ivalua

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

For procurement and supply chain professionals, the biggest takeaway from 2020 is that no matter how hard you try, you cannot predict the future. COVID-19 disrupted supply chains on an unprecedented scale, and businesses became much more reliant on procurement teams to help mitigate the impact. .

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Supply Chain Supplier Collaboration Procurement 52

ivalua

DECEMBER 8, 2020

As organizations look beyond the panic and shocks created by Covid-19, procurement leaders must show that they can contribute to restoring growth and supporting a broader list of objectives. The reality is that too few procurement teams have experience here. Digitization is key to procurement transformation.

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Procurement Supplier Price Leadership 52

ivalua

MARCH 4, 2016

Recently I attended a conference for Strategic Sourcing in the medical device manufacturing sector. About 60 Procurement Managers, Directors, and Executives attended from top medical device manufacturing companies. The latter is of particular importance since second sourcing can often be very expensive in this sector.

Supply Chain 40

Supply Chain Supplier Manufacturing Strategic Sourcing 40

ivalua

MAY 1, 2020

It enables the agility critical in a crisis, freeing capacity by automating tactical activities, improving access to insights to make faster, better decisions and scaling collaboration across more suppliers and internal stakeholders. Digitization is quite simply a must. For proactively monitored contracts for risk, 94% vs. 16%.

Supply Chain 40

Supply Chain Management Supplier E-procurement 40