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title: Commodity Management Reimagined Blog | Mary DeFilippe (5)
description: Mary is the director of marketing communications at Eka. Her responsibilities at Eka include writing articles, white papers, press releases, and other content. She has more than 20 years of B2B experience in business development and marketing communications.  (5)
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## Mary DeFilippe

![Mary DeFilippe](http://info.ekaplus.com/hubfs/Mary%20DeFilippe%20headshot-1.jpg)

Mary is the director of marketing communications at Eka. Her responsibilities at Eka include writing articles, white papers, press releases, and other content. She has more than 20 years of B2B experience in business development and marketing communications.

### Recent Posts

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## [Today, More Than Ever, Collaboration Is King](https://blog.eka1.com/blog/today-more-than-ever-collaboration-is-king)

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## [Hedging Alone Can't Save Manufacturers from Risk](https://blog.eka1.com/blog/hedging-alone-cant-save-manufacturers-from-risk)

commodity procurement, procurement, procurement risk

![procurmeent risk image 6.14](https://info.ekaplus.com/hubfs/Updated%20case%20studies,%20app%20sheets%20May%202018/procurmeent%20risk%20image%206.14.png)

## [Five Steps to Procurement Risk Excellence](https://blog.eka1.com/blog/five-steps-to-procurement-risk-excellence)

procurement

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## [Can Artificial Intelligence Fuel Growth for Energy Companies?](https://blog.eka1.com/blog/can-artificial-intelligence-ai-fuel-growth-for-energy-companies)

ETRM, ETRM software, analytics, digital transformation

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## [Can Blockchain Solve Two of Agriculture's Biggest Challenges?](https://blog.eka1.com/blog/can-blockchain-solve-two-of-agricultures-biggest-challenges)

agriculture, digital transformation

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## [Are You Plagued by These Procurement Challenges?](https://blog.eka1.com/blog/are-you-plagued-by-these-procurement-challenges)

procurement

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## [Combat Disease, Pests, and Drought with Digital Agriculture](https://blog.eka1.com/blog/coffee-farmers-combat-disease-pests-and-climate-change-with-digital-agriculture)

agriculture, digital transformation

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## [Global Force in Advanced Biofuels Embraces Advanced Analytics](https://blog.eka1.com/blog/renewable-energy-group-improves-efficiency-with-eka-analytics)

analytics, energy

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## [Mexico – the New Energy Frontier](https://blog.eka1.com/blog/mexico-the-new-energy-frontier-requires-etrm)

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## [Is 2018 the Year Commodities Industries Become Digital Businesses?](https://blog.eka1.com/blog/is-2018-the-year-commodities-industries-become-digital-businesses)

big data, analytics, digital transformation

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