Managing commodity price volatility in manufacturing procurement
Manufacturing procurement teams face significant challenges in planning and purchasing raw materials due to extreme commodity price volatility. This leads to missed hedging opportunities, re-sourcing under pressure, and margin leakage, exacerbated by slow approval processes, expiring supplier quotes, and fragmented data across various tools.
Legacy stack in place
Legacy ERP + Excel Workaround
- Times mentioned
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- Estimated market
- Hundreds of billions to trillions annually in manufacturing procurement spend, with potential savings of 1-5% for improved risk management.
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