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Believe It Or Not, Procurement Impacts Every Single Person

ivalua

If you live in a city, state or country, which everybody does, your life and the lives of your family and friends is impacted directly by Procurement. No, I’m not referring to the Procurement department of your company (although, if Ivalua has anything to do about it, there are lots of interesting things happening there too).

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Counterintuitive strategies to navigate the recession: Part 2

Zycus Cognitive Procurement

In good times, operating leverage (ratio of fixed and variable costs) can supercharge profit growth. However, in times of growth, new costs and expenses also tend to creep in, and over time, these costs harden and morph into fixed cost structures. You may provide better demand visibility to the vendor partner.

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Unilever Gains Visibility & Control Over the Most Unpredictable Spend Category

Jaggaer

Over time, this engagement has expanded globally and is still focused on one of the most testing categories of sourcing and contract management within procurement: transport and logistics. These should provide end users with visibility across their assigned scope. The Solution. Building Robust Analytics Dashboards.

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Procurement KPIs: 22 Essential Metrics for Tracking and Visualizing Procurement Performance

Pipefy

Definition of procurement KPIs Key performance indicators (KPIs) are measurements of the efficacy of a business department, process, or strategy. Procurement KPIs continually measure the progress of all things related to buying and obtaining goods and services necessary for a business’ operation.

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Procurement vs. Acquisition: What’s the Real Difference?

Pipefy

While often used interchangeably, procurement and acquisition are two distinct resource strategies that fulfill two different needs with the help of various processes. Build better workflows with the Definitive Guide to Workflow Management Download now What is procurement? Is acquisition part of procurement? In a word, yes!

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A Guide to Cloud Procurement

Pipefy

As businesses complete their digital transformation and move away from complex (and often manual) legacy systems, modern procurement solutions are rapidly replacing traditional methods. Build a more efficient procurement with the Definitive Guide to P2P Optimization Download free guide What is cloud procurement?

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7 Best Procurement Tools to Streamline Your Business Processes

Pipefy

Many organizations have implemented software automation tools that allow them to get more done at a lower cost, but procurement is one area that has lagged behind in this trend. According to Amazon’s 2024 State of Procurement report, 95% of decision makers believe that procurement has room for optimization.