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Death of The Reactive State

Are we living in a reactive state? English poet William Wordsworth once wrote that “Life is divided into three terms – that which was, which is, and which will be. Let us learn from the past to profit by the present, and from the...

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Pay Attention Procurement!

In the five-part Procurement Foundry Slack series “Fix Your Zoom Body” with health and wellness advisor Agetha Degasperi, one of the topics of...

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Building a Business Case to Transition from Call Center to Digital Omnichannel

Gartner predicted that by 2020, 85 percent of all customer interactions would be handled without human agents.

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Out of Sight, Out of Mind? Addressing the Diversity Gap for the Visually Impaired

“Advances in information communication and technology (ICT) have created the possibility of a world where there is equal access to information among...

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Focus: Monitoring Sustainability in your Supply Chain

With sustainability now top of mind for supply chain professionals, Craft’s intelligence platform provides insights into companies’ biggest risks and...

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Digital Transformation: From People to Systems (A Reverse Look)

“Jacob and the team at Maersk are at the forefront when it comes to developing robots that execute e-auctions from end-to-end and are kicking off a...

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The Benefits of Incorporating Trade/Barter in a Media RFP (Part 2)

In our first installment of The Benefits of Incorporating Trade/Barter in a Media RFP, we briefly discussed why more companies are...

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The Digital CPO: Why Procurement Leaders Must Lead the Digital Revolution Charge for Their Organizations (Part 2 of 2)

Becoming a digital champion is not as easy as flipping a switch; it requires human intervention.

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Three Tactics to Survive the Acceleration of Digital Transformation

Hi folks, Mike here. I recently spoke with Kim Addington, COO of NPI (one of our newest community sponsors), about the profound impact IT procurement...

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The Digital CPO: Why Procurement Leaders Must Lead the Digital Revolution Charge for Their Organizations (Part 1 of 2)

In the late nineties and early 2000, when the first “automated” procurement platforms emerged, many in the purchasing profession reacted with a...

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