ivalua

MAY 30, 2025

As supply chains become more interconnected and risks more dynamic, traditional procurement tools fall short. AI agents offer a smarter, faster way to manage sourcing, risk, and spend across the entire procurement lifecycle. What’s the technology behind autonomous procurement agents?

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ivalua

MAY 10, 2025

Enterprise procurement leaders are under more pressure than ever—juggling cost control, compliance, supplier risk, and internal complexity, all while trying to modernize outdated systems. AI, automation, and generative tools are redefining efficiency, allowing procurement teams to move from reactive to proactive decision-making.

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ivalua

MAY 21, 2025

Enterprise procurement teams face growing pressure to deliver strategic value – managing supplier risk, ensuring compliance, and supporting sustainability – all without sacrificing speed or control. This blog explores the most common challenges in digital procurement and the capabilities that matter most.

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Precoro

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Traditionally, procurement has been a process weighed down by manual tasks, fragmented systems, and endless paperwork. Today, procurement is undergoing a transformation. While procurement teams have long worked to add strategic value, Artificial Intelligence (AI) amplifies their impact.

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SCMDOJO

JANUARY 9, 2025

Strategic sourcing and innovative solutions are often viewed as two distinct procurement tools, but they should not be seen in isolation. Think of them as apples and gearseach essential and effective on its own, yet when combined; they create a formidable mechanism for achieving procurement excellence. Click here!

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ivalua

JUNE 26, 2023

Blog » Procurement on the Thames: Ivalua’s London Summer Symposium June 26, 2023 | | Thought Leadership by Eloise Barnum As businesses navigate through supply chain disruptions, high inflation, and sustainability initiatives, procurement, and supplier management has taken center stage in driving change.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 17, 2025

When we measure the bullwhip impact (in my class on outside-in process thinking), the bullwhip between manufacturing and procurement is 2-3X. Most organizations make small improvements but struggle to sustain value. Functional metrics align to bonus incentives, but progress in supply chains remains evasive. Signal Latency.

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Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy

JUNE 10, 2025

As a Principal FMCG Supplier, mastering this balance is essential; not just for growth, but for long-term sustainability. Do Set Clear KPIs and Governance Structures : Establish transparent metrics for sales, coverage, and service levels. Ensure margins are fair and sustainable. I would also love to hear your thoughts!

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RFgen

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Supply chain efficiency is the cornerstone of success and involves the effective management of processes, resources, and technologies from procurement to production, transportation to warehousing. Let’s break down these key components: Procurement: This is where it all begins.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 31, 2024

As regulations across the globe strengthen, the pressure to collect, report, and organize emission-related metrics has never been higher. The Corporate Sustainability Directive will also require companies to report on materiality conceptual guidelines, double materiality, impact materiality, and financial materiality.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 6, 2023

Procurement and Supply Chain Management are essential functions that can help companies navigate these challenges, but they are often siloed and operate in separate departments. Their metrics are often misaligned as well – supply chain focuses on service and procurement focuses on the cost of acquiring materials and services.

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Taulia

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Through a Think Tank technology briefing, SAP demonstrated how integrating SAP Sustainability —s­olutions—including S/4HANA Green Ledger, SAP Ariba, and SAP Taulia—can help companies tackle Greenhouse Gas Protocol Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions with speed and scale. C above pre-industrial levels.” C above pre-industrial levels.”

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 26, 2022

Driving Sustainable Growth Through Supply Chain Resilience. The question is, how do we navigate our way out of this never-ending chaos to continue driving sustainable growth? Driving Sustainable Supply Chain Change. Driving Sustainable Growth Through Supply Chain Resilience. HOW DID WE GET HERE? MORE FROM THIS EDITION.

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ivalua

JUNE 12, 2025

If you’re evaluating procurement technology or exploring ways to drive more value from existing systems, chances are you’re looking beyond tactical fixes – you want a smarter, scalable strategy. Misaligned priorities across finance, legal, and procurement create friction that delays decision-making and reduces impact.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Only supply chains that are agile, adaptable, and aligned provide companies with sustainable competitive advantage.” Reward teams for cross-functional metrics. We like the metrics of growth, on-time and in-full orders, operating margin, inventory turns, and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC). ” Hau Lee, October 2014.

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SCMDOJO

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Nowadays, no one could deny that, businesses today expect procurement teams to drive value beyond cost savings. As a consequence, procurement leaders are constantly looking for ways in order to enhance their procurement process and make it more sustainable. And so, they track an array of metrics such as KPIs.

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Unleashed

MARCH 9, 2021

What is procurement? In simple terms business procurement is the process of locating and acquiring goods and services from external sources for the business to use. Procurement activities include planning, sourcing, and negotiation, along with risk management, legal and value analysis. Procurement in 2021 and beyond.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 17, 2025

Koganti urged the procurement audience to look for whats referred to as “foresight function” in planning tools, which is capable of enhancing data analysis, scenario generation and trend identification , allowing for more informed and proactive decision-making, albeit with human oversight.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 14, 2021

Featuring Our 12 Best Procurement Articles! Procurement and Sustainability are your business’ Yin and Yang. Procurement and Sustainability are two disciplines and business functions that exist in a perfectly harmonious contradiction. Procurement is fundamentally centered around the act of acquisition and/or buying.

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ivalua

JUNE 11, 2021

Companies are being pressured on all sides to commit to Net Zero and CPOs should build their Net Zero goals by evaluating sustainability metrics into all aspects of their procurement decisions and processes. Now is the time to act, and to engage your supply chain on this important global issue. Sounds interesting? Sign up HERE.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 17, 2025

The Demand for Carbon Accounting The push for sustainability isn’t new, but it has reached a tipping point. Tesco and Walmart have announced procurement policies aimed at reducing carbon emissions and promoting sustainability throughout their extended supply chains. Retailers are following suit. In the U.S.,

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Jaggaer

MARCH 6, 2025

The landscape of public sector procurement has undergone significant transformation in recent years, driven by advancements in technology, evolving regulatory frameworks, and an increasing emphasis on sustainability. Predictive analytics powered by ML helps organizations anticipate procurement trends and identify potential risks.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 22, 2021

Several factors contribute to this such as ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) initiatives by companies opting to conduct business with suppliers with more sustainable practices, or push by the governments for domestication or near shoring of supply chains. If not, S&OP can risk becoming increasingly irrelevant!

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SCMDOJO

OCTOBER 30, 2024

As businesses strive to enhance efficiency, resilience, and sustainability, the demand for skilled supply chain professionals has never been higher. Conversely, a student who quickly grasps procurement strategies can be challenged with advanced case studies and leadership projects.

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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.

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Jaggaer

MARCH 24, 2025

Top 3 Procurement Technologies to Embrace in 2025 Staying ahead of key procurement technology and advancements is essential for CPOs who want to improve spend cost reduction, drive strategic value, and navigate the increasingly complex procurement landscape.

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Key elements to include: Sustainability Goals and Metrics: Define clear sustainability goals aligned with the company’s overall objectives. Introduce relevant metrics for measuring environmental impact like carbon emissions, water usage, and waste generation. Consider minimal packaging designs to reduce waste.

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RFgen

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Supply chain optimization software tracks items as they move through your supply chain and generate alerts at important points to improves decision-making and enhance visibility across the supply chain by integrating various capabilities like procurement, inventory, and customer relationship management.

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Jaggaer

OCTOBER 23, 2024

ESG Sustainability Reporting As procurement’s intelligent source-to-pay and supplier collaboration platform, JAGGAER One enables customers and stakeholders to achieve their environmental, social, and governance (ESG) objectives by simplifying, automating, and embedding sustainability principles directly into our software solutions.

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Precoro

MAY 19, 2025

Companies often push aside procurement compliance to focus on more pressing issues. No wonder—procurement often gets tedious and burdened with time-consuming processes. However, ignoring procurement compliance is like ignoring a ticking time bomb. Scroll down to find out: What is procurement compliance?

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ivalua

JULY 15, 2021

With this mounting pressure to commit to Net Zero and CPOs goals and incorporate sustainability metrics into all aspects of procurement decisions and processes, businesses are looking to elevate ESG strategies with a mind for climate change, ethical social practices and stronger governance models.

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QAD

APRIL 10, 2025

Today’s leaders must juggle a complex array of challenges, from integrating artificial intelligence (AI) and prioritizing sustainability to managing talent pipelines and ensuring supply chain transparency. P2P and Supply Chain Transparency The procure-to-pay (P2P) space is another area where AI is making significant strides.

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ivalua

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

In August 2020 Gartner published this report “4 Tactics Procurement Can Use to Sustain Influence as Economic Conditions Improve” This blog summarizes the key points of the report which you can read in full, here. Procurement Teams Step-up. A Blueprint for Demonstrating the value of Strategic Procurement.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 29, 2020

The value does not have to be equal, but it needs to be real and sustained. Cash-to-Cash Metrics. Cash-to-cash is a compound metric: (Days of Receivables+Days of Inventory)-Days of Payables=Cash Conversion Cycle. The world would be more sustainable if we clean out our warehouses of inventory that we do not need.

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IQMS

AUGUST 5, 2022

Sustainable manufacturing has become essential for manufacturers to maintain customer loyalty, win new business, and remain competitive in today’s supply chain based marketplace. As a result, many didn’t focus on sustainability or their broader Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) plans.

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Jaggaer

MAY 21, 2025

Watch our on-demand webinar to discover how procurement can lead the way in ESG and decarbonization, and learn from experts about driving sustainability transformation across your supply chain. NFRD left gaps in capturing the full scope of corporate sustainability impacts, and the CSRD addresses these shortcomings.

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Silvon Software

APRIL 19, 2022

Procurement is one core process area being focused to better manage today’s fluctuating change, with key performance metrics leading the way to assessing and managing procurement performance. The Basics of Procurement KPIs. Every KPI needs a clearly defined goal. Supplier KPIs.

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