American City & Country

OCTOBER 29, 2024

The district recently used cooperative purchasing to enhance its school environment with outdoor seating areas—a move that reflects both the district’s financial responsibility and focus on student well-being. Why Cooperative Purchasing?

Purchasing 58

Purchasing Finance Education Bidding 58

Open Contracting Partnership

OCTOBER 30, 2023

In the Kun Jarygy coalition’s first year, they detected 270 purchases with violations, resulting in five criminal cases and KZT 11.38 million (~US$24,000) being returned to the budget. And the media outlet ProTenge has stopped suspicious purchases worth at least US$3 million. million (~US$24,000) were returned to the budget.

Procurement 120

Procurement E-procurement Public Procurement Corruption 120

ivalua

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

At Ivalua, we’ve seen how a Procure-to-Pay business process ensures sustained benefits through good buying practices, improves visibility and swifter issue resolution, and enables proactive management of suppliers. Spend is led away from preferred suppliers. Lots of new suppliers added on a regular basis. Case in Point.

Procurement 81

Procurement E-auction E-procurement Supplier 81

How to Crack a Nut

JANUARY 13, 2025

Coupled with the current budget and expectations of public sector productivity gains, the action plan will put AI adoption top of the agenda for public sector organisations (if it wasnt there already). Innovative AI suppliers from the UK and around the world should be engaged to support demand and encourage investment.

Procurement 64

Procurement Tender Supplier Innovation 64

ivalua

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

One way of doing this is by leveraging Source-to-Pay (S2P) solutions, which can provide procurement with the tools needed to manage their supplier relationships and identify opportunities for cost savings. Let’s explore further.

Price 105

Price Supply Chain Supplier Procurement Team 105

DemandStar

MARCH 31, 2022

If you’re part of any government procurement team, you’ve likely been asked, “What are you doing to increase supplier diversity?” It’s also likely you’ve heard of and possibly conducted disparity studies to improve your procurement process and identify the needs of different types of suppliers. What Are Disparity Studies?

Supplier 52

Supplier Procurement Team Procurement Bidding 52

ivalua

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

They may not consider potential issues of integrations, supplier onboarding, supply chain data management, change management and system optimization, all of which add to complexity and costs. ERPs tend to be built for the back office, so they lack the consumer-like user experience that leads to high user adoption among suppliers.

Supply Chain 88

Supply Chain Management Total Cost of Ownership Warehouse 88

Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 8, 2023

It has debarred more than 60 suppliers for violations, and reduced unresolved complaints and canceled tenders. The measures seem to have increased trust in the reforms: more than 20,000 new suppliers have registered, competition is growing across open procurement processes, and supplier diversity is up 27%. in 2020 to 59.7%

Corruption 78

Corruption Collaboration Data Public Procurement 78

ivalua

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

At Ivalua, we’ve seen how a Procure-to-Pay business process ensures sustained benefits through good buying practices, improves visibility and swifter issue resolution, and enables proactive management of suppliers. Spend is led away from preferred suppliers. Lots of new suppliers added on a regular basis. Case in Point.

Procurement 59

Procurement E-auction E-procurement Supplier 59

ivalua

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

To summarize, tail spend is commonly labeled as the money a company spends on purchases that accounts for roughly 80% of total transactions, making up about 20% of the company’s spend by volume. Lack of control or visibility into what is being spent and with which suppliers. Which supplier it was purchased from; and .

Buyers 52

Buyers Supplier Purchasing Procurement Team 52

Inter-American Development Bank

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Smart public procurement refers to making optimal decisions to minimize waste and enhance the quality, efficiency and sustainability of public spending when purchasing and contracting goods, works and services. What is Smart Public Procurement? Better fiscal balances will contribute to greater macroeconomic stability.

Public Procurement 52

Public Procurement Procurement Strategic Planning Balance 52

Mercell

APRIL 2, 2019

The 2 purchasers were highly interested and impressed in the solicitation and contract modules we showed and discussed. 4 reasons: The software company’s revenue for the free solution will come from suppliers, not from government agencies. The suppliers! Some suppliers will choose not to offer due to the associated cost.

E-procurement 52

E-procurement Buyers Procurement Supplier 52

ivalua

APRIL 20, 2023

Hutchinson started digitalizing procurement in 2014 with Ivalua’s supplier relationship management and spend analysis modules. Ivalua’s eProcurement solution will empower us through greater visibility and better control over our indirect spend”, said Erwan Le Belléguy, Corporate Purchasing Quality and Digital Manager at Hutchinson.

Eprocurement 52

Eprocurement Procurement IT E-procurement 52

ivalua

AUGUST 5, 2020

Remove of overhead of payment queries with real-time Supplier updates. Line level multi-tax treatment and budget allocation templates that reduce effort. The AP journey starts even before the Supplier Invoice is received, and before the Supplier’s billing team generates the invoice, it begins with the Buyer’s Order.

Supplier 52

Supplier Buyers Budget E-procurement 52

ivalua

AUGUST 29, 2019

At the same time, two-thirds (66%) of businesses admitted they were still reliant on such processes as part of their Procurement or supplier management function. Purchasing (45%), invoicing (41%) and budget management (39%) are the most digitised processes to date. Realise the possibilities at www.ivalua.com. 0207 436 0420.

Procurement 65

Procurement Supply Chain Supplier Procurement Team 65

ivalua

AUGUST 5, 2020

Invoice to Pay is a request for payment by a supplier, and technology helps to make this simple, fast and more efficient for the Supplier and the Accounts Payable team. At each step of this Procurement process, data is gathered, suppliers are onboarded, and deliveries are accepted. Advanced Accounts Payable Journey.

Supplier 52

Supplier E-procurement Accountability Networking 52

ivalua

MAY 7, 2019

As user expectations for a consumer-like purchasing experience grow, providing intuitive, self-service eProcurement with access to all content is essential. Top of the list is supplier adoption. But that goes hand in hand with supplier adoption. Beginners struggled most with lack of executive support and budget.

Supplier 58

Supplier Capacity Integration Integrity 58

ivalua

JULY 11, 2022

New release features AI-powered contract management, more seamless messaging and communications, supplier risk and performance enhancements and procure-to-pay efficiency . The Message Center is an embedded chat functionality that will enable collaboration and contextual discussions amongst internal users and suppliers. Procure-to-Pay.

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain Collaboration Innovation Supplier 52

ivalua

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

e Procurement has been part of the technology footprint in many states for decades, to reduce cycle times, streamline processes, and collaborate with suppliers. . These fees made up a relatively small portion of the overall vendor revenue, ranging from a fraction of a percent up to nearly 2% of the purchase.

E-procurement 52

E-procurement Procurement Supplier Purchasing 52

ivalua

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

eProcurement has been part of the technology footprint in many states for decades, to reduce cycle times, streamline processes, and collaborate with suppliers. . These fees made up a relatively small portion of the overall vendor revenue, ranging from a fraction of a percent up to nearly 2% of the purchase.

Eprocurement 52

Eprocurement Supplier Purchasing Procurement 52

Procureware

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

As a procurement manager, you know how important suppliers are to your organization. Their performance is crucial to achieving your financial, performance and quality objectives, and a poor supplier creates risks for everything from budget overruns to missed schedules and liability lawsuits.

Evaluation 40

Evaluation Networking E-procurement Supplier 40

ivalua

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

As businesses look to restoring growth, it can help them restore growth and gain a competitive advantage by enabling unique business processes, and more effective collaboration with suppliers and internal stakeholders, while eliminating manual processes that can hamper productivity. Digitalisation is no longer optional.

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain Supplier Collaboration Procurement 52

ivalua

MARCH 11, 2021

System will help improve efficiency and the purchasing experience for government employees and vendors. eVA is Virginia’s award-winning eProcurement portal, which provides a centralized, online purchasing hub for state and local agencies and more than 112,000 approved vendors who provide essential goods and services. About Ivalua.

Eprocurement 52

Eprocurement Procurement E-procurement Purchasing 52

ivalua

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

And they’re not the only ones—other department heads are also increasingly budget-conscious, creating a new opportunity to partner with procurement for better budget management. Surprisingly, competitive sourcing has decreased in 2022, down from 48% to 44%, mainly because of rising prices that put suppliers in the driving seat.

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain Supplier Collaboration Transparency 52

The Procurement School

AUGUST 21, 2024

Factors which influence outsourcing: Smaller public entities, in terms of budgets, typically do not fund staffing resources for procurement. Operating supplies and equipment, which are available through a number of suppliers, lend themselves to being under multi-year contracts. The answer is not an either-or decision.

Procurement 52

Procurement Competitive Bidding Public Procurement Supplier 52

ivalua

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The majority of organizations consider supply chain transparency to be a top priority, however less than a third are satisfied with the level of visibility into their suppliers. Redwood City, CA, 13 October, 2022. About the research. These findings are also supplemented by a series of interviews with the respondents for qualitative insights.

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain Transparency Procurement Procurement Team 52

ivalua

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Suppliers need bidding and contract transparency. It is one thing to make tenders public, and another to offer suppliers visibility into the end-to-end bid management process and final award decisions. The public needs spend and supplier selection transparency. Why Ivalua for Public Sector?

Transparency 45

Transparency Procurement Supplier End to End 45

ivalua

MARCH 5, 2020

And increasingly, that means collaborative working with key suppliers who can support that need to be innovative, flexible and agile. Sometimes action can be taken by the buyer that either does not affect the supplier or just requires their agreement.

Collaboration 52

Collaboration Procurement Supply Chain Supplier 52

Bonfire

MARCH 29, 2022

Crown corporations purchase a variety of goods and services, from professional services to technology to general goods. Most agencies require a purchase order (PO) for almost every purchase in order to issue payment. Depending on the purchase, contract lengths are generally 3-5 years with the option for renewal.

Procurement 52

Procurement Eprocurement Purchasing Participation 52

Open Contracting Partnership

JUNE 3, 2024

Sustainability needs to be seen as a wider issue, not just green purchasing and the environment, but also supporting women businesses and local economic development. Rwanda also introduced sanctions for delayed payments and addressed a common issue of suppliers not submitting all required documents.

Public Procurement 80

Public Procurement Procurement E-procurement Transparency 80

ivalua

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

One way of doing this is by leveraging Source-to-Pay (S2P) solutions, which provide procurement with the tools needed to maximize the value they get from their supplier relationships, automate and streamline processes, and identify opportunities for cost savings. Let’s explore further.

Manufacturing 52

Manufacturing Supply Chain Procurement Supplier 52

ivalua

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

It generally goes something like this: “If we can promote greater cross-functional teamwork, engage our suppliers more effectively and share important information more broadly, we can improve profitability, get to market faster, serve our customers better, etc.”. Great stuff.

Collaboration 45

Collaboration Supply Chain Supplier Manufacturing 45

ivalua

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Increased outsourcing has made businesses increasingly dependent on suppliers to drive innovation. A recent study by Forrester found that the single greatest factor in increasing a supplier’s willingness to collaborate with and share innovations with a customer was timeliness of and visibility into payments.

Supplier 40

Supplier Accountability Supply Chain End to End 40

ivalua

MAY 15, 2022

Currently, they’re seeing exceptional success in the purchase requisition, purchase order, and invoicing. These complexities are compounded by their multiple brands, markets, business models, and the different types of suppliers across varied requirements, laws, regulations, tax rates, and tax calculation methods. The solution?

Finance 52

Finance Procurement Purchasing Supply Chain 52

ivalua

MAY 15, 2022

Currently, they’re seeing exceptional success in the purchase requisition, purchase order, and invoicing. These complexities are compounded by their multiple brands, markets, business models, and the different types of suppliers across varied requirements, laws, regulations, tax rates, and tax calculation methods. The solution?

Finance 52

Finance Procurement Supply Chain Purchasing 52

ivalua

APRIL 28, 2023

These credit cards issued by banks provide quick payments and improved automation – plus there’s the potential of rewards with each purchase! What is a Purchase Card (P-card)? A Purchase Card or P-Card represents the physical plastic cards associated with a user. What is a Virtual Card (V-Card)?

Purchasing 52

Purchasing Innovation Management Efficiency 52

Government Contracts & Investigations

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

42] Review the purchase order history and the complete buyer’s file ( e.g. , quotes, negotiation summary, correspondence, purchase orders (PO), etc.) 45] If the actual supplier is different from the baseline supplier, assess the risk that the contractor purchased an inferior component ( i.e., product substitution). [46]

Negotiation 98

Negotiation Price Government Contracts IT 98