ivalua

OCTOBER 22, 2020

This month Gartner published its eagerly awaited Magic Quadrant for Procure-to-Pay (P2P) Suites , ranking the top 14 vendors based on ability to execute and completeness of vision. This year’s edition comes at an interesting time, with the Covid-19 pandemic having shifted Procurement priorities and employee working practices.

Procurement Solutions 147

Procurement Solutions Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software Forecasting Software 147

Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 3, 2013

At the time, I was a junior Gartner analyst. This landed me in front of the Vendor Review Board at Gartner to defend my research. <This In the Gartner article, I cautioned companies to invest only if three conditions were met: A well-defined scope. The solution solved a relevant industry issue. was controversial.

Supply Chain Design Software 258

Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Procurement Analytics Manufacturing Procurement 258

ToolsGroup

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Mi9 Retail’s Demand Management business was formerly known as JustEnough Software. Combined company gives retailers a powerful new technology arsenal to efficiently improve product availability under constrained supply and outperform the competition. Mi9 acquired this division through its acquisition of JustEnough Software in 2018.

ToolsGroup 317

ToolsGroup Modeling Demand Management Demand Planning Software 317

ivalua

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

ERP vs. Best-in-Class for Healthcare Supply Chain Management? Are ERP systems better than best-in-class supply chain solutions for managing healthcare supply chains? That’s the question we set out to answer in our recent panel discussion with Procurement and Supply Chain experts.

Supply Chain Planning Software 221

Supply Chain Planning Software Optimal Sourcing Predictive Analytics Software Supply Chain Software 221

Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

The supply chain is knotted. Yesterday, @DamarqueViews asked me a question on twitter: “What do you think are the greatest barriers in the adoption of social technology in the supply chain?” I find the evolution of social technologies, and the promise of social, exciting for the supply chain.

Supply Chain Design Software 286

Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software Supply Chain Network Software 286

ToolsGroup

JUNE 2, 2021

Selecting the right supply chain planning technology isn’t simply about solving a current challenge. The implications are much broader–if you implement the wrong software, you hinder your organization’s overall supply chain strategy and business objectives. Key Steps to Select Supply Chain Planning Software.

Supply Chain Planning Software 156

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software Supply Chain Planning Modeling Software 156

Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

. <Bear with me… > Here I share a nine-step process in an attempt to help companies unravel the process for buying supply chain planning software. Let’s face a hard fact: the supply chain planning market is a mess. Most have purchased software, but are dependent on Excel spreadsheets.

Supply Chain Planning Software 233

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Supply Chain Software 233

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Technology can have a significant impact on supply chains, but supply chain digitization still lags behind digitization of other areas of business across many industries. Still, there are several technologies that are transforming supply chains for the organizations that adopt them.

Supply Chain Planning Software 298

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software Prescriptive Analytics Software Predictive Analytics Software 298

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 20, 2020

A digital workforce weaves together disconnected automation tools – Robotic Process Automation (RPA), AI, and machine learning – to think, act and analyse the way a human worker would, and work alongside humans. RPA as it is also referred to, has the capability to transform supply chain management. Procurement.

Supply Chain Software 246

Supply Chain Software Supply Chain Planning Software Optimal Sourcing Agile and Lean Supply Chain 246

Supply Chain Opz

JANUARY 7, 2013

Is Apple Supply Chain Really the No. Surprisingly, IT research firm Gartner ranks Apple Supply Chain as the best supply chain in the world for 4 years in a row. Without a doubt, Apple Inc is the world leader in Innovation, Branding and Software Ecosystem. 1) Apples Supply Chain Model.

Case Study 279

Case Study Study Negotiating Skills Supply Chain Planning Software 279

Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 19, 2021

The Process of Software Selection. I am constantly amazed that business leaders can engage with technologists month after month (often over eight and sometimes over a year) to select a supply chain planning system and then call me to ask for help on the decision. The solutions are very different. My struggle? ” Joe.

Supply Chain Planning Software 195

Supply Chain Planning Software Purchasing Training Eliminating Excel in Purchasing Demand Planning Software 195

ToolsGroup

JUNE 11, 2019

With all the buzz around digital transformation, someone peering in from outside supply chain may assume most businesses have already digitized essential tasks like inventory planning. Traditional supply chain solutions were not designed for high variability demand.

Optimization Software 244

Optimization Software Supply Chain Optimization Supply Chain Planning Software Network Optimization 244

Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Supply chain innovation is slowly simmering in the face of radical disruption. The supply chain visionary wants novel and new. As a result, supply chain leaders continuously ask me to unravel market confusion. Supply chain planning– decision support for business leaders– evolved in the 1980s.

Supply Chain Planning Software 202

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Modeling Software Supply Chain Network Software 202

ToolsGroup

MAY 15, 2018

Your company has an older supply chain planning (SCP) system of record (SOR) like SAP APO that was developed in the 1990s. Start with the Gartner Five Stage Maturity Model. The Gartner five stage SCP maturity model. Stage 4 brings an extended, external view of the supply chain with profit-oriented optimization.

Supply Chain Planning Software 191

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Planning Scenario Planning Modeling 191

SCMDOJO

JANUARY 9, 2025

Strategic sourcing and innovative solutions are often viewed as two distinct procurement tools, but they should not be seen in isolation. Think of them as apples and gearseach essential and effective on its own, yet when combined; they create a formidable mechanism for achieving procurement excellence. Click here!

Optimal Sourcing 74

Optimal Sourcing Manufacturing Procurement Procurement Solutions Negotiating Skills 74

Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 24, 2020

I struggle to understand why innovation in supply chain networks stalled. I was a Gartner analyst in the period of 2000-2002 when trading exchanges were cool. IBM purchased Sterling Commerce. Innovation for supply chain leaders in building value networks stalled. A portal is an information dead-end street.

Supply Chain Network Software 338

Supply Chain Network Software Manufacturing Procurement Purchasing Skills Procurement Solutions 338

ivalua

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The majority of organizations consider supply chain transparency to be a top priority, however less than a third are satisfied with the level of visibility into their suppliers. Most organizations continue to suffer from severely limited visibility in the lower levels of their supply chains.

Procurement Analytics 130

Procurement Analytics Procurement Solutions Supply Chain Planning Software Optimal Sourcing 130

ivalua

AUGUST 11, 2022

Redwood City, 11 August, 2022 – Ivalua, a global leader in spend management , today announced that Aegion Corporation, a leading provider of infrastructure maintenance, rehabilitation, and protection solutions, selected its platform to digitally transform procurement. Ivalua will also deliver implementation services.

Manufacturing Procurement 130

Manufacturing Procurement Procurement Solutions Optimal Sourcing Supply Chain Planning Software 130

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? Let’s break them down.

Procurement Solutions 82

Procurement Solutions Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Inventory Management Software 82

ivalua

AUGUST 29, 2019

At the same time, two-thirds (66%) of businesses admitted they were still reliant on such processes as part of their Procurement or supplier management function. The research, conducted by Vanson Bourne on behalf of Ivalua, found that 71% of respondents believed the rate of digitisation in Procurement is low.

Manufacturing Procurement 164

Manufacturing Procurement Procurement Analytics Procurement Solutions Purchasing Skills 164

Kinaxis

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Some transformations follow a convention, but in supply chain that’s rarely the case. This was the question Kinaxis CEO John Sicard posed to three panelists at a Gartner conference earlier this year. If these stories sound familiar, it might be time for your supply chain to change too. Communication breaks down.

Supply Chain Transformation 164

Supply Chain Transformation Supply Chain Planning Software Gartner Supply Chain Software 164

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

MARCH 9, 2022

When it comes to selecting software for the enterprise, decision-makers must choose between multiple solutions. This may include choosing software for managing the enterprise (an ERP system), for supply chain management (SCM) or for customer relationship management (CRM). What is Supply Chain Management?

Supply Chain Planning Software 119

Supply Chain Planning Software Manufacturing Procurement Supply Chain Software Procurement Solutions 119

Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 12, 2020

When Gartner purchased AMR Research in December 2009, the methodology became the Gartner Supply Chain Top 25. However, when Gartner bought AMR Research, and I left in the transition(because I don’t believe in the Gartner methodology), I launched a new methodology named the Supply Chains to Admire.

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Gartner Supply Chain Software Procurement Analytics Manufacturing Procurement 243

Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 20, 2014

Integrated Planning: Tight Coupling of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) to Supply Chain Planning (SCP). However, what is clear from our recent study of 73 manufacturers using supply chain planning is that companies using best-of-breed solutions implement faster, achieve a quicker Return-on-Investment (ROI), and are more satisfied.

Supply Chain Planning Software 302

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Planning Scenario Planning Supply and Demand 302

ToolsGroup

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Supply chain practitioners know trends like product line proliferation, shorter product life cycles, increased complexity, massive amounts of data and ever more demanding and unpredictable customers are accelerating. When social media product promotions overwhelm supply chains. retail stores.

Supply and Demand 156

Supply and Demand Gartner Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software 156

Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 29, 2013

Last week in the middle of a presentation, a supply chain leader made the statement, “We have solved the issues in supply through better optimization and use of data. Many supply chain leaders are so convinced they know the answers that they have stopped listening and learning. The issue is demand.

Supply Chain Planning Software 286

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Modeling Analytics Software 286

Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 25, 2021

As a guest writer for Forbes, public relations firms constantly pepper me with requests to speak to technologists boasting of having answers to improve supply chain resilience. I strongly believe that historical supply chain practices are not the answer. They need to evolve to help today’s supply chain business leader.

Procurement Analytics 370

Procurement Analytics Supply Chain Design Software Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Planning Software 370

Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 17, 2013

As a writer of research on demand-driven supply chains for over eight years, I find many amusing. The article is written and the story is spun, but the solution offered is a supply-centric solution based on yesterday’s technology. Supply chain leaders feel stuck. Why is this happening?

Supply Chain Design Software 258

Supply Chain Design Software Manufacturing Procurement Supply Chain Planning Software Supply and Demand 258

Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Many major challenges of 2021—capacity constraints, ecommerce growth and driver shortage—are rolling over into 2022 and, in addition, the environment and machine learning are becoming more important for logistics and supply chain professionals. Global supply chains will be busy, congested and chaotic.

Predictive Analytics Software 321

Predictive Analytics Software Predictive Analytics Waste Reduction Cost Reduction Strategies 321

ivalua

MARCH 30, 2022

Supply chains are complex and varied; to manage them effectively, you need to understand exactly what’s happening in both your supply chain and your customers’ end markets. These teams were able to quickly communicate and negotiate with their key suppliers to establish a “supplier of choice” solution. .

Procurement Solutions 130

Procurement Solutions Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Manufacturing Procurement 130

Precoro

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Traditionally, procurement has been a process weighed down by manual tasks, fragmented systems, and endless paperwork. Today, procurement is undergoing a transformation. While procurement teams have long worked to add strategic value, Artificial Intelligence (AI) amplifies their impact.

Price Reduction 87

Price Reduction Sourcing Strategies Cost Reduction Strategies Expense Reduction 87

Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

The company is a CRM solution. The Zyme solution improves revenue management, warranty and rebate processes. It is a larger acquisition than the prior purchases of Terra Technology , Steelwedge , or SCM-Icon. The focus was on automating procurement. The historic buyer of the E2open solution is procurement.

Procurement Solutions 0

Procurement Solutions Supply Chain Planning Software Procurement Analytics Supply Chain Software 0

Enterra Insights

MARCH 3, 2015

Gartner analyst Jake Sorofman (@jakesorofman) reports that Gartner’s 2015 Marketing Spending Survey concludes, “Customer experience is the most pressing mandate … Continued The post Customer Experience (CX) Highlights the Digital Path to Purchase appeared first on Enterra Solutions.

Procurement Analytics 100

Procurement Analytics Procurement Solutions Gartner Big Data 100

ToolsGroup

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

I’ve worked in enterprise supply chain technology for more than 20 years, and, especially in the earlier years, collaborated in teams where I was the only female in the room. The truth is women have long been underrepresented in supply chain leadership. Q&A with three inspiring women in supply chain.

Supply Chain Planning Software 177

Supply Chain Planning Software Gartner Supply Chain Software Agile and Lean Supply Chain 177

ivalua

JUNE 17, 2020

Accelerated digital transformation of healthcare supply chains to lower the cost of care and improve patient outcomes now possible. Redwood City, CA June 16, 2020 – Ivalua, a leading provider of global Spend Management Cloud solutions, today announced the availability of a pre-packaged suite of solutions for healthcare providers.

Packaging 26

Packaging Procurement Solutions Optimal Sourcing Optimization Software 26

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The complexity and interconnectedness of the global supply chain have led to organisations becoming more dependent on suppliers than ever before. Strategic sourcing can help supply chain leaders identify potential risk factors and develop procurement mitigation plans.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 130

Agile and Lean Supply Chain Sourcing Strategies Optimal Sourcing Purchasing Skills 130

Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 14, 2018

In this series of posts, I am going to make an argument to augment ERP planning with new cloud-based solutions to improve decision-making. Today, the management of the supply chain is harder. Supply chain management is more complex. Sometimes the changes within a supply chain are subtle, but have a large impact.

Optimal Sourcing 172

Optimal Sourcing Manufacturing Procurement Supply Chain Planning Software Agile and Lean Supply Chain 172