ivalua

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

The past few years have highlighted serious deficiencies in prevalent supply chain strategies and the major risk that disruptions pose to corporate success. years and companies can expect to lose 42% of one year’s EBITDA every decade due to supply chain disruptions. Assessing Risk across the Supply Chain.

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Art of Procurement

APRIL 4, 2024

China’s role in the global supply chain is changing right before our eyes, leaving foreign buyers to feel the discomfort. The post Even with +1, China is still #1 appeared first on Art of Procurement.

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Supply Chain Buyers Procurement Risk Management 133

ivalua

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Businesses must start looking to the supply chain to ensure this renewed focus on transparency and accountability. Importantly, the study demonstrates why more needs to be done across the supply chain to assess and measure green credentials regularly. Measure suppliers on carbon emissions.

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain Sustainability Supplier Collaboration 52

ivalua

JUNE 4, 2020

A review of the key elements in supplier management for manufacturers and how Source-to-Pay procurement technology can support the journey towards supply chain resilience and agility in times of crisis. As the COVID-19 pandemic disrupts global supply chains, procurement organizations around the world are scrambling to react.

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Supply Chain Procurement Supplier Procurement Team 69

Art of Procurement

APRIL 4, 2024

China’s role in the global supply chain is changing right before our eyes, leaving foreign buyers to feel the discomfort. The post Even with +1, China is still #1 appeared first on Art of Procurement.

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain Buyers Procurement Risk Management 52

Art of Procurement

APRIL 4, 2024

China’s role in the global supply chain is changing right before our eyes, leaving foreign buyers to feel the discomfort.

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain Buyers Risk Management Supplier 52

Scottish Government Procurement

AUGUST 22, 2024

This one-day event attracts public sector buyers, heads of department and contract managers responsible for managing the national public procurement expenditure of £16 billion a year.

Procurement 78

Procurement Public Procurement Supply Chain Sustainability 78

ivalua

JUNE 27, 2022

With new accelerated payment capabilities, users can more readily capture supplier discounts, support growth, and strengthen the supply chain. . 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!

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Supply Chain Buyers IT Supplier 52

ivalua

MAY 28, 2014

In my last blog post, “ Will your supply chain lead in the next decade? ,” I talked about Gartner’s first-day focus at their Supply Chain Executive Summit in Phoenix, Arizona. This is an especially important message for manufacturers’ supply chain organizations.

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Supply Chain Innovation Total Cost of Ownership Cost of Ownership 40

ivalua

JUNE 29, 2022

Businesses must start looking to the supply chain to ensure this renewed focus on transparency and accountability. Importantly, the study demonstrates why more needs to be done across the supply chain to assess and measure green credentials regularly. Measure suppliers on carbon emissions.

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain Sustainability Supplier Collaboration 52

ivalua

MARCH 4, 2016

Listening to all of the talks by industry leaders led me to a glaring conclusion—the critical role that technology plays in supply chain and sourcing is the giant elephant in the room that no one was talking about, but everyone could see. When the supply base is limited, being the customer of choice is essential. Time is Money.

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Supply Chain Supplier Manufacturing Strategic Sourcing 40

Scottish Government Procurement

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

This commitment extends to their procurement and supply chain management, which is a vital part of sector activity. A shared Supply Chain Climate and Ecological Emergency Strategy has now been agreed by the Principals’ groups of both the University and College sectors in Scotland.

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Supply Chain Public Procurement Procurement Sustainability 70

ivalua

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The study also highlights that most organisations are not communicating across the supply chain to drive green initiatives. For most organisations, emissions from their supply chain are several times greater than their own direct emissions. Notes to the editor.

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Supplier Supply Chain Buyers Sustainability 52

Tracker Intelligence

AUGUST 4, 2024

Another difference to consider is that private sector contracts can be referred to as supply chain contacts, which might include several private companies. Tracker’s Commercial Project Tool is home to hundreds of supply chain contracts and is updated regularly.

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Tender Contract Buyers Supply Chain 52

Government Contracts Legal Forum

JUNE 27, 2024

The final rule explains that the SUP-free icon is intended to act “as an important discriminator when buyers are making purchasing decisions” so that FSS contractors that adopt this voluntary measure will become more marketable in the federal procurement space. The final rule is effective starting July 8, 2024.

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Procurement Supply Chain Purchasing Buyers 52

ivalua

AUGUST 26, 2021

Redwood City, CA – 26th August 2021 – Research from Ivalua, a leading global spend management cloud provider, has revealed more than half (58%) of European suppliers said buyers rarely or never include responsible labour practices in contracts or agreements. The report also identified a lack of consistent monitoring of labour standards.

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Procurement Team Supplier Supply Chain Buyers 40

ivalua

MAY 19, 2022

The high-level benefit of embedding the TransferMate payment solution within the Ivalua Source to Pay journey is that supply chains can become stronger. By removing the friction in global supply chains, for the first time, the payment and the sourcing event are seamlessly linked.

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Supply Chain Supplier Buyers Finance 52

ivalua

APRIL 20, 2021

Leveraging purchasing power to capture volume- based pricing within a competitive supply chain builds sticky relationships with healthy suppliers, keeps input costs low, and acts as a hedge against inflation. The reality is, to turn inventory, make the sale, and then collect funds takes most buyers over 30 days. Is it worth it?

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Efficiency Buyers Supply Chain Supplier 52

SmallGovCon

OCTOBER 13, 2023

I was in Iowa last month, John Holtz is headed to Nebraska next week for the Fall Meet the Buyers Government Contracting Conference and Nicole Pottroff will be going to Oklahoma the following week for the ICBS Conference. It’s also conference season at SmallGovCon.com. Please come out to see them if you are in the area.

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Supply Chain Government Contracts Buyers Contract 59

ivalua

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The study also highlights that most organisations are not communicating across the supply chain to drive green initiatives. For most organisations, emissions from their supply chain are several times greater than their own direct emissions. Notes to the editor.

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Supplier Supply Chain Buyers Sustainability 40

The Procurement School

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

They followed the Supply Chain Canada’s Code of Ethics for Professionals the letter for their entire career and had never encountered this situation before. For example, a Buyer was tasked with ordering scientific equipment and lab supplies for a university in Africa. On a global perspective, ethics may be different.

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Ethics Import Procurement Public Procurement 98

ivalua

JANUARY 29, 2021

Frédéric Lino EVP Purchasing and Supply Chain. He was then promoted to Purchasing Executive Manager at Renault-Nissan, where he will be in charge of seat and raw material amenities with the management of 25 buyers. Frédéric is expanding his scope of responsibility in October 2020 by taking over the Supply Chain function.

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Supply Chain Automotive Purchasing Buyers 40

ivalua

MARCH 5, 2020

That includes quite a range of issues now, ranging from climate change and de-forestation to modern slavery or supporting diversity in our supply chains. Sometimes action can be taken by the buyer that either does not affect the supplier or just requires their agreement.

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Collaboration Procurement Supply Chain Supplier 52

ivalua

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Establishing an environment where information is digitally exchanged between buyers and suppliers and where processes are interconnected has become essential in the new generation of procurement and supply chain management. Effectively Managing Supplier Information, Risk & Performance.

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Supply Chain Supplier Buyers Demand 40

Oxford College of Procurement and Supply

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

The results of the KPI would flag up reduced performance and allow the buyer to address this issue. Wrap Up Do you want to know more about KPIs and supply chains? The issue could be a minor blip in production but it could be more serious. Then, why not consider studying for a CIPS professional qualification.

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Import Procurement Supplier Supply Chain 59

ivalua

AUGUST 11, 2021

Responsible sourcing is the incorporation of ethical, sustainable and socially conscious principles into sourcing, procurement and overall supply chain management practices. 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. .

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Supply Chain Supplier Ethics Sustainability 52

Scottish Government Procurement

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Ahead of Scot Climate Week 2023 , we welcome a guest blog from the Peatland ACTION project to tell us about the variety of supply chain opportunities and wider peatland restoration work. We will also be in person at the Meet the Buyer North event taking place on 12 September 2023 at Aberdeen Music Hall.

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Procurement Supply Chain Tender Supplier 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

The Procurement School

DECEMBER 19, 2022

How can government do better in this current world of supply chain issues and labour shortages? Allows government buyer to consider vendor feedback and make changes before issuing the solicitation. Helps avoid the buyer receiving deliverables that differ from expectations. Avoid jargon and spell out acronyms.

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Supply Chain Buyers Budget Quality 52

Federal News Network

JANUARY 2, 2024

For what buyers and sellers can expect in the year ahead, we hear from Sonny Hashmi. So supply chain risk management and elimination becomes a very important discipline. We also have global events that are causing disruptions to the supply chain. And so I don’t minimize the complexity of it.

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Supply Chain Balance Supplier Data 96

ivalua

JULY 8, 2020

As the COVID-19 pandemic disrupts global supply chains, procurement organizations around the world are scrambling to react. There are many supply chain management lessons to learn from the Covid-19 crisis. These challenges in the direct material supply chain pose a real threat, especially in a time of crisis.

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Supply Chain Procurement Procurement Team Supplier 10

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

OCTOBER 24, 2021

The payment process required for international trade is complex, expensive and high risk for both suppliers and buyers. in 2022*, the financial friction that arises from such transactions weakens links in the supply chain. With global trade volumes expected to grow by 4.7%

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Supply Chain Supplier Finance Transparency 52

Naomi Clews Consultancy

AUGUST 3, 2023

​Have you applied to NHS England, NHS buyers, but had no success? Naomi Clews has 30 years purchasing and supply chain management knowledge, experience and skills, backed up by relevant professional qualifications. NHS Procurement Consultants Do you want to sell to the NHS?

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Consulting Procurement Tender Supply Chain 52

ivalua

AUGUST 17, 2021

Capturing Value occurs when a contract has been established that governs the responsibilities and obligations of both supplier and buyer, and well as when the organization has the right Procure-to-Pay processes in place to ensure compliance to those agreements, goods, services and prices. .

Procurement 52

Procurement Supply Chain E-procurement Procurement Team 52

ivalua

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

in the first half of 2020 due to the explosion in global demand and broken supply chains have highlighted the key role suppliers play, as well as the critical need for effective supplier relationship management. Of course, Buyers’ time is limited. Supplier Relationship Management – time to rewrite the rule-book?

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Supplier Management Supply Chain Tender 52

Scottish Government Procurement

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

I was then guided through the role of procurement within Scotland, shadowing and discussing multi-million-pound projects with procurement buyers, getting a better understanding from Angus and his colleagues on the scope and complexities of real government spending and initiatives.

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