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The risks of vendor-paid eProcurement

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If you’re planning a transition to eProcurement, you’ve likely come up against the question “who should pay for this?” With so many competing priorities and budgetary constraints, when does it make sense to go with a vendor-paid eProcurement model? What is vendor-paid eProcurement? And for good reason. powered by Sounder.

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Public Sector eProcurement Implementation: Ways to Mitigate Risk and Ensure Success

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Embarking on an eProcurement implementation can result in more efficient government, improved compliance and increased transparency. Users need to have a say in how the eProcurement system will meet the agency’s current needs and how it will evolve to stay effective in the future. User Acceptance Testing.

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Making a Business Case for Change: A Q&A with Public Sector Procurement Leaders

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Andrew Cochran , State eProcurement Manager, State of Ohio Department of Administrative Services. If you don’t have a good definition of the need and the destination, transformation projects can become a dog-chasing-the-tail exercise, focused on technology for the sake of technology as opposed to leveraging technology to meet a goal.

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The Keys to Successful Digital Transformation – You Must Spot the Differences

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As user expectations for a consumer-like purchasing experience grow, providing intuitive, self-service eProcurement with access to all content is essential. They matter and should definitely play a heavy role in weighing alternatives, but you need to simultaneously consider future requirements.

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Uncertain Times Call for Strong Leaders: A Q&A with Dawn Tiura

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We have tremendous insight into every part of the procurement process and all of the players involved, especially now with the help of eProcurement platforms like Ivalua. Say your procurement organization is used to an ERP system and you decide to introduce an eProcurement software platform like Ivalua. Definitely! That’s true!

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Bidding The Right Way

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As government bids follow a definite procurement process it is important for Bid Managers to meet all the deadlines and eligibility criteria of Government Procurement. As government sector projects lay the path for lucrative business opportunities and long-term growth it does come with a lot of hurdles and fierce competition.

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EBA Guidelines – A Call to Action for Banking Sector Procurement?

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It’s also worth pointing out that this is a pretty broad definition of outsourcing. Buyers must have appropriate plans in place to ensure that the activities outsourced can feasibly be moved to another provider or brought back into the core business if necessary, including in situations where time is short. .