Procurement Academy

APRIL 24, 2025

When you look behind the scenes of a global business operation, procurement strategy and supply chain management are usually top priorities, though theyre not always working in sync. This blog explores procurement vs supply chain strategy and looks at how aligning the two leads to operational excellence. The problem?

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Unleashed

OCTOBER 6, 2021

So your company is looking to reduce costs, and you’ve been asked to contribute by reducing your inventory cost. Here we explain how you can do this with 16 cost reduction strategies in inventory management?that that are each proven to reduce a company’s costs.? It also avoids the need to dip into safety stock.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 21, 2015

As a supply chain director, manager, or boss of a multinational corporation, where the supply chain is an integral part of your business, supply chain cost reductions are always at the forefront of your team’s mind. Vendor Managed Inventory Model for Supply Chain Cost Reductions. What is Reverse Marketing?

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 29, 2014

The first evolution of technologies were built by best-of-breed solution vendors. The promise was the delivery of a decision support system that would allow the organization to optimize the relationships between cash, cost and customer service against the strategy. How do I know this? They also have higher satisfaction rates.

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ThroughPut

JUNE 2, 2025

To stay ahead of the curve, industry leaders are turning to data-driven strategies and artificial intelligence (AI) to transform how they manage inventory, forecast demand, and optimize the entire spare parts lifecycle. They are also responsible for data integrity, vendor management, and aligning with enterprise sustainability initiatives.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 3, 2022

eAuctions are online real-time dynamic discussions between one purchasing organization and a group of pre-qualified vendors competing for the purchaser’s trade. Throughout a genuine and collaborative cooperation with business vendors, they produce innovative approaches to current procurement difficulties.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Supply chain strategy is critical to business success, but companies often underestimate its importance and hence pay it less leadership attention than other areas of operation. Supply Chain Strategy In 2014, a survey by Tompkins Consortium delivered a shocking revelation.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 14, 2013

It was a story where people believed that functional excellence leads to supply chain superiority. Year after year, well intentioned people toiled against improving metrics that reduced, not improved, the effectiveness of the supply chain. Don’t get me wrong.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JANUARY 19, 2022

Strategies to improve your Supply Chain article and permission to publish here provided by Claire Glassman. The supply chain is a significant part of your overall business strategy and inventory management. For example, if you’re doing business with Chinese vendors, you might want to plan your purchase order timing.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

So why do we feature content related to Vendor Managed Inventory? Distributors will inbound to a manufacturer the inventory needed and transportation management, especially inbound freight management, efficiency is paramount to an effective vendor managed inventory model. ” Vendor Managed Inventory Model: A Quick Back Story.

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Kinaxis

DECEMBER 18, 2014

At the store, the salesman showed him the newest tool for cutting trees called a chain saw. The salesman said that he can cut trees 10 times faster than with the two person hand saw. No matter how fast I push and pull it doesn’t cut! The lumberjack was impressed! He bought one. Okay… admittedly that was a silly joke.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 20, 2014

In the period of 1985-2000, the SCP market was defined by a list of best-of-breed vendors that included names like American Software, Chesapeake, Demantra, Fygir, i2 Technologies, Logility, Manugistics, Mercia, Numetrix, Red Pepper…. However, it is tough for an analyst to take a stand against the larger ERP vendors. I did not see it.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 11, 2025

Identify Bottlenecks & Opportunities: Quickly spot areas that are underperforming and need attention or areas where you’re excelling. Control Costs: Track value beyond just the purchase price and manage inventory effectively. Vendor Dynamics: Indicates the complexity and potential risks/opportunities in your supplier base.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 9, 2023

The classical approach involves functional silos, sequential decisions, and Excel and people to render a plan executable. CPG companies that utilize an autonomous supply chain technology see a reduction in their inventory and cost and an increase in revenue.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

While each is different in vendor selected and problem solved, what is common is the depth of modeling and the ability for business leaders to change the model with shifts in business conditions. Initially, the output was published to procurement to design strategic buying strategies. The Emergence of Logistics as Constraint.

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AFFLINK

JUNE 10, 2025

Why ESG Matters to Supply Chain Management Modern supply chain strategies extend beyond efficiency and cost containment. ESG is essential in the supply chain because it reinforces brand trust while reducing exposure to social and environmental risks.

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o9 Solutions

MAY 6, 2025

Nearly three years later, Comcast has moved from fragmented, Excel-based processes to an integrated, AI-powered planning platform. Transformation Scope and Strategy With executive support, Comcast consolidated approximately 900 internal supply chain employees and more than 3,000 contractors into a unified structure.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 18, 2022

Driving an excellent supply chain depends on how people are recruited and managed, processes, and the technology used. It examines the skills of the people on the team, the process, technology, and strategy associated with supply chain design. The acquisitions added hundreds of millions in revenues. Getting the Most out of People.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 24, 2023

The visibility to spend allows them to provide excellent benchmarking in several areas. In fact, when Coupa acquired LLamasoft – the leading supply chain design software vendor – back in 2020, the product synergies were not at all clear to me. Initially, this product will focus on the purchase order (PO) acceptance process.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MAY 28, 2022

At the COP26 climate conference in 2021, more than 1,000 companies committed to adopt targets to reduce emissions in line with the Paris Agreement goals. A report also found that a fifth of the 2,000 largest publicly-listed companies in the world have pledged to pursue a net-zero strategy.

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ivalua

JUNE 29, 2020

Buying supplies, equipment, low preference items and the latest innovations to support high-value care delivery is expensive and while it’s not an area where you want to skimp, there are certainly ways to reduce these expenses without impacting quality of care. The Path to Supply Chain Excellence.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 8, 2016

As an analyst in the supply chain market for 15 years, I have written many articles on best-of-breed technology companies purchased by a larger company. The Terra solution complimented the functionality of the traditional APS vendors, i.e. Adexa, JDA, Logility, Kinaxis, SAP APO and Steelwedge. History of E2open. This is the promise.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Instead, the focus is on reducing the costs of finance by eliminating labor costs through Business Process Reengineering (BPOS) and elongating payables. While touted as a digital procurement provider, it took the Company nine days to onboard me as a vendor, and two weeks to process a Purchase Order. My takeaway?

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 11, 2025

While it does an excellent job in streamlining the front-end customer experience from discovery to checkout its true potential is unleashed when combined with CRM tools like Salesforce, HubSpot, Zoho, or Pipedrive. This real-time visibility translates into faster issue resolution, enhanced forecasting, and vendor coordination.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 12, 2022

At Dow, Mr. Baker had Purchasing experience in raw materials, and logistics for their plastics supply chain. S&OP is the key process in effectively balancing supply – what can be made – with demand – what customers want to buy. After looking at several vendors, Palo Alto “found that Anaplan was the best fit for us.”.

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AIMMS

OCTOBER 22, 2019

The other part of my role is supporting the inventory management functions within BT Group, driving decision-making around what we buy, when we buy, and where from. We have used AIMMS to address questions on depot strategy, for instance. How did you know it was the right time to change your technology vendor?

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ToolsGroup

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Lora Cecere, founder of Supply Chain Insights, noted in a recent webinar that a common outcome of these failed implementations is that supply chain organizations end up in “Excel ghettos where lots of people are touching data but not improving it.”. The problem was that the parts didn’t necessarily add up to the whole.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 7, 2018

For the past month, I have been working alongside companies implementing digital strategies. Or agreement on the definition of supply chain excellence. As a result, functional excellence anchors action. We are driving functional excellence and incrementally. (To ” Incrementalism. Movement by degrees. I am tired.

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Silvon Software

MAY 6, 2025

Modern platforms pull data from a wide array of sources: ERPs, relational databases, Excel files, cloud apps, third-party providers, and beyond. Compatibility with Other Tools Seamless integration with Power BI, Excel, and other applications for further data exploration in familiar environments. Why does that matter?

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Several customers addressed those questions in excellent case study presentations: Dr. Bernhard Herzog, Oxea GmbH – “Business Impact of a Supply Chain Operating Network”. “Vendor Interaction Portal – A practical Example for Business Process Management at BASF,” Ralf Kahre and Patrick Gött, BASF, Elemica reveal 2014.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 28, 2015

Many companies talk about Supply Chain Excellence, but most leaders struggle to define it. One supply chain leader, in a discussion last week, likened supply chain excellence to fitness. He felt that supply chain excellence was analogous. Vice President of Global Operations Strategy, Seagate Technology. His reasoning?

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Precoro

OCTOBER 6, 2022

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. Thorough analysis allows procurement professionals to surface, visualize, and present purchasing patterns, which are then evaluated by the stakeholders. From whom are we buying?

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ToolsGroup

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Over time, I’ve been fortunate to work in groups where both men and women were well represented, and I’ve had excellent leaders who championed my career by giving me the freedom to chart my own path. We’re also working on creative solutions to cut lead-time and bridge shortfalls with suppliers.

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Supply Chain Insights

AUGUST 11, 2017

Digital transformation is evident in the vendor landscape for trade promotion management today. After nearly two months of detailed briefings with the world’s top trade promotion management vendors, it is evident that the embrace of new technologies has already moved into advanced phases.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

So everything in the retailer’s Supply Chain strategy needs to be focused on the customer, and of course the shareholders, that goes without saying. Effective retail supply chain management also helps to manage inventory levels, reduce waste and ultimately customer satisfaction. That’s why retailers place so much focus on buying well.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 26, 2023

Like Linus clinging to his blanket, supply chain teams make most of their decisions on Excel spreadsheets. Demand latency (the time from purchase by the customer to order visibility by the manufacturer) is weeks and months. A unified NoSQL data model reduces the latency to drive data across nodes and trading partners.

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SCMDOJO

AUGUST 4, 2023

If so, then it’s time to consider the numerous benefits of reducing inventory. In this article, we’ll explore seven compelling reasons why you should reduce inventory and how it can be a game-changer for your business. But when should you consider reducing inventory? The same applies to inventory reduction.

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