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State Dept transforming procurement with category management, streamlined processes

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Federal Monthly Insights - Contract Management Modernization - 9/24/2024 [link] Download audio The State Department is embarking on a transformation in how it performs acquisition. It’s moving to a category management approach, organizing procurement around the primary categories of spend.

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Contract Management’s Impact on Procurement Efficiency

The Procurement School

Contract Management is often thought to be the last step in the Procurement life cycle but instead it is both the beginning and end of the procurement cycle and it provides a constant feedback loop. The following article discusses the various steps of contract management and its role in procurement efficiency.

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AMER 2021 Day 2 Demo Two

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The source-to-contract process is where Procurement identifies and creates value for their organization. Ivalua offers a completely integrated experience across the entire upstream process, enabling customers to successfully define and execute sourcing and supplier management strategies and lock in the value with Contract Management.

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Announcing the 2023 Excellence in Partnership Award Recipients!

The Coalition for Government Procurement

George held several leadership positions within the agency, including Regional Commissioner of the Greater Southwest Region, and he served as the inaugural Government-wide Category Manager for Industrial Products and Services.

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Thank You for a Successful Spring Training Conference!

The Coalition for Government Procurement

Day One Speakers Keynote Speakers: Christine Harada , Senior Advisor, OFPP, OMB Moshe Schwartz , President, Etherton and Associates Panelists: Bonnie Evangelista , Acting Deputy Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer for Acquisitions, DoD Polly Hall , Senior Advisor to the Chief Procurement Officer, DHS Udaya Patnaik , Chief Innovation (..)

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ERP vs. Best-in-Class — What is Best for Managing the Healthcare Supply Chain

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A purpose-built solution can enforce proper governance and standards, automate master data optimization activities, identify product standardization opportunities, and automate category management for strategic sourcing in supply chain. Demand planning capabilities.

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Navigating the 5 Steps of the Procurement Journey Part 1

The Procurement School

Areas to consider include objectives, background, scope, constraints, deliverables, timing, approvals, policy and legislative requirements, evaluation criteria and methodology and contract management including KPIs. Part 2 of The Procurement Journey will continue next month covering posting, evaluation and contract award.