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How Modern Software Empowers Procurement with Agility and Resilience in Times of Crisis

ivalua

In a recent webinar, “ How to Leverage S2P Platforms to Enable Supply Chain Resilience ,” procurement experts from Forrester, Ivalua and Procurement Leaders discussed how digital transformation and the technologies that enable it can help companies mitigate risk and be more agile and resilient.

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The Future of the Chief Procurement Officer … Is Already Here!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Check out What Exactly Is Procurement? And What is Purchasing? Kodiak Rating’s CTO was recently in attendance at a Procurement Leaders event held in London, titled DITx?—?Data No, we’re not running a military operation here, but there lies unmatched communicative value in after-action reviews.

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Integrated Supply in 2024: Three Trends Reshaping the Industry

Synovos

It all comes back to the data,” agrees Tom Cummins, Vice President of Global Procurement at RS Integrated Supply. “If Use of AI will continue to transform procurement in the years to come. More AI tools will help us to get cleaner data and will change the way we work in terms of how we buy,” argues Cummins. “It

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The Forecasting Accuracy Bugaboo

Logistics Viewpoints

Solvoyo’s Solution Bugaboo: something that causes fear or distress out of proportion to its importance. Organizations then convert those demand forecasts to the associated quantities of raw materials to purchase, goods to be manufactured, or finished products to ship. Would better forecasting accuracy be a good thing? Absolutely!

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RS Integrated Supply Joins Signatories of UK’s Armed Forces Covenant

Synovos

We recognise the value Serving Personnel, both Regular and Reservists, Veterans, and military families contribute to our business and our country.” “RS RS Integrated Supply was introduced by RS Group in 2022 after combining Synovos and IESA, two procurement and supply chain management companies. million customers.

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Ethics in Procurement – Simple, but Not Always Easy

Logistics Bureau

If you have not yet tackled the question of ethics in procurement, now is a great time to start. It does not matter whether you are a procurement professional, internal customer, external customer, senior executive, or supplier. Procurement is what sets entire supply chains and their organisations in motion.

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Consumer Behavior is Changing in the Grocery Sector

Enterra Insights

Grocery sector journalist Sam Silverstein reports, “While grocery spending was up modestly in June, the government’s latest retail sales data underscores how significantly the landscape has shifted for the industry since the start of the year. However, value is a subjective concept. .”[3]