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Will 2021 be about Cost Reduction or Strategic Supplier Relationships?

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Therefore, the survey gives a fascinating insight into the impact that the pandemic has had on procurement teams globally. “70% 70% of respondents maintained or increased digital procurement investment post covid” . Read the Hackett Group’s 2021 Procurement Insights report. Interested in learning more?

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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. Help staff sell procurement’s value during recovery.

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More than half of European suppliers say procurement teams aren’t enforcing standards for responsible labour

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Redwood City, CA – 26th August 2021 – Research from Ivalua, a leading global spend management cloud provider, has revealed more than half (58%) of European suppliers said buyers rarely or never include responsible labour practices in contracts or agreements.

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Paris 2021 – EN – David L Loseby

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Develop and lead the implementation of the Indirect procurement strategy. Leadership of the centralised indirect procurement team. David is currently studying a PhD at Norwich Business School (Social Sciences Faculty) in Behavioural Science & Applied Cognitive Psychology: Behavioural Procurement.

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A Look Into Procurement Metrics Amidst The Pandemic 

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Historically, so much of what Procurement teams did went unnoticed. Of course, over the last few years, the role of Procurement has become more visible, in large part due to broader recognition of the value and closely monitored and tracked performance metrics that are now more mainstream. Here are some of my takeaways.

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Making student-first buying decisions

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And in October 2021, three leading pediatric health organizations declared that the pandemic-related rise in child and adolescent mental health issues is a national emergency. Many procurement teams are geographically distant from the schools they support. Student-first buying decisions are collaborative.

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Ivalua Offers Employees a New Integrated Search e-commerce Experience with Amazon Business

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Paris, June 10, 2021 – Ivalua, a global leader in Cloud Spend Management solutions , announced a new capability to provide employees access to Amazon Business directly and seamlessly from within the Ivalua platform, going beyond the traditional PunchOut. Tail spend has always been difficult to control by procurement teams.