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Procurement Director Roles Are Changing. Dramatically.

Shipsta

These companies set the highest standards for their procurement professionals. Procurement is, if anything, more important than it was in 2015. So here’s how the role has evolved, based on hundreds of conversations with procurement leaders over the past year. Honestly, you're probably reading this on a device one of them makes.

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Data-Driven Decision Making: Autonomous Procurement

Talking Logistics

By becoming more data driven in their decision making. That is the focus of a multi-part video seminar we are producing in partnership with Transporeon (a Talking Logistics sponsor) on data-driven decision making. The seminar is based on the research report “From Gut Feelings to Data-Driven.

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How to Get Better Insights Into Your Freight Procurement Data

Shipsta

Your own data is your best resource for improving your freight procurement strategy. It gives you the most accurate insights into which carriers offer you the best quotes and meet your business needs.

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5 Essential Questions to Answer when Selecting a Freight Procurement Platform

Shipsta

With recent developments and continued volatility in the transportation industry, most procurement and logistics leaders have understood how essential it is to infuse their end-to-end freight process with relevant insights and additional execution power.

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Autonomous AI Agents Are the Future of Procurement and Supply Chain Operations

As early as next year, procurement and supply chain operations will begin to adopt AI agents, often called “agentic AI,” to work alongside employees to make and execute decisions with precision across procurement and even the most complex global supply chains.

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Spend Data Analytics for Effective Procurement

SIPMM Professional Publications

How do analytics support a Procurement Organizations? Let us take a look at the challenges of implementation: data is in multiple system, existing data is not analysed, skill set in an organization is not available, right technology is not available and one-off versus operationalised.

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Leveraging Data to Drive Operational & Procurement Decisions in Transportation

Talking Logistics

Thanks to ongoing innovation in technology, systems integration, and cloud networks, we have more data available today than ever before. But how can companies turn this abundance of data into actionable insights to make smarter and more effective operational and procurement decisions? That is the key question.

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How One Manufacturer Used GEP SOFTWARE To Save $45M in Direct Material Sourcing

Multiple legacy systems prevent procurement from standardizing processes and tracking what they’re spending with each supplier.

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GEP Procurement & Supply Chain Tech Trends Report

And for procurement and supply chain leaders looking to harness the power of technology to navigate complex challenges and an uncertain business environment, keeping up with the latest trends can be its own obstacle. So, what’s on the technological horizon for procurement and supply chain for the year ahead?

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The State of Data and Insights in Healthcare Logistics

Readers will also find key suggestions from procurement leaders in the healthcare space on how to prepare for the future. This report, produced by Worldwide Business Research, explores the progress companies have made toward supply chain digitization and logistics maturity.

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Supply Chain 4.0: Why You Need to Digitize to Survive

Speaker: Laura Garcia, Sr. Editor at Supply Chain Digital and Procurement Magazines

During this webinar, we’ll discuss how to take an objectives-first approach and demystify some of today’s hottest tech such as IoT, AI, and Big Data and show you how they can help build resiliency, unearth competitive advantages and optimize bottom-line results by: Fostering innovation. Implementing strategic procurement strategies.

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How Automation in the Supply Chain Will Make Employees More Strategic & Improve the Overall Supply Chain

Speaker: Adam Robinson, Director of Marketing, Cerasis

We’ll address how automation in the supply chain will provide employees with the following: More Strategic Procurement. Using Automation Driven Data for Improved Actionable Insights. Find Freight Capacity & Reduce Freight Costs with Automated, AI, & Blockchain Driven TMS. We look forward to having you at this webinar! AM PST, 2.00