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Procurement: Waterfall Methodology vs. Agile Methodology

Posted by Michael Rösch, JAGGAER SVP of Operations in Direct Solutions / Indirect Solutions / Procurement Resources on October 15, 2019

There are many approaches to delivering a software solution but there are two main categories: waterfall, or traditional methodology, and the more recent agile delivery model. Learn the differences, and how to speed up the success of your procurement processes through agile implementation in our Get Smart webinar. Waterfall is so-called because it is a [...]

What’s Next for Digital Procurement?

Posted by Georg Roesch, VP Direct Procurement Product Management in eProcurement / Uncategorized on October 8, 2019

Our survey of the global procurement community and the subsequent report, Digital Transformation in Procurement: How Close Are We? revealed heightened awareness of digital technologies and their potential to transform the procurement function, but little progress over the past two years. It identified a couple of key challenges. We dealt with one of them in […]

What Should You Look for in AI Solutions for Procurement?

Posted by Chelsea Davies in Procurement Resources / Source-to-Pay on September 23, 2019

A Gartner report published in September 2018, entitled “The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Procurement Software Applications” set out the reasons why many procurement leaders are hesitant about investing in artificial intelligence (AI) solutions. The headline reason can be summarized in one word: hype. Based on the Gartner research and our own extensive survey findings, […]

Zooming in on Data Integration in Procurement

Posted by Chelsea Davis, Marketing Manager in Procurement Resources on July 25, 2019

Procurement is central to the profitability of organizations in all industry sectors. Given the value that procurement delivers, you would think that the function is ripe for digital transformation. But the reality is rather different. Why is this? Our 2019 Digital Procurement Survey, Digital Transformation in Procurement: How Close Are We? provides some answers. We […]

Spotlight on Supplier Management and Sourcing in Fashion

Supplier Management and Sourcing in the Fashion Industry – Under the Spotlight

Posted by Matteo Ambrosioni, Account Director in Uncategorized on July 23, 2019

More than virtually any other sector, sourcing and supplier management in the fashion industry have been exposed to intense scrutiny in recent years, while the functions have become of increasingly strategic importance to business success. Digital transformation is delivering benefits to many of the world’s leading fashion companies, especially in Italy, where roughly half of […]

Digitalization in Procurement: Your Questions Answered

Posted by Greg Holt, Product Marketing Director, JAGGAER in Procurement Resources on July 18, 2019

Last week JAGGAER hosted a webinar reviewing the findings of our recently released 2019 Digital Procurement Survey Report. We reviewed the key takeaways and provided recommendations for how procurement professionals can begin to take advantage of next-generation technologies. Our engaged audience left us with more questions than we could get to in our allotted time, […]

How Close Are We to Digital Transformation in Procurement?

Posted by Greg Holt, Product Marketing Director, JAGGAER in Procurement Resources on June 28, 2019

Key Findings from the JAGGAER 2019 Digital Procurement Survey Despite all the talk of digital transformation in procurement, the JAGGAER 2019 Digital Procurement Report reveals little change since 2017. The report identifies the lack of budget and requisite IT skills, and lack of progress with data integration as well as lack of digital knowledge among […]

How to Use Big Data Analytics to Drive Business Value in Procurement Forward (Part 2)

Posted by Ellis Booker in Procurement Resources / Supply Chain on June 26, 2019

JAGGAER InsideSpend Thought leadership Series – In this blog series we profile leaders in the procurement industry. We hope their insights and experiences inspire you to achieve greatness in procurement. A conversation with Walter Charles, Chief Procurement Officer at Biogen With REV 2019 approaching, we’re revisiting the interview with supply chain and procurement platform thought […]

How to Use Big Data Analytics to Drive Business Value in Procurement Forward

Posted by Ellis Booker in Procurement Resources / Supply Chain on June 19, 2019Tags: manufacturing

JAGGAER InsideSpend Thought Leadership Series – In this blog series, we profile leaders in the procurement industry. We hope their insights and experiences inspire you to achieve greatness in procurement. A conversation with Walter Charles, Chief Procurement Officer As we gear up for REV2019, we’re revisiting this interview with Walter Charles, CPO of Allergan, who […]

Deploy a Strategic Category Management Solution to Maximize ROI

Posted by Amenallah Reghimi, Product Manager, Cognitive Intelligence, Category Management and Analytics in Supply Chain on June 7, 2019

Defining Category Management Category management has a decades-long history that has lead us to our modern understanding of procurement categories. Created in the 1980s, category management was originally the process of grouping products into categories based on how consumers used them. Originally created by marketing teams, category management helped retailers increase sales by minimizing unproductive […]

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