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The Big Interview with Lorna Baker

Procurement Heads

We’re a centralised indirects procurement team with category management being introduced where it can in order to support the parts of the business where we need subject specialism. New procurement regulations for those of us in the public sector are going to be affecting both buyers and suppliers.

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The Big Interview with Lorna Baker

Procurement Heads

We’re a centralised indirects procurement team with category management being introduced where it can in order to support the parts of the business where we need subject specialism. New procurement regulations for those of us in the public sector are going to be affecting both buyers and suppliers.

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The Supply Chain Gender Pay Gap is Narrowing!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Anecdotally, this is a bit lower in Canada, except for particular functions with very strong starting compensation like Demand Planning. Source ,” which includes Buyers, Category Managers, Commodity Managers, Procurement Specialists, Purchasing Managers and Sourcing Managers.

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Better Visibility for Direct Spend – Anne-Sophie Le Bloas from Ravacan

The Procuretech Podcast

Anne-Sophie Le Bloas, Founder and CEO of Ravacan, experienced in both her native Europe and also in the US, that there wasn't much innovation out there when it came to leveraging digital tools to manage direct materials spend, and set out to remedy this. Demand planning. Vendor tooling management capability.

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Critical differences between IT procurement and legacy sourcing

The Good Spending

High complexity of demand management As we know, the procurement process starts with demand planning and analysis. In the IT department itself, such planning is challenging. Notably, almost every project is unique regarding subject-matter expertise and sourcing strategy.

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ERP vs. Best-in-Class — What is Best for Managing the Healthcare Supply Chain

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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. Demand planning capabilities.