Eliminating Excel in Purchasing Events Procurement Analytics 
Supply Chain Shaman
NOVEMBER 21, 2024
Most of the business networks were hollowed out by venture capitalists or purchased by opportunists. ” My problem is that we move through these hype cycles with little accountability for spending and with a major opportunity cost to not redefine work. Or that a focus on cost reduction can actually undermine value creation?)
ToolsGroup
MARCH 25, 2025
Enhanced Promotions and Events Analysis Promotions, advertising campaigns, and trade events are vital components of marketing strategy, but accurately measuring their impact on demand remains challenging. Five Ways Advanced Machine Learning in Demand Planning Is Improving Forecasting 1.
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Supply Chain Shaman
FEBRUARY 18, 2021
Next Steps: Start to model demand based on market data to align the organization on baseline demand. Resist the temptation to place deeper analytics on top of existing data models. Instead, rethink the model and the approach. Out of desperation, they turned to the use of descriptive analytics. Next Steps.
Supply Chain Shaman
JANUARY 9, 2024
How Do You Define Excellence? As an old gal, with over forty-years of supply chain experience, writing this report for ten years taught me many lessons. In retrospect, I find that technology is an enabler, but only if we are clear on what defines supply chain excellence. Humility exudes from my fingers as I type this post.
Procurement Academy
JANUARY 16, 2025
Looking to improve operations and achieve cost savings within your procurement processes? Perhaps you already have a process audit report, or are interested in discovering how it could benefit you and streamline your operations. What is the Purpose of a Process Audit Report?
Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 3, 2013
In the height of the e-commerce craze, the marketplace offerings started with a focus on e-procurement. The widely-held view was that the e-procurement market would fuel the next generation of marketplace applications. The rebirth of marketplace offerings is not on the back of e-procurement or ERP. The debates were heated.
Precoro
OCTOBER 6, 2022
With the global market expansion and deepening supply chain complexity, the roles of procurement leaders have evolved from tactical to strategic. Nowadays, procurement departments not only focus on the day-to-day buying operations but also search for the most efficient ways to go about them. From whom are we buying?
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