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Top Ten CPO Priorities for 2022

ivalua

In late 2021, The Hackett Group asked Procurement Leaders about their strategic priorities and initiatives for the coming year. After a rollercoaster 2021, how do we pivot and plan for a successful Procurement strategy in 2022? . We expect procurement organizations will continue to enhance visibility, agility, and capability. .

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Achieve Your Procurement Goals with Reverse Auction Bidding

EC Sourcing Group

As a procurement professional, you want to develop processes based on strategic sourcing and ensure proper supplier evaluation and selection. Multi-currency capabilities. Reverse auction strategies are a must-have in procurement—in most cases. Before starting the reverse bidding process. Compatible with Excel. Multilingual.

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Supply Chain Leadership V: Howard Richman

NC State SCRC

Lessons Learned from a Career in Procurement As part of our weekly Supply Chain Leadership, I interviewed Howard Richman, who I am co-authoring a new book with (“Procurement Confidential”). For example, one woman was trading foreign currencies, and took a strong position on Eurodollar.

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The Future of Procurement Is Upon Us. Are You Ready?

ivalua

Niul Burton wrote a great article in Industry Week titled “Procurement 2025: 10 Challenges that Will Transform Global Sourcing”. For those of you who are executives in Supply Chain, Procurement or New Product Introduction/Development, this is a must read. We are not your father’s traditional Procure-to-Pay solution.

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My Take: How We Screwed Up Sales And Operations Planning

Supply Chain Shaman

Fatigue during home video conference meeting call. Today, many of us are on conference call after conference call in an endless loop of meetings with little time to question the effectiveness. During the pandemic, companies became reactive –frequent meetings and emergency control rooms– but did not drive better outcomes.

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SAP SE Reports Q4 and Full Year 2023 Financial Performance

Supply Chain Matters

For the SAP S/4 HANA Cloud segment, total backlog was reported as €5 billion, up 61 percent in constant currencies. billion at constant currencies, an increase of between 24 percent to 27 percent, compared to €13.7 billion at constant currencies in 2023. billion at constant currencies in 2023. billion to €7.9

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Why Automation Is the Food Industry’s Answer to Supply Chain Disruption

Logility

The goal of supply optimization is minimizing total supply costs while meeting demand requirements. As a result, F&B supply chain organizations require technology specifically designed to evaluate many business scenarios, currencies, and time horizons simultaneously with artificial intelligence (AI).