Procurement Tactics

JULY 2, 2023

Budget Control When it comes to maintaining budgetary control throughout the entire procurement process, job orders are crucial. Managers and businesses may be able to monitor their expenditures in comparison with the approved and allocated budget by indicating expected costs and financial parameters in a job order. A clear budget 4.

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ivalua

AUGUST 5, 2020

Line level multi-tax treatment and budget allocation templates that reduce effort. The AP journey starts even before the Supplier Invoice is received, and before the Supplier’s billing team generates the invoice, it begins with the Buyer’s Order. Improves efficiency by allowing the Supplier to flag the buyer.

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Spend Matters

OCTOBER 14, 2024

and its solution for Sourcing, Contracts, Procurement, AP Automation, Vendor Onboarding, Budgets, Reporting & Analytics and Vendor Risk Management. is sensitive to customers’ strict budget controls, providing tiered contracting which allows users to pay per quantity or level of a product/service. To potential buyers — Zapro.ai

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TYA Suite

MAY 3, 2025

PO) is a formal document created by a buyer to request goods or services from a supplier. Once the supplier accepts the PO, it becomes a legally binding agreement between both parties, ensuring that the buyer receives what they ordered under the agreed-upon conditions.

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SCMDOJO

MARCH 24, 2025

A favorable variance indicates that the company is spending less than planned, whereas a positive outcome means the company is spending more than the planned budget. 2) Planning & Budgeting Planning is a crucial part of any business activity. However, its impact is typically greater on the buyer than on the supplier.

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Additionally, a purpose-built solution will enable you to measure and monitor buyer adherence to compliance purchasing, ensuring your team is taking advantage of preferred items and reaping the rewards of the contracts you have in place. In fact, 74% of ERP implementations go Over Budget and they take longer to roll out.

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Skill Dynamics

JANUARY 14, 2025

Finance and Cost Management Being able to efficiently and effectively manage and control procurement budgets and general costs will lead to stronger financial control across your business , increased cost efficiencies, and a better allocation of resources, which allows you to enhance profitability and improve your team.

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Spend Matters

OCTOBER 9, 2023

To the buyer — Brex eliminates expense reporting through use of document collection and AI and removes the need for approvals through its ‘Live Budgets’ approach which embeds policies in the budget. Disclosure Statement: Spend Matters is currently a customer of Brex and uses its products for internal business operations.

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Jaggaer

MARCH 20, 2025

Community colleges, public universities, and private institutions alike must navigate the potential for budget cuts, shifts in federal aid programs, and changing regulatory requirements. Budget Shortfalls First, the good news. Here are seven challenges that your institution might be tackling: 1.

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Arkestro

MARCH 27, 2024

Resources / Blog / Unleashing the Power of Procurement Buyers: Delving into this Impactful Role Unleashing the Power of Procurement Buyers: Delving into this Impactful Role Buyers have always played an important role in the procurement industry, helping organizations obtain goods and maintain a careful balance of speed, cost-efficiency, and quality.

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Procurement Express

MARCH 9, 2025

If your company relies on vendors, an efficient purchase order (PO) system is essential for keeping cash flow predictable and preventing budget surprises. A purchase order (PO ) is a commercial document issued by a buyer to a seller, indicating the types, quantities, and agreed prices for products or services. The good news?

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Procurement Tactics

JUNE 8, 2023

A purchase order clearly specifies the details of the purchase, such as the quantity, description, and price, ensuring there are no misunderstandings between the buyer and the seller. Also, purchase orders play a crucial role in budget control. To simplify, an invoice is like a bill that tells the buyer how much they owe to the seller.

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Spend Matters

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Procurement also has to deal with maverick spend, and persuading employees, buyers and suppliers not to get around the adopted process is hard when its an easier option than sticking to sometimes archaic systems and elongated processes. Adoption will not happen automatically.

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Supply Chain Brain

OCTOBER 16, 2022

The lull in purchasing has worsened throughout the year as high inflation, rising labor costs and recession fears have triggered a reassessment of procurement budgets.

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Spend Matters

APRIL 15, 2025

Thats where AI steps in, offering a proactive approach to predicting supplier lead times and optimizing demand forecasts for buyers. Supply chain disruptions whether from geopolitical shifts, weather events or logistical breakdowns are nearly impossible for humans to predict alone.

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ivalua

MARCH 5, 2020

Sometimes action can be taken by the buyer that either does not affect the supplier or just requires their agreement. But most of the initiatives that have real value require collaboration between buyer and supplier (or supply chain ).

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The Thomas Blog

JULY 6, 2022

The industry's most trusted sourcing platform at Thomasnet.com hosts more than 500,000 North American suppliers and brings millions of buyers each month. In fact, every second, a supplier is evaluated by a buyer on the platform. Our sales have gone up exponentially compared to our increases in our ad budget.

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Procurement Tactics

MARCH 23, 2023

In this sourcing phase, you will need to gather all the information regarding the budget, lead times, and order quantities. The supplier completes the purchase order and will send the goods to the buyer. After this, the supplier will send a digital invoice that states the amount to be paid by the buyer.

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Procurement Software

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

The procuretech space is dominated by solutions geared towards larger enterprises with substantial budgets. In some cases, “procurement” may just mean they’re reliant on a sole, administrative buyer role in their organisation. We want to democratise access to procurement tech for those who don’t have a budget.

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Procurement Software

MARCH 16, 2025

Three-way communication between Buyers, Stakeholders and Suppliers avoids the need for unnecessary emails. Of course, it also requires the right skills in your team to enable operational and tactical buyers to step up and perform more strategic work. Digital procurement tools are the enabler to free up time for these.

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Una

DECEMBER 20, 2022

To drive more SUM within your organization, you’ll also have to focus on encouraging buyers to choose the right vendors. Buyers are often authorized to make certain low-value purchases or claim expenses (e.g. Buyers are often authorized to make certain low-value purchases or claim expenses (e.g. Proper purchase authorization.

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Una

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Internal buyers consider existing processes to be too tedious and/or confusing. Internal buyers are unaware of existing processes. Curbing maverick spending and encouraging buyers to spend with preferred suppliers is best achieved through educating the workforce. Enforcing this rule can result in major purchasing bottlenecks.

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Procurement Insights

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Kelly Barner (Buyers Meeting Point) Strengths : Accessible and pragmatic advice for procurement professionals. If budget allows, McKinsey and Gartner offer unparalleled depth for large-scale needs. Opinions can be polarizing or overly critical for traditional organizations.

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Procurement Tactics

AUGUST 25, 2022

Trillion budget. . Her company, Tealbook, is a supplier intelligence platform with the power to change the way buyers obtain supplier data. She is also a regular guest on popular procurement podcasts and blogs such as the Buyers Meeting Point, Art of Procurement, and Procurious.

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Spend Matters

JUNE 21, 2023

But over the next 20 years, we gradually saw clearer regulation and guidance about the use of these important tools for public sector buyers. Frameworks became a useful tool, saving time, resources and money, because buyers did not have to run an entirely new, advertised and open process every time they wished to make a purchase.

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Spend Matters

JUNE 5, 2023

To potential buyers — ebidtopay covers the basic needs of the S2P process and does so at an affordable price point, making it a strong contender for anyone who needs comprehensive support but lacks a large budget. Read more. )

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Procurement Insights

APRIL 15, 2025

Key Features: Practitioner-Led: Agents (DND buyers) own workflows to teach self-learning algorithms. CLOSING THOUGHTS: ProcureTechs Role vs. Enterprise Reality: Vendors like Coupa or GEP cant fully control enterprise variablescultural resistance, budget constraints, or IT bottlenecks.

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Procurement Insights

MAY 13, 2025

With some tech, you can break down the problem and reduce the chances of it occurring. With some tech, you can break down the problem and reduce the chances of it occurring.

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Spend Matters

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Some cite budget constraints, some cite dealing with legacy systems, some cite getting senior management support, some simply don’t know where to start with a business case and others don’t know what systems to go for or what they actually need. One quarter of buyers are spending the equivalent of one day every week researching IT purchases.

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Planergy

MARCH 18, 2025

Common disruptions such as economic instability, vendor delays, natural disasters, and supply shortages uniquely challenge schools due to tight budgets and rigid schedules. The schools procurement team ensures schools can order the necessary items while maintaining the budget and standards. directly impact procurement budgets.

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Procurement Insights

MARCH 16, 2025

Contextualized Spend Analysis & Cost Optimization AI models use MCP to remember previous spend categories, budget constraints, and organizational purchasing behavior. Improved Cost Savings AI-driven spend analysis and supplier recommendations optimize procurement budgets.

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ivalua

AUGUST 1, 2019

Nitor, the leader in source-to-pay transformation, and Ivalua, a leading provider of global Spend Management Cloud Solutions , announced the successful launch of the Maryland Department of General Services’ new e-procurement system, eMaryland Marketplace Advantage (eMMA), which deployed on schedule and on budget.

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Procurement Heads

JANUARY 30, 2023

I am an IT Buyer and procure software and hardware. We practised timed negotiation and this also involved multi-variables such as budget, payment terms etc. For the latest of Procurement Heads ‘ Futureheads series, Harsh spoke to Dan Goodson about his procurement career journey. Negotiation is a hobby for me.

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Spend Matters

JUNE 19, 2023

budget compliance and inventory availability), enable effective spend, preferred supplier and category management. PO orchestration The ability to optimize ordering efficiency while supporting category needs and remaining compliant with budgets, contracts and accounting.

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ivalua

OCTOBER 29, 2019

The answer to the question posed above is that the public sector’s stakeholders – the general public and/or their constituents – have a different ‘right to service’ expectation than distributed buyers or budget owners in a corporation. Jurisdictions and agencies have unique needs that must be met by the technology they implement. .

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ivalua

AUGUST 17, 2021

With line level multi-tax treatment and budget allocation templates that reduce effort AP automation rates can reach way above 70%. Now selected suppliers can upload a PDF invoice in the free portal, check all the content is correct, append that missing PO or tag the buyer, before matching the invoice to the receipt or order.

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ivalua

JULY 24, 2019

I am extremely proud of the team effort between the Departments of General Services, Information Technology, Budget and Management, and Transportation, as well as the guidance of Lt. eMMA will allow buyers to collaborate with vendors from the bidding and contracting process all the way through the purchasing process.

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