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Purchasing problems: 10 common challenges every purchasing manager faces

Procurify

Before, purchasing managers often prioritized spend management. Although this is still an important part of their job, strictly working with low-cost suppliers isn’t always the best way to manage spending. Companies that adapt to supply chain volatility can swim against the tide. .

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Supplier Development: What It Is, And How To Manage It

Planergy

Supplier development is an important part of a company’s overall supply chain management strategy and is essential for ensuring that the right suppliers are selected to deliver quality products and services. The goal of these teams is to work with suppliers to identify ways to reduce costs and improve quality.

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SAP Spend Connect – See the bigger picture

Spend Matters

Travel and Expense management leveraging SAP Concur is an easy plug in for travel spend management and all spend flowing through expense reporting. Beroe for supply market intelligence) that’s woven into the solutions to enhance better decision making.

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Let’s Get Digital: Introducing your Source-to-Pay Guide

ivalua

By gaining visibility into spending patterns, demand, supplier performance, and supply markets–opportunities will be uncovered. Spend under management: S2P software can help procurement teams better manage the percentage of company spend that is under contract and under management.

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5 Steps Towards Modernizing Supplier Management

ivalua

Organizations are increasingly dependent on suppliers to successfully bring innovative goods and services to market on time, improve ESG performance, and meet other objectives. Even reducing costs often depends more on effective collaboration rather than negotiation in today’s market. Yet, too few businesses do so well.

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