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Retail Recovery: 4 Ways Procurement Can Unlock Savings and Add Value

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Retailers have faced a tough year in the last 12-18 months, and while recovery seems to be in progress, they still have some work to do. Here are four ways leading Procurement organizations can influence retail recovery in 2021 and beyond: 1. Rethink What’s Normal. Decentralize Procurement.

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A Balancing Act: Drive Sustainability while Managing Cost and Risk

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Ivalua Spend Management Insights [ivory-search] A Balancing Act: Drive Sustainability while Managing Cost and Risk April 27, 2023 | | Supply Chain by Vishal Patel Cost, Risk, and Sustainability. The question is, how do you balance all three while maintaining continuous operations and generating revenue at the same time?

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Lost in Public Space: Exploring the Unknown with the Norwegian Public Sector Segment

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Striking the balance between structure, compliance, and success can be a difficult task – and Ivalua is here to provide the perfect balance between those two objectives! Where to Start? Get ready for revolutionary Public Sector spend and procurement management.

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Weathering Future Disruptions: 8 Steps to Building Supply Chain Resilience

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Balance supply chain risk and resilience with ROI. There are a few ways to balance supply chain risk and resilience with ROI: Diversification: One way to reduce risk is to diversify your supplier base so that you’re not relying on one supplier for all of your needs.

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Ivalua Paints a Great Procurement Picture at Ivalua NOW Chicago 2019

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Retail is expected to change more in the next 5 years that over the past 30. Society will change more in the next 50 years than over the past 300. I am not going to do justice to this presentation, in the way that Philip Idesons’ Art of Procurement’s blog “Resisting The Pull Of Incremental Thought ” does.

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The question is, how do you balance all three while maintaining continuous operations and generating revenue at the same time? Companies are realizing that because they can’t foist all the risk and blame of supply chain failure to distribution and retail outlets, they have to start to perform,” he said.

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The Role Of Social Value In Public Procurement: Driving Community Impact

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Aligning these goals with community priorities and adhering to legal requirements ensures a balanced approach. These policies should explicitly outline objectives such as promoting local employment, sustainability and inclusivity. Hence, the contracts should be aimed at achieving favourable outcomes for the community.