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Track the Supply Chain Metrics that Really Matter

Precoro

According to McKinsey survey of global supply chain leaders , only 53% of respondents describe the quality of data in their supply chain planning systems as “sufficient” or “high.” By setting benchmarks for metrics, analysts can recognize unsettling trends and take preventive measures on time.

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Strategic Procurement: 4 Tactics for Economic Recovery in 2021

ivalua

To stay relevant, Gartner suggests documenting all the ways procurement projects align with business priorities during recovery and beyond. This list should include the business metrics that each procurement project impacts. Track functional influence using an annual business alignment survey.

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Logility Wins IDC’s SaaS CSAT Award for Supply Chain Management Customer Satisfaction

Logility

Benchmark Based on Global Survey Highlights Logility’s Leadership in Ease of Use and Driving Rapid Benefits. IDC’s customer satisfaction award program, the CSAT Awards, recognizes leading software-as-a-service (SaaS) vendors in each application market who receive the highest customer satisfaction scores based on IDC’s SaaSPath survey.

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Breaking Boundaries: Exploring Generative AI’s Impact on Supply Chains

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

However, generative AI can extract insights from documents like waybills, quality reports, and customer feedback and feed it into AI models to optimize various aspects of the supply chain based on historical supply chain data. Furthermore, generative AI can generate text, images, and code, potentially speeding up administrative tasks.

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What Is PPV? Purchase Price Variance Explained

Precoro

One of the ways that procurement teams improve this figure is by tracking and improving the purchase price variance (PPV) metric. In this article, we'll explain what PPV is, why it matters, and how tracking this metric can benefit your procurement processes. Market shifts are among the main reasons for unfavorable price variance.

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The Power of the Network: ERP vs. Spend Management

Logistics Viewpoints

GEP and the North Carolina State University (NCSU) Supply Chain Resource Cooperative surveyed supply chain, procurement and IT professionals across a range of industries to gain insight into their priorities and strategies regarding supply chain resilience and optimization. Alex Zhong, Director Product Marketing at GEP.

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Is Your Supply Chain Ready for Social Media-Fueled Demand Volatility?

ToolsGroup

Surveys have shown that consumers are 71% more likely to make a purchase based on social media referrals, and 47% of millennials’ purchases are influenced by social media1. Examples are: customer experience metrics, feedback on new product features and pricing, customer satisfaction and loyalty, and competitive intelligence.