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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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Effectively managing suppliers is now one of the most important factors in organizational success. 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. Yet, too few businesses do so well.

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

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Survey results in a new study by Forrester , commissioned by Ivalua, reveal several important lessons for procurement leaders to keep in mind as they adapt their departments for success. Some suites have embedded MDM capabilities that can unify data across the enterprise and fix issues at the source.