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Procurement vs Purchasing: Key Differences, Workflows, and Enterprise Risks

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Procurement and purchasing are often used interchangeably, but they serve distinct roles within any successful organization.While both involve acquiring goods and services, their workflows, objectives, and impact on enterprise risk management differ significantly. What is Procurement? What is Purchasing?

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Procurement Technology: Enterprise Solutions Driving Efficiency and ROI

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Enterprise procurement leaders are under more pressure than ever—juggling cost control, compliance, supplier risk, and internal complexity, all while trying to modernize outdated systems. It forms the foundation of digital procurement, enabling better spend visibility, improved compliance, and faster, more efficient operations.

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Digital Procurement for Enterprises: Key Challenges and Critical Capabilities

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Enterprise procurement teams face growing pressure to deliver strategic value – managing supplier risk, ensuring compliance, and supporting sustainability – all without sacrificing speed or control. Key Takeaways Legacy procurement processes limit scale, speed, and visibility, making it harder to manage risk, compliance, and costs.

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8 Procurement Software Best Practices For 2025

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Many organizations are discovering that without clear procurement software best practices, costs spiral, risks multiply, and efficiency stalls. In this post, we’ll break down proven strategies to help you streamline processes, improve visibility, and take back control of your procurement stack.

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Understanding the Total Economic Impact™ (TEI) of Ivalua

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Key Takeaways Total Economic Impact (TEI) is a Forrester framework to evaluate the costs, benefits, and risks of specific technology investments based on actual results delivered across a vendor’s customers. 393% ROI from process automation, better visibility, and replacing old systems. Payback in under 6 months.

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Aligning Finance and Procurement for cash flow optimization and liquidity — Phase 2: Identifying misalignments

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Without an integrated process, organizations experience: Long invoice processing times, leading to unpredictable cash outflows. Increased compliance risks, stemming from poor oversight of supplier agreements. Limited visibility into procurements impact on cash flow.

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Strengthening cash flow management and liquidity: A Finance–Procurement alignment approach — Executive Summary

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The series follows the methodology described in our Aligning Finance and Procurement in-depth guide , which offers a practical, structured approach to enhancing cash flow visibility, optimizing payment timing, reducing working capital risk and improving liquidity outcomes through closer collaboration between finance and procurement.