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GSA closes in on enterprisewide software deal with Microsoft

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Clearly, both sides value the other as a critical partner, as demonstrated by the willing collaboration of the Governmentwide Microsoft Acquisition Strategy (GMAS) effort. Over two days, the group collaboratively concentrated the original list of terms and price reduction concepts down to 24.

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A More Reliable Path to Net Zero: Ivalua’s Latest Innovation Helps Reduce the Environmental Impact of Supply Chains

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This puts the Procurement function in a central role towards establishing a transparent emissions baseline using reliable data and collaborating with suppliers on carbon savings plans to meet reduction targets and for reporting and risk assessment. They can use these models to focus on high-emitting categories and products.

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Procurement on the Thames: Ivalua’s London Summer Symposium

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Vishal Patel and Peter Hunt delivered their session ‘Creating Value with Strategic Sourcing’ to discuss how Procurement professionals are recognizing that the fast-paced digital landscape of today demands new approaches to category management and strategic sourcing. The answer is simple – automation.

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GAO wants OMB to prioritize agencies’ FedRAMP use, modernization and more

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In another recommendation, the GAO recommended that OMB continue developing plans to address government-wide data challenges with the help of the CDO Council and the Category Management Leadership Council.

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Announcing the 2023 Excellence in Partnership Award Recipients!

The Coalition for Government Procurement

This year, we received nominations across four categories: Lifetime Acquisition Excellence , Acquisition Excellence , Sustainability/Green Excellence , and Advocating for Veterans. The MAGIC Committee, which created a framework for government and industry collaboration with the GSA regions, held its inaugural in-person event in November 2019.

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Weathering Future Disruptions: 8 Steps to Building Supply Chain Resilience

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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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What is eProcurement?

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Also, an eprocurement solution provides you with clean spend data, which is the basis for a sound spend analysis and eventually relevant category management. – Enhanced collaboration as the software allows Procurement, stakeholders and suppliers to exchange information quickly, but also to work jointly on certain item.