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4 smart technologies modernizing sourcing strategy

IBM Services

Sourcing is getting smarter. To start, many organizations have already pivoted from a tactical to a strategic sourcing mindset—which can make all the difference when it comes to gaining and retaining a competitive advantage. But now, the benefits of strategic sourcing are becoming even more attainable thanks to innovation.

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7 Risk Management Best Practices: A Guide for Global HR

Globalization Partners

Like most areas of business, global human resources (HR) teams face common risks that they must learn to navigate at each stage of the employee lifecycle – from recruitment to offboarding. We’ll start by setting out what we mean by risk management before collating a list of seven best practices. What is risk management?

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4 strategic sourcing use cases to strengthen your supply chain

IBM Services

For sourcing teams, that means pivoting their mindset around selecting suppliers from a tactical, lowest-cost-above-all approach to a strategic one. Where tactical sourcing is a short-term strategy, strategic sourcing is for long-term business goals. And from that group, 71% would pay a premium for it.

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Five open-source AI tools to know

IBM Services

Open-source artificial intelligence (AI) refers to AI technologies where the source code is freely available for anyone to use, modify and distribute. Open-source AI projects and libraries, freely available on platforms like GitHub, fuel digital innovation in industries like healthcare, finance and education.

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How Does Strategic Sourcing Work?

Obobo

How Does Strategic Sourcing Work? The aim of strategic sourcing is to ensure the timely delivery of goods and services in line with an organisation’s business objectives, while reducing supply chain risks and costs. How Does Strategic Sourcing Work? The benefits of strategic sourcing. Table of Contents.

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How Does Strategic Sourcing Work?

Obobo

How Does Strategic Sourcing Work? The aim of strategic sourcing is to ensure the timely delivery of goods and services in line with an organisation’s business objectives, while reducing supply chain risks and costs. How Does Strategic Sourcing Work? The benefits of strategic sourcing. Table of Contents.

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What Is Source-To-Pay (S2P)? Source-To-Pay Vs Procure-To-Pay

Obobo

What Is Source-To-Pay (S2P)? Source-To-Pay Vs Procure-To-Pay. What Is Source To Pay (S2P)? An S2P is a sourcing and procurement process in which suppliers are sought out, negotiated with, signed up for, and eventually paid for their products or services. What Is The Source to Pay Process? Source to pay process: 1.