Barkers Procurement

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

There are several different reasons why you might wish to optimise your procurement department. Businesses that have no procurement department or only a small procurement department tend to want to optimise their procurement for one or more of the reasons stated above. We’ll review your categories and contracts.

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Una

OCTOBER 9, 2023

How to Implement a Strategic Sourcing Process A play-by-play manual showing how to implement a strategic sourcing process that aligns with your organization’s goals, optimizes spend, and creates long-term value. At its core, strategic sourcing formalizes the process of finding, assessing, and choosing suppliers.

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ivalua

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Rapid Optimization of Contract Management, Supplier Management and Direct Materials Sourcing. Asian Paints conceptualized a technology solution using Ivalua’s Supplier Information Management , Sourcing and Contract Management solutions to streamline the end-to-end contract management and sourcing processes. .

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Una

MARCH 6, 2024

Your Business Guide to Outsourced Procurement A comprehensive guide to outsourced procurement and the benefits of working with a group purchasing organization to save money, time, and effort. We’ll also reveal the benefits of outsourcing procurement to a group purchasing organization (GPO).

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Procurement Heads

JUNE 6, 2023

Darron: I am Director of Orbis Procurement, which is a partnership of three local authorities, and as such am Director of Procurement for Surrey County Council, East Sussex County Council and Brighton and Hove City Council. I have been in procurement way too long, I stopped counting after 25 years!

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Empowering CPO

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Introduction In the ever-evolving realm of modern business, where procurement plays a pivotal role in shaping success, the choice of the right procurement service and dashboard tool is more crucial than ever. Our seasoned experts bring a wealth of experience and an innovative, results-driven approach to the table.

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Barkers Procurement

JANUARY 8, 2023

Category management is a long-term, strategic approach to procurement in which certain employees or teams of employees are responsible for procuring specific types of items, such as IT equipment, office supplies or construction materials. You’ll be able to see where you could reduce costs in your category.

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The Good Spending

MARCH 3, 2024

It all started in the attempt to understand the theoretical concept of servitization , i.e., the transformational shift from a product-centric to a service-centric business model and logic that we observe extensively in the area of IT procurement, in particular. Yet another tool for your sourcing and category management to consider applying.

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Una

AUGUST 17, 2022

This comprehensive guide will go over tail spend in procurement and provide resources for how to implement an effective tail spend management strategy. You’ll hear from industry experts who have been there, done that, and can share best practices for managing tail spend. This shape represents your entire procurement spend.

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Una

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Procurement no-brainers include low-risk, high-return activities like centralizing data , paying suppliers on time, and optimizing processes. By using a GPO, you’re bypassing the time-consuming RFP and negotiation processes and instead, gaining the flexibility to impact other areas within procurement. By Hugo Britt | December 6, 2022.

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Arkestro

JANUARY 4, 2023

In 2022, procurement faced challenges on multiple fronts. Eager to reduce administrative busywork, procurement teams are treating the permacrisis as an opportunity to make long-sought changes along a digital journey. Procurement has had massive challenges and targets over the past year: Managing inflation.

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Una

JUNE 15, 2023

10 Procurement Outsourcing Services Explore ten procurement outsourcing services available to help your sourcing function save more money, time, and effort. By Hugo Britt | June 15, 2023 Search Search The procurement office of Company A is a bustling place. Company B’s procurement team looks very different.

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Una

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Five Predictions for the Future of Procurement. As we move further and further from the effects of a global pandemic, procurement will not revisit the “good old days” of the mid-2010s. COVID permanently changed the procurement game. the hybrid work model). Did the pandemic already write procurement’s future?

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Procurement Software

MAY 30, 2023

Procurement continues to grow in stature. It is now generally seen as being a more strategic function than it historically has been. With this, the question of indirect procurement maturity must be tackled. This article will tackle 7 fundamental yardsticks to help you quickly assess how mature your indirect procurement team is.

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Procurement Software

MARCH 11, 2022

Most experienced Procurement Managers don’t enjoy performing administrative tasks and firefighting operational issues. Typically, the value that a procurement professional contributes to a business can usually be measured either in: Hard cost savings, or; Other, less tangible but equally important forms of value: Cost avoidance.

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Future Purchasing

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

What is Procurement Business Partnering? Business partnering has become a popular way for procurement teams to improve their engagement with their internal stakeholders through developing a deeper understanding of their business needs. What are the critical components of being a successful business partner?

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Planergy

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Modern Spend Management and Accounts Payable software. How strategic sourcing, cost management, and cost avoidance strategies can be applied to indirect spend. It’s a strategic tool that maps out the allocation of resources over a specified period, typically a school year. What's Planergy?

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Procurement Software

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

This statistic comes from a recent article all about the procurement analytics software market and its potential to explode in terms of growth. It states that the procurement analytics market size is to grow from $2.6 It states that the procurement analytics market size is to grow from $2.6 during that period.

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Procurement Software

MARCH 11, 2022

Most experienced Procurement Managers don’t enjoy performing administrative tasks and firefighting operational issues. Typically, the value that a procurement professional contributes to a business can usually be measured either in: Hard cost savings, or; Other, less tangible but equally important forms of value: Cost avoidance.

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Empowering CPO

JUNE 27, 2023

Introduction Overview of Spend Analysis and Its Significance in Procurement In today’s competitive business landscape, effective procurement strategies play a vital role in the success of organizations. One crucial aspect of procurement is gaining insights into spending patterns and optimizing expenditures.

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Planergy

JANUARY 19, 2024

Modern Spend Management and Accounts Payable software. How strategic sourcing, cost management, and cost avoidance strategies can be applied to indirect spend. Vendor analysis is crucial for risk management. What's Planergy? How to report and analyze indirect spend to identify savings opportunities.

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ivalua

MARCH 31, 2020

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. , March 31, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Ivalua, a leading provider of global spend management cloud solutions , has announced the latest findings of a worldwide study of supply chain, procurement and finance business leaders on Effective Procurement Performance Measurement.

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The Procuretech Podcast

JANUARY 25, 2022

He's a university professor, author of four German language procurement textbooks and also a former consultant. We dive into the topic of how people are a vital factor in change management. We kick off the discussion by me asking Florian how he sees the skill set of procurement professionals evolving as we move forward.

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Planergy

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

How strategic sourcing, cost management, and cost avoidance strategies can be applied to indirect spend. Whether you have a small business or a large corporation, the basic steps and best practices for managing budgets are the same. How to report and analyze indirect spend to identify savings opportunities.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 12, 2020

Hey Procurement! This interview is with Danny Wang, Vice President of Sourcing and Procurement at Canada Goose. This interview is with Danny Wang, Vice President of Sourcing and Procurement at Canada Goose. We worked in the Commodity Management organization, responsible for Strategic Sourcing and Procurement.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 12, 2021

Featuring Our 12 Best Procurement Articles! Emerging procurement theory suggests that creating win-win situations within buyer and supplier agreements are the best ways to create long-lasting, engaging, creative, collaborative, and innovative partnerships. Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer.

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Claritum

JUNE 13, 2019

Claritum Article - Procurement Blog. I took on the challenge of writing a condensed version of all the current Procurement challenges. I believe the issue with these articles is the broad range encompassed by the word Procurement and the constant change within this domain. Procurement Domain Name. Introduction.

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Planergy

JULY 5, 2022

How strategic sourcing, cost management, and cost avoidance strategies can be applied to indirect spend. Ethical Sustainability & Responsibility Procurement. And less than 10% said sustainability was part of category strategies. The procurement function already has access to rich data on its upstream value chain.

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Procurement Heads

JANUARY 4, 2023

For Procurement Heads ‘ latest Big Interview, Rebecca spoke to Will Cooke about her career, SRM and sustainable procurement. How did you get into procurement? I got into procurement through a graduate procurement programme at British Airways in 1997. I completed my MCIPS there and then moved into consulting.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 22, 2018

Check out What is Virtual Procurement and Why Should You Care? Where is procurement, outsourcing, sourcing, supply chain, and purchasing going? Secondarily, we will include information from other procurement professionals and procurement firms about their experiences, what they forecast, and what they are seeing.

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Claritum

JULY 16, 2019

Claritum Article - Procurement Blog. The purchase of goods and services can be split into two primary procurement domains: The Strategic Core purchases that enable an organisation to produce their product or service (called Strategic Spend by many organisations). Introduction. The unusual nature of Indirect Spend.

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Empowering CPO

JUNE 27, 2023

Introduction Unleashing the Power of Spend Analysis for Procurement Success In the world of procurement, data is the key to unlocking strategic decision-making and maximizing cost savings. With our deep expertise in the field, we enable organizations to harness the true potential of their procurement data.

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Una

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Ultimate Guide to IT Procurement. A guide to IT procurement for navigating the complex IT sourcing process in a way that drives organizational efficiencies and improves your bottom line. Comprehensive Guide to IT Procurement. Procurement embodies purchasing across a wide range of categories.

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Planergy

JANUARY 18, 2024

Modern Spend Management and Accounts Payable software. How strategic sourcing, cost management, and cost avoidance strategies can be applied to indirect spend. Using a dynamic punchout catalog ensures customers can access data directly from their procurement software, and the data is always correct. What's Planergy?

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Empowering CPO

JUNE 27, 2023

As a trusted provider of procurement services, our spend analysis offerings are designed to unlock the true potential of your business data, providing insights that can lead to transformative growth. Next, the cleansed data is classified into categories according to a specific taxonomy, such as by supplier, product, or service.

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Procurement Heads

OCTOBER 26, 2022

How did you get into procurement? I actually have a background in finance, but I was looking at labour services and the commercial prospect of combining services and multiskilling staff, before I knew what facilities management was. What are the roles and responsibilities the procurement function holds within your organisation?

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

” Here is a summary of how these Global Supply Chain and Business Leaders responded and shared their lessons learned: Kristie Syndikus, VP Procurement at Maple Leaf Foods. Skip Boothby, Consultant and Board Advisor. With new Customers, manage expectations from the start. Ron Emery, Continuous Improvement Consultant.

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