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Ahlsell Digitizes Management of Trading Goods Suppliers with Ivalua

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Successful deployment of source-to-contract suite increases tail supplier management efficiency and optimizes overall process automation. Ahlsell was looking to optimize the management of large tail-end trading goods suppliers.

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How to Benchmark Supplier Diversity Performance

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The post How to Benchmark Supplier Diversity Performance appeared first on Art of Procurement. If there were a shortlist of core procurement skills, benchmarking would undoubtedly be on it. And yet, for the ease.

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Friends not Foes, Supplier Relationships Made to Last

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Supply chains are complex and varied; to manage them effectively, you need to understand exactly what’s happening in both your supply chain and your customers’ end markets. Reviewing pandemic responses and strategies, some CPOs and Procurement teams managed a bit better than their peers as uncertainty and change mounted.

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Supplier Diversity Part III: Keeping Pace as an Organization

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In Part I and Part II of this series, we have investigated the way in which supplier diversity programs have developed over time and which nations are leading the way in the space. The growth of supplier diversity initiatives in these regions (and others) provides unique opportunities and challenges for multinational corporations.

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Is Supplier Relationship Management the Key to Procurement’s Success?

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The post Is Supplier Relationship Management the Key to Procurement’s Success? “If you want to be a customer of choice, it’s not going to come down to the contract, it’s going. appeared first on Art of Procurement.

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What is Supplier Risk Management?

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Supplier risk management is the effort associated with identifying, assessing, mitigating, and monitoring risks associated with an organization’s third party. The post What is Supplier Risk Management? appeared first on Art of Procurement.

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Supplier Lifecycle Management Simply Explained

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A typical enterprise-scale business collaborates with thousands or even tens of thousands of suppliers. The post Supplier Lifecycle Management Simply Explained appeared first on Art of Procurement. This volume of relationships requires procurement.