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Reengineering Resilience: Why Supply Chain Resilience And Sustainability Is Finally More Than A Discussion

SIG Speaks

In other words, in the world of procurement and strategic sourcing, the importance of resilient supply chains has been a point of discussion for some time. Of course, even redesigning our supply chains to create redundancies, such as establishing alternative sources, may be little more than a stop-gap solution.

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How Procurement Has Bridged The Gap With Finance

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The paper then goes on to say that “the teams that should collaborate most directly are those focused on strategic sourcing and procure-to-pay.” The author then adds that "a successful source-to-settle workflow must look at the entire ecosystem that connects sourcing and procurement to accounts payable and treasury.".

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The Hackett Group Announces Third Quarter 2021 Results

The Hackett Group

Key Issues Study Launch – In September 2021, The Hackett Group launched its 2022 Key Issues campaigns covering six functional areas: Finance, Procurement, Supply Chain, Human Resources, Information Technology, and Global Business Services. Results from the studies will be released in January 2022.

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Building The Right Center Of Excellence For You

SIG Speaks

Lastly, a successful COE can work with the information technology team to meet the specific requirements of their environment. He has found a passion for working with sourcing and procurement professionals with experiences working for organizations like Fairmarkit and the Sourcing Industry Group. . . Learn More. .

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Utilizing Team Engagement in Procurement

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SIG University Certified Sourcing Professional (CSP) program graduate Shawnie Albritton shares how category management can help with cross-team engagement and its usefulness in procurement. Within procurement, you could have a legal team, sourcing team, transactional team, and support team. learn more. .

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The Hackett Group Announces Second Quarter 2021 Results

The Hackett Group

z International for Order-to-Cash; Reckitt for IT Opportunity-to-Deployment; Vodafone Procurement Company for Source-to-Purchase; and Wipro Limited for Hire-to-Retire. This year’s winners were: Alcon for Plan-to-Results (Data Analytics); Bosch for Purchase-to-Pay; Citibank for Account-to-Report; Mondel?z companies in 2020.

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Everything you need to know about Procurement savings

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Procurement savings refer to the cost reductions that are achieved by a company when it purchases goods and services through a strategic sourcing process. key Takeaway: Procurement savings are the cost reductions achieved by a company when purchasing goods and services through strategic sourcing. What is Procurement?

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