ivalua

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

In recent years, the overall state of Procurement has been bolstered by increased proficiency, expanding engagement, and a growing direct impact on operations. And they’re not the only ones—other department heads are also increasingly budget-conscious, creating a new opportunity to partner with procurement for better budget management.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 25, 2016

3 Key Metrics for Measuring Supply Chain Performance Beyond Cost Reduction. Inventory measurement is critical and it is money after all in that it took a capital expense to procure. 10 Soft Metric Considerations in Measuring Supply Chain Performance. The goal is to keep inventory levels at a minimum to meet customer needs.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 31, 2022

The Chief Financial Officer gained more presence with procurement and IT reporting to finance. As a result, focusing on cost and efficiency, and functional metrics throws the supply chain out of balance. A Decline in Innovation. Ironically, technology innovation is the highest that I have ever seen. Less Collaborative.

Procurement Analytics 221

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ivalua

AUGUST 17, 2021

What does Procurement mean? An organization’s Procurement function is responsible for managing spend, in other words the buying goods and services that are used to make the products sold to customers as well as the purchasing of products and services used to run the organization on a day to day basis. What is Direct Procurement?

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 6, 2013

Closing the gaps happens when there are aligned metrics, clarity of vision and aligned planning processes. More advanced supply chain leaders model the role of complexity (product and customer), the impact of risk, and opportunity of innovation as well as product shipping and manufacturing locations, and inventory policies.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Products have proliferated by 37% over the last five years and packaging suppliers are being asked to provide more and more innovation to help the food manufacturers bring new products to the market. OI has been more focused on transactional efficiency, procurement and IT standardization. It cannot be about singular metrics.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

The Chief Financial Officer gained more presence with procurement and IT reporting to finance. As a result, focusing on cost and efficiency, and functional metrics throws the supply chain out of balance. A Decline in Innovation. Ironically, technology innovation is the highest that I have ever seen. Less Collaborative.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 21, 2013

Most care providers are working to get physician and clinical alignment to focus on the right balance of standardization, product utilization, and innovation. Balance innovation and standardization. Reward supplier companies that enable innovation. Generalize procurement of materials. Please use this link: [link].

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Material Handling & Logistics

OCTOBER 30, 2018

With the digitization of the source-to-pay process being a key initiative for many chief procurement officers, to the inherent automation which promises to accelerate innovations such as artificial intelligence (AI), digitization is growing. However, it is fundamental to empowering procurement success in the modern age.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 14, 2021

Featuring Our 12 Best Procurement Articles! Procurement and Sustainability are your business’ Yin and Yang. Procurement and Sustainability are two disciplines and business functions that exist in a perfectly harmonious contradiction. Procurement is fundamentally centered around the act of acquisition and/or buying.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

MARCH 2, 2022

To deal with the new challenges in managing and planning the supply chain , the procurement department is one of the functions that should look at changing. It is no longer sufficient for procurement to focus just on supplier costs, placing orders and ensuring goods are received. The situation changes with a larger number of suppliers.

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ivalua

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

In my previous posts, I looked at how to successfully launch a digital transformation and progress to best-in-class Procurement. Most leaders seem to track their progress with metrics such as percent of spend managed and digitization levels, defining best-in-class as being the top quartile or similar high percentage. Stay Flexible.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

In the past few decades, an increasing number of organizations have adopted environmental, social and governance ( ESG ) initiatives to help heal the planet as well as to make cost and efficiency improvements in their supply chain and procurement operations. Next, the enterprise can set targets.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Innovative startups. Artificial Intelligence innovators. This transfer of ownership reduced the effectiveness of procurement. Here is what I hear on calls: Having the digital innovation team in the IT organization is like drilling a hole in bedrock. Innovation will never come from application consolidation.

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SCMDOJO

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Procurement People should learn the Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) Process. Procurement professionals can contribute significantly to the S&OP process by providing valuable insights into supply chain dynamics, identifying potential risks, and optimizing sourcing strategies.

S&OP 80

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

A Possible Stimulus on the Horizon May Increase the Challenge of Procurement Through Peak Season. As the industry evolves and innovations improve, OTR freight management technologies offer?? transportation metrics ?that Download the White Paper: Over the Road Freight Management Trends. transportation management optimization ?to

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The Network Effect

OCTOBER 3, 2014

Executing these strategies requires manufacturers to fully leverage the potential of today’s innovative network-based supply chain systems and processes. Identification and measurement of key trending metrics on a weekly or monthly basis, with an emphasis on corrective action planning to address metrics that don’t meet goals.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JULY 12, 2022

As supply chain disruptions continue the procurement function should adapt to improve transparency, build collaborative relationships, and ensure sustainable sourcing practices, resulting in a stronger, more resilient supply chain with Cloud ERP for manufacturing. However, as teams become remote manual procurement has hampered operations.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 6, 2021

As the state of the trucking market evolves and innovations improve , OTR freight management technologies and logistics service providers offer transportation management optimization to help businesses avoid significant supply chain disruption. Download the White Paper: Over the Road Freight Management Trends.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 1, 2021

Promotion-sensitive demand forecasts at the granular level are then used to adjust inventory targets and drive additional replenishment and procurement decisions. Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are two of the most amazing tools the new millennia brought in innovation.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

The webinar will also include Howard Richman, a colleague I have known for many years, first at Merck, and now working at Citrix as their Chief Procurement Officer. Also joining us will be Michael O’Leary, Director of Procurement Solutions at IBM.

Procurement Analytics 60

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ivalua

MARCH 24, 2021

The role that procurement plays in manufacturing organizations is a difficult one. Procurement needs digitization at its core to enable automation, efficiency, and innovation within the supply chain. ERP systems can handle only basic transactional procurement needs. Digitization Benefit #4: Enabling Innovation.

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ToolsGroup

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Unmanned coffee stations transmit POS data every 15 minutes to help forecast demand, optimize inventory, and generate replenishment proposals for distribution and procurement; SCP software calculates the refill order requirements nightly for frequent, low-volume deliveries. Both companies described their implementations as transformational.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 19, 2022

Operational innovations like the invention of containers led to the huge growth in global value chains, and today 95% of manufactured goods move on ships. Technical innovations can also impact supply chains, which is why many turn to supply chain planning solutions, which are designed to be trade-off machines.

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ivalua

JUNE 2, 2016

Niul Burton wrote a great article in Industry Week titled “Procurement 2025: 10 Challenges that Will Transform Global Sourcing”. For those of you who are executives in Supply Chain, Procurement or New Product Introduction/Development, this is a must read. We are not your father’s traditional Procure-to-Pay solution.

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Supply Chain Movement

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

eWorld Procurement & Supply. The Leading Bi-Annual Event for Procurement Innovation. Procurement Automation. Internet of Things (the impact on procurement). Procurement Advocacy and Stakeholder Engagement. Getting to Grips with Cloud-Based Procurement. Social Media for Procurement.

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Supply Chain Movement

AUGUST 31, 2016

eWorld Procurement & Supply. The Leading Bi-Annual Event for Procurement Innovation. Since 2001, eWorld Procurement & Supply has provided a unique insight into the latest innovations and technologies for senior procurement, supply chain and finance executives. Procurement Automation.

Procurement 60

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Supply Chain View from the Field

APRIL 10, 2013

At the Coupa INSPIRE procurement conference in San Francisco this week, the Chief Procurement Officer of Coca Cola Consolidated, Patrick Hopkins, shared his views on the “4 Truths of Procurement”, and how he has operationalized his views through the deployment of Coupa procure to pay software. Data must be right.

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Proxima

MAY 15, 2020

Out of 502 participants from business owners to Directors, 86% said that they currently use sustainability as a metric to help shape decision making within their business. Embrace Innovation to unlock new sustainable value. Sustainability is part of the new innovation playground that looks at the top and bottom line. ISO 20400.

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ivalua

AUGUST 1, 2022

Leading, high-performing procurement organizations share one common trait–they consistently prioritize a holistic and integrated approach to Supplier Management. Aligning suppliers to overall Procurement and broader business strategy is critical to create sustained long-term value. . innovation) with supplier capabilities .

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EcoVadis

MAY 31, 2018

Read on for more details about EcoVadis ratings in this interview (first published on the ING Wholesale Banking site): Rating Sustainability Performance: An Essential Business Metric. Sustainable procurement is one of the four themes of our assessment; it has its own theme score and is included in the overall rating.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

The complexity of global supply chains – especially in organizations like GM – require hands-on relationship management of suppliers to ensure that supplier collaboration will lead to added value, and innovation. Resources spent/gains made on the road to innovation are, therefore, sustained exclusively by the internal entity.

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Jaggaer

MARCH 18, 2020

His insights are numerous, and can all be heard in his full podcast episode, but among them is his main focus in 2020, the opportunity presented by agile procurement. Bartolini’s view of modern procurement is one of an industry at a crossroads. However, he finds hope in how procurement has adjusted in the recent past.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Organizations can align to drive value despite the allegiance to functional metrics. The industry considers the company a leader, but I know the dark side that internally, the IT processes squash innovation. As long as companies are motivated by functional metrics, inventory management will be an enigma. Mistake #5. Measurement.

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Supply Chain Movement

AUGUST 31, 2016

The procurement Summit 2016. Building on the huge success of eWorld Procurement & Supply – which has been running bi-annually in London since 2001 – the new Procurement Summit will bring together 150 purchasing and finance professionals from across the commercial, public and third sectors. Procurement Automation.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

CEVA Logistics actively reaches out to support social innovations and engage local communities. In order to achieve this target, CEVA Logistics is incorporating environmental considerations in a variety of areas of operations, from warehousing to transportation and procurement. Photo Credit: L’Oréal. million gallons of SAF this year.

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Jaggaer

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

In today’s dynamic market, procurement is far more than just a buying and purchasing center. Our latest e-book, “ Is Manufacturing Missing Out On Procurement’s Value Add? Our latest e-book, “ Is Manufacturing Missing Out On Procurement’s Value Add? Here are some key insights from the e-book.

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