ivalua

JUNE 9, 2025

We’ve seen AI take over everyday tools and search engines; AI in Sourcing and Procurement is becoming a strategic tool in our kit, At Ivalua, we are helping global procurement teams integrate AI across the Source-to-Pay process, bringing automation, insight, and agility to every step. This is where AI can make a huge difference.

Optimal Sourcing 130

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Arena Solutions

JULY 10, 2025

To thrive in this volatile environment, manufacturers must adopt proactive supply chain risk management (SCRM) strategies and embrace modern technology. To thrive in this volatile environment, manufacturers must adopt proactive supply chain risk management (SCRM) strategies and embrace modern technology.

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ivalua

MAY 29, 2025

At a high level, procurement focuses on sourcing the goods and services an organization needs, while supply chain management oversees the broader flow of those goods, from raw materials to end customers. Supply Chain Management (SCM) involves orchestrating a product’s or service’s entire lifecycle, from sourcing and production to delivery.

Procurement Solutions 130

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Freightos

APRIL 23, 2025

Home Introducing Freightos Enterprise: End-to-End Procurement, Benchmarking, and Management Freightos Enterprise unifies market intelligence, tender management, and shipment operations into one solution, enhancing logistics efficiency for large import-export businesses.

Optimal Sourcing 156

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Jaggaer

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Strategic Sourcing Simplified: Best Practices for Maximizing Value Strategic sourcing goes beyond cost savings its about making informed decisions that drive long-term value. Now well dive into best practices in these critical areas to ensure a more effective and resilient sourcing strategy.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 15, 2025

Oil and gas production is more than just an energy source—it is the backbone of modern industrial progress and global trade. In today’s competitive market, every drop of efficiency in extraction and logistics fuels innovation across supply chains, ensuring that products reach consumers faster and at lower costs.

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RFgen

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

By replacing manual, paper-based processes with digital tools, you can transform your warehouse into a highly efficient, accurate, and connected operation. These strategies optimize warehouse performance and reduce costs. Warehouse staff can access pick lists, approve tasks, and sign documents on tablets.

Inventory Reduction 98

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ivalua

MAY 30, 2025

AI is reshaping the way organizations source, manage suppliers, and drive value today. AI agents offer a smarter, faster way to manage sourcing, risk, and spend across the entire procurement lifecycle. For example, agentic AI can analyze supplier data, evaluate contracts, manage purchase orders, or recommend sourcing strategies.

Optimal Sourcing 130

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ivalua

MAY 30, 2025

AI is reshaping the way organizations source, manage suppliers, and drive value today. AI agents offer a smarter, faster way to manage sourcing, risk, and spend across the entire procurement lifecycle. For example, agentic AI can analyze supplier data, evaluate contracts, manage purchase orders, or recommend sourcing strategies.

Optimal Sourcing 130

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Precoro

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Signs your company needs a centralized purchasing system Key benefits of centralized procurement How to efficiently implement centralized procurement Frequently Asked Questions What is centralized purchasing? You’re able to achieve the same (or even better) results with a leaner, more efficient system.

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Precoro

MAY 13, 2025

In times like these, cost efficiency becomes the real hero.   In this guide, we’ll explore what cost efficiency is, examples, and best practices on how cost efficiency can make your company more competitive and profitable in today's fast-paced economy. Efficient (adj.)—

Sourcing Strategies 45

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SCMDOJO

JUNE 9, 2025

In the world of logistics, where timing, coordination, and precision are everything, documentation often operates behind the scenes—yet it holds the entire system together. As such, this article explores why accurate documentation is not just administrative busywork but the backbone of logistics operations.

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ivalua

MAY 21, 2025

Digital procurement streamlines workflows and unifies data, enabling faster sourcing, better collaboration, and improved accuracy. Digital procurement is the use of digital technologies to enhance, automate, and optimize procurement processes across the entire source-to-pay (S2P) lifecycle.

Optimal Sourcing 130

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Procurement Academy

JANUARY 16, 2025

Increase Efficiency Process audit reports help identify inefficiencies and bottlenecks in procurement processes by analyzing current processes and finding better opportunities to streamline workflows and optimize resource allocation. As a result, teams achieve greater productivity and efficiency.

Procurement Analytics 52

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 19, 2025

From the start, negotiate terms that benefit both parties and establish clear performance metrics to track progress. To stay ahead, regularly reassess your supply chain strategy. Ensure that your procurement processes evolve with your business needs, enabling you to scale efficiently while maintaining quality and cost-effectiveness.

Optimal Sourcing 75

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My Office Apps

OCTOBER 21, 2024

This feature allows you to send purchase orders, contracts, invoices, or any other documents directly to suppliers without needing to switch between platforms. Whether you’re sourcing from different warehouses or shipping to various branches, VRM tools help track and manage vendors across multiple locations.

Vendor Strategies 98

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Freight Waves

JUNE 16, 2025

This extensive connectivity has resulted in impressive metrics: 1.2 The platform goes “beyond aggregating data” to use artificially intelligent agents to clean, structure, and harmonize data so that it can be acted on efficiently. A key differentiator is Movement’s approach to data quality.

Supply Chain Design Software 88

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Freight Waves

JULY 11, 2025

Shippers don’t partner with LSPs just to move freight—they rely on them to orchestrate complex, responsive, and cost-efficient networks on their behalf. Carrier scorecards – live on-time, dwell, and cost metrics that steer freight to the best performers. Everyone sees the same truth, which builds confidence and accelerates resolution.

Supply Chain Design Software 98

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Jaggaer

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Another benefit is more resilient supply chains that can profitably weather disruptions when the best-laid plans are interrupted. Key Strategies for Enhancing Collaboration From efficiently negotiating terms on a bid to determining supplier capacity in a high-risk category, supplier collaboration works to your advantage.

Negotiate Pricing 52

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QAD

APRIL 8, 2025

Tariff changes can significantly impact production costs, supplier relationships, overall efficiency – and your profitability. It is crucial that organizations consider and develop strategies for effectively mitigating the impact of tariffs. Compare sourcing alternatives and production schedules in real-time.

Optimal Sourcing 52

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Jaggaer

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Align your supplier management strategy with business objectives In many organizations, there is a disconnect between their approach to procurement and the overarching business objectives. Procurement professionals have the expertise to align the organization’s vision to a supplier collaboration strategy to greater optimize those goals.

Optimal Sourcing 52

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Freight Plus

MAY 13, 2025

And if you’re not hitting the right numbers, your transportation strategy could be quietly eating into your margins. These scorecards track things like delivery timing, order accuracy, shipment completeness, and compliance with shipping documentation. Some retailers like Walmart emphasize OTIF as their core performance metric.

Optimal Sourcing 52

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 22, 2024

For this reason, KPIs are essential for any business improvement strategy. Unlike most of the KPIs we recommend, perfect order is a composite of several elementary metrics. Damage-free delivery: This measurement is sometimes incorporated into the in full KPI, but can just also be a stand-alone metric. What about DIFOT?

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Descartes

JUNE 4, 2025

Management believes that investors and financial analysts measure our business on the same basis, and we are providing the Adjusted EBITDA financial metric to assist in this evaluation and to provide a higher level of transparency into how we measure our own business.

Expense Reduction 195

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 24, 2025

Vendor Performance Reviews Made Visual Procurement teams routinely evaluate vendors based on metrics like delivery timeliness, cost efficiency, quality ratings, and compliance. Vendors appreciate clarity, and internal stakeholders gain better visibility into sourcing strategies.

Supply Chain Design Software 40

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RFgen

JANUARY 16, 2025

Its your single source of truth for inventory, constantly updated and readily available. The software also supports lean manufacturing principles by reducing waste and improving quality, ensuring continuous evaluation and improvement for higher production efficiency.

Inventory Management Software 52

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Precoro

JUNE 3, 2025

What procurement teams need is a clear view of their spend, tighter control, and a strategy that delivers lasting value—exactly what category management provides. Therefore, traditional sourcing is often reactive: a procurement manager reviews a purchase request , finds a supplier, negotiates terms, and moves on.

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AFFLINK

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

The traditional supplier onboarding processcollecting documents, verifying credentials, and ensuring compliancecan be time-consuming and prone to errors. At AFFLINK , we've seen how automation transforms supplier management, helping businesses save time, improve efficiency, and build stronger supplier relationships. Let's explore how.

Supply Chain Software 48

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Jaggaer

MAY 8, 2025

How good is the quality of your design documents? If you have adopted a logistics sourcing strategy based on lowest cost, you will in all probability be one of the worst affected by the bullwhip effect when things get tight. Its strategy. Do you give suppliers accurate forecasts? How often do your purchase orders change?

Optimal Sourcing 52

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Precoro

MAY 19, 2025

Instead of developing strategies to keep spend management and purchasing compliant, companies end up with multiple instances of maverick spend or unsustainable vendor behavior. Recent policies cover sustainable and ethical efforts, such as sustainable sourcing , diversity initiatives, and environmental impact. Unsustainable sourcing.

Procurement Analytics 45

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Precoro

JULY 9, 2025

This approach focuses on changing procurement holistically beyond minor tweaks, starting from strategies to organizational structures. It aims to make the entire process more efficient and effective but also more valuable as a strategic asset that helps the company achieve its goals. Procurement transformation has several objectives.

Procurement Solutions 45

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Precoro

JULY 1, 2025

Companies need to draw the line between tactical and strategic sourcing so as not to stretch themselves too thin. To build a strong VRM strategy, most companies typically follow a clear set of steps: 1. Service-level agreements (SLAs) with defined performance metrics and deliverables. Book a Demo 5.

Negotiating Skills 45

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Precoro

JUNE 2, 2025

Although some executives are skeptical about forecasting, citing its unreliability and inaccuracy, a systematic approach to forecasting with realistic expectations can completely transform the fiscal year strategy. Scroll down to find out: What is financial forecasting? Financial teams often wonder how to do budget forecasting effectively.

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Exiger Perspectives

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Several key clauses that facilitate this important shift in accountability include conformity assessments, vulnerability management, incident reporting, and technical documentation. Comprehensive Risk Monitoring: Analyzes software components and libraries, including open-source, for leading risk indicators throughout the product lifecycle.

Supply Chain Design Software 52

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Exiger Perspectives

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Exiger’s advanced risk management and data intelligence tools are strategically equipped to help businesses meet these stringent demands, ensuring compliance while improving operational efficiency and sustainability. This dynamic mapping ensures continuous visibility into product sourcing, sustainability credentials, and risks at every stage.

Predictive Analytics Software 52

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Jaggaer

MAY 21, 2025

Procurement will be responsible for double materiality analysis and strategy on CO 2 reduction and will be responsible and accountable across all other requirements. These include drawing up policies, actions, targets, anticipated financial effects, metrics and risk assessment. See Figure 1) Figure 1 What does EUDR entail?

Procurement Analytics 52

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 16, 2025

Garner says that successful organizations should focus on the following actions: Prioritize long-term digital strategy over short-term goals Gartner says that as logistics continues to transform technologies, processes and people, the need for high-quality data and decision-making capabilities is growing.

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