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What Makes a Supplier Strategic?

Una

We need to focus on those that are critical for maintaining a reliable supply chain, optimizing costs, driving innovation, improving efficiency , and supporting strategic objectives. They are usually readily available in the market, and their purchase does not significantly affect the company’s profitability.

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Time to Look into the Future of Procurement!

Supply Chain Game Changer

And What is Purchasing? From the starting point of the traditional buy-sell, transaction-based purchasing, the practice has moved through stages of change that redefines most aspect of the business. This can be achieved through reduction in prices of purchased products & services and reduction in their specific consumption.

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Let’s Get Digital: Introducing your Source-to-Pay Guide

ivalua

Downstream activities include e-procurement , purchase orders, invoice automation and accounts payable and payment processes. Purchasing is also where value is captured (i.e., Purchasing is also where value is captured (i.e., An Analysis by Ivalua Read More : What is Source to Pay Best Practice?

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