E78 Partners

MAY 7, 2025

Strategic sourcing and vendor management. Procurement: The Underleveraged Engine of Value In many portfolio companiesespecially in sectors like manufacturing, healthcare, and consumer goodsprocurement can account for 5070% of total costs. Short-Term Wins: Cost Optimization Through Vendor Management The first step is visibility.

Vendor Management 59

Vendor Management Cost Analysis Benchmarking Auditing 59

VCFO

MARCH 17, 2023

How Attention to Inventory Can Make or Break Manufacturers A major factor in determining the success of a manufacturer is how well it manages its inventory. When manufacturers have too little inventory, they can’t fully meet customer demands and lose out on revenue as a result.

Manufacturing 70

Manufacturing Forecasting Profit and Loss Benchmarking 70

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

"In a limited span of three years, we have been able to generate business of 18 billion by enabling trade between 200,000 buyers and 20,000 sellers with zero-ground staff across 65 countries serviced by manufacturers based out of 14 countries.".

B2B 117

B2B Vendor Management Invoicing Manufacturing 117

PYMNTS

JUNE 13, 2018

Amazon realized a lot of expensive employees were spending a lot of time working on things that should really be automated,” recalls Elaine Kwon, who worked as a vendor manager at Amazon from 2014 to 2016. However, as the machines proved their expertise, employees were discouraged from making any changes.

Retail 43

Retail Vendor Management Manufacturing Forecasting 43

PYMNTS

MAY 1, 2017

We detected this fraud against our vendor management team and promptly alerted the authorities,” a Google spokesperson said. “We The DoJ alleges that the man, Evaldas Rimašauskas, used a business email compromise (BEC) scam to trick Facebook and Google into paying fake invoices, impersonating manufacturer Quanta Computer.

Vendor Management 47

Vendor Management Invoicing Manufacturing Accounting 47

PYMNTS

APRIL 1, 2020

While eProcurement and vendor management technologies can help ease the friction, B2B trade doesn’t begin with the purchase order. “This micro-warehousing concept will see more people open their eyes to, ‘I don’t have to manufacture everything.

B2B 61

B2B Vendor Management Manufacturing Healthcare 61

PYMNTS

JANUARY 29, 2020

Another major hurdle unique to the purchase-to-pay space is the process’s deep touch points with an array of other back-office functions within the enterprise, including vendor management, product sourcing, accounts payable, accounting, inventory management, contract management, manufacturing and distribution, and more.

Banking 52

Banking Accounts Payable Vendor Management Reconciliations 52