ivalua

MARCH 1, 2022

ACT AS A STRATEGIC ADVISOR TO THE BUSINESS . Procurement teams will be empowering a strategy advisor to provide a framework for how to leverage technology, retain talent, and drive sustainable value. Preparing for these future inflationary changes requires strong negotiation capabilities and long-term resilience. .

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Procurement Tactics

APRIL 5, 2023

Procurement Strategy Course Take the lead with our proven 5-step procurement strategy 3. Demand from investors, stakeholders, and consumers Many people nowadays are mindful of how much a company can impact the environment and society through its operation and products.

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Una

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Laura is the Director of Business Academy Online, specializing in CIPS procurement training, negotiation, influencing, and emotional intelligence. In this episode of The Sourcing Hero podcast, Host Kelly Barner welcomes Laura Scarfe.

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The Supplier Experience

DECEMBER 13, 2022

David is a procurement practitioner who has spent nearly twenty years working in a number of organizations both in the public and private sectors. After gaining experience, David went on to establish his own business, Procurated , which connects public sector buyers with peer-reviewed suppliers.

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TYA Suite

JANUARY 27, 2025

Continuous improvement ensures that the system remains effective and aligned with the evolving needs of the business. Procurement Management Software Helps Real Estate Companies solution that caters to the unique needs of real estate companies.

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ivalua

DECEMBER 6, 2022

With establishing end-to-end process ownership at Procurement and structuring cross-functional collaboration between Businesses, Procurement, and Finance, it is also time to revitalize your performance measures. The latter is a much stronger predictor of future performance levels but is usually overlooked.

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Procurement Tactics

JULY 2, 2023

Supplier Selection Another key factor to consider when making a successful job order is by identifying the right supplier for your procurement. Procurement professionals can assess the prospective suppliers on the basis of their ability and commitment to comply with the criteria and metrics need for your business procurement needs.

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Procurement Insights

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Specifically, that “efficient world-class supply management practice should involve multiple internal and external stakeholders” because “a successful source-to-settle workflow must look at the entire ecosystem that connects sourcing and procurement to accounts payable and treasury.” ” Mary Zampino.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 26, 2020

With the promise of future business awards Procurement is largely responsible for finding and qualifying potential new suppliers. Once there is a pool of suppliers Procurement conducts and leads the quotation and supplier selection process culminating in the award of business.

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Una

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

81% believe more internal support is needed from within their businesses to realize digital transformation fully. And 50% aim to move to a business procurement-centric organization , acting as advisory consultants and business partners rather than executing routine processes.

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Procurement Insights

AUGUST 14, 2024

While these moves might make sense from a financial standpoint, they often lead to a period of turmoil for the customers who rely on these solutions to run their businesses. Procurement leaders must approach this new reality with a strategic mindset.

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Procurement Tactics

JUNE 22, 2023

Procurement Strategy Take the lead with our proven 5-step procurement strategy 3. Sustainable Procurement Maintain high profitability while moving toward sustainability 4.  Menu Course Library 1. Negotiation Course Learn from industry experts who negotiated billion $ deals 2.

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Procurement Insights

MAY 18, 2025

EDITOR’S NOTE: The following are the details for an upcoming Webinar on “Reinventing Procurement” that I will be attending. As the world enters a new era of economic volatility, technological disruption, and geopolitical instability, procurement is once again at the epicenter of change.

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Procurement Insights

MARCH 27, 2025

ABOUT PGSCP With 163,933 members, PGSCP is one of the oldest and first LinkedIn groups created for procurement professionals and the industry. Without revealing actual details, have you been part of or witnessed a failed ProcureTech initiative?

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Jaggaer

JUNE 28, 2024

Despite the improved economic outlook, half of procurement and finance professionals report that inflation, recession risk, and monetary policy changes are having a major or severe impact on their business.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 14, 2021

At their root, these two roles coexist with conflicting purposes, but function stronger together than they do apart, as they are — at times — seemingly contrary forces that actually are complementary, interconnected, and interdependent in any business. Procurement is fundamentally centered around the act of acquisition and/or buying.

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World of Procurement blog

APRIL 23, 2024

This ease of use is critical in ensuring that businesses can fully benefit from the software's capabilities without facing a steep learning curve. SMB Software For small to medium-sized businesses, procurement software can be a game-changer.

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World of Procurement blog

APRIL 23, 2024

This ease of use is critical in ensuring that businesses can fully benefit from the software's capabilities without facing a steep learning curve. SMB Software For small to medium-sized businesses, procurement software can be a game-changer.

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Procurement Insights

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

In ProcureTech , the phrase “Cant build a house on a cracked foundation” means you cannot successfully implement AI-driven procurement solutions (or digital transformation) if the underlying procurement processes, data, and strategy are flawed. Key Applications in ProcureTech 1.

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Una

MAY 2, 2023

The basics of small business procurement “Realistically, a company should consider putting formal procurement in place as they scale up, [although] scaling up could mean different things for different businesses.” says Chandhrika.

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Barkers Procurement

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Optimising your procurement department When it comes to optimising a procurement department of any size, the strategic alignment of the procurement with the strategic goals of the business is essential. This is a fundamental part of our approach to optimising procurement within any business.

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Barkers Procurement

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Why A Procurement Managed Service Can Transform Your Business Procurement is about more than just acquiring goods and services at the right time and at the best price for your business. You have to plan your procurement and align it with the overarching goals of the organisaton.

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Procurement Insights

MARCH 27, 2025

For this case study (or, if you prefer, test case), I assumed the role of a practitioner and ProcureTech solution provider, leveraging the power of Generative AI to do three things: Research and identify a potential ProcureTech solution provider partner Create a Mock Request For Proposal (RFP) Create the RFP response from the identified ProcureTech (..)

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TYA Suite

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Procurement as an important function for small businesses Procurement, which is the act of buying of goods or services by a company has grown into a full-fledge activity of tracking and selecting the right tools in order to be profitable.

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Positive Purchasing

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Secondly, in terms of sustainability, understand what your business objectives are. Third, can we in procurement stop talking to ourselves and start engaging with others who are part of the business? If you don’t, you are going to struggle.

Sustainability 52

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Skill Dynamics

OCTOBER 26, 2022

It comes as very little surprise that training is increasingly a priority for busy procurement departments,” comments Sam Pemberton, CEO, Skill Dynamics. Over half (55%) of senior professionals anticipate the training budget for FY 23/24 increasing, on average, by 34.75%. “It

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Procurement Insights

APRIL 25, 2025

As both a practitioner, provider, and industry analyst with 43 years in high-tech and procurement, I was recently asked the following two questions: Are you suggesting that you could do a better job of reversing the high generational failure rate of ProcureTech solutions?

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Procurement Software

OCTOBER 1, 2024

But without the basics, your team is like a sailing crew without a compass. We’ve covered on previous podcasts and in past articles some of the challenges.

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Una

JUNE 6, 2024

One powerful way procurement can contribute is through intentional supplier selection and management. By prioritizing local and minority-owned businesses , procurement can ensure that a company’s economic impact stays within the community.

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Barkers Procurement

JUNE 21, 2023

An effective BSM platform will facilitate users to manage suppliers in a consistent way and lead to better contract management, all of which will drive savings and value. In a busy Procurement function, it’s not inconceivable that contract expirations may be missed resulting in less than favourable terms for the organisation.

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Zycus Cognitive Procurement

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Improving Supply Chain Sustainability : According to Amazon’s State of Business Procurement – 63% of B2B buyers mention improving sustainability in purchasing practices as the top goal. This can be achieved through a combination of green logistics practices and initiatives that reduce energy consumption and waste generation.

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Procurify

MAY 24, 2022

As many as 95 percent of firms adopted technology in their procurement and supply practices according to the CIPS’ 2020 Digitisation in Procurement and Supply Report. . You need to create an e-procurement strategy that will guide your business procurement and supply processes.

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Procurement Insights

MAY 1, 2025

The Short Answer Adding The Largest Proprietary Historic Procurement Industry Archives to Procurement Insights would significantly enhance its value proposition and impact its cost-to-value assessment in several important ways: Competitive Differentiation and Unique Value Unmatched Industry Memory: Procurement Insights would become the only advisory (..)

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SCMDOJO

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Learn more about different types of positions included in the procurement function and read up on all the different roles and their job descriptions in this blog. What is procurement in business? It encompasses various functions, including sourcing, supplier selection, negotiations, and contract management.

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Procurement Insights

JANUARY 22, 2025

Holly S Glennon , your comment reminded me of the following Procurement Insights post from this past fall – [link] The numbers and case studies suggest that unless we adopt a human-led agent-based development and implementation model, the generational failure rates of previous technology breakthroughs will continue or even increase in the AI (..)

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Una

JUNE 22, 2023

Taking an Advisory Approach to Procurement An inside look at how Una, the nation’s fastest growing group purchasing organization, works to take an advisory approach to procurement.

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HICX

MARCH 10, 2023

Three steps stand out, by which the broader business, Procurement and all suppliers can achieve mutual success. For business leaders to reach this point, here’s a plan of action… First, work with the CPO to assemble a legion of loyal leaders. Take inspiration from the pioneers and drive change.

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