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Public Safety Starts with Smart Procurement

American City & Country

With the responsibility of protecting attendees, crowd control, and maintaining security, procurement teams play a critical role in making sure the staff has everything they need to execute the event. Procurement teams must source reliable security services that can scale up depending on the size and complexity of the event.

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Governments need to plan for the entire product lifecycle when they purchase technology today

American City & Country

Cross-departmental collaboration and scalable solutions are important to maximizing ROI and adapting to changing citizen demands within budget constraints.” No question, government procurement is different from acquisitions outside the public sector, Cunningham believes.

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Ultimate Guide to the Insight of Public Procurement Professionals

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Ultimate Guide to the Insight of Public Procurement Professionals Public Procurement is a multi-staged activity and requires a thorough understanding of each process to be more successful with the bids. Procurement Formalization- It determines the sources, budget, and approach to formalize the requirements.

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Invoice Hub – the Next Horizon for AP Automation

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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!’ This was the challenge made to the Ivalua R&D team a year ago.

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Ivalua Announces New Innovations for Managing Direct Materials Spend

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Redwood City, CA – November 7, 2019 – Ivalua, a global leader in spend management , today announced a range of new innovations that enable direct material procurement and supply chain leaders to launch more profitable, successful products. The new capabilities are available now as part of Ivalua’s latest platform release.

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The Supply Chain Transparency Challenge: Report Highlights Gap between Procurement Organisations’ Transparency Ambitions and their Capabilities

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However, the report, produced by Procurement Leaders in partnership with Ivalua, shows that only 31% of procurement professionals said they are satisfied or very satisfied with their organization’s current visibility over its supply chain.

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Embracing Technology: How Epping, NH Revolutionized Its Purchasing Process

American City & Country

The Challenge: Limited Resources, Lengthy Research, and Cumbersome RFP Process The Town of Epping faced a significant challenge in streamlining its procurement operations due to the intricate and heavily regulated nature of government purchasing. This is a widespread issue across government procurement teams.