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FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Ivalua Blog [ivory-search] Weathering Future Disruptions: 8 Steps to Building Supply Chain Resilience February 8, 2023 | | Manufacturing by Doug Keeley In the face of an unprecedented global crisis, Procurement stepped up to become a crucial driving force for business continuity.

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ivalua

DECEMBER 2, 2015

Engaging suppliers in strategic sourcing events and collaborative cost improvement efforts will ensure that purchased component costs are appropriate to achieve targeted gross margins. Maturity and Decline: Drive Ongoing Innovation and Maximize Margins.

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Federal News Network

OCTOBER 3, 2023

“Clearly, there was insufficient market research conducted to understand how many contractors would propose, and how fully qualified they would be based on the selected source selection strategy,” said Mike Smith, former director of strategic sourcing at the Homeland Security Department and now executive vice president at GovConRx.

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ivalua

JULY 27, 2015

attempt to make a point about the relative value of strategic sourcing, I failed to realize that thought leadership is apparently the exclusive domain of pundits. This reminded me of a prior post I wrote about the subject and I wondered if Pierre was writing about me. If so, in my (imperfect?)

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Bonfire

APRIL 3, 2023

No support for strategic sourcing: ERP systems don‘t offer support for strategic sourcing, which is critical for optimizing spend and driving savings. They’re not tied in to co-op and piggyback sourcing opportunities, and they can’t bring all your sourcing data together to help you make better purchasing decisions.

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Bonfire

MARCH 24, 2022

To mark the occasion, I’m hopping onto the blog to reflect on our journey — to think about how far we’ve come and where we’re headed. Today I’m proud to commemorate the 10-year anniversary of Bonfire and, with it, the incredible clients and team who have made our success possible. Reflecting on the journey.

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Bonfire

MARCH 17, 2023

Our panelists included: Hend Salem , Manager of Strategic Sourcing – Non Clinical at The Ottawa Hospital Carol Izzio , Director of Procurement at Sheridan College Christine McParland , Director of Residence and Ancillary Services at St. “We It’s not a procurement policy, it’s a corporate policy.

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Risk Management Procurement Management Strategic Sourcing 52

ivalua

JULY 7, 2020

Technologies such as strategic sourcing, procure-to-pay or full source-to-pay that are instrumental in managing spend must empower versus limit. This blog was originally published by Procurious on their amazing blog. The post A Rare Opportunity To Reset And Accelerate appeared first on Ivalua.

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ivalua

AUGUST 18, 2015

If you work in strategic sourcing and supplier management, supplier collaboration enables you to achieve (or beat!) The value created here is a higher return on innovation investments, product leadership in the market, and top-line revenue growth. the bill-of-materials target cost through the entire product lifecycle.

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ivalua

MARCH 14, 2019

But now with strategic sourcing and category management, the process has become much easier to track, monitor and control. Add sourcing workflow to the mix, and introduce machine learning that can link directly to the supplier and track savings, then you can start to see where the science comes in. appeared first on Ivalua.

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ivalua

APRIL 17, 2023

A frequent thought leadership contributor for the Ivalua Blog, Jarrod has worked across multiple industries, including higher education, public sector, retail, manufacturing, and engineered products.

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

For our discrete manufacturing market, that means reducing product costs, driving margin expansion and extracting greater value from supplier relationships via superior strategic sourcing and supplier management.

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ivalua

JANUARY 13, 2016

When incorporated into an efficient strategic sourcing process, collaboration can result in better visibility into total costs and a better negotiation position. Collaboration around margin enhancement. Product cost management over the life cycle of the product is required in order to meet financial performance goals.

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ivalua

MARCH 4, 2016

Recently I attended a conference for Strategic Sourcing in the medical device manufacturing sector. About 60 Procurement Managers, Directors, and Executives attended from top medical device manufacturing companies.

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ivalua

MARCH 15, 2016

Take a look at Directworks and get a handle on what has proven to be possible when it comes to collaborating and engaging the right suppliers early and often in your strategic sourcing, product innovation, and launch cycles. Tha-Tha-That’s all Folks! The post Pigs Get Fed; Hogs Get Slaughtered appeared first on Directworks.

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ivalua

MAY 1, 2020

As I write this blog, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to ravage populations and economies around the world. And 91% of advanced organizations managed all spend via category management and strategic sourcing processes vs. 16% of beginners. As far as reviewing supplier performance regularly, the results were 97% versus 17%.

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ivalua

MARCH 11, 2015

In a recent Sourcing Journal Online article, Sourcing is Hard , Mike Todaro, managing director of the Americas Apparel Producers’ Network, quotes Barbara Zeins, an industry expert that published a short list of “9 Big FAT Garment Lies,” which we might as well call “Global Sourcing Lies,” more generally.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

The second set of rules, which are the subject of this blog, are issued under Title 48 and will be placed in DOD contracts and refer back to the Title 32 rules. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is reviewing the final regulations, with release expected before the end of the year.

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Mike Purdy's Public Contracting

APRIL 10, 2016

with WHDT World News Presidential History Blog: If you're interested in presidential history, you can sign up for a free email subscription to my Presidential History Blog at PresidentialHistory.com. Mike Purdy's Public Contracting Blog © 2016 by Michael E. Purdy Associates, LLC [link] Copyright 2017 by Michael E.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

As we have pointed out in past Veterans Day blogs, the holiday originally commemorated the armistice issued at 11:00 a.m. You might consider taking time to revisit the individual heroism we discussed in previous blogs, like the stories of Harlem Hellfighter Henry Johnson ; Fr.

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