| Jan. 7, 2021 | This week's procurement news and insights for supply chain leaders Note from the editor Welcome to the first edition of Supply Chain Dive: Procurement in 2021.
We're starting the year with predictions — and how they'll shape procurement and supplier relationships this year.
But don't expect boilerplate, buzzword-filled trends of robotic process automation ushering a new era of digital procurement and video supplier visits becoming the new normal.
We're looking at this as humans.
A global pandemic, an economic recession, a racial justice movement and a mob attack on our government have all colored our perceptions and mentalities. The events of 2020 (and now the beginning of 2021) shaped our personal values and priorities.
That's the basis of Columnist Rich Weissman's predictions for procurement this year: humanity, and its influence on the business world. Check out the predictions here.
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 Shefali Kapadia
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Column We are fundamentally — professionally and personally — transformed because of COVID-19 pandemic experiences. |
Companies are finding that automation can allow procurement staff to focus on high-impact decisions rather than mundane tasks, if training is prioritized. |
One company said the pandemic is affecting its suppliers' labor availability now more than in March, though the vaccine rollout provides a bit of optimism. |
Opinion It's an area often overlooked, even by senior business leaders, when employee costs are a relatively small portion of most big companies' budgets, the author writes. | What We're Reading  Harvard Business Review |
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