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Weathering Future Disruptions: 8 Steps to Building Supply Chain Resilience

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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. Work to achieve 100% supply chain visibility.

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From a recent practitioner: More of what’s ahead for federal acquisition in 2024

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For what buyers and sellers can expect in the year ahead, we hear from Sonny Hashmi. In fact, as you know, Laura Stanton, who runs the GSA affairs, is ITC organization is the governmentwide category manager for technology products and services. So supply chain risk management and elimination becomes a very important discipline.

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It’s Time for Procurement to own Scope 3 Emissions

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For most procurement (and supply chain) professionals, the topic of Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions should be coming at you from every direction. You need emission data that will allow category managers and buyers to report emissions tied to their organization’s purchasing activity at a category or product level.

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It’s Time for Procurement to own Scope 3 Emissions

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For most procurement (and supply chain) professionals, the topic of Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions should be coming at you from every direction. You need emission data that will allow category managers and buyers to report emissions tied to their organization’s purchasing activity at a category or product level.

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What’s the Difference Between Direct vs Indirect Procurement?

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Identifying Value , is where procurement teams leverage spend data and spend analysis to understand trends in spend and identify opportunities and develop category management strategies. . Just getting the goods is not enough – as we continue to experience the ongoing impact of COVID-19 on global supply chains.

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The Science and the Art of Procurement

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Outside the technology field, we have also seen “science” come to the fore in terms of codifying processes such as Category Management. There may be different models in use, but there is a pretty well-accepted logical methodology behind how organisations approach their management of major spend areas.

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Procurement & Contract Planning: Canadian Public Sector Guide

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Sometimes buyers may send the opportunity listing to existing vendors, previous bidders or even select organizations. Meetings should be multi-lateral to include representatives from operations, supply chain and senior management. Fleet and Logistics Category Manager.