Art of Procurement

APRIL 30, 2024

Category management in procurement is a bit like pickles in your sandwich. The post What is Category Management? According to the Experts) appeared first on Art of Procurement. Some people think it’s outdated. Many experts think.

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Art of Procurement

APRIL 30, 2024

There is no standard approach to category management. Every organization, procurement leader, and category manager must build a plan to. The post Build Your Category Management Framework with Five Evergreen Principles appeared first on Art of Procurement.

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Art of Procurement

JULY 14, 2024

“I think category management is great fun because you have the freedom to do things. The post Category Management: How Far We’ve Come, How Far We Can Go appeared first on Art of Procurement. It’s not following a rote.

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Art of Procurement

JANUARY 9, 2023

The post [Pod] Navigating the Perfect Storm Using Category Management w/ Stephane Morel appeared first on Art of Procurement. “We have so many priorities to consider. At the same time, we are navigating through the perfect storm.

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Art of Procurement

APRIL 30, 2024

An effective category manager is like the CEO for their own product or service category. The post What Does a Category Manager Do? (To To Elevate Procurement’s Impact) appeared first on Art of Procurement. They develop and communicate crystal.

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Art of Procurement

APRIL 30, 2024

Category management processes don’t have to be complicated to be effective. The post Learn from the 4-step Category Management Process Refined by Novartis appeared first on Art of Procurement. You may have seen 8 or even 10 step.

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ivalua

JUNE 26, 2023

Blog » Procurement on the Thames: Ivalua’s London Summer Symposium June 26, 2023 | | Thought Leadership by Eloise Barnum As businesses navigate through supply chain disruptions, high inflation, and sustainability initiatives, procurement, and supplier management has taken center stage in driving change.

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Federal News Network

DECEMBER 12, 2024

When the Office of Federal Procurement Policy launched its Better Contracting Initiative in November 2023, leaders promised this time would be different when it came to developing enterprisewide software licenses. GSA says its IT Vendor Management Office is close to finalizing a governmentwide deal with Microsoft.

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Art of Procurement

MAY 28, 2023

Procurement has to be able to. The post [Pod] Exploring the Potential for Applying AI in Procurement w/ Florin Tufan appeared first on Art of Procurement. “The reason you need AI is because you never know what you don’t know.

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Art of Procurement

OCTOBER 8, 2023

“If you want to be successful in what you do personally or professionally, you’ve got to manage relationships because the. The post Managing Services Procurement on a Grand Scale appeared first on Art of Procurement.

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Art of Procurement

APRIL 30, 2023

“In our opinion, you have to take a category management approach to supplier diversity. Find those categories where there is. The post [Pod] Benchmarking Supplier Diversity to Drive Performance w/ Aylin Basom and Lois Eichacker appeared first on Art of Procurement.

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ivalua

MARCH 28, 2019

As we move towards a new decade is the emphasis in the procurement world changing – are we going to see a new age, where the Art of Procurement comes to the fore? Technology has radically changed procurement activities and procurement roles across virtually all our spheres of activity.

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ivalua

APRIL 4, 2019

At 2018’s Sourcing Outlook we had the honor of having Bonava ’s CPO, Mia Lewis, host a roundtable on starting a completely new Procurement organization from scratch. During the active discussion many points were brought up that I believe can be helpful for any Procurement organization, old or new, that is looking for inspiration in 2019.

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Art of Procurement

JANUARY 23, 2023

The post [Pod] Establishing Procurement in a Moonshot Factory w/ Vytas Sliesoraitis appeared first on Art of Procurement. Build the processes. Learn about the product lifecycle. Start to get early wins with different products and.

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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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Art of Procurement

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The post Buyer Power Score – Pest Control Services appeared first on Art of Procurement. The AOP Buyer Power Score is a content offering created in partnership with ProcurementIQ that rates the balance of power.

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Art of Procurement

JANUARY 16, 2023

Procurement’s habitat is digital. And yet, The post [Pod] Digital Outcomes 2023 Agenda Reveal w/ Kelly Barner and Philip Ideson appeared first on Art of Procurement. Every creature on earth has a natural habitat.

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ivalua

JUNE 24, 2020

Best practice financial services procurement capabilities now available for rapid deployment. Redwood City, CA June 25, 2020 – Ivalua, a leading provider of global Spend Management Cloud solutions, today announced the availability of a pre-packaged suite of solutions for financial services.

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ivalua

JANUARY 30, 2023

Why should Procurement own Scope 3 Emissions? For most procurement (and supply chain) professionals, the topic of Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions should be coming at you from every direction. In the diagram below, it’s clear that the main area of impact for Procurement is upstream Scope 3 emissions.

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ivalua

JANUARY 30, 2023

Why should Procurement own Scope 3 Emissions? For most procurement (and supply chain) professionals, the topic of Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions should be coming at you from every direction. In the diagram below, it’s clear that the main area of impact for Procurement is upstream Scope 3 emissions.

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FedScoop

APRIL 19, 2024

The agency plans to partner closely with industry, she added, and its IT category management office within the Federal Acquisition Service is in the process of developing an acquisition resource guide for generative AI and specialized computing infrastructure. It’s gonna identify use cases.

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ivalua

JANUARY 31, 2023

Ivalua’s new Environmental Impact Center empowers Procurement and Supply Chain teams with reliable and actionable insight to reduce Scope 3 Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions. This data is accessible across Ivalua’s Source-to-Pay solution to facilitate more sustainable procurement decisions within daily operations.

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SmallGovCon

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

61 – Number of sustained protests 16% – Percentage of sustained protests, quite a bit lower than last year (due to the CIO-SP4 procurement), but similar to 4 out of the last 5 years. In the prior year a large number of sustained protests were related to a large number of protests of one single procurement. Why Are Cases Sustained?

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ivalua

JANUARY 13, 2021

Difference Between Procure to Pay and eProcurement. Procure-to-Pay is the sequential process we described earlier. Eprocurement or e-procurement comes from electronic procurement. Cloud-based Procure to Pay platforms are a must-have for any company that wants to become best-class in P2P.

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ivalua

AUGUST 17, 2021

What does Procurement mean? An organization’s Procurement function is responsible for managing spend, in other words the buying goods and services that are used to make the products sold to customers as well as the purchasing of products and services used to run the organization on a day to day basis.

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Federal News Network

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Michael Derrios is the senior procurement executive at the State Department. “It It helps me with category management. But that is not the panacea for category management. At that dollar threshold, we’re expecting program offices to have a more formalized plan and approach for program management.

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ivalua

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Food service leader digitizes procurement to drive efficiency, transparency and effective supplier management as it accelerates global expansion. JFC leverages only best-in-class processes and technologies, with its full operational procurement system used over the years to support its rapidly growing store network in the Philippines.

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Art of Procurement

AUGUST 11, 2022

The post [Pod] Designing an End-to-End Ecosystem Approach to Procurement Part 4: Procure to Pay appeared first on Art of Procurement. “If your data feeds back into your upstream processes, that helps you make better decisions and eventually helps the overall.

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ivalua

APRIL 13, 2021

In part 1 of this blog I looked at how procurement can actually create new revenue opportunities. Here I’ll take a look at two other ways that procurement can help support growth. Incentivize procurement w/performance goals & KPIs that encourage supplier collaboration to drive meaningful changes in behavior.

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Art of Procurement

MARCH 20, 2024

Services spend is becoming an increasingly important strategic category for procurement to manage as more and more businesses rely on. The post Analyzing the Global State of Services Procurement appeared first on Art of Procurement.

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SmallGovCon

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

This week in federal government contracting news looked at a new CR, cloud procurement requirements, and another push towards category management.

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The Procurement School

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Author: Graham Allen There are many similarities and differences between public and private procurement. However, the greatest overlap is the procurement life cycle or as some refer to it as the Procurement Journey. A solid procurement like a good building begins with a strong foundation which takes time to build properly.

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The Procurement School

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Author: Graham Allen In the second of two parts of “Navigation the Five Steps of the Procurement Journey” we’ll be covering posting, evaluation, award and close out. Step 3 Posting Once the procurement document is developed and approved it is posted online for bidders to respond. The RFx may include a bidder information session.

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Art of Procurement

MAY 21, 2023

The post [Pod] Getting to Know Should-Cost Analysis w/ Yushiro Kato appeared first on Art of Procurement. “Should-cost analysis is just a tool. Even if you have a clear breakdown, if you do not have a good.

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Art of Procurement

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

The post Escaping the Services Procurement Comfort Zone appeared first on Art of Procurement. “We have to incentivize the supplier to collaborate with us in a way that creates a different way of doing.

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Art of Procurement

MARCH 10, 2024

“In procurement’s operating model of the future, internal teams are delivery leaders, relationships builders, and the ones who understand what. The post Announcing the Launch of Art of Procurement SpendPros appeared first on Art of Procurement.

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Ivalua Blog [ivory-search] Weathering Future Disruptions: 8 Steps to Building Supply Chain Resilience February 8, 2023 | | Manufacturing by Doug Keeley In the face of an unprecedented global crisis, Procurement stepped up to become a crucial driving force for business continuity. Work to achieve 100% supply chain visibility.

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