Among the many trends happening in procurement today, artificial intelligence and machine learning are two of the biggest topics. A recent industry conference, Bid Ops’ Optimal AI event, brought professionals together to discuss the often confusing, but definitely complementary, role that AI can play in a procurement process.
Edmund Zagorin，Bid Ops的创始人兼首席执行官，在与花园交谈时切入追逐。“AI是一个毫无意义的流行字，或者对于企业来说至关重要，以”更少“做得更多，管理波动性并改变？”
There are only six days left before the ISM and Spend Matters全球采购技术峰会. As we approach the kick-off to the event, I’ll share six different perspectives on speakers and areas attendees should be paying close attention to. Up first is one of our keynotes speakers, Anne Rung, who is leading a session titled “From the War Room: Technology Hits and Misses From the Federal Government.”
生命圈包括死亡，传统采购正在死亡。采购组织越早及其服务的解决方案和服务提供商认识到旧采购模式的各个方面如何垂死，更快地越快，可以计划重生。老实说，我认为今天的采购实际上并没有与10 - 5年前不同，但从今天的10年的采购确实将是非常不同的，这将是由于技术。
AGCO的故事是令人着迷的 - 并将为寻求建立这种计划的投资案例的制造商提供优秀的商业案例饲料。但是今天在此类方案投资的公司的商业司机是什么？在核心，公司正在发生变化，筒仓正在崩溃，利益攸关方在以前从未进行合作。结果，新概念正在兴起：全球供应链风险管理（SCRM）. Quite often, the decisions to invest in SCRM are often driven more by the fear of negative press – and of course regulatory penalties – than the opportunity to make the supply chain more resilient and maintain top-line revenue and market share, even in the case of a supply chain upset.
Coupa的一个演示文稿激发了本周，我特别灵感来自根本没有来自Coupa，而是来自IBM Commerce的采购产品和战略主任Michael O'Leary。Michael是IBM内的前采购和供应链执行。如果您对IBM采购转型的悬崖注释版感兴趣，请从昨天阅读文章，IBM和采购转型：按数字，风险管理等等. During the second part of his talk after the IBM transformation story, Michael shared some of the initiatives IBM is working on around big data and procurement, leveraging Watson Data Explorer – IBM’s big data solution – alongside procurement and related supplier data.