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The Future of Supplier Management is Here, and it’s Holistic

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Aligning suppliers to overall Procurement and broader business strategy is critical to create sustained long-term value. . In doing so, they have improved supplier collaboration and created a greater capacity for resilience, innovation, and continuous improvement. . Trigger internal business processes (e.g.,

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Boosting Cybersecurity Power for State, Local Government & Education (E154)

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In that role, he strengthened the department and the state enterprise by focusing on efficiency, consistency and continuous improvement; driving business alignment; balancing operations and policy; and seeking quicker adoption of newer technology. Close Secretary & State CIO, North Carolina Dept.

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Ivalua Now and the Art – or is it the Science – of Procurement?

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It’s a style of working that produced innovative thinking – but by its nature, could be hit and miss; where “miss” could have a significant negative impact to an organisation’s balance sheet. But now with strategic sourcing and category management, the process has become much easier to track, monitor and control.

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Small and minority-owned businesses see more opportunity than ever

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And what we found that I think is both super important and maybe a little surprising, is that diverse owned and small businesses have the capacity for contracting. And they say that government contracting is critical for their business strategies. And frankly, it’s not just an opportunity for the business owners.

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Leveraging Small Businesses in the Age of Replicator

The Coalition for Government Procurement

Authors: Moshe Schwartz , President of Etherton & Associates and the Former Executive Director of the 809 Panel on Acquisition Reform Brad Nathan , Assistant Professor at Rutgers University, and a former Electrical Project Engineer at Intel Corporation The Federal Government’s small business strategy dates back to 1953, when President Dwight D.