Cloud procurement means different things to different people. In this article, Leigh Weimer and Anthony Vieira dispel some of the dominant myths around implementing cloud‑based products to equip you with information for the decision‑making process.
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By Lari Numminen, Chief Marketing Officer, Sievo Having a robust spend analysis solution in place has become a prerequisite for running a professional sourcing organisation. But do you get all the possible benefits from your current spend cube? At Sievo, we have worked with hundreds of clients across most industries. Here are 12 of the
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By Michael Healy, Supply Chain Partner The outbreak of COVID-19 has forced companies to get creative about how they connect and meet with customers and teams. Working with cloud applications allows us to workshop, design and configure systems remotely. With apps like Zoom and Microsoft Teams, working remotely can be easy and cost effective. But
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By Vijay Pandiarajan, Director: Product Management, IBM Sterling What is next in supply chain systems? There is plenty to be excited about…First-generation supply chains were good at automating and optimising processes. But they were restricted to functional silos – and that is not enough for what we need in supply chains today. Advances in supply
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By Michael Healy Interview with Chimae GonçalvesSupplyChainPartner.com sat down with its director and procurement guru Chimae Gonçalves to ask a few pertinent questions around procurement technology implementation:
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By Anant Kadiyala, Director: Blockchain and IoT Industry Solutions, Oracle Shrinkage, wastage, counterfeiting, contamination, mishandling, logistical delays and other challenges continue to plague today’s supply chains − despite decades of investments and improvements along the way. Companies have limited visibility into who their end-users are and how end-users actually use/handle their products on a day-to-day
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By Dr Marcell Vollmer, Chief Digital Officer, SAP Ariba How does a Chief Procurement Officer measure success?In the past, executives responsible for sourcing, contracting, purchasing and payment gauged success chiefly on their ability to wring savings out of the value chain. Without question, reducing costs remains as crucial today as ever. But, with the advent
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By Rod Robinson, Founder and CEO, ConnXus When I graduated from Wharton in 1995 and decided to pursue a career in management consulting at AT Kearney, I had grand visions of being assigned to an engagement helping one of our multinational clients grow revenue through a high-profile M&A transaction or other topline growth strategy. Instead,
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By Angela Wilson, Senior Solutions Architect, CSS While large companies with procurement departments often have the personnel and resources to negotiate significant savings and better terms, small and medium businesses (SMBs) typically do not. The good news is that the digital era has created new opportunities for SMBs to improve their procurement practices and outcomes,
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By Angela Mazza Teufer, Senior Vice President, Oracle ERPM WE, ERPM North Install Base When it comes to crucial procurement data, there is no way to ‘fake it ’til you make it’. Accurate information is the bread and butter of a successful organisation but our research reveals that companies are still not investing in the
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