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What is Strategic Procurement, and How Can Cooperative Purchasing Help?

American City & Country

Start by developing a strategic plan that aligns procurement goals with your organization’s overall objectives. Your procurement strategy should outline short-term and long-term goals, identify potential risks, and focus on building strong supplier relationships.

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Inflation + Source-to-Pay Strategies: The Cure for the Common Price Hike

ivalua

Understanding how inflation impacts procurement and then taking action to mitigate its effects is essential for any business looking to stay ahead of the game. How Inflation Impacts Procurement Inflation affects a number of aspects of a business, including its ability to compete in the market, financial performance, and overall strategy.

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Simplifying Public Sector Procurement: Strategies to Increase Sme Participation

The Procurement School

The intention is to encourage consideration of ways to simplify and open opportunities for SMEs to efficiently participate in more public procurements. The suggestions apply to all segments of competitive bidding, including the SME segments of Supplier Diversity, Indigenous and Social Procurement.

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Leveraging Data Analytics in Procurement: Unlocking Efficiency and Strategic Value

Tracker Intelligence

Procurement analytics is quickly becoming a core practice for efficient operations and effective sourcing in today’s rapidly changing business environment. Data-driven decision-making enables procurement teams to improve performance and align with wider organisational goals including corporate social responsibility and risk management.

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Procurement Act 2023: What’s next and why you should act now

VWV

It is likely that there were sighs of relief when on 12 September the Cabinet Office signaled a four-month delay to the introduction of the Act, intended to allow time for a new National Procurement Policy Statement (NPPS) that reflects the Government's priorities. Where are we now?

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Smart Public Procurement for Better Public Spending in Latin America and the Caribbean

Inter-American Development Bank

This would result in large monetary and transactional savings for governments because, for example, approximately 25% of public contracts in the region require time extensions averaging nearly double their original terms, while around 13% experience budget increases of up to 50%. of GDP, according to FISLAC calculations.

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Digital Technology Assurance Framework – Procurement insights

Scottish Government Procurement

In our analysis of recommendations from major digital reviews we have found three distinct themes relating to procurement and contract management.