Supply Chain and Value Chain: What is the Difference?

In the B2B universe, understanding the difference between the supply chain and the value chain is fundamental to optimizing operations and maximizing customer satisfaction. Although both concepts are crucial to a company’s success, they focu...

Procurement professional: a career for the future

If you are thinking of being a procurement professional or if it’s worth still investing in a buyer’s career, you must know that the supply management area is one that shows the fastest growth in the country. In fact, procurement is am...

Ten KPIs to measure the performance of your procurement area

In recent years, the procurement area has undergone significant transformations. The buyer is no longer just an ‘order taker’ and has evolved into a strategic professional. With these changes, monitoring KPIs (Key Performance Indicator...

5 insights on hyperautomation and new technologies in procurement

The procurement sector is undergoing significant transformations. The deployment of robust technologies and hyperautomation has raised many doubts, which is only natural when we talk about a change process. In this post of our blog, we’ll ex...

(Português do Brasil) 7 principais tendências de Inteligência Artificial (IA) para 2024

 

The future of ESG: trends that will shape investments in 2024

In recent years, ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) has stood out as a crucial factor in the creation of value, both for consumers and investors.  A recent study conducted by EY revealed that ESG affects 99% of investment decisions in Braz...

What are savings in procurement and how you can save even more

In a procurement context, savings represent an indicator of how much the buyers manage to save by achieving, in a negotiation, a price lower than the baseline (base value of purchasing from a supplier), or a projection of savings in a given period...

Business Intelligence (BI): what is it, what are its benefits and how it can be used in your procurement area

Business Intelligence (BI) is a set of technologies used to collect, analyze, monitor and share large volumes of data. In procurement, the use of BI allows you to plan relevant strategies for the area and make better decisions. BI has a very impor...

Sustainable procurement: how to get a procurement area engaged with ESG?

ESG is the acronym for Environmental, Social and governance. The initiative came to being in 2014, through the UN Global Compact, and is now considered a key issue for businesses to generate value for consumers and investors. To have a glimpse of ...

Sustainability and innovation as competitive factors in the procurement area

The commitment of organizations to sustainability and how they handle environmental, social and governance (ESG) aspects boosts their capacity for innovation, along with new business opportunities and greater competitiveness. Hence the growing int...