For import-dependent businesses, relying solely on low-cost, single-source suppliers is no longer a viable strategy, it exposes them to risks that can disrupt operations, inflate costs, and damage ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Harvard trained negotiator. Cofounder and President of Pactum AI. Enterprise procurement teams have been able to use e-auctions to ...

Apparel sourcing in 2026 is expected to shift from transactional sourcing to strategic partnerships, driven by compliance and ...

Because of the pandemic, risk management surrounding sourcing has become top of mind in many supply chain organizations. One best practice in this area is to identify and qualify alternate suppliers.

In a business environment fraught with volatility and uncertainty, CPOs and sourcing and supply chain executives confront unprecedented challenges. Companies are reevaluating global supply chains ...

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted issues with the fragility of our supply chains. Many healthcare organizations found that international logistics tie-ups strained availability of personal protective ...

While traditionally the goal of sourcing has been to identify and award a supplier that best meets the business requirements and is the most cost effective, in 2020, the game changed dramatically. As ...

Event sourcing is an architectural software pattern that's useful to design complex and distributed systems, particularly those that run many processes concurrently. The pattern captures and stores ...