How to Manage Quotation and Tender Processes on a Single Platform?
How procurement teams can run quick RFQs and multi-stage tenders on one platform, with comparable bids and a round-by-round audit trail.
Procurement and Supplier Portal Selection Guide for SAP ECC and S/4HANA
A procurement and supplier portal selection guide for companies running SAP ECC and S/4HANA: a decision matrix by ERP landscape, SAP maintenance dates, and 8 questions to ask vendors.
Supplier Onboarding Process: 5 Common Challenges to Avoid
Explore the 5 common challenges in the supplier onboarding process, their business impact and practical ways to avoid them, with comparison tables.
SAP SRM Support Ends in 2027: What Should Companies Do?
For years, SAP SRM (Supplier Relationship Management) has played a key role in managing supplier relationships within corporate procurement processes. However, SAP’s announcement that it will end support for SRM in 2027 has placed many companies at a crucial crossroads:How will they modernize their current infrastructure, and which solution should they migrate to? In this […]
Pharmaceutical Procurement Supplier Risk Management: A Comprehensive Guide
Supplier risk management in pharmaceutical procurement is the systematic evaluation, monitoring, and management of all third parties — from API manufacturers to packaging suppliers, from CMOs to digital system providers — across operational, regulatory, financial, and cyber risk dimensions. In this sector, supplier failure is not merely a financial loss; it means production downtime, regulatory […]
Supply Chain Trends for 2026 and Beyond: Gartner Report Analysis
Supply chain trends for 2026, according to Gartner’s research covering 509 global supply chain leaders, are being shaped by three major forces: agentic artificial intelligence, network repositioning, and structural cost optimization. These trends are transforming supply chain management from a back-office function into a strategic growth engine. Global supply chains have learned hard lessons from […]
How is the Zero Touch Procurement Approach Transforming Business Processes?
Introduction Picture a procurement specialist. Most of their day is spent manually opening and reviewing supplier documents one by one, entering incoming delivery notes into the system by hand, and trying to manage tender processes through endless email chains. By evening, the desk holds dozens of unread messages, three supplier inquiries awaiting responses, and two […]
Digitalization, Artificial Intelligence, and Automation in Supplier Management
Supply chains are demanding more suppliers, more data points, and shorter response times every year. Spreadsheets and manual approval cycles cannot keep up with this pace; fragmented data slows decision-making, and reactive approaches only make disruptions visible after damage has occurred. This is exactly where artificial intelligence (AI), robotic process automation (RPA), and digital supplier […]
The New Supply Reality: Managing the Supply Chain with Artificial and Human Intelligence
The average purchase order changes 3.8 times during processing. Every change adds noise to the system, and noise leads to matching errors, delayed deliveries, and supplier distrust. The real question is: which approach should you rely on, and when? Supply chain management is undergoing two major transformations simultaneously in 2026. On one side, agentic AI […]
A Comprehensive Guide to Supplier Management
Supplier management is a structured process that includes selecting suppliers, onboarding them into the system, monitoring their performance, and evaluating their risks. An organization’s ability to maintain quality, delivery reliability, and risk control in its supply chain largely depends on how systematically this process is managed. Effective supplier management directly impacts quality, compliance, delivery timelines, […]