ivalua

JUNE 5, 2025

Technology unifies procurement and purchasing, improving visibility, compliance, and workflow automation. Procurement is the end-to-end process of identifying business needs, sourcing goods and services, negotiating contracts, and managing supplier relationships over time. What is Procurement?

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ivalua

JUNE 9, 2025

Learn about Ivalua’s AI-powered virtual assistant and how it can help you save time, reduce risk and improve decision-making across the source-to-pay lifecycle. Inefficiencies are baked into the procurement process, wasting time and budget while leaving the door open to errors such as missed deadlines or incorrect orders.

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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. It is not only reducing spending on spare parts and improving inventory management, it is helping manufacturers create digital twins of their machinery to anticipate breakdowns before they happen.

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TYA Suite

OCTOBER 27, 2024

With automated systems, purchase orders can be generated based on predefined criteria, such as inventory levels or specific triggers, ensuring timely and accurate procurement. Procurement management tools offer features that enable businesses to track supplier performance, manage communications, and evaluate vendor reliability.

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Procurement Insights

JANUARY 3, 2025

Here’s a breakdown of the shifts over this period: 2011: Procurement as a Tactical Function Primary Focus on Cost Savings : In 2011, CFOs largely viewed procurement as a cost-control function , tasked with negotiating contracts, reducing spend, and maintaining compliance with budgets.

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SCMDOJO

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Comprehensive Curriculum: MCIPS covers a broad spectrum of topics, from procurement principles and strategies to contract management, negotiation, and ethical considerations. The interactive approach caters to learners who want to develop practical skills and gain real-world insights.

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TYA Suite

JUNE 22, 2025

It helps procurement teams make informed decisions by offering insights into areas such as spend patterns, supplier performance, contract compliance, pricing trends, and sourcing risks. Common KPIs include cost savings, supplier lead times, contract compliance rates, cycle times, and supplier risk scores.

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Jaggaer

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Optimizing source-to-paythrough digital transformation streamlines every stage of your procurement strategy, improving visibility, efficiency, and collaboration. These begin with enhanced visibility. Digital S2P platforms provide real-time insights into supplier performance, contract compliance, and spending patterns.

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HICX

JUNE 9, 2025

These may include processes related to: Supplier evaluation Supplier onboarding Performance tracking, Supplier risk management Contract analysis By automating repetitive tasks and analyzing large datasets, AI improves efficiency, reduces errors, and enhances decision-making. What is the use of AI in supply chain management?

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Procurement Express

DECEMBER 31, 2024

It integrates with cost accounting systems to track spending, ensures smoother workflows for accounts payable and accounts receivable, and provides real-time visibility into purchasing activities. By providing real-time insights, it helps businesses identify unnecessary spending and make informed decisions to optimize budgets.

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Pipefy

APRIL 22, 2025

If youre in procurement or supply chain, chances are youve wondered: How can I rethink this process, make smarter decisions, and still save time? Automation within the source-to-pay (S2P) cycle from sourcing to payment is redefining how businesses handle suppliers, contracts, quotes, and payments. Procurement automation.

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Jaggaer

MARCH 6, 2025

Harnessing Advanced Technologies & Proving Benefit Modern procurement systems must integrate advanced technologies to streamline processes and enhance decision-making: Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML): AI and ML are now indispensable for automating repetitive tasks, such as supplier evaluations and contract management.

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Procurement Insights

MAY 22, 2025

Core Platform and Capabilities Third Party Operating System (OS) Digital Backbone: Certas platform acts as a single, modular, and scalable operating system for managing all third-party relationships, including suppliers, customers, and partners. SAP GRC Real-time GRC and risk management for SAP-centric organizations.

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Planergy

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

While less visible, these procurement areas are crucial for maintaining a functional educational environment. This involves consulting educators, administrators, and department heads to identify specific needs, performance expectations, and budget constraints. Though it makes budgeting a bit more complex , its often worth it.

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Procurement Express

DECEMBER 31, 2024

In this article, we’ll go over a few ways to improve the process: education, gaining spend visibility , categorizing spend by supplier or department, etc. What Happens When Indirect Spend Isnt Managed? Facilities management : Maintenance, cleaning, and security services. Know your numbers and set clear budgets.

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TYA Suite

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

From reducing fraud to improving and automating contract management, blockchain is shaping the future of procurement in ways previously unimaginable. This transparency is a game-changer because it enables all parties to view the same information in real time. This level of visibility is invaluable for several reasons.

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Procurement Insights

JULY 2, 2025

Master Data Fragmentation Challenge: Multiple legacy systems (ERP, AP, sourcing, and vendor master) result in siloed and inconsistent data across suppliers, SKUs, categories, and contracts. Impact on Procurement/Supply Chain: Poor spend visibility Duplication of supplier records Missed volume discounts or bundled sourcing 2.

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Procurement Insights

JULY 1, 2025

Fit Score Link : This translates into high Fit Score alignment in areas like cross-functional collaboration, tech interoperability, and strategic sourcing visibility. risk management, ESG compliance), providers can increase their appeal to enterprises navigating complex challenges.

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TYA Suite

JANUARY 27, 2025

The real estate industry, characterized by intricate processes and substantial investments, constantly seeks ways to enhance efficiency, reduce costs, and ensure timely project completion. From sourcing construction materials to hiring contractors, a well-organized is essential for timely project completion and cost control.

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TYA Suite

MAY 3, 2025

Another feature to prioritize is real-time data analytics and reporting. This level of analysis helps organizations make informed decisions quickly, cutting down on time-consuming vendor meetings and negotiations. Automation cuts down on errors and gives your team more time to focus on what really matters.

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

It also has an impact on procurement teams as they are responsible for managing supplier relationships, identifying opportunities for cost savings, and ensuring that goods and services are delivered on time and within budget. Are you using any tools or solutions to help you manage your spend?

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Sustainable master data management and governance: As much as 55% of projects fail due to data management issues. ERP solutions often lack robust capabilities around managing all of the data attributes for products and vendors, and cannot update them in real time or in an automated fashion. The post ERP vs.

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

It also has an impact on procurement teams as they are responsible for managing supplier relationships, identifying opportunities for cost savings, and ensuring that goods and services are delivered on time and within budget. This ensures contracts remain favorable and all stakeholders comply with negotiated terms.

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World of Procurement blog

MAY 8, 2024

Introduction to Contract Management Contract management is the process of systematically and efficiently managing contract creation, execution, and analysis to maximize operational and financial performance at an organization. Lease agreements - Contracts for renting equipment, real estate, vehicles, etc.

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Procurement Templates

JUNE 18, 2023

ChatGPT Inflation refers to the general increase in prices of goods and services in an economy over time, resulting in a decrease in the purchasing power of money. These indices track the average price changes of a basket of goods and services over time. Budgetary pressures: High inflation can disrupt budget planning and forecasting.

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Procurement Software

JUNE 20, 2023

The contract management software market is hot right now. Organisations seem to have finally realised that they’ve suffered from having a “desk drawer” approach to contracts. Being able to manage your contracts in one place, author them, approve them and sign them is a massive productivity boost.

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Procurement Heads

JANUARY 30, 2023

Procurement is more about contract management and negotiating great commercials for your business. The roles were different in nature as one involved closely managing warehouse colleagues whereas IT procurement is more office-based and strategic. CIPS is valuable because it allows you to apply your theory to the real world.

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Procurement Software

MAY 16, 2023

It may feel like P2P suites are the sole preserve of large enterprises with huge budgets. The software automates workflows and approvals, manages supplier catalogues, and provides real-time analytics for better decision-making. The platform includes P2P modules such as purchasing, vendor management and invoice management.

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Spend Matters

MARCH 26, 2024

The trials of traditional spend management technologies Traditional spend management technologies often present a myriad of challenges that impede efficiency and productivity. Employees may find themselves spending valuable time trying to decipher how to complete tasks within the system, detracting from their core responsibilities.

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Spend Matters

JUNE 19, 2023

They also improve access to contract information and drive more effective and timely purchasing decisions through the re-use of information to create contract terms and notifications of when to take critical actions. Click to enlarge Another primary Contract Lifecycle Management use case is the unlocking of financial value.

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Una

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

It’s not a matter of if IT spend should be managed, but who should be the one managing such a significant portion of a company’s budget. It’s impossible to have the most current or newest application implemented at all times. IT spending is expected to reach $4.4 Data Driven Decision Making. Look Beyond Cost.

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Arkestro

APRIL 25, 2023

The workforce shortage reached half a million this year , and many sectors continue to grapple with increased lead times, and volatile material costs. At the same time, the number of young, able-bodied construction workers has decreased by 8% over the past decade, further exacerbating the industry’s labor shortage.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

APRIL 4, 2024

Conversely, it has a larger scope than task management, which deals with individual tasks, and project management, which handles one-time initiatives. By establishing standardized workflows and decision rules, BPM streamlines the claims process by reducing processing times and minimizing errors.

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Jaggaer

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

S2P solutions provide other opportunities such as risk avoidance in terms of contract management, smarter data analytics and more intuitive supplier management (with the help of AI-enabled capabilities). Check out these top benefits of S2P: Increased Flexibility: Organizations vary in size, budget, and requirements.

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Pipefy

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Procurement solutions encompass a wide range of specific functions due to the many aspects of the procurement process, including purchase requests centralization, procure-to-pay, sourcing, budget management, supplier management, and forecasting. What are e-procurement tools? The features of these solutions can vary widely.

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Una

JULY 6, 2022

A guide to exploring the benefits of working with a group purchasing organization to save money, time and effort. GPOs also bring balance to the negotiating equation because they already have relationships and contracts in place with vendors and suppliers. Benefits of a Group Purchasing Organization. Savings and beyond.

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Barkers Procurement

APRIL 7, 2025

While it had served its purpose, this was a chance to modernise, unlocking cost savings, efficiency, and better spend visibility. Manual processes, like closing purchase orders and managing supplier data, were slow and cumbersome. Change wasnt just necessaryit was essential. As a charity, transparency was critical.

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