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Evolution of the Status Quo

The Procurement School

Decision-making using Choosing by Advantages (CBA) and that incorporates Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) principals provides customer-centric solutions that pay dividends far beyond initial construction. Written by Chris Sheel Chris has been a practicing public-sector procurement professional for over 25 years.

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Navigating the 5 Steps of the Procurement Journey Part 1

The Procurement School

Areas to consider include objectives, background, scope, constraints, deliverables, timing, approvals, policy and legislative requirements, evaluation criteria and methodology and contract management including KPIs. It is important that key subject matter experts (SMEs) are involved with the planning of the project.

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ERP vs. Best-in-Class — What is Best for Managing the Healthcare Supply Chain

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Total Cost of Ownership, ERP appears to be cheaper, but is it? In addition to all of these benefits, the total cost of ownership of an ERP-based solution is higher. In fact, 74% of ERP implementations go Over Budget and they take longer to roll out.

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Navy’s journey to new procurement system remains in peril

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Further analysis should be performed to determine the true ‘total cost of ownership’ of including CON-IT and utilizing a system-of-systems approach and determine if the benefits outweigh the cost,” the authors wrote. DON ePS will provide standardized, seamless, end-to-end contract management (i.e.,