ProcureTech SIGNALS 2022 Issue #40

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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 科尔尼

As the procuretech space continues to expand, our strategic alliance with 科尔尼 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?

Read more about?Ivalua's decarbonisation report here.

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?

Read more about lessons learned from supply chain disruption.

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 科尔尼 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

The news that matters this week...

?? Digital food procurement platform Vendease raises $30m to aid business and procurement operations for restaurants in Africa

?? Altana bags $100m Series B investment to continue funding its AI mission

?? Mirakl and Balance partner up to make online B2B trade easier

?? The Agility Edge: TealBook research highlights how to bring sourcing and procurement into the future

?? SecurityScorecard reveals how ransomware battle continues as technology and criminals get 'smarter'

?? Neo-banking crypto startup Juno raises $18m to expand its US team and scale its product portfolio

??Promising future for fintech startups with new $350m VC fund

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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The?ProcureTech?Team