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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 Factors Transforming the Life Sciences Supply Chain and Creating IT Opportunities | Blog

Everest Group

Supply chain visibility, strategic sourcing, cold chain requirements, sustainability demands, and personalized medicine are creating opportunities in the life sciences supply chain for IT partners delivering digital solutions. Implications for service providers. Similar laws are in effect in Europe and other parts of the world.

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The Future of Procurement and Sourcing: The Effects of Artificial Intelligence in the Industry

SIG Speaks

Organizations are now looking to utilize AI to remain competitive and enhance their services. Overall, the impact of business outsourcing is leading to cost optimization, improved efficiencies, enhanced customer service, and data analysis Contract management is a critical aspect of procurement, and AI has the potential to transform this area.

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Thoughts on Crowd Sourcing

SIG Speaks

A decade ago, outsourcing procurement and engineering functions to a crowdsourcing organization would have seemed radically innovative, especially in regulated utilities. But the workforce has changed. The COVID pandemic made working from home the mainstream.

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2023 FOSA Finalists

Future of Sourcing

Innovations in Sustainability Dräeger – Using Smart Processes to Create Resilient Supply Chains SAP / DSM - Firmenich – How Royal DSM and SAP Digitalized Global Procurement Processes for Strategic Source-to-Pay Capabilities and Sustainability Safety Projects International, Inc.

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Clearly and Effectively Communicating Change

SIG Speaks

SIG University Certified Sourcing Professional (CSP) program graduate Constance Bryant shares an honest account of how the change from a grassroots process to a more sophisticated tool for a Source-to-Contract process went for her and her organization. We must have practical E-sourcing tools that allow us to be efficient.

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Is Your Procurement And Sourcing Function ESG Sustainable Ready?

SIG Speaks

This analysis attempts to explore how procurement and sourcing functions of publicly traded technology companies with market capitalizations between $15 billion to $35 billion (“Tech Company”) can evaluate, implement, and monitor emerging Environmental Social and Governance (“ESG”) regulations within their supply chain.