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Supply Market Information & Research 2023: The Sky’s the Limit with Fast Paced Innovation Yet Quality Assurance Efforts Become Increasingly Challenging

Supply Market Information & Research 2023: The Sky’s the Limit with Fast Paced Innovation Yet Quality Assurance Efforts Become Increasingly Challenging

This year’s annual post once again provides insights and reports on select trends and offerings that materialized in 2023. Kelly’s section focuses on the importance of maintaining quality standards for…

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2022 Supply Market Information and Research Trends That Will Continue Into 2023

2022 Supply Market Information and Research Trends That Will Continue Into 2023

Covering the ever-evolving changes in supply market intelligence, it’s time again for our annual trends article. This year’s post focuses on select trends and offerings and begins with Kelly’s eye-opening…

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Mid-Year Update: Focus on Supply Market Research and Information Provider Partnerships

Mid-Year Update: Focus on Supply Market Research and Information Provider Partnerships

Partnerships that formed in the first half of 2021 reveal the strategic direction of various supply markets, in addition to the suppliers and companies that compete in those markets. Here…

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ICIS Acquires Chemical Data to Expand Delivery of Global Petrochemical Market Analysis and Price Benchmarks

ICIS Acquires Chemical Data to Expand Delivery of Global Petrochemical Market Analysis and Price Benchmarks

Two key chemical market research providers are merging to provide expanded delivery of global petrochemical market analysis and price benchmarks. It’s pretty big news. ICIS announced on July 13, it…

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New Supplier Risk, Category Intelligence, and Professional Development Resources Added To ProcureSearch

The authors of Supply Market Intelligence for Procurement Professionals are committed to continually build on the content presented in ProcureSearch, a resources hub based on the book with listings that…

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The Smart Cube Launches Smart Risk, a Supply Chain Risk Monitoring Solution

Research and analytics solutions provider, The Smart Cube, announced today that it is launching Smart Risk, a bespoke, real-time supply chain risk monitoring solution. According to the press release: For Category…

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Market Intelligence for Procurement 2018: Three Trends

There are three important trends taking shape in market intelligence in the areas of procurement, sourcing, and supply chain that both research/data providers and procurement researchers should note.   The…

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Market Intelligence Hub ‘ProcureSearch’ Adds New Resources and Functionality

Market Intelligence Hub ‘ProcureSearch’ Adds New Resources and Functionality ProcureSearch BOSTON – Dec. 5, 2017 – PRLog — ProcureSearch, the free, open-access market intelligence resource hub, has just been updated…

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Announcing the Launch of ProcureSearch!

Announcing the Launch of ProcureSearch! ProcureSearch is an open access hub that lists and updates key supply market intelligence resources. In 2014, Kelly Barner and I published Supply Market Intelligence for…

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Evaluating Packaged Market Research Providers

Packaged market research reports are created by providers that compile and analyze data. This valuable information is considered secondary research, because it involves the use of existing data and is sold…

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