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Procurement 101: Your Essential Guide to Strategic Sourcing

World of Procurement blog

Enables adherence to policies and regulations through ethical, sustainable, and compliant practices. Well-defined contracts help ensure suppliers meet expectations while protecting the buyer's interests. What are the company's goals for growth, cost reduction, sustainability, innovation etc?

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Innovative Procurement Models: Exploring Different Approaches

Empowering CPO

It’s no longer about simply obtaining goods and services at the lowest cost, but also about adding value to the organization, reducing risks, enhancing sustainability, and promoting social responsibility. These models are often accompanied by practices such as annual rate contracts, bulk buying, and just-in-time purchasing.

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What is supply chain resiliency?

IBM Supply Chain Blog

For years, supply chain professionals have measured success by how well they have been able to drive down costs and drive up efficiency. Just-in-time (JIT) became an artform and masters of the practice achieved new levels of precision. Why is supply chain resiliency important?

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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. Point-of-use data capture. Total Cost of Ownership, ERP appears to be cheaper, but is it?