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CKS Benelux and Ivalua partner with Punch Powertrain to digitalise strategic sourcing

ivalua

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). Learn more at www.ivalua.com.

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Evolution of the Status Quo

The Procurement School

Collective agreements offer some predictability, but lump sum tendered bids often must guess the future and buffer to avoid loss. Large capital projects have multiyear cost models that must accurately estimate labour costs, allow for compounding, and be budgeted accordingly.

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The Purpose of Procurement: How ESG is Changing our Roles

The Procurement School

There will always be a cost of goods to consider but it will be a much broader view with the total cost of ownership internalized as much as possible. Public sector procurement also followed the Smith theory, where the lowest cost from a tendering process must deliver the best value.