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The Opportunity — and Challenges — for Digital Transformation in MENA

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For the short-term, a shift to local production alleviated reliance on Asian suppliers and helped mitigate risk, but a longer-term solution will require identifying opportunities to optimize costs, find alternative suppliers and enhance supply chain visibility. Enter eProcurement. Opportunity Awaits.

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Strategic Procurement: 4 Tactics for Economic Recovery in 2021

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In August 2020 Gartner published this report “4 Tactics Procurement Can Use to Sustain Influence as Economic Conditions Improve” This blog summarizes the key points of the report which you can read in full, here. Procurement Teams Step-up. When Covid-19 hit, supply chains across the globe nearly came to a halt.

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Managing the Procurement of Promotional Goods and Services

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Claritum Article - Procurement Blog. Plus, with this approach to purchases there is no supply chain visibility. Resulting in the risk of reputational damage and supply delays associated with shipping across borders. Essential is to get the right specialist procurement technology in place. Introduction.

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Struggling with bespoke purchases?

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Claritum Article - Procurement Blog. Claritum’s solution for bespoke procurement. If information on purchases is hard to gather and incomplete, there is no spend visibility or control over the bespoke expenditure. Sourcing outside of procurement systems. Often, with bespoke purchases, there is no supply chain visibility.

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Sourcing promotional products the right way

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With these purchases there is no supply chain visibility resulting in the risk of repetitional damage if produced by a dodgy supplier and no control over shipping across borders, such as customs delays. Buying in this way means that companies are offered no price leverages and so often end up over paying for goods.