SupplyChain Magazine July 2018 | Page 44

TECHNOLOGY
44 CLCIK TO WATCH : Ivalua – Procurement Technology , Challenges and Requirements managed spend from 30 % to 90 % plus ,” he adds . “ Allied to this , Duty Segregation allows for the provision of duties to specific roles – requestor , purchaser strategic procurement and approver . Responsibility is enhanced , for people and functions , across the whole process allowing for ease of auditing with an approvals process that must be followed in order for the system to react .”
What trends is Orth seeing in the logistics industry around procurement services and S & OP ? “ The main development we ’ re seeing is for the automation of many manual processes in operational procurement such as hammering purchase orders into the system .” Orth maintains these jobs will no longer be required in the future so
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