ivalua

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Procure-to-pay (P2P) automation and analytics won’t work very well without accurate supplier master data. This Gartner report, “Gain Control Over Your Supplier Master Data Before It’s Too Late,” has lots of ideas for improvement. Accurate supplier master data is just one aspect of a Digital Procurement journey.

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Supplier Data Procurement Accountability 52

ivalua

AUGUST 1, 2022

The Future of Supplier Management is Here, and it’s Holistic. Leading, high-performing procurement organizations share one common trait–they consistently prioritize a holistic and integrated approach to Supplier Management. In fact, they go beyond simply supplier management, what they do is Supplier Engagement.

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Supplier Management Supply Chain Sustainability 52

ivalua

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

As teams worked with suppliers through creative solutions, it became obvious that transparency and supplier risk management are essential components to maintain stability during crises like these. Procurement technology can also help businesses improve supplier relationships and enhance communication between buyers and suppliers.

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Supply Chain Supplier Manufacturing Procurement Team 97

Inter-American Development Bank

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Smart Public Procurement Can Contribute to Marofiscal Stability Smart public procurement spending can be a critical area for improving fiscal balances because it can improve the effectiveness of public expenditure by reducing waste. Better fiscal balances will contribute to greater macroeconomic stability.

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Public Procurement Procurement Strategic Planning Balance 52

ivalua

DECEMBER 20, 2019

One size does not fit all when it comes to supplier onboarding. Best practices have evolved to a tiered approach that segments suppliers and adapts to dynamic business needs. . A tiered approach to supplier onboarding helps Sourcing and Procurement leaders develop a sensible list of checks and resources.

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Supplier Supply Chain Balance Manufacturing 40

ivalua

MAY 9, 2023

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! Entering the market has revealed an essential need to not only acquire goods and services without threatening regulations, but also a desire for something more.

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Public Procurement Tender Supplier Procurement 98

ivalua

AUGUST 18, 2015

The term “supplier collaboration” can mean many things to many people depending on your functional perspective. If you work in product design or engineering, supplier collaboration is focused on integrating strategic suppliers into your product innovation efforts. Innovating.

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Supplier Collaboration Manufacturing Supply Chain 40

ivalua

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Tens of thousands of companies were anonymously rated on Comparably.com in nearly 20 different workplace metrics, from compensation, diversity, work-life balance, and leadership to career growth and perks and benefits. Culture & Values: Customer-centric, Collaboration, Results-oriented, Care for and Grow people, and Integrity.

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Media Supply Chain Supplier Collaboration 98

ivalua

JULY 7, 2020

Will businesses go backwards due to necessity and survival or will they step up and push forward to go further and faster to achieve the right balance? On the business side, it may question the raison d’être and bring focus to finding the right balance between society, the environment and the economy. Balancing the Imbalanced.

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Supply Chain Balance Supplier Procurement 52

Scottish Government Procurement

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The Framework will appoint suppliers who are assessed as having the skills and expertise to design and deliver high quality and inclusive engagements with a wide range of people – particularly those identified as being seldom heard and furthest from decision making.

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Framework Agreement Participation Supplier Public Procurement 76

How to Crack a Nut

OCTOBER 18, 2023

SCL AI Clauses The SCL AI clauses have a clear commercial orientation and are meant as a starting point for supplier-customer negotiations, which is reflected on the fact that the proposed clauses contain two options: (1) a ‘pro-supplier’ drafting based on off-the-shelf provision, and (2) a ‘pro-customer’ drafting based on a bespoke arrangement.

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Supplier Transparency Negotiation Procurement 75

Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 8, 2024

For instance, women producers in Palmira are suppliers for the school meals program and other food provision services. A recent study of procurement governed by the procurement directives of the European Union found that 26% of managers for government suppliers are women, and as few as 16.5%

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Government Contracts Leadership Government Government 80

ivalua

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Tail Spend can be wrought with legal and financial challenges; procurement teams must balance and often bend corporate policies to make room for approvals. . Lack of control or visibility into what is being spent and with which suppliers. Extra work processing supplier invoices, creating higher costs. Who purchased it.

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Buyers Supplier Purchasing Procurement Team 52

Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 6, 2023

“Public buyers have the freedom to use the green criteria either as part of technical specifications, selection or award criteria, through contract implementation and through supplier qualification, for example by requiring an environmental management system certificate,” says Darius Vedrickas, Director the LPPO.

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Procurement Buyers E-procurement Public Procurement 89

ivalua

MARCH 31, 2023

Employees answer questions about different workplace topics such as leadership, team, compensation, perks & benefits, work-life balance, career growth, environment, outlook, etc. The list of award winners is part of Comparably’s Best Places to Work series and includes the overall top-rated companies of 2023 according to their employees.

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IT Balance Media Supplier 52

ivalua

MARCH 11, 2020

Effective management of safety, deep collaboration with field suppliers and engineers, and reducing supplier risk is crucial to optimizing performance. Procurement professionals in Oil, Gas and Energy companies require governance to ensure contract compliance, adherence to processes and develop sustainable supplier relationships.

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Supplier Demand Procurement Team Price 52

Select GCR

MAY 7, 2024

Securing a contract involves preparing a competitive proposal that meets the solicitation document’s requirements, developing effective pricing strategies that balance competitiveness with profitability, and potentially navigating subcontracting and partnerships.

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Government Contracts Government Government Contract 98

ivalua

MARCH 16, 2022

Therefore, you would expect that Procurement is ready to play an active role in managing supplier risk. In fact, 50% of respondents lack a mature third-party risk program and 21% have no supplier due diligence or supplier monitoring program at all. Strengthening/initiating supplier risk management activities.

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Procurement Risk Management Supplier Procurement Team 52

ivalua

APRIL 20, 2021

Leveraging purchasing power to capture volume- based pricing within a competitive supply chain builds sticky relationships with healthy suppliers, keeps input costs low, and acts as a hedge against inflation. This is a great place to begin the conversation about supplier trade credits and terms. Is it worth it? Absolutely!

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Efficiency Buyers Supply Chain Supplier 52

ivalua

APRIL 22, 2021

This has led many companies to consider diversifying their networks to include more onshore suppliers in order to reap the benefits of having a supply chain that’s a bit closer to home. . In many cases, international markets have different environmental and ethical regulations when it comes to how suppliers operate and treat their employees.

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Supply Chain Supplier Freight Ethics 52

Federal News Network

JANUARY 2, 2024

However, I can say that there’s incredible plans underway to continue to deliver more value to our citizens, to our customers, to create a much more equitable, inviting, successful marketplace for suppliers and to continue to make it easy for people who do business with the government. We asked a question of ourselves almost every day.

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Supply Chain Balance Supplier Data 97

ivalua

MARCH 24, 2021

This function must simultaneously balance cost reduction, quality, and assurance of supply in their quest to maximize profits. . Procurement tends to be an afterthought in the product design process, and without early visibility into product criteria, it is harder for them to find the right supplier at the right quality and the right cost.

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Supply Chain Manufacturing Collaboration Supplier 52

ivalua

AUGUST 16, 2022

The report explains that: “Scope 3 emissions reduction is a key challenge for companies, often due to a lack of visibility and monitoring of suppliers’ data. Companies also face engagement gaps between their suppliers and procurement teams.”. Spend Matters found that almost 70% of organization’s emissions come from their supply chain.

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Supply Chain Supplier Sustainability Collaboration 52

ivalua

JUNE 11, 2023

Balance sheet assets greater than €20 million More than 250 employees Even though the UK is not part of the EU, CSRD will impact some UK-incorporated companies. They will need to align their sourcing strategies with sustainability objectives and collaborate with suppliers to ensure adherence to environmental and social standards.

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Supply Chain Finance Procurement Sustainability 98

Select GCR

MARCH 11, 2025

Being WBENC-certified provides access to procurement executives and supplier diversity at major corporations and government entities. Balancing professional and personal responsibilities effectively is also challenging. This can be a significant advantage when seeking contracts and partnerships.

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Networking Utilities Contract Participation 52

Federal Construction Contracting

MAY 9, 2022

For every government contract, the Miller Act requires that the prime contractor post a payment bond to guarantee that its subcontractors and suppliers will be paid in a timely manner. The deadlines for a payment bond claim differ depending on who the subcontractor or supplier has contracted with.

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Supplier Balance Contract Government Contracts 52

ivalua

JUNE 1, 2022

Procurement teams had to work closely with suppliers to find creative ways to solve problems, and they instantly realized the benefits of transparency in their supply chains and supplier risk management for business continuity in times of crisis. Navistar had a jump start on putting robust systems in place, but their suppliers didn’t.

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Supply Chain Supplier Procurement Team Freight 52

ivalua

MARCH 16, 2021

Procurement teams had to work closely with suppliers to find creative ways to solve problems, and they instantly realized the benefits of transparency in their supply chains and supplier risk management for business continuity in times of crisis. Navistar had a jump start on putting robust systems in place, but their suppliers didn’t.

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Supply Chain Manufacturing Supplier Procurement Team 52

Tracker Intelligence

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Whether you’re a supplier trying to land your first contract, a business just getting into understanding government procurement, or a pro looking to stay on top of compliance, this glossary is your go-to guide. The contracting authority or government agency sets the rules, picks the best supplier, and ensures everything runs smoothly.

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Public Procurement Procurement Supplier Tender 52

ivalua

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

One of the most important issues the pandemic exposed has been that most manufacturers have only a limited view into any of their suppliers beyond Tier One. Most have little understanding of who is supplying their suppliers or those suppliers’ suppliers. And which suppliers are you replacing? . Lesson One.

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Supply Chain Supplier Risk Management Evaluation 52

ivalua

JUNE 12, 2020

The need for Procurement to improve collaboration with suppliers, and other stakeholders, has gained broad acceptance in recent years. As supply chains were disrupted, those organizations that had the closest relationships with suppliers were most likely to gain preferred access to keep goods flowing, and effectively forecast.

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Collaboration Supplier Supply Chain Procurement 52

ivalua

JANUARY 27, 2021

According to Walden, the three main barriers to digital transformation are a lack of supplier adoption, poor matching rates and broken process silos: Lack of supplier adoption: Suppliers have a wide variety of invoicing capabilities, depending on their level of technological maturity and the systems they use.

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Supplier Supply Chain Purchasing End to End 10

ivalua

MAY 19, 2022

Having the complete source-to-pay journey within the Ivalua Platform will help our customers build stronger, reliable supplier relationships”, said David Khuat-Duy, Founder and CEO of Ivalua. All this is transparent across the payment journey, to the buyer and supplier. How does the solution remove friction in the supply chain?

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Supply Chain Supplier Buyers Finance 52

ivalua

APRIL 3, 2019

This tips the advantage to platform technologies, especially those that balance the rapid deployment of best practices with the flexibility to enable additional scope or functionality over time. One sure-fire way to increase simplicity is by limiting the number of technologies that are implemented.

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Supplier Procurement Sustainability Innovation 60

ivalua

DECEMBER 14, 2020

It also requires a focus on procurement-supplier relationships, and striving to be the customer of choice for your suppliers. Balancing New Priorities Makes Procurement More Valuable. Yet today’s Procurement organizations are plagued with inefficient processes, poor supplier stakeholder collaboration and data silos.

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Procurement Supply Chain Supplier Manufacturing 52

ivalua

APRIL 27, 2023

The question is, how do you balance all three while maintaining continuous operations and generating revenue at the same time? Geopolitical manipulation on suppliers worldwide adds to the pressure. Ivalua also provides a place where suppliers can upload and share their data easily and have a good user experience.”

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Supply Chain Sustainability Supplier Balance 52

How to Crack a Nut

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

I am delighted to present to How to Crack a Nut readers an outline of my recently published book Framework Agreements, Supplier Lists and Other Public Procurement Tools: Purchasing Uncertain or Indefinite Requirements (Hart Publishing, 2023).

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Purchasing Framework Agreement Public Procurement Public Procurement System 52