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Unleashing the Power of Procurement Buyers: Delving into this Impactful Role

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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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Tail Spend: Your Guide to Full Spend Visibility and Savings

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The figure’s head represents the top 1% of strategic suppliers to your organization. This is where strategic sourcing professionals spend most of their time, communicating directly with their top suppliers through an SRM program , and using cutting-edge procurement software to analyze spend and track risk.

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The True Power of a Payments Partnership

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Having the complete source-to-pay journey within the Ivalua Platform will help our customers build stronger, reliable supplier relationships”, said David Khuat-Duy, Founder and CEO of Ivalua. By removing the friction in global supply chains, for the first time, the payment and the sourcing event are seamlessly linked.

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Zivio: Vendor Analysis, 2023 Update — Services sourcing solution overview, competitors, tech selection tips, analyst summary

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At the same time, the importance and criticality of services spend for organizations hasn’t shrunk (on the contrary …) nor the need to address typical challenges and hurdles inherent to complex service categories: inefficient processes, lack of control and low spend visibility. This content is for members only.

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‘Emission’ Impossible – 4 Steps to Kickoff your Decarbonization Strategy

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With this in mind, our research found far too few European suppliers are being regularly assessed on sustainability practices, with less than a quarter (24%) seeing themselves routinely measured on carbon emissions. Measure suppliers on carbon emissions. Collaborate for a greener future.

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‘Emission’ Impossible – What are the 4 Steps to Ensuring Supply Chain Sustainability?

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With this in mind, our research found far too few European suppliers are being regularly assessed on sustainability practices, with less than a quarter (24%) seeing themselves routinely measured on carbon emissions. Measure suppliers on carbon emissions. Collaborate for a greener future.

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How Predictive Procurement Orchestration Helps Unlock Savings in 60 Days

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Our team traveled to Asia to train 25 of the organization’s employees (including buyers and sourcing managers) on how PPO can be applied in their specific circumstances. Supplier and Buyer Engagement In India, our team worked to train over 15 buyers. You can unsubscribe at any time. The results were immediate.