American City & Country

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

It’s no secret that procurement professionals nationwide are struggling with budgets, bandwidth and staffing shortages. These roadblocks reveal opportunity though, as teams look toward cooperative purchasing for relief. Big wins for a busy group of people serving a fast-growing community in the Charleston metropolitan area.

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Procurement Team Procurement Purchasing Supply Chain 58

ivalua

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Lifted from their latest webinar, Jean-Baptiste Anne from Amazon Business and Vishal Patel from Ivalua offer insights into tail spend management programs and the ROI these programs can generate for procurement teams. . Budgeting challenges as tail spend typically often not planned for . Tail Spend Challenges. We’re here to help.

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Buyers Supplier Purchasing Procurement Team 52

ivalua

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

So for the last decade the Procurement teams have been pushing the ‘No-PO, No Pay’ mantra, it’s now even ‘Government Policy’. However, ask any AP team member, in any company and they’ll tell you it’s impossible, ‘our business just doesn’t work like that!’ Is the tax and budget allocation information correct?

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E-procurement Supplier Buyers Supply Chain 94

NASPO

JULY 31, 2023

As local governments look for ways to stretch their budgets, many are turning to cooperative purchasing, where they can take advantage of the volume discounts states negotiate for office supplies, laptops and even specialized applications.

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Government Government Buyers Procurement Team 52

The Procurement School

AUGUST 11, 2023

Leading private sector organizations use ROSMA to look at the value-add by a procurement team but it has applications for public sector as well. Formula : The annual cost savings driven by procurement / annual cost of the procurement department. This would be reported as: 2,500,000 / 500,000 = 5X.

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Efficiency Balance Procurement E-procurement 52

Bonfire

MARCH 29, 2022

If the amount is over the threshold, sourcing is led by the procurement team, whether through a public bid, NOI, or limited tendering option. Going forward, the agencies that use a patchwork approach are working towards adopting a single tool that will streamline their processes and support procurement success.

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Procurement Eprocurement Purchasing Participation 52

Scottish Government Procurement

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Then in February, we published a report showcasing the success of Scotland’s journey of achieving sustainable procurement outcomes over the past 20 years, driven by a strong passion and commitment across all sectors. I’m also really proud that at Scotland Excel, we’ve put in place a national savings team.

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