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5 Steps Towards Modernizing Supplier Management

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Even reducing costs often depends more on effective collaboration rather than negotiation in today’s market. Below, we outline the 5 steps toward modernizing supplier management, addressing both transparency and effective engagement. Enable effective, scalable collaboration. Digitizing collaboration is the key to success.

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The Future of Procurement Is Upon Us. Are You Ready?

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Niul Burton wrote a great article in Industry Week titled “Procurement 2025: 10 Challenges that Will Transform Global Sourcing”. Globalization. Burton predicts that China and Brazil will become hubs for global sourcing. Does your organization collaborate well internally across functional teams? Integration.

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ProcureCon Asia, 9th – 11th July 2019, Singapore

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Daniel Koh is currently leading a team of 130 sourcing and pricing professionals globally. He had taken on a few leadership roles in Flex such as Procurement Compliance Director, led the Global Sourcing team, and is currently member of Flex Supply Chain Council and Supply Chain Risk Management.

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Procurement in the Age of Uncertainty: 4 Lessons from the New Forrester Study

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Collaborate to Win Henry Ford’s quote that “coming together is a beginning, keeping together is progress, working together is success” has never rang more true. Being more agile and addressing more strategic objectives requires procurement to be more collaborative. 78% engage suppliers more collaboratively than they did 3 years ago.