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GSA closes in on enterprisewide software deal with Microsoft

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This really just is category management in action when we look at the opportunity for the government to buy as a single enterprise. We looked at those lessons learned, and really looked at how do we move forward knowing how critical software is to how we function as a federal government, she said.

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How Kazakhstan is combating non-competitive procurement

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In the general public procurement market (valued at around US$19 billion annually), direct awards have dropped from 81% of the value of all procedures in 2017 to 23.5% Year 2014 2017 2018 2021 2022 2024 Number of exceptions 67 54 50 48 47 43 Source OECD OECD World Bank Kapital.kz The number of suppliers per buyer increased from 8.0

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Intalere Selects Consus & Ivalua to Drive Source to Contract Best Practices

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Consus partnered with Ivalua to lead the implementation and transformation effort at Intalere to drive cost savings, transparency and improved efficiencies across contracting and category management across the organization. Consus has been rated amongst the top 10 procurement service providers by APAC CIO Outlook on Asia in 2017.

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Centralised procurement for the health care sector -- bang for your pound or siphoning off scarce resources?

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If it remained at £9 in 2017-18, Supply Chain would report a total saving of £2 (re-counting the £1 saved in 2016-17). If it then reduced to £8 in 2018-19, Supply Chain would report a total saving of £4 (re-counting the £1 saved in each of 2016-17 and 2017-18 and saving a further £2 in 2018-19) […]. emphasis added).

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Intalere Selects Consus & Ivalua to Drive Source to Contract Best Practices

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Consus partnered with Ivalua to lead the implementation and transformation effort at Intalere to drive cost savings, transparency and improved efficiencies across contracting and category management across the organization. Consus has been rated amongst the top 10 procurement service providers by APAC CIO Outlook on Asia in 2017.

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The Future of Procurement Is Upon Us. Are You Ready?

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If you or your company have not put this initiative on your business process roadmap yet, it is critical you do so in 2017. Challenges in this new manufacturer/supplier partnership Burton cites include: Risk management.

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Digital procurement, PPDS and multi-speed datafication -- some thoughts on the March 2023 PPDS Communication

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Of all the expected benefits or functionalities, the most important ones are those attributed to public buyers and, in particular, the possibility of developing ‘category management’ insights (eg potential savings or benchmarking), systems of red flags in relation to corruption and collusion risks, and the automation of some tasks.