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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.

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Inflation + Source-to-Pay Strategies: The Cure for the Common Price Hike

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It also has an impact on procurement teams as they are responsible for managing supplier relationships, identifying opportunities for cost savings, and ensuring that goods and services are delivered on time and within budget. This helps ensure your contracts remain favorable and that all stakeholders comply with the negotiated terms.

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Aligning Finance and Procurement for cash flow optimization and liquidity — Phase 1: Understanding the foundations

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Why alignment matters Strategic alignment between finance and procurement unlocks better financial visibility, stronger risk control and operational efficiency. Reduce payment processing delays through automated procure-to-pay (P2P) workflows. Enhance liquidity management by optimizing payment terms and supplier agreements.

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AI in procurement: How different industries are harnessing its power

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Across industries, AI is capable of reshaping procurement, making it smarter, more predictive and highly efficient. In this article we will highlight some of the key changes AI has made to procurement strategies in the following industries: manufacturing and industrials, life sciences and healthcare, and the public sector.

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BeNeering: Vendor Analysis — e-Procurement solution overview, roadmap, competitors, user considerations, analyst summary

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Procurement organizations often encounter challenges such as limited user adoption, increased workload for purchasing teams, fragmented procurement processes and the complexity of integrating multiple ERP systems. These obstacles can lead to inefficiencies, lack of visibility and misaligned procurement strategies.

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Integrated Logistics — What You Should Know

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The goal of integrated logistics is to optimize the entire supply chain by minimizing costs, improving efficiency, and ensuring timely delivery of products to customers. Negotiation Course for Procurement Learn from industry experts who negotiated billion $ deals 2. CERTIFICATE COURSES Related courses about this subject 1.

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Procurement Strategies and Innovation – A CPO treasure chest

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At Spend Matters, it’s as important for us to get to know the requirements and opinions of the procurement community of practitioners as it is for us to understand the world of tech solutions and their providers. So it was good to see a nice mix of both presenting at Procurement Strategies and Innovation (PSI) last week.