Precoro

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Procurement is a complex and dynamic process involving strategic planning and several stages of execution, from sourcing to paying and reporting. Supply chain management, purchase requisitions and orders, budget management, and three-way matching – all these processes are integral to procurement as a whole.

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Precoro

JULY 29, 2024

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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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 3, 2013

The company partnered with SAP to launch a product offering, SAP Supply Chain Response by icon-scm, in 2010. SAP company passed on a thirty-day period of first refusal to acquire the asset allowing the purchase by E2open on July 31st, 2013. This licensed software offering was purchased at slightly under 3X revenues.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 12, 2019

The IT taxonomy for visibility is supply chain analytics. As you implement supply chain analytics and use control theory with well-defined reference data with clear bands for control, process improvement ensues. The team was seeking analytics to monitor process compliance. Visibility Maturity Model.

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Bristlecone

MAY 21, 2021

Did you know that advanced analytics, when used in lieu of traditional statistical models, can help procurement departments increase cost efficiency by 3-8%? [1]. The procurement department of any business generates more data than is humanly possible to compute and comprehend through traditional means. Integration.

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Supply Chain Network

MAY 23, 2012

SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) and Ariba, Inc. Nasdaq: ARBA) today announced that SAP’s subsidiary, SAP America, Inc., The per share purchase price represents a 20% premium over the May 21 closing price and a 19% premium over the one month volume weighted average price per share. billion term loan facility.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

I wrote my first report on Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) while sitting on the floor in the Atlanta airport in 2005 when I was an AMR Research analyst. I wrote many reports on airport floors in those days–electrical plugs were just too scarce.) Sales and Operations Maturity Model from 2005-2008. Let me explain.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 17, 2013

The market shift is towards analytics, but this new market is confusing. They are step change requiring either the redeployment of existing technologies or the purchase of new platforms. Data model structures are the difference between success and failure. Build What-if Analytics. Why is this happening? It is still early.

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ThroughPut

OCTOBER 18, 2024

ThroughPut AI SAP Integrated Business Planning Oracle SCM Cloud Blue Yonder Kinaxis RapidResponse Infor Nexus E2Open Manhattan Associates Epicor SCM Logility Anaplan Odoo Coupa HighJump (Körber) 1. Review the features and benefits of these tools below.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

The ends of the supply chain–both in customer and procurement– are fragile. As an analyst that has done this type of prediction for many years, I just find this hard to believe. Charlene wrote the report [link]. It believe that it will become part of the existing processes of order-to-cash and procure-to-pay.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 14, 2018

I am speaking to companies that are being held hostage to SAP HANA upgrades with 70% cost overruns and 60% time schedule expansion. Similarly, SAP Ariba frustration is mounting in the market. Yet, the IT team is still mandating SAP standardization. For many, mandating SAP is job security for the IT implementation team.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 4, 2018

For the past five years, the team at Supply Chain Insights identified Supply Chains to Admire Award Winners by analyzing performance by peer group on the key metrics of growth, operating margin, inventory turns and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC). As a B2B company, procurement management is essential.

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Jaggaer

APRIL 9, 2025

The first company to use the term ERP commercially was SAP, which was founded in 1972 by five former German employees of IBM after the IT giant had abandoned their pet project. While SAP set the standard for ERP in the early years, it faced stiff competition when relational database specialist Oracle entered the market.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Specific Business Process Support Areas This newest advanced AI technology aims to span all areas of the supply chain, to include procurement, manufacturing, maintenance, inventory management, sustainability, planning, and product lifecycle management.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 4, 2018

For the past five years, the team at Supply Chain Insights identified Supply Chains to Admire Award Winners by analyzing performance by peer group on the key metrics of growth, operating margin, inventory turns and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC). As a B2B company, procurement management is essential.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 7, 2017

Today I attended the SAP Insider Conference. SAP S4/HANA delivers on the goal of digital transformation. I yearn for the years when the SAP Insider conference was larger and full of energy. The attendees are hard-core SAP teams trying to figure out the new architecture. This should worry SAP. The answer?

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

EDI is too cumbersome, and SAP Ariba’s focus, despite the marketing hype, is primarily on managing indirect spending. (My The SAP acquisition of Ariba slowed innovation and the purchase, and then the failed promise of investment in Crossgate was disappointing to SAP supply chain business users. There is hope.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 3, 2018

Through digital marketing, small brands are cropping up all over, and it is sentiment analysis and digital content driving purchases. Instead, companies need to build it into digital process redefinition like digital path-to-purchase, digital procurement, digital agriculture, digital manufacturing or digital service.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 13, 2015

Today, 7% of order and purchase order flows move through business networks. For access to the report on business networks reference this r eport. ” Smiling and nodding in agreement, he said, “ It is frustrating,” He continued, “Why is SAP not doing more with Ariba? The gaps are large.

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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. While ToolsGroup and SAP (with the acquisition of SmartOps) are the nearest competitors, Terra prided itself on delivering better decisions through better math. It is a new buyer.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2019

The budget is for a fiscal year with quarter reporting and updates. The direct connection between the two processes increases costs and increases error. Instead, it should be mapped as an input to track supply chain forecasting to financial budgets for reporting and insights. Time horizon. Bias and error. Apparel is an example.

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Synovos

APRIL 2, 2024

What is MRO procurement? Understand MRO procurement and your bottom line will benefit. Here we explore why the MRO supply chain is so significant and how better management of the entire MRO purchasing process can drive valuable cost savings and efficiency gains. Why is handling MRO procurement so costly?

Optimal Sourcing 52

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NC State SCRC

JUNE 27, 2016

I had the opportunity to attend the Procurement Leaders in San Francisco forum two weeks ago, followed by attending the ISM Carolinas-Virginia meeting in Winston Salem last week. Procurement analytics was discussed at length at both sessions. Most are still focused on spend analytics.

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 30, 2018

One of our newest SCRC partners, Siemens Building Technologies, recently shared their insights on creating an analytics strategy. This effort was led by the Chief Procurement Officer for Siemens BT, Carl Oberland, but has recently been rolled out across the global organization. What is digital governance and stewardship?

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Supply Chain Movement

AUGUST 27, 2014

Can you deliver added value and cost savings from a supply chain, optimise and develop procurement processes, manage a wide range of suppliers internationally and identify new supply sources? Secure profitable purchase processes. You will be joining ROCKWOOL’s Global Sourcing & Procurement organisation.

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Precoro

JUNE 18, 2021

Unlike most insurance coverage processes, the PassportCard insurance card functions as a debit card that allows insurance-holders to pay for medical services, purchase medications, laboratory tests, or visit the emergency room without the need to collect and send invoices.

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OptiProERP

JUNE 17, 2019

From procurement to shipment, every process of supply chain planning becomes streamlined by improving inventory visibility. . Enterprise Resource Planning software makes Purchase, Sales, Accounting, Production, Supply Chain Planning, Inventory and all other business operations easy and hassle-free. Provide actionable insight.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

JANUARY 14, 2015

Such systems are also instrumental in establishing aligned tactical and strategic performance metrics systems that drive improved economic outcomes (Bendoly et al., ERP systems are designed to integrate transactions from finance, human resources, procurement, operations, sales and marketing, logistics, and other functions in a firm.

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ThroughPut

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Supply chain analytics combines powerful algorithms, data, and the latest technologies like Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to address the most elusive challenges in the supply chain right now – visibility and control. And that’s precisely what’s on the horizon for supply chain analytics.

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Bristlecone

OCTOBER 29, 2020

For one manufacturing client, a recent diagnostics assessment identified key opportunities in supply chain planning process improvements, logistics optimization and reporting enhancements. Supply chain transformation projects built on SAP S/4HANA. Procurement solutions for contracts and commerce automation. Request a Meeting.

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SCMDOJO

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Services Matias Offer on SCMDOJO Logistics Consulting Maritime Freight Sourcing and Procurement Logistics Technology Sourcing Executive Mentoring Guide: Matias, our supply chain consultant, has also created Maritime Freight Sourcing and Procurement Guide , which is available from SCMDOJO Academy.

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ModusLink Corporation

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Carrier rates are declining across the board, and Seatrade Maritime News reported an “expected trough of freight rates to mid-2023 from 2024 with a lower demand forecast and a higher than expected effective capacity increase due to the unwinding of congestion. Carriers Will Lower Rates But Keep Many Others. 21 October 2022. <[link].

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HICX Solutions

JANUARY 31, 2019

In this article, experts identify which steps in the procurement process are most likely to benefit from the AI revolution. One of the main uses for artificial intelligence in procurement is to meld internal and external data to provide enhanced supplier risk management. Data-driven decisions. ” Pick that low-hanging fruit.

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Taulia

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Instead, a unique number is generated for each individual specific purchase. They can also be pre-programmed, enabling businesses to set limits for individual users regarding purchase types and transaction values. With a virtual card, purchase data is retained automatically, providing greater visibility over employee spending behavior.

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Requis

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Today, as the founder and managing partner of USM Supply Chain Consultants she has put her expertise in supply chain, procurement, finance and project management to work to help her clients achieve greater profitability. In the end-to-end supply chain there’s procurement, logistics, operations, and warehousing.

Optimal Sourcing 52

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OptiProERP

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

With data-driven forecasting tools, manufacturers only need to purchase what they require for a given period.  Improved planning and the supply chain  Forecasting also aids production planning, procurement, and supply chain management. It indicates bigger picture changes and broader shifts in customers’ purchase behavior.

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ivalua

DECEMBER 18, 2019

This month Forrester published 2 major Wave reports, which together span the full Source-to-Pay process. The first, authored by Duncan Jones and published on December 10, is The Forrester Wave™: eProcurement Platforms, Q4 2019 , which covers purchasing and invoicing (similar scope to Gartner’s P2P Suites Magic Quadrant ).

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