The Procurement School

JULY 16, 2024

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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ivalua

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

This complex series of business processes includes everything from supplier and category management to sourcing projects and contract negotiations and often suffers from inefficiency, poor visibility, unnecessary complexity and missed opportunities. Strategic category management.

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

They may not consider potential issues of integrations, supplier onboarding, supply chain data management, change management and system optimization, all of which add to complexity and costs. As a result, point solutions have to be added on to fill the gaps, leading to complexity, integration issues and high overhead.

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ivalua

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Redwood City, CA – October 26, 2020 – Ivalua, a leading global spend management cloud provider, and Consus, a leading global supply chain solutions provider, today announced that Jollibee Foods Corporation (JFC) has successfully deployed Ivalua’s platform to empower its procurement digital transformation, with Consus leading implementation.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

MAY 13, 2024

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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Federal News Network

MARCH 20, 2025

GSAs request would have given the department less than 500 approved cardholders to manage purchases across a 479,000-employee workforce, and the largest integrated health care system in the U.S. The VA currently holds up to 19,000 purchase cards and has about 12,000 authorized cardholders across the department.

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Federal News Network

MARCH 20, 2025

Meanwhile, President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order in the coming days that would put GSA in charge of buying all products and services that make up the 10 areas of category management. The VA currently holds up to 19,000 purchase cards and has about 12,000 authorized cardholders across the department.

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