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What Is PPV? Purchase Price Variance Explained

Precoro

One of the ways that procurement teams improve this figure is by tracking and improving the purchase price variance (PPV) metric. In this article, we'll explain what PPV is, why it matters, and how tracking this metric can benefit your procurement processes. Why Is Purchase Price Variance Important?

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Production Planning Software: Your Comprehensive Guide

Logility

Your Comprehensive Guide to Production Planning Software The benefits of production planning software vs scheduling are about the granularity of the plan: capacity plans (or master production schedules) are not granular and factor in less granular things, like high level capacity, forecasts, inventory, and transfer times.

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Online Procurement System: Guide to Choosing the Right Tool

Precoro

Procurement operations are no exception. In fact, 43% of GPOs that took part in the 2023 Global Chief Procurement Officer Survey cited overall procurement risk had increased significantly as compared to 20% in the 2021 study. Keep reading to learn: What is an online procurement system?

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The Ultimate Buyer’s Guide for Inventory Management Software

ThroughPut

Or two, your inventory management tools are falling short, despite the cost and effort you and your team put into setting them up and implementing them—failing to deliver the expected ROI. Many try to achieve this through spreadsheets or specialized tools, but mastering inventory control remains a formidable challenge.

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ANCA Streamlines Procurement with the QAD Supplier Portal

QAD

ANCA builds CNC tool grinding machines. These machines produce the cutting tools other machine tools use to cut metal. They’re complex machines assembled from thousands of parts, many purchased from highly specialized manufacturers. Inevitably, the procurement process is complex and challenging to manage.

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How to Navigate ESG Risk with Supplier Management Software

QAD

This sounds simple enough, but we all know it’s a very complex issue and that’s partially because ESG concerns touch every part of the value chain, from the field or mine where raw materials are sourced to the packaging and transport modes used to bring your finished product to market.

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Why is o9 Solutions Growing So Fast?

Logistics Viewpoints

Chakri Gottemukkala, CEO at Supply Chain Planning Vendor o9 Solutions There are several young supply chain software companies that are unicorns. One of the more interesting is o9 Solutions. In January of 2022, Dallas-based o9 Solutions was valued at $2.7 In-memory relies on system memory as opposed to disk space.