Jaggaer

JUNE 25, 2025

In earlier articles in this series on GenAI we have discussed its benefits and how it differs from other forms of artificial intelligence, as well as how in future these will converge to create highly sophisticated solutions, not least in procurement. Procurement, too, is vulnerable. Not the least of these are the cybersecurity risks.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 26, 2025

This week, the organization reported that net sales decreased 2 percent to $19.5 For a great understanding of outside-in processes, watch the video riding a backwards bike. ) In the class, following the viewing of the backwards bike video, we discuss how knowledge is not the same as understanding. The result?

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 11, 2025

Understanding how your Procurement and Supply Chain KPIs are performing isn’t just a nice-to-have; it’s essential for survival and growth. Is inventory bloating your costs? Why You Need Visibility of Supply Chain and Procurement KPIs? Running procurement and supply chain without metrics is like driving blindfolded.

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Precoro

AUGUST 26, 2021

Purchasing? Or procurement? Although quite similar, procurement and purchasing are two distinctive processes , and understanding the difference between them can help facilitate your organization’s success. Scroll down to find: Procurement and purchasing: side-by-side comparison table ; Procurement and purchasing defined.

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 1, 2025

Now, retailers can simulate “what-if” scenarios that reveal how different hypothetical tariff-driven cost increases could impact shoppers’ willingness to purchase upcoming SKUs at various price points, and which products’ margins will suffer most as costs fluctuate. He adds that it’s no wonder that only 15% of U.K.

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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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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Procurement has never played such an important role in the increasingly globalised economy. Has procurement fundamentally changed itself in the past 10 years? Strategic Procurement can mean totally different things in different industries and sectors. The time when Procurement was almost a synonym to Purchasing has long gone.

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ivalua

MAY 15, 2022

Part I: Bridging the Gap between Procurement and Finance. To achieve their long-term goals, they needed to bridge the gap between their procurement and finance teams. . Let’s start with their business model and current challenges. There are interesting challenges within the AmRest business model at the supply chain level.

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ivalua

MAY 15, 2022

Part I: Bridging the Gap between Procurement and Finance. To achieve their long-term goals, they needed to bridge the gap between their procurement and finance teams. . Let’s start with their business model and current challenges. There are interesting challenges within the AmRest business model at the supply chain level.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 9, 2020

For small companies, it is usually enough to have one person dealing with procurement but in large enterprises teams of people are needed, all with specific roles to play. The Finance Manager , on the other hand, controls the financial input and output of the procurement division. How Large Procurement Teams Operate.

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SCMDOJO

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Various strategic steps and procurement procedures are incurred to make informed decisions about inventory production. Watch videos on SCMDOJO’s YouTube channel to learn more about best practices for inventory optimization! Storage Once the procurement procedure is done and dusted, the place where inventory is stored enters the ground.

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SCMDOJO

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Pricing Structure Affordable pricing, with annual access to purchased courses and practical resources through Pro Plan. This learning platform covers every angle of supply chain management, from demand planning and inventory management to supplier relationship management, procurement, and logistics. Click here!

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Precoro

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

This month, we continue our Procurement Basics series and would like to introduce our readers to yet another set of often misused business terminology. As both sourcing and procurement are related to obtaining supplies for the organization, confusing these two terms is easy. Procurement. What Is Procurement Process?

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Suppliers are facing increasing pressure from the buyers of their goods and services to report their environmental, social, and governance data. Increasingly, companies will take sustainability criteria into account in their purchasing decisions. The data, which is reported on the EcoVadis platform, highlights the supplier’s emissions.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 15, 2025

Bowman, SupplyChainBrain The European Union is on the verge of rolling out a reporting regulation that promises to have a huge impact on businesses selling into the region. The DPP “represents a significant advance in product transparency and sustainability,” according to an EU report published in September of 2024. “As

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

Editor's Note: Today's blog is the second part of Chuck Intrieri's series on how procurement and suppliers can avoid issues with their contracts. Procurement and suppliers often assume that small print is highly complicated legal jargon that is both boring and largely irrelevant. How to Begin Your Terms. Intellectual Property Rights.

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QAD

MAY 1, 2025

In todays complex and often volatile global environment, procurement leaders face mounting pressure to cut sourcing costs while navigating geopolitical instability, inflation, tariffs and talent shortages. When I started working with KION five years ago, they faced fragmented procurement processes across regions. His takeaway?

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Jaggaer

JUNE 25, 2025

However, today, the term “artificial intelligence” is frequently used as a catch-all for technologies ranging from predictive text and chatbots to deep neural networks and autonomous agents, many of which are only loosely connected to the original notion of “intelligence”. What is Predictive AI? What is Generative AI?

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Unleashed

MARCH 21, 2021

The procure to pay process is complex and far more than simply making a phone call, or sending a few emails to arrange the purchase of goods. Strategically approaching the procure to pay process can see your company reap the rewards. In this guide, we’ll cover: What is the procure to pay process. Negotiating.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Procurement professionals have the same question looming over their head on a daily basis: “How do you plan on dealing with digitalization?”. Recently I had the pleasure of attending EBG Network’s 8th Annual Source to Pay Summit, which gathered some of the Nordic’s largest organizations and procurement profiles. around the globe?—?and

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Ralf Kahre and Patrick Gött began their presentation with an overview of BASF’s Business Process Management (BPM) Operating Model, and then discussed how they applied the model to improve the Purchase-to-Pay (P2P) process. Watch the short video clip below for her comments. Improve process quality for vendors and BASF.

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Jaggaer

JUNE 25, 2025

Each of them has a role to play in procurement, but it’s important to understand the differences between them to ensure that you apply the right tool for the right job. Other (Functional) Types of AI Predictive AI forecasts future outcomes based on historical data. based on self-supervised learned patterns. AutoGPT, Devin AI).

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Slimstock

MARCH 26, 2019

Andrew Thomas, founder of Skybell Video Doorbell, reports that it takes roughly 40 positive customer experiences to undo the damage of a single negative review. Though it’s often overlooked as an element of customer satisfaction, procurement is an essential component for delivering that satisfaction. Improve Inventory Insights.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 12, 2024

For those procurement or Supply Chain executives in suitable organizations, there is an increasing number of uncertainties to manage, especially in today’s tough economic environment. Procurement consultants like ourselves are required to be highly creative and innovative to resolve the business issues across a broader management disciplines.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 24, 2025

adults expect to pay more for food this summer compared to last summer due to inflation, and nearly half (47%) expect to pay the same, suggesting 80% report feeling no relief from high grocery prices. RELATED CONTENT RELATED VIDEOS Technology Food & Beverage Retail Related Articles U.S.

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Unleashed

JULY 2, 2024

Efficient purchasing is conducive to healthy cash flow. The more effective your purchasing processes, the more profitable your business becomes. In this guide we explore the process of purchase order management, its role in a wider supply chain management strategy , and the best practices for optimised purchasing workflows.

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ivalua

APRIL 7, 2022

Below, we’ve summarized Day 1 and Day 2, but stay tuned for video recaps and more photos from Paris! Ivalua remains the only vendor recognized as a leader in every current Procurement report spanning S2P by Gartner and Forrester. Procurement Community Team Spirit: Best Advocate. Vishal Patel. Ivalua Customer Awards.

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Logility

MARCH 24, 2021

The power of Integrated Business Planning (IBP) comes in helping companies align financial, sales, production, procurement and marketing information into a single plan, grounded in modern-day reality. You need to examine revenue, cost and margin impacts of every scenario under consideration.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 19, 2018

Visibility Enables Faster Procure-to-Pay and Order-to-Cash processes : for example, you can leverage Electronic Proof of Delivery (ePOD) and geofencing to initiate invoicing and payment process. . In case you missed it, check out my short video interview with William and David and our write-up of the case study.

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IQMS

JANUARY 21, 2021

Bottom Line : In 2021 and beyond, customers are voting with their dollars for the manufacturers who excel at sustainable manufacturing and make a positive contribution to the environment, dominating B2B supply chains and B2C purchasing decisions. of all North American manufacturers have a sustainability policy in place, and 8.3%

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Jaggaer

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

With the acceleration of Artificial Intelligence and its role in our world and how procurement functions, it’s easy to become overwhelmed by both the possibilities and the risks. Talent retention is a growing priority in procurement and supplier relationships as market demands and technology evolve.

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 9, 2015

After highlighting some of the results from the IBM study I worked on this past fall on procurement analytics, I introduced Rich Hughes, former Chief Procurement Officer from Procter & Gamble. They also drove video collaboration, which significantly reduced travel spend. We don’t do enough of that!

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 2, 2019

This interview is with Kristie Syndikus, VP of Procurement at Maple Leaf Foods. It was very easy to see early on that Kristie had a great aptitude for Procurement and Sourcing. Kristie Syndikus, VP Procurement at Maple Leaf Foods. leadership #procurement #commoditymanagement #purchasing. All Rights Reserved.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

82% of people have concerns that the supply chain will ruin life plans, such as birthdays, vacations, holidays, and the purchasing of necessary items. Following the outbreak of Covid-19, 93% of senior supply-chain executives reported their intent to make their supply chains more flexible, agile, and resilient. Chain Store Age ).

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Video Source: [link]. Consumers are the biggest source of food waste in developed countries as they discard at least 20-30% of what they purchase. And problems in harvesting, quality standards, storage, shipping costs, and handling all create food waste. Videos) appeared first on Supply Chain Game Changer™.

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Supply Chain Network

MAY 23, 2012

The acquisition will combine Ariba’s successful buyer-seller collaboration network with SAP’s broad customer base and deep business process expertise to create new models for business-to-business collaboration in the cloud. The Ariba board of directors has unanimously approved the transaction. billion term loan facility.

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Resilinc

MARCH 26, 2024

In our second AI blog of the series, Predictive AI vs. Generative Supply Chain AI , we looked at the difference between predictive AI and generative AI. Currently, Resilinc uses several predictive AI models in tracking purchase orders (POs) and commodities, autonomous mapping, risk-scoring models, and simulators.

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