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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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. Procurement is also responsible to suppliers.

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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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Procurement Insights

MARCH 27, 2025

Our procurement team manages purchasing for raw materials, packaging, equipment, indirect services, and contract manufacturing. Company Background Byrne Dairy is a fourth-generation, family-owned dairy company headquartered in Central New York. We produce milk, yogurt, and other dairy products for retail and food service.

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Procurement Tactics

JUNE 22, 2023

ChatGPT & AI Use ChatGPT to automate procurement processes Access To All Unlimited access to all courses & templates Platform For Teams Procurement Tactics For Teams Where procurement teams build better skills, faster Procurement Boot Camp Targeted skill-building programs Negotiation Masterclass Increase your ROI on important deals Pricing (..)

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Una

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The survey also found: 87% prioritize building data teams to gain predictive insights and deploy new technologies. 81% believe more internal support is needed from within their businesses to realize digital transformation fully. 5 Benefits of digital transformation in procurement.

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Jaggaer

JUNE 28, 2024

These investments, however, aren’t going far enough: Over 40% of procurement teams state manual and inefficient processes hold them back from fully addressing the C-suite’s critical business priorities. Procurement and supply chain professionals are emerging as enterprise linchpins.

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Arkestro

MARCH 2, 2023

Procurement has already survived the hectic times of COVID, and many people in the industry are feeling economic anxiety for what’s to come. So, how can you prepare your procurement team for an impending recession? Is procurement heading for a recession? Procurement teams have learned a lot in the past several years.

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Arkestro

MARCH 2, 2023

Procurement has already survived the hectic times of COVID, and many people in the industry are feeling economic anxiety for what’s to come. So, how can you prepare your procurement team for an impending recession? Is procurement heading for a recession? Procurement teams have learned a lot in the past several years.

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Una

JUNE 6, 2024

It’s a critical but often overlooked aspect of running a successful, sustainable business. And as the example above illustrates, it’s an area where procurement teams can play a vital role. One powerful way procurement can contribute is through intentional supplier selection and management.

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Pipefy

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

What this means for procurement This growing interest and investment in BPA software is good news for procurement teams. Digital automation optimization helps procurement teams achieve this type of resiliency by simplifying process automation and making it easier for teams to modify and improve their procurement workflows.

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Claritum

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Why would or should Procurement be involved in these transactions? The Procurement team need only to be able to monitor and report as needed on the flow of purchasing transactions. The focus on strategy means that your Procurement team is now operating in a command and control role, as opposed to service role.

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Procurement Software

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Yes, there was some sourcing and supplier management involved as part of the team’s activity. We’re in 2024, and procurement teams are still getting trapped in administrative work and firefighting. Why does Procurement get labelled as a back office function? Fast forward 25 years.

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Pipefy

DECEMBER 18, 2023

In analyzing each of these drivers for adopting process automation software and getting to the root of these results, it’s clear that procurement teams are in need of a solution that not only improves day-to-day operations but also future process demands as they arise — independent of IT and without compromising agility.

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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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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. Indirect spend categories , however, are often neglected by procurement teams for various reasons.

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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. They need to be realistic and pick a place to start – but where? “In

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HICX

MARCH 10, 2023

The millions, billions, of data entries that result, disturbs the supply chain view and stops Procurement from automating workflows. All considered, can procurement teams really expect to receive the best work from suppliers? The manual processes that remain make life hard for suppliers. What about trustworthy data?

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Pipefy

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

This is essential for strategic sourcing , a critical process for developing various channels of supply that helps procurement teams leverage their purchasing power and secure better deals. At this point, the procurement team now takes control of the process.

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World of Procurement blog

JANUARY 19, 2022

With solutions such as Tealbook , which creates a supplier data foundation that isn’t dependent on a supplier going into a portal and updating information, we will see a shift in procurement teams opting for options such as this. I’ve personally spent 6 and a half years in Procurement and Supply Chain now.

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Procurement Insights

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

However, when introduced at the right time, technology did accelerate and expand the capabilities of the procurement team to the point that within 18 months, the FTE requirement was dramatically reduced, while delivery performance improved from a 51% next-day SLA to a contract-compliant 97% next day.

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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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Claritum

AUGUST 4, 2020

should Procurement be involved in these transactions? The Procurement team need only to be able to monitor and report as. According to the Hackett Group’s analysis of its procurement. benchmarking database, world-class procurement organizations have a. The focus on strategy means that your Procurement team is now.

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Positive Purchasing

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

First, if you want to be creative in your role, start experimenting with other industries and networking with different types of procurement teams. Secondly, in terms of sustainability, understand what your business objectives are. Secondly, in terms of sustainability, understand what your business objectives are.

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Claritum

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Procurement needs to transform and continue to transform to align to the business. Procurement has to move away from a transaction based function and become an advisory resource. The Category Manager needs to become more integrated into key business processes and more consultative in nature. 1 Introduction.

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Empowering CPO

JUNE 9, 2023

The Importance of Procurement in Business Procurement is the lifeblood of any business. It is the process of sourcing, negotiating, and purchasing the goods and services a business requires to carry out its operations. KPIs make the procurement process more transparent and manageable. Introduction A.

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Pipefy

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Invoices provide procurement teams the ability to leverage information from past purchases to better inform future purchases. While the primary use for invoices is to ensure suppliers and vendors get paid for their products or services, they also serve other important functions for those that receive them.

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Procurement Software

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Busy procurement teams would typically not have the time or resources to deliver savings and cost avoidance on low value spend. Additionally, requisitions and approvals can be completed through ProcurementFlow’s mobile app – saving even more time for your purchasing team.

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Empowering CPO

JULY 17, 2023

Introduction Brief Explanation of the Role of Procurement in Businesses Procurement is the lifeblood of any business, large or small. It’s the complex process through which businesses source and acquire the goods and services they need to operate and grow.

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Pipefy

MAY 9, 2023

Monitoring procurement KPIs is a vital part of keeping track of an organization’s overall health and the smaller endeavors that contribute to that. 22 KPIs every procurement team should track As procurement has evolved so has the work of procurement teams, and especially so in recent years.

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Pipefy

MAY 23, 2023

Many procurement processes require knowledgeable, experienced professionals at the helm. Automating these tasks frees procurement teams to focus their working hours where they’re most needed. End-to-end integrations A new digital procurement tool may replace a few software systems in your tech stack.

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The Procuretech Podcast

APRIL 19, 2022

How will the skill set change for procurement teams? The skills that Procurement were historically trained on are being digitised. She signs off by saying that none of these are first and foremost involved in driving cost savings, and are rather focused on delivering total value and avoiding unexpected costs to the business.

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Arkestro

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Rather than see the short turnaround and constrained supply as a challenge, Johnson & Johnson’s procurement team and suppliers partnered together to bring incredible innovation, delivering the vaccine to the broader public in record time. Inextricably linked to these questions about procurement are questions about the supply chain.

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Barkers Procurement

MAY 9, 2025

Retail procurement teams who digitise can secure the best prices for shoppers by enabling clearer, more relevant and faster supplier communications. In retail businesses, procurement is the team to make this happen. Given their ownership of the supply chain, procurement teams can help keep grocery costs down.

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The Good Spending

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The comparison—where a $100K sales win gets a $10K bonus, but saving $100K on a procurement contract gets nothing—might seem like a compelling argument for unfairness at first glance. However, this comparison oversimplifies the complex roles of sales and procurement teams. Let’s unpack this misconception from different angles.

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Procurement Express

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

5 user satisfaction score 67% reduction in procurement team overtime Technical Innovation Our system leverages cutting-edge technology: This is part of the tech that shows how ProcurementExpress.com is setting a new industry standard.

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