This month, the Arkestro team was fortunate enough to attend SSON, the World’s Largest Shared Service and Outsourcing Network. During a competition where startups showcased critical new tools and services that Shared Services and Outsourcing Executive must be aware...
Supplier relationships are your new competitive advantage All businesses face extraordinary challenges in 2020. The fallout from an ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has put financial pressure on companies, resulting in cost-cutting across the board. In addition, the epidemic...
There was a time when a company’s procurement function was largely left out of the loop and taken for granted. Once other business units had made the meaningful decisions, then it was up to the sourcing team to look after the mundane tasks of contacting suppliers and...
In 2005, Harvard Business Review published “Strategic Sourcing: From Periphery to the Core.” The article was an overview of the changing dynamic in an increasingly global world, where companies were moving away from the traditional business model of vertical...
Happy International Day of Friendship! As a holiday officially recognized by the United Nations, the idea of a World Friendship Day was first proposed in 1958 by Dr. Ramon Artemio Bracho during a dinner with friends in Paraguay. Out of this meeting of friends, the...
There are many buzzwords regularly tossed around in this age of tech-based startups and digital transformation. Two such phrases are “Automation” and “Artificial Intelligence” (AI). It’s common to mix up the two, lump them together, or otherwise muddy the water of...
Supply chains have long relied on endless mounds of historical data to predict tomorrow’s seasonal trends. With disruption of global supply chains due to externalities like COVID-19, we have seen that our supply chains are fragile and easily disturbed. Consumers in...
To understand long-term transformations in supply chain and procurement technology, supply chain professionals must be able to understand present trends so they can help shape future realities. Experts believe the following supply chain predictions are viable...
Toilet paper is a hot commodity during a pandemic. Once COVID-19 was announced, people flocked to the stores, panic-buying toilet paper, bleach, and any assortment of hygienic products they could get their hands on. Empty aisles are still not an uncommon sight in...
This month, the Arkestro team was fortunate enough to attend SSON, the World’s Largest Shared Service and Outsourcing Network. During a competition where startups showcased critical new tools and services that Shared Services and Outsourcing Executive must be aware...
Supplier relationships are your new competitive advantage All businesses face extraordinary challenges in 2020. The fallout from an ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has put financial pressure on companies, resulting in cost-cutting across the board. In addition, the epidemic...
There was a time when a company’s procurement function was largely left out of the loop and taken for granted. Once other business units had made the meaningful decisions, then it was up to the sourcing team to look after the mundane tasks of contacting suppliers and...
In 2005, Harvard Business Review published “Strategic Sourcing: From Periphery to the Core.” The article was an overview of the changing dynamic in an increasingly global world, where companies were moving away from the traditional business model of vertical...
Happy International Day of Friendship! As a holiday officially recognized by the United Nations, the idea of a World Friendship Day was first proposed in 1958 by Dr. Ramon Artemio Bracho during a dinner with friends in Paraguay. Out of this meeting of friends, the...
There are many buzzwords regularly tossed around in this age of tech-based startups and digital transformation. Two such phrases are “Automation” and “Artificial Intelligence” (AI). It’s common to mix up the two, lump them together, or otherwise muddy the water of...
Supply chains have long relied on endless mounds of historical data to predict tomorrow’s seasonal trends. With disruption of global supply chains due to externalities like COVID-19, we have seen that our supply chains are fragile and easily disturbed. Consumers in...
To understand long-term transformations in supply chain and procurement technology, supply chain professionals must be able to understand present trends so they can help shape future realities. Experts believe the following supply chain predictions are viable...
Toilet paper is a hot commodity during a pandemic. Once COVID-19 was announced, people flocked to the stores, panic-buying toilet paper, bleach, and any assortment of hygienic products they could get their hands on. Empty aisles are still not an uncommon sight in...