is essential.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 17, 2025

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group via its Supply Chain Matters blog revisits assumptions included in 2025 predictions and how they are changing with ongoing developments. The December report included a caveat: Uncertainty looms over 2025 amid risks of trade tensions and ongoing geopolitical challenges.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Specific Business Process Support Areas This newest advanced AI technology aims to span all areas of the supply chain, to include procurement, manufacturing, maintenance, inventory management, sustainability, planning, and product lifecycle management.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 14, 2025

The Supply Chain Matters blog provides observations and additional information perspectives related to the 2025 State of Logistics report. The report points to an upcoming period of high uncertainties along with the need to fundamentally rethink supply chain resilience as a strategic imperative. percent in other costs.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 7, 2025

Supply Chain Matters provides readers with December 2024, Q4-2024 , and year-end global supply chain assessments as reported by various global wide PMI reporting. Morgan and S&P Global Market Intelligence reported a continuation of contractionary activity levels in the final month of 2024. for December, down from a 50.0

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Jaggaer

JANUARY 14, 2025

The IDC MarketScape evaluated Direct Spend vendors for the strengths and challenges providing decision makers responsible for purchasing direct sourcing solutions with clear, actionable insight. We help organizations to manage and automate complex processes while enabling their highly resilient, accountable, and integrated supplier base.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

NOVEMBER 16, 2013

I recently completed a study of 25 CPO’s, each providing their view of what procurement will look like in 2025. You can download the full report at this link. Procurement has a history that is linked in the core concepts of centralization, volume leveraging, and cost reduction.

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o9 Solutions

MAY 7, 2025

This results in bullwhip effects across the supply chain and reactive procurement decisions. How o9 Helps Industrial Manufacturers Adapt o9’s platform helps industrial manufacturers shift from reactive, spreadsheet-based processes to a digital operating model that brings speed, visibility, and alignment across every function.

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Precoro

JUNE 2, 2025

Financial forecasting has gone from a 'nice-to-have' to a must-have for procurement and financial planning teams. Forecasting involves analyzing revenue reports, sales data, cash flow, and expense statements. Some of these elements mirror the ones you’ll find in a regular procurement or cost management process.

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Jaggaer

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Understanding P2P: The Core of Effective Procurement The procure -to-pay (P2P) process drives purchasing efficiency for organizations of all sizes, covering every stage from initial requisition to final payment. In a manufacturing company, for example, operations might request a fresh supply of components or materials.

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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? “Any good procurement team needs access to reliable data.”

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 22, 2024

economy the parties agreed to extend the existing labor contract through January 15, 2025. Some industry reports point out reluctance to route January 2025 import volume via east coast ports because of ongoing uncertainty. A published report by Business Broadcasting Network CNBC titled: U.S. Despite U.S.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 6, 2019

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. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer.

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IQMS

JANUARY 21, 2021

Bottom Line : In 2021 and beyond, customers are voting with their dollars for the manufacturers who excel at sustainable manufacturing and make a positive contribution to the environment, dominating B2B supply chains and B2C purchasing decisions. of all North American manufacturers have a sustainability policy in place, and 8.3%

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

82% of people have concerns that the supply chain will ruin life plans, such as birthdays, vacations, holidays, and the purchasing of necessary items. The auto industry makes up less than 9% of chip demand by revenue, and that figure is expected to increase by 10% per year until 2025. Material Handling & Logistics ). McKinsey ).

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Claritum

JANUARY 8, 2017

Claritum Article - Procurement Blog. We’ve compiled a list of some of the best must read procurement white papers and analyst reports (in no particular order of importance or preference) covering a variety of topics such as supply chain management, tail spend and the future and digitization of procurement.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 7, 2015

A recent report by Frost & Sullivan, “The Future of Parts and Service Retailing in the Automotive Aftermarket” , predicts that by 2025, 10 to 15 percent of all global parts sales will be made online. Advanced Analytics Continue to Get a Bigger Plate at the Manufacturing Dinner Table. Increasing Equipment Uptime.

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