ProcureTech SIGNALS 2022 Issue #40

Lance Younger

EVP, EMEA GM and Global Alliances l ORO Labs l AI-Powered Procurement Orchestration Platform

Published Oct 10, 2022

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'The climate transition will not happen without digitisation.'

Decarbonisation efforts are coming to the forefront of company agendas. Ivalua 's report assess the challenges companies and their suppliers face, and how digitisation is key to procurement role's in reducing their carbon footprint.

'Knowing your supply chain starts with knowing your supplier.'

Kodiak Hub reflects on some of the most disastrous supply chain disruptions from the past three decades - could they have been handled another way?

“Now that the procuretech space has exploded with thousands of startups and billions invested (and growing), tracking the market and making sense of it is a challenge. ProcureTech helps the profession collect, synthesize, and assess the procurement startup market."

Dr. Elouise Epstein 🏳️⚧️ , Partner at Kearney

As the procuretech space continues to expand, our strategic alliance with Kearney is expanding too. Beyond our 2021 collaboration on the ProcureTech100, we are now working across a number of new initiatives.

Digital tools are a necessity: the race towards carbon neutrality

The race towards achieving carbon neutrality is speeding up - but are companies any closer to winning?

Ivalua 's report assess the challenges companies and their suppliers face, and how they're managing decarbonisation. To achieve zero net emissions, author Dr. Natacha TREHAN states we need to transform the global economy and rethink business models. How can they actually do that?

A look through history's most disastrous supply chain disruptions

Knowing your supply chain starts with knowing your supplier.

Managing the supply chain - some businesses see it as a box to be checked, like feeding the cat or backing up your data. Kodiak Hub reflects on some high profile supply chain disruptions from the past three decades - could they have been handled another way?

ProcureTech and Kearney expand their strategic alliance

Building on their 2021 collaboration, Kearney continues as the lead sponsor of the 2022 ProcureTech100.

We're pleased to announce our strengthened alliance with global management consultancy Kearney to deliver an integrated and agile approach to success digital procurement transformations. New initiatives include the Procuretech Founders' Circle, a unique experience for leading corporates, digital solutions and investors to collaborate and co-create.

"Driven by a united desire to shift our profession forward digitally, our strategic alliance injects impetus and impact within the digital procurement ecosystem."

Lance Younger, Founder and CEO, ProcureTech

Find out more on what the partnership means for the future of digital procurement!

News

Experiences

The must-attend digital and procurement experiences...

🎉 WIRED Smarter WIRED 11 October

🎉 Supplier Management: New pathways to growth Vizibl 12 October

🎉 Procurement & Supply Chain Management in Oil & Gas Prospero Events 18-19 October

🎉 Keelvar Konnect Keelvar 20 October, Zurich

🎉 AI World Congress AI Conference 27-28 October

🎉 Celosphere Celonis 9-10 November, Munich

🎉 Slush 2022 Slush 17-18 November, Helsinki

Podcast

Check out the featured podcast...

🔎 JT Garwood , Founder and CEO of Healthcare B2B Marketplace bttn , shares how it is continuing to reinvent healthcare distribution, tackling medical industry challenges, and how it plans to use its $20m Series A funding. Listen here 🎧

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As usual, we'd also love to hear your wisdom, feedback and suggestions on any 'hot' 🔥 digital procurement topics or events you'd like to hear more about or to share.

The ProcureTech Team