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Managed Procurement Services: A Strategic Approach to Cost Reduction

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This involves everything from identifying requirements and sourcing suppliers to negotiating contracts, placing orders, and managing supplier relationships. In essence, it’s a critical business function that ensures the right goods and services are available at the right time, in the right quantities, at the right price.

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Let’s Get Digital: Introducing your Source-to-Pay Guide

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Similar to how CRM manages everything around the customer, an S2P platform manages everything around the supplier. ​ Upstream covers all the strategic procurement activities such as spend analysis, sourcing, contract management and supplier management (which includes supplier information, risk and performance management).

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