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ESG-Driven Supply Chains: Moving Beyond Compliance Toward Proactive Sustainability

Logistics Viewpoints

A lack of standardized ESG metrics across industries and regions makes it challenging to consistently evaluate and compare supplier performance. Procurement and sustainability functions often operate independently, leading to inconsistencies when ESG criteria are applied during sourcing and supplier management.

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Building a Triple A Supply Chain: Ten Tactics That Work

Supply Chain Shaman

We consistently see that companies focused on functional excellence–a focus within a functional silo like manufacturing, transportation or distribution– or singular metrics– like inventory or costs– underperform against their peer groups. Reward teams for cross-functional metrics. Supplier Development.

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How to Build a Successful Procurement Strategy in 2025

ivalua

Platforms should support structured collaboration from intake management to invoice automation. Measuring and Improving Procurement Strategy Performance A successful procurement strategy is data-driven andsupports continuous improvement across key metrics such as cost savings, supplier performance, delivery reliability, and ESG compliance.

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The Future of Supplier Management is Here, and it’s Holistic

ivalua

The Future of Supplier Management is Here, and it’s Holistic. Leading, high-performing procurement organizations share one common trait–they consistently prioritize a holistic and integrated approach to Supplier Management. In fact, they go beyond simply supplier management, what they do is Supplier Engagement.

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How to Build a Successful Procurement Strategy in 2025

ivalua

Platforms should support structured collaboration from intake management to invoice automation. Measuring and Improving Procurement Strategy Performance A successful procurement strategy is data-driven andsupports continuous improvement across key metrics such as cost savings, supplier performance, delivery reliability, and ESG compliance.

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Procurement vs. Supply Chain Management: Differences, Challenges & Solutions

ivalua

While procurement operates as a function within the broader supply chain, it has its own set of priorities for strategic sourcing in procurement, performance metrics, and specialized processes. At the enterprise level, this means developing structured supplier management programs that go beyond transactional buying.

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Integrated Supplier Management: Plan, Execute and Adapt

QAD

Integrated Supplier Management is a must – manufacturers are still dealing with the effects of the global chip shortage, the Suez Canal blockage, changing trade policies and other global supply and demand disruptions. That is why we developed the Integrated Supplier Management diagnostic tool.