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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”. Challenges in this new manufacturer/supplier partnership Burton cites include: Risk management. Globalization. Burton predicts that China and Brazil will become hubs for global sourcing.

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5 Steps Towards Modernizing Supplier Management

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Such solutions, especially if embedded in spend management suites, can help unify data across the enterprise and fix duplicates and other issues at the source. The permanent transparency helped drive a rationalization of its supply base to improve performance, relationships and deliver savings and lower risk.