Oxford College of Procurement and Supply

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

If a KPI meets all these five elements it provides valuable data to the organisation. If a supplier that was once performing well in relation to delivering excellent quality suddenly starts to present with many defects or lower quality items, this would raise concern. A good tool to use to create KPIs is SMART.

Import 59

Import Procurement Supplier Supply Chain 59

ivalua

MAY 15, 2019

The data in this case is text from natural language , which is rarely structured data. It can be found in any human communications, either live conversations (ch atbots, email, speech to text devices …) or stored publicly on the Internet or privately as textual data in databases.

Data 60

Data Management Contract E-procurement 60

ivalua

JUNE 6, 2019

Everything procurement delivers – from savings to risk mitigation to value – is predicated on having access to clean, trustworthy data. They have also taken a hardline approach to supplier master data cleansing and standardization which led to a high quality supplier database they continue to work hard to maintain.

Supplier 40

Supplier Automotive Supply Chain Data 40

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. .

E-procurement 94

E-procurement Supplier Buyers Supply Chain 94

Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 12, 2023

We only have three regional offices and hundreds of buyers. But these organizations aren’t connected to the right government agencies, they don’t have good access to information, to the procurement plans, and the open data. Audits are post-mortems after things have gone bad. The results The numbers tell a compelling story.

Public Procurement 130

Public Procurement Procurement Contract Collaboration 130

How to Crack a Nut

OCTOBER 6, 2023

This regulatory technique simply seeks to allow public buyers to ensure compliance with the EU AI Act by cascading the relevant obligations and requirements down to tech providers (largely on a back to back basis). Limitations in the model AI clauses The model AI clauses come with some additional ‘caveat emptor’ warnings.

Buyers 88

Buyers E-procurement Transparency Procurement 88

How to Crack a Nut

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

However, to assess the (abstract) potential of procurement as a regulatory tool, it is worth distinguishing between practical and legal challenges, and to focus on legal challenges that would be present at all levels of public buyer capability. They are thus unlikely to operate as an adequate tool to support regulation by contract.

Procurement 52

Procurement Tender Buyers Contract 52

University of Bristol

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Digitalisation could reduce the administrative burden through automation, generate data insights to inform policies and boost efficiency in public spending, and serve as a living lab for GovTech experimentation. Policy irresistibility’ and hype in procurement digitalisation Public procurement is at its core an information-based exercise.

Procurement 52

Procurement Government Government Buyers 52

Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 30, 2024

EU Member States must publish their procurement notices to Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) , so we used TED data to rank the product groups by number of procurement notices, to produce a shortlist of product groups to investigate. When choosing a model, it’s important to understand its training data. 2018) dataset.

Procurement 58

Procurement Public Procurement Green Public Procurement Electronics 58

Tendersinfo

JUNE 4, 2021

Identify the Pain Areas of the Buyer It is of utmost importance to comprehend the requirements and recognize the torment spaces of the buyer. A tender response should be able to make you stand out from the competition and talk about how your services can add value to the buyer.

Bidding 52

Bidding Tender Buyers E-procurement 52

Federal News Network

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

It is important, however, also to consider that contract prices on an indefinite quantity indefinite delivery contract, such as the MAS, are based on unknown requirements and must cover every possible contingency, e.g. , quantity, quality, delivery, complexity, scale, location, security clearance level, etc.

Price 52

Price Quantity Quality Import 52

The Coalition for Government Procurement

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

It is important, however, also to consider that contract prices on an indefinite quantity indefinite delivery contract, such as the MAS, are based on unknown requirements and must cover every possible contingency, e.g. , quantity, quality, delivery, complexity, scale, location, security clearance level, etc.

Price 45

Price Quantity Quality Import 45

Federal News Network

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

She said given GSA's role as a major federal buyer of technology, the report raises even more questions about the agency's oversight processes. A new strategy for resilient and healthy defense communities, released yesterday, will address the Pentagon’s outdated installations to improve service members’ quality of life.

Purchasing 111

Purchasing Networking Electronics Collaboration 111

How to Crack a Nut

OCTOBER 18, 2023

The clauses include a few substantive requirements implicit in the allocation of the respective obligations (eg on data or third party licences) but mostly refer to detailed schedules of which there is no default proposal, or to industry standards (and thus have this limitation in common with eg the EU’s model AI clauses).

Supplier 73

Supplier Transparency Negotiation Procurement 73

ivalua

JUNE 4, 2020

Supplier Data Quality & Management in Decision Making. It may be the most basic level, but data management may also be the most daunting for some organizations. Supplier Data is at the core of every procurement activity, and it is critical for those dealing with direct materials in manufacturing.

Supply Chain 69

Supply Chain Procurement Procurement Team Supplier 69

ivalua

JUNE 29, 2020

According to OECD and National Health Expenditure data, US healthcare spending per person was approx $10,224 in 2017. According to 2019 Definitive Healthcare data, U.S. Across this supply chain there is typically a lack of visibility due to siloed information and data. The only way to really understand that is data.

Supply Chain 87

Supply Chain Distribution Strategic Sourcing Quality 87

ivalua

MAY 19, 2022

This allows for part-payments, quality or milestone-based contract terms, even payment on receipt to be visible to the supplier, finance, treasury, and the buyers. All this is transparent across the payment journey, to the buyer and supplier. How does the solution remove friction in the supply chain?

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain Supplier Buyers Finance 52

Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

VIGIA is a unique initiative that allows entrepreneurs to easily find public procurement business opportunities in Paraguay, as well as provide real-time high-quality feedback about irregularities. One key issue that became increasingly evident was the limited engagement between entrepreneurs and buyers.

Tender 52

Tender Public Procurement Supplier Participation 52

Inter-American Development Bank

MARCH 9, 2023

It promotes promotes competition, as more companies can sell to governments allowing them to obtain greater “value for money” (more quality and better prices). It is currently in the phase of analyzing data and defining the steps to update its supplier registry to be able to identify women-owned companies in its system.

Public Procurement 52

Public Procurement Participation Procurement Import 52

ivalua

JANUARY 13, 2023

These behaviors are commercially advantageous, increasing competition to directly improve quality, drive down costs, and improve project ROI. As more and more organizations, countries, and cultures embrace diversity programs, unique certifications and data sources will increase exponentially.

Supplier 98

Supplier Ethics E-procurement Supply Chain 98

ivalua

AUGUST 17, 2021

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. . Procurement can and should be a significant value generator for the larger organization. What is Indirect Procurement? Direct vs Indirect Procurement.

Procurement 52

Procurement Supply Chain E-procurement Procurement Team 52

ivalua

APRIL 12, 2019

A recent Ivalua study with Forester identified capacity being consumed by operational and manual activities as one barrier, along with a lack of contextual access to insights, and poor data quality as other blockers. That means the “data layer” which must provide a “unified data foundation”. Help build a shopping cart.

Supplier 70

Supplier Capacity Procurement Team Procurement 70

ivalua

MAY 15, 2019

The data in this case is text from natural language , which is rarely structured data. It can be found in any human communications, either live conversations (ch atbots, email, speech to text devices …) or stored publicly on the Internet or privately as textual data in databases.

Contract 58

Contract E-procurement Data Management 58

Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Approach: The new director of the procurement agency led the development of a data-driven corruption risk monitoring system and worked with a reform team to strengthen the institutional capacity of government buyers, improve cross-agency coordination and increase collaboration with civil society.

Corruption 71

Corruption Collaboration Data Public Procurement 71

ivalua

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The business case for data-driven transparency is not hard to make. In today’s dynamic, complex market, where procurement’s objectives continue to grow, data is the fuel for success. While data quality cannot be perfected and some technological innovations aren’t quite ready for prime time, tremendous improvements are possible.

Transparency 52

Transparency Supply Chain Data Procurement 52

ivalua

DECEMBER 19, 2018

In recent years, the company has been consistently implementing advanced technological solutions, thus improving the quality, safety and effectiveness of its operations. In the era of process automation and computers handling numerous daily tasks, buyers can make strategic decisions like which supplier to choose and sign a contract with.

E-procurement 40

E-procurement Tender Supplier Buyers 40

How to Crack a Nut

MARCH 28, 2023

The 2020 European strategy for data ear-marked public procurement as a high priority area for the development of common European data spaces for public administrations. In many cases, the data quality needs to be improved. The procurement data governance framework is now planned to be developed in the second half of 2023.

Procurement 52

Procurement Public Procurement Buyers Thresholds 52

The Coalition for Government Procurement

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

VA Hospitals Earn High Rankings in Nationwide Surveys Federal News Network reports that the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) hospitals scored higher than non-VA hospitals on two nationwide surveys tracking quality of care and patient satisfaction. Only 40 percent of non-VA hospitals received these ratings.

Procurement 52

Procurement Contract Networking Budget 52

ivalua

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Under pressure to quickly identify new sources of supply, due diligence has–at times been reduced, thereby increasing the likelihood of quality issues, unknowingly supporting forced labor, or exposing organizations to fraud. That requires as close to real time sharing of information as possible, from both buyers and suppliers.

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain Risk Management Management Supplier 52

ivalua

MARCH 4, 2016

getting involved early on in the New Product Introduction ( NPI) cycle to ensure suppliers risk is being properly evaluated in production capacity and quality. What if you could bring fact-based data to the table that helped stakeholders short-cut steps in making good and timely decisions?

Supply Chain 40

Supply Chain Supplier Manufacturing Strategic Sourcing 40

ivalua

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

Throwing drawings over the fence when it is time to quote means your design is locked down and gives buyers little negotiation power for sourcing alternatives. . As an organization you need a system of record not only for capturing supplier capabilities but for reporting on other quality metrics with ongoing frequency as well. .

Supplier 40

Supplier Management Supply Chain Buyers 40

Open Contracting Partnership

MAY 23, 2024

Challenge: In Ukraine, a lack of machine-readable data about procurement appeals made it difficult for government suppliers to defend their rights and interests. billion), according to data from Prozorro’s public business intelligence model. billion (US$1.9 Companies using the Clarity App generated 13.4%

Procurement 61

Procurement Tender Buyers Public Procurement 61

Open Contracting Partnership

JULY 5, 2023

In October, EU countries will be required to adopt eForms in a bid to improve the quality of data published on the block’s government tendering. With data excellence as one of the pillars of their mission, TenderNed has been working on creating better data within the Dutch government for several years.

Data 52

Data Tender Procurement E-procurement 52

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. to as little as 1.8%, depending on the calculation method and source data.

Procurement 58

Procurement Tender Public Procurement Bidder 58

ivalua

MAY 21, 2020

Procurement teams were just buyers who delivered what other departments told them to buy. That worm was waiting to be activated — all it needed was the presence of credit card data. It released the data to the party perpetrating the fraud. That’s how Target’s customer data was compromised — and it cost Target $18.5

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain E-procurement Leadership Supplier 52

ivalua

JULY 8, 2020

Supplier Data Quality & Management in Decision Making. It may be the most basic level, but data management may also be the most daunting for some organizations. Supplier Data is at the core of every procurement activity, and it is critical for those dealing with direct materials in manufacturing.

Supply Chain 10

Supply Chain Procurement Procurement Team Supplier 10

The Coalition for Government Procurement

JUNE 6, 2024

Identifying agency commitments will incentivize industry to compete for the BPA and improve the quality of any responses submitted. OMB Launches Acquisition Data Strategy The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a circular on May 30 entitled “Strategic Management of Acquisition Data and Information.”

Procurement 52

Procurement Data Strategic Planning Management 52