How to Crack a Nut

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

This is an important issue that may require further discussion in a separate post. The guidance indicates that the changes in the Procurement Act will help public buyers in three ways: ‘ The new rules focus more on delivering outcomes (as opposed to ‘going through the motions’ of a rigid process). 48 and 46 PCR 2015).

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Inter-American Development Bank

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Traditional public procurement is often adversarial between public buyers and suppliers, with each side aiming to maximize its own benefit through strict rules for protection. In public procurement, universal solutions are inadequate due to the diverse range of challenges public buyers face.

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Public Procurement Procurement Strategic Planning Balance 52

Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The government took three key steps: i) careful planning for the green transition; ii) implementing green public procurement (GPP) in practice with a focus on building the capacity of public buyers; and iii) learning powered by data-driven monitoring with a public dashboard. Or how could buyers minimize the very real risk of greenwashing?

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Procurement Buyers E-procurement Public Procurement 89

AWS Public Sector

APRIL 10, 2024

Recognizing the value that public sector and education buyers can realize through AWS Marketplace, an increasing number of education technology (EdTech) and workforce development companies are listing their products on AWS Marketplace. Recently, we were working on a significant deal with one of our top EdTech customers in EMEA.

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ivalua

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

It breaks the bond between Buyer and Supplier, resulting in fragile supply chains and lots of mistrust. No PO, no Pay was born to force suppliers to add PO’s to Invoices by forcing Buyers to create PO’s. So the network providers just haven’t delivered, and only further fractured the link between buyer and supplier. .

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E-procurement Supplier Buyers Supply Chain 94

ivalua

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Why is visibility so important? Visibility across every aspect of the supplier relationship management is essential to making informed decisions or seizing opportunities, and it’s instrumental in speeding up the procurement process, reducing costs and collaborating with suppliers to better meet the needs of the business.

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Supply Chain Supplier Manufacturing Procurement Team 97

ivalua

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Many organisations vowed to reach net zero during COP26, but suppliers say there is a lack of collaboration on green initiatives. The research, conducted by Coleman Parkes, surveyed suppliers across the UK, France, Germany and Switzerland to examine how collaboration can boost environmental initiatives. Notes to the editor.

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Procureware

JUNE 28, 2018

Two-Way Messaging is a new feature that lets buyers interact with vendors via email and have all the communications logged in ProcureWare. The email chain can continue with requests for further clarification from the buyer and responses from the vendor.

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ivalua

MARCH 29, 2019

Whilst remembering those are still important aspects of the role, we need to think in more innovative ways about how we can drive competitive advantage and shareholder value for our organisations. Then, having got the foundations in place, technology can support the actual collaborative development work.

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ivalua

JUNE 29, 2022

Many businesses, governments, and consumers are now acutely aware of the importance of taking action to prevent climate change. The new Ivalua 2021 Supplier Sustainability Report surveys suppliers across the UK, France, Germany and Switzerland, examining how collaboration can boost environmental initiatives.

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Supply Chain Sustainability Supplier Collaboration 52

ivalua

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Many businesses, governments, and consumers are now acutely aware of the importance of taking action to prevent climate change. The new Ivalua 2021 Supplier Sustainability Report surveys suppliers across the UK, France, Germany and Switzerland, examining how collaboration can boost environmental initiatives.

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Supply Chain Sustainability Supplier Collaboration 52

ivalua

JULY 13, 2022

Buyers are expected to scrutinize every aspect of the purchasing process to identify ways to reduce their carbon footprint, source sustainable materials, and promote diversity. As the sourcing function evolves, digital procurement technologies have become crucial tools for buyers to capture and report their sustainability achievements.

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Sustainability Buyers Supplier E-procurement 52

Tracker Intelligence

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Public procurement encourages collaboration between government and private enterprises, in turn allowing public authorities to achieve sustainable and circular practices. This blog looks to address the role and importance of driving long-term sustainability and supporting the development of a circular economy.

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Sustainability Procurement Supply Chain E-procurement 52

ivalua

JUNE 4, 2020

Some of these challenges include limited: Ability to collaborate, identify opportunities or issues and act. Source-to-Pay technology can help procurement teams establish and organize campaigns to collect & update supplier information and receive real-time supplier risk management updates on important risk factors (e.g.

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Supply Chain Procurement Supplier Procurement Team 69

Tracker Intelligence

JULY 20, 2022

Opportunities to Collaborate Getting involved with government procurement means you can apply your business’s industry knowledge to the public sector. That means an amazing opportunity for collaboration. For any business, collaboration begets innovation. Sometimes, the buyer never needs to request services.

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The Softly Spark

AUGUST 8, 2024

This misleading practice of making false green claims has left many buyers skeptical of products touted as eco-friendly. How you present your claims is important. Consumers won’t know where to find the green products they want, companies can’t learn from each other, and there is no industry collaboration. References 1.

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Sustainability Transparency Buyers Quality 98

ivalua

JUNE 27, 2022

Read our FAQ to get acquainted with our newest C2FO Partner collaboration! Why is this new C2FO partnership important? Ivalua’s global reach of buyers and their suppliers helps us deliver on our mission-providing access to working capital to businesses so they can grow and thrive. It Pays to Partner! C2FO: Unequivocally.

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Supply Chain Buyers Supplier IT 52

ivalua

JUNE 29, 2020

For example, unique workflow and fields in a requisition to capture doctor, patient, product serial numbers & procedure details and route specific product types to specialized buyers/suppliers. The next phase would likely involve tackling some low and high preference items and therefore should involve more collaboration with clinicians.

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Supply Chain Distribution Strategic Sourcing Quality 87

ivalua

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Many organisations vowed to reach net zero during COP26, but suppliers say there is a lack of collaboration on green initiatives. The research, conducted by Coleman Parkes, surveyed suppliers across the UK, France, Germany and Switzerland to examine how collaboration can boost environmental initiatives. Notes to the editor.

Supplier 40

Supplier Supply Chain Buyers Sustainability 40

ivalua

MARCH 3, 2020

According to a survey by KPMG, collaborations involving equity (joint ventures, equity investments, acquisitions, etc.) comprise a total of 40% of collaborations whereas only 24% for customer-supplier relationships and 19% for licensing. How can Procurement adapt its processes to better collaborate with startups?

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Procurement Supplier Collaboration Innovation 72

ivalua

AUGUST 11, 2021

This approach ensures that business between a buyer and its suppliers is conducted in a manner that does not negatively impact society or the environment. . Why is it Important? The most successful programs however have strong collaboration with suppliers. Responsible sourcing requires a shift in thinking and priorities.

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Supply Chain Supplier Ethics Sustainability 52

ivalua

MAY 18, 2022

When it comes to the nature of buyer-supplier relationships, we’re entering a brave, new world. Even reducing costs often depends more on effective collaboration rather than negotiation in today’s market. To top it all off, extremely tight supply markets have further shifted negotiating leverage from buyers to suppliers.

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University of Bristol

APRIL 6, 2020

The importance of public procurement and supply chain management has rarely been so prominently in the public eye and political debate—except, perhaps, in the case of notorious procurement scandals, such as the recent Brexit-related #ferrygate.

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Procurement Public Procurement Joint Procurement Buyers 52

Select GCR

APRIL 26, 2024

Our collaborative approach ensures that your business is equipped with the knowledge and resources needed to thrive in the dynamic government marketplace. One key aspect of our program is teaching you how to effectively nurture relationships with government buyers and prime contractors.

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Federal News Network

MARCH 25, 2024

The Coalition appreciates the efforts of FAS to maintain dialogue with industry on this important guidance. GSA’s proposed legislation would address these government buyer needs and will fundamentally improve procurement operations for agencies and the American people. Small business opportunities. Sustainability.

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Procurement Supply Chain E-procurement Buyers 59

Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 22, 2023

They leveraged Paraguay’s high quality, publicly accessible open contracting data to measure the existing participation of these smaller businesses and to understand their challenges in working with government buyers. One key recommendation was to require government buyers to pay advances to MSME suppliers at 20% of the full contract value.

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Procurement Tender Public Procurement Bidder 62

ivalua

MAY 28, 2014

This is an especially important message for manufacturers’ supply chain organizations. Many still depend on email and spreadsheets as the primary tools for collaboration and analytics. Internally, buyers and engineers must work with quality and product; then that cross-functional group must collaborate with external suppliers.

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Supply Chain Innovation Total Cost of Ownership Cost of Ownership 40

ivalua

JULY 8, 2020

Ability to collaborate, identify opportunities or issues and act. Source-to-Pay technology can help procurement teams establish and organize campaigns to collect & update supplier information and receive real-time supplier risk management updates on important risk factors (e.g. Some of these challenges include limited: .

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Supply Chain Procurement Procurement Team Supplier 10

ivalua

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Customers can now ensure greater supply chain resilience through improved supplier discovery and collaboration, increase efficiency across each step of the source-to-pay process and better understand and optimize cost drivers for goods and services purchased. Collaboration via comments and conversations is now simple and quick for users.

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Supply Chain Innovation Supplier Collaboration 40

Inter-American Development Bank

MARCH 9, 2023

Public procurement accounts for around 13-20% of global GDP , so it has the potential to be an important tool for governments to promote gender equality. To improve efficiency, the city also focused on generating data to better target women-owned businesses, as well as training and outreach programs for public buyers and women entrepreneurs.

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ivalua

APRIL 6, 2021

Effective contract management is important to the success of a business and contract lifecycle management software enables digitization and automation of this critical process. Why is it Important to Manage Contracts? If you think about it, a contract is the only document that formalizes a relationship between a buyer and a supplier.

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Of course, it is important to know the number of orders there are for a given supplier, if this supplier is financially dependent and if it complies with legislation and negotiated contracts. Of course, Buyers’ time is limited. Finally, successful collaboration relies on the benefits that the supplier has to get out of it.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

MARCH 22, 2024

The Coalition appreciates the efforts of FAS to maintain dialogue with industry on this important guidance. GSA’s proposed legislation would address these government buyer needs and will fundamentally improve procurement operations for agencies and the American people. Small business opportunities. Sustainability.

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Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 5, 2024

We will make sure our solutions are co-built with local partners who will own an important ‘problem’ and who will own and scale the approach. And they really own the outcomes from our collaboration, using open contracting information to drive better services and outcomes for their communities.

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Procurement E-procurement Public Procurement Sustainability 89

ivalua

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Why is it important to put the sparkle back into your Supplier Relationships? To get the best from any relationship you need to set expectations early in the engagement, maintain contact and collaborate to reduce the risk of failure. Attend this presentation to learn: How to motivate and collaborate with suppliers.

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Bonfire

MARCH 29, 2022

Bonfire allows them to bring every stage of the procurement lifecycle into a central platform where the procurement team and relevant stakeholders can collaborate on RFPs and evaluations with full visibility into the process. The end goal is to drive purchase prices down for the buyer.

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Procurement Eprocurement Purchasing Participation 52

ivalua

AUGUST 17, 2021

Recent trends have increased the strategic importance of effective, transparent Accounts Payable processes. 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.

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