Scottish Government Procurement

JUNE 24, 2024

Scottish Procurement and Property Directorate’s National Collaborative Procurement Division (NCPD) administers the Scottish national collaborative frameworks and contracts for the whole of the Scottish Public Sector, as well as agreements that can be accessed by central government organisations of the Scottish Government.

Collaboration 67

Collaboration E-catalogue Framework Agreement E-procurement 67

ivalua

JUNE 12, 2020

The need for Procurement to improve collaboration with suppliers, and other stakeholders, has gained broad acceptance in recent years. Looking beyond Covid-19, virtually any of Procurement’s growing list of objectives can be better achieved through better collaboration. Improving CSR/sustainability? Accelerating innovation?

Collaboration 52

Collaboration Supplier Supply Chain Procurement 52

Inter-American Development Bank

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Smart public procurement refers to making optimal decisions to minimize waste and enhance the quality, efficiency and sustainability of public spending when purchasing and contracting goods, works and services. Better contracts and processes, for example, could reduce the risk of delays, quality problems or unexpected costs.

Public Procurement 52

Public Procurement Procurement Strategic Planning Balance 52

AWS Public Sector

JULY 23, 2024

To help meet this demand for talent, the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Skills to Jobs Tech Alliance is expanding into Texas, with support from key collaborators across industry, education and government. Central to these policies is the push to ensure post-secondary programming leads to high quality career pathways for Texans.

Education 122

Education Demand Collaboration Quality 122

Art of Procurement

DECEMBER 3, 2023

“Purchasing has always been finally responsible for quality, cost, and delivery, but with some of the global challenges we’ve had. The post The Opportunity for Procurement to Collaborate with End Customers appeared first on Art of Procurement.

Collaboration 52

Collaboration Procurement Quality Purchasing 52

FedScoop

JUNE 5, 2024

Lacy pointed to a State Department collaboration with foreign ministries from the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada and New Zealand that brings together those countries’ cyber defenders in a quarterly meeting to “share a lot of information.” I think we’re past the sharing; we’re on to collaborating,” Lacy said. “I

Public Private Partnership 141

Public Private Partnership Collaboration Engineering Data 141

ivalua

APRIL 23, 2021

The Pixar building is one of the most vivid examples of how successful companies value cross functional collaboration within their organisation. This was delivered initially by having a sizeable atrium in the centre of the single office building to enable people to communicate, which it was assumed would lead to greater collaboration.

Collaboration 52

Collaboration Automotive Supplier Procurement Team 52

AWS Public Sector

APRIL 22, 2024

This initiative aims to foster collaboration among employers, academic institutions, and governments, ensuring that academic curricula aligns with real-world demands of businesses. However, educational institutions face challenges in keeping up with this rapid pace, both in terms of the quantity and quality of the talent trained.

Education 127

Education Collaboration Demand Networking 127

Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Approach: The new director of the procurement agency led the development of a data-driven corruption risk monitoring system and worked with a reform team to strengthen the institutional capacity of government buyers, improve cross-agency coordination and increase collaboration with civil society. They are linked to performance pay bonuses.

Corruption 78

Corruption Collaboration Data Public Procurement 78

FedScoop

APRIL 16, 2024

These tools enhance efficiency and change how governmental bodies collaborate, access information and serve the public. AI-driven language translation tools embedded within Google Workspace allow government employees from different linguistic backgrounds to collaborate effectively.

Collaboration 64

Collaboration Innovation Efficiency Integration 64

AWS Public Sector

JULY 31, 2024

Collaboration between industry and education is crucial to ensure that these technologies reach a sufficient level of maturity and robustness, so they can fully maximize their potential in educational settings. Industry collaboration is a core part of the business strategy for McGraw Hill.

Education 130

Education Collaboration Utilities Quality 130

GovSpend

JANUARY 22, 2025

As importantly, in an age of remote work, the 2-day event is also a chance to collaborate and socialize. Gathers provides the opportunity to reflect on the past year and discuss our strategic roadmap for 2025. For this reason, I look forward to Gathers every year.

Quality 59

Quality Data Utilities Integration 59

FedScoop

JULY 29, 2024

As part of the strategy, the Departments of Commerce and State will collaborate with private sector leaders, such as the American National Standards Institute, to “engage international partners with an aim to promote this approach globally.” innovators and industry and access to quality products and services that benefit all.”

Public Private Partnership 114

Public Private Partnership Sustainability Participation Influencing 114

FedScoop

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Scale AI wants agencies to convert raw data to AI-ready data, a priority Wang called “crucial” because “AI outputs are only as good as the data that models are trained on, and low-quality data will lead to low-quality outputs.”

Data 118

Data Quality Networking Leadership 118

FedScoop

APRIL 3, 2024

Sharpe said that the modernized approach for the astronaut application process in concert with the pre-screen assessment “reduced burden on NASA’s HR staff and allied the Astronaut Office to focus on the highest quality candidates in the applicant pool for further evaluation.”

Quality 119

Quality Evaluation Data Integration 119

ivalua

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Collaboration is beneficial, but typically hard to do in big enterprises. There is a lot of talk these days about the benefits of collaboration for manufacturers. However, making collaboration actually happen is difficult, especially in large enterprises. So much for collaboration. Let’s face it. Great stuff.

Collaboration 45

Collaboration Supply Chain Supplier Manufacturing 45

GovLoop

MAY 22, 2023

The Solution: An Integrated Data Platform About one year later, the Chicago mayor’s office launched the Chicago Early Childhood Integrated Data System (CECIDS)— a new entity in which multiple agencies share data under a collaborative governance structure, and each agency is a “Data Governor.”

Collaboration 52

Collaboration Education Public Private Partnership Data 52

GovLoop

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

About one year later, the Chicago mayor’s office launched the Chicago Early Childhood Integrated Data System (CECIDS) — a new entity in which multiple agencies share data under a collaborative governance structure, and each agency is a “Data Governor.”. The new data collaborative ties in with two other cloud-based Chicago initiatives.

Collaboration 52

Collaboration Education Public Private Partnership Data 52

GovLoop

MAY 12, 2023

A data observability pipeline can help solve this issue, protecting organizations from cyber threats, while enabling collaboration and controlling cost.

Data 98

Data Quality Collaboration Import 98

Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Open contracting approach : Uganda’s Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Authority (PPDA) worked collaboratively with civil society and a development partner, the German Development Agency GIZ to build a digital contract monitoring system. We only have three regional offices and hundreds of buyers.

Public Procurement 135

Public Procurement Procurement Contract Collaboration 135

AWS Public Sector

JUNE 3, 2024

To help tackle the issue, Amazon Web Services (AWS) is supporting AirGradient , a manufacturer of affordable and accurate air quality monitors, to launch an air quality tracking program with Mechai Bamboo School. Students from the Mechai Bamboo School pose with one of the air quality monitors. School chairman Mechai Viravaidya.

Quality 81

Quality Education Public Goods Data 81

Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 28, 2024

Data-driven monitoring enables citizens to submit high-quality complaints to authorities. The collaboration revolves around the corruption risk monitoring platform, Opentender.net , developed by ICW and the national public procurement agency LKPP. In the third, poor quality materials had been used.

Corruption 90

Corruption Data E-procurement Procurement 90

GovLoop

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Think of the quality data that lives and breathes as an ecosystem.” Architecture Eases Processes Chang said agencies face challenges using their data technology: data silos, security vulnerabilities and an inability to support collaboration. As data management health grows, so does the entire organization.

Data 104

Data Collaboration Quality Import 104

AWS Public Sector

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Supporting CDPH with continuous high-quality lab data to inform their efforts to keep Californians safe now and into the future is one of the many ways that we see HIEs serving the role as a health data utility for the state,” said Erica Galvez, CEO of Manifest MedEx.

Data 132

Data Quality Electronics Innovation 132

ivalua

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Collaboration is beneficial, but typically hard to do in big enterprises. There is a lot of talk these days about the benefits of collaboration for manufacturers. However, making collaboration actually happen is difficult, especially in large enterprises. So much for collaboration. Let’s face it. Great stuff.

Collaboration 40

Collaboration Supply Chain Supplier Manufacturing 40

ivalua

MARCH 18, 2021

The Strategic Sourcing modules of Ivalua allow Punch Powertrain buyers to define Purchasing needs collaboratively, consolidate the tendering documents and ease costing by suppliers (cost breakdown files, dialogue with the projects on technical feasibility).

Strategic Sourcing 98

Strategic Sourcing E-auction Automotive Total Cost of Ownership 98

FedScoop

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Digital Service engineer, the intent is to eliminate any distinction of quality between authorizations and bring the “same high watermark that says, ‘This meets the expectation for reuse across the government.’” For Waterman, a former Technology Modernization Fund adviser and U.S.

Transparency 108

Transparency Quality Collaboration Engineering 108

GovSpend

APRIL 10, 2025

What qualities do you value most within your team, and how do you foster a culture of innovation and collaboration? Teamwork and collaboration are paramount. Identify your passion early on and pursue it wholeheartedly. Set clear goals with deadlines and make them happen. A company’s strength lies in its people.

Leadership 52

Leadership Innovation Collaboration Data 52

ExecutiveBiz

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Clarifai said Wednesday the collaboration highlights the growing need for high-quality data labeling and model training as artificial intelligence and machine learning become increasingly vital to […]

Quality 59

Quality Collaboration Data 59

FedScoop

AUGUST 12, 2024

So far, Khan said, it’s led to better knowledge sharing and collaboration among bureaus, and advanced its efforts on artificial intelligence. Khan said that improved the quality of the data and saved more than 600 labor hours. government financial contributions to international organizations.

Data 110

Data Collaboration Efficiency Accountability 110

ivalua

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

The post Asian Paints Successfully Digitizes the Source to Contract Process in Collaboration with Ivalua & Durvah appeared first on Ivalua.

Collaboration 52

Collaboration Supplier Contract Supply Chain 52

ExecutiveBiz

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

In a recent post on LinkedIn, Jones said he would spearhead product life cycle process transformation efforts and collaborate with the senior engineering, supply chain, operations and quality leadership teams. Chuck Jones , formerly a vice president at Honeywell , has joined RTX business Raytheon as VP of digital operations.

Supply Chain 59

Supply Chain Quality Leadership Collaboration 59

ivalua

MARCH 16, 2020

For Körber’s supply chain management community, quality, innovative strength, legal certainty, adherence to delivery dates and the sustainability of suppliers and service providers play a decisive role – as does cost. The goal was to increase efficiency across the Group’s Business Areas.

Supply Chain 19

Supply Chain Procurement E-procurement Supplier 19

ivalua

JUNE 29, 2020

Buying supplies, equipment, low preference items and the latest innovations to support high-value care delivery is expensive and while it’s not an area where you want to skimp, there are certainly ways to reduce these expenses without impacting quality of care. For many it’s likely that the opportunity is much larger.

Supply Chain 87

Supply Chain Distribution Strategic Sourcing Quality 87

ivalua

DECEMBER 5, 2019

As the reliance on suppliers and the pace of innovation rises, businesses need to prioritise supplier collaboration to build strong relationships and help fuel innovation, or they risk falling behind and losing out to competitors. Our latest survey of UK businesses, conducted by Vanson Bourne, emphasizes these issues.

Supplier 68

Supplier Innovation Procurement Consumer Demands 68

GovLoop

MARCH 27, 2023

Think of the quality data that lives and breathes as an ecosystem.” Chang said agencies face challenges using their data technology: data silos, security vulnerabilities and an inability to support collaboration. In data transformation, it helps to view things through a different lens.

Collaboration 52

Collaboration Quality Data Import 52

Kluwer Arbitration

APRIL 9, 2025

As part of the 2025 Paris Arbitration Week (PAW), Latham & Watkins, in collaboration with Columbia Law School, hosted two interactive panels examining key procedural issues in international arbitration from the perspectives of arbitrators, clients, and counsel. Pierce added that some court systems now mandate mediation, meaning U.S.

Ethics 52

Ethics Quality Import Thresholds 52