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Procurement vs. Supply Chain Management: Differences, Challenges & Solutions

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Here are some key distinctions to make between Procurement vs. Supply Chain Management: Procurement is responsible for identifying suppliers, negotiating contracts, and ensuring cost-effective, compliant purchases. It’s heavily tied to spend management, risk mitigation, and supplier performance.

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Here’s a comprehensive list of the top 100 skills that a Procurement Manager should master

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Analyze Total Cost of Ownership (TCO): Incorporate factors like lifecycle costs, maintenance, and disposal into purchasing decisions. Legal and Compliance Knowledge Actionable Steps: Learn Contract Law Basics: Understand key contract clauses like force majeure, indemnity, and termination rights. Coursera, Udemy).

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

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According to the panelists, there are some key features and functionality that make best-in-class supply chain solutions a better choice for healthcare organizations: Guided procure-to-pay compliance: The concept of compliant purchasing in healthcare encompases the front-end user experience. Demand planning capabilities.

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Intake & Orchestration in Procurement – Cutting Through the Jargon

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These could be service requests, inquiries, demand planning, or purchase needs. Examples include: Capturing sourcing or purchasing requests (from business users, emails, chatbots, etc.) Maverick or off-contract spend has long been a thorn in the side of procurement and finance teams. But the benefits go further.

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Technology Trends in Procurement

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Take B2B services purchasing as an example. Contract monitoring. AI is also getting better at reading unstructured documents including supplier contracts, with one study revealing that AI read a contract in 26 seconds while human lawyers took 92 minutes. IoT proliferation. Self-service.

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Building Stronger Relationships: Effective Approaches to Multi-Tier Supplier Collaboration

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In the absence of communication, even the best suppliers can only deliver marginal value at best. For optimal effectiveness, supplier selection, contract management , and supplier development must be supported by consistent, streamlined, and transparent collaboration. Collaboration brings visibility and agility for gaining market share.

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Leveraging Lean Procurement

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Procurement process automation can involve anything from automated supplier discovery, payment processing, spend analytics , and contract approval. Utilizing a GPO as an extension of your procurement team can help streamline the purchasing process, save costs, and save time by eliminating indirect spend contract negotiations.