American City & Country

AUGUST 28, 2024

Many national and international certifications exist to assist in developing requirements or evaluating proposals with green purchasing components or goals. In addition, there are several comprehensive guides to green purchasing available online, including from the Nation Association of State Procurement Officials (NASPO).

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Purchasing Sustainability E-procurement Procurement 97

Bonfire

JANUARY 19, 2022

Given the challenges elementary and high school students are facing right now, K-12 procurement teams have a unique opportunity to make a positive impact through their purchasing decisions. Many procurement teams are geographically distant from the schools they support. Student-first buying decisions are collaborative.

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American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Since taking on the role in June 2023, Rogers has been committed to overseeing the efficient operation of the town’s government. However, he quickly identified a major hurdle: the town’s procurement process was hampering his team’s productivity and efficiency. personnel hours to complete a solicitation project.

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Purchasing IT Supplier Negotiation Efficiency 58

ivalua

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

Accenture’s recently published “ Is Yours a Procurement Organization of One? provides a bold look into the near future of procurement organizations. This is a mindset shift for procurement teams, but it should not be such a stretch. They are creating an entirely new way of doing business.

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Oxford College of Procurement and Supply

JANUARY 14, 2025

The Oxford English Dictionary defines benchmarking as: Evaluating (something) by comparison with a standard. In procurement, benchmarking involves assessing supplier performance, costs, and processes against industry standards or competitors to ensure you are receiving the best value. The answer lies in benchmarking.

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Tracker Intelligence

MARCH 28, 2025

The Free vs. Paid Tender Platform Dilemma In the case of choosing between free and paid tender platforms, two main factors come into play: coverage and efficiency. The contracting authority plays a crucial role in public sector tendering processes by setting contract thresholds and criteria for bid evaluations.

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Bonfire

MARCH 29, 2022

If the amount is over the threshold, sourcing is led by the procurement team, whether through a public bid, NOI, or limited tendering option. eProcurement is appealing because it can help agencies move the needle on strategic goals, including project efficiency, stakeholder collaboration, and vendor engagement.

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Procurement Eprocurement Purchasing Participation 52

ivalua

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

In August 2020 Gartner published this report “4 Tactics Procurement Can Use to Sustain Influence as Economic Conditions Improve” This blog summarizes the key points of the report which you can read in full, here. Procurement Teams Step-up. Help staff sell procurement’s value during recovery.

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Tracker Intelligence

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Awarding the Contract The winning supplier is selected based on clear criteria, ensuring fair and competitive procurement. Review and Lessons Learned After completion, procurement teams assess what worked and what could be improved for future projects. E-Procurement It is the digital way of handling public purchasing.

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Bonfire

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

We hosted our first ever Bonfire Procurement Awards reception to honor our clients who are moving mountains in their organizations. Then in our case study session, we heard how public procurement teams are using Bonfire to drive their organizations forward and positively impact the communities they serve.

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Public Procurement Procurement Team Procurement Bidding 52

ivalua

MARCH 9, 2023

It is a crucial process for organizations that are looking to streamline their procurement activities, better manage spend and suppliers and increase operational efficiency. The last phase of the process, also known as Procure-to-Pay includes the ordering of goods/services, receiving of these, invoicing and payment to suppliers.

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Supplier E-procurement Supply Chain Procurement 52

Bonfire

APRIL 3, 2023

Procurement software offers a one-stop solution that covers the whole range of contract management challenges. No integrated workflows: ERP systems don’t provide integrated workflows or automatic approval management, making it difficult to set up and maintain efficient procurement processes.

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Eprocurement Strategic Sourcing Supplier Bidding 52

ivalua

MARCH 16, 2021

Sajid Kunnummal, Vice President and CPO at Navistar, was interviewed in late 2020 by Philip Ideson from Art of Procurement. When the crisis hit, Procurement as a function was suddenly in the hot seat, and it became the driving force for business continuity. Why is visibility so important? Set expectations with suppliers.

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Supply Chain Manufacturing Supplier Procurement Team 52

ivalua

JUNE 1, 2022

When the crisis hit, Procurement as a function was suddenly in the hot seat, and it became the driving force for business continuity. In fact, the pandemic spurred enormous growth and expansion for Procurement, while helping uncover hidden weaknesses in procurement processes and procedures. Why is visibility so important?

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Bonfire

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

There’s never been a better time to explore creative solutions for stretching budgets further and turning federal infrastructure funding into transformative investments in efficient and sustainable water management. Modifying your approach to procurement can make your business permanently more efficient.

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Finance Management Utilities Procurement 59

ivalua

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Aside from mitigating risk and saving organizations money, Procurement teams have an opportunity to add value by working closely with suppliers to reduce carbon emissions while ensuring supply chain continuity through diversity and proper forecasting. Tracking the Metrics that Matter. Inflation Metrics.

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Tracker Intelligence

DECEMBER 30, 2024

It involves asking: Beyond the immediate deliverables, how does this procurement positively impact communities? Beyond the Bottom Line: Social value prioritises community well-being over just financial efficiency. These initiatives make it possible for suppliers to implement social value model obligations more efficiently.

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Public Procurement Procurement Supply Chain Tender 52

Tracker Intelligence

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Key Differences Between Public and Private Sector Procurement There are a few key differences between public and private sector procurement, including their objectives, the tendering process, supplier selection, regulations and frameworks, transparency in awarding contracts, and even the payment process.

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Tracker Intelligence

DECEMBER 16, 2024

The Importance of Competition in Public Procurement The essence of competition is to allow multiple suppliers to compete for a government contract under the same conditions so that the best value is achieved. This is not just theoretical; the benefits of competition are tangible, and public bodies and citizens alike can feel them.

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ivalua

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Still, someone has to be the process lead when it comes to supplier master data, to set a consistent and efficient process with the necessary controls. Application leaders that support the master data management should work with the Procurement team to establish metrics for tracking data completeness and the frequency of updates.

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Supplier Data Management Procurement 40

ivalua

MARCH 4, 2016

getting involved early on in the New Product Introduction ( NPI) cycle to ensure suppliers risk is being properly evaluated in production capacity and quality. That is very much like using a spoon to butter your bread—it may get the job done and it is still a utensil, but it will be far less efficient than a knife.

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Supply Chain Supplier Manufacturing Strategic Sourcing 40

ivalua

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Embarking on an eProcurement implementation can result in more efficient government, improved compliance and increased transparency. There hasn’t been an implementation project that I have been a part of where the team walked away without lessons learned for future implementations, and public sector implementations are no exception.

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Eprocurement Change Management Influencing Procurement 40

ivalua

MARCH 1, 2019

Seeking to light the way on the journey, Procurement Leaders, Covéa and Ivalua joined forces on a recent webinar to inspire Procurement leaders as they boldly go where few Procurement teams have gone before. Show proof of better efficiencies and added value. Here are the key takeaways. Don’t forget about suppliers.

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ivalua

MAY 1, 2020

Those that selected more rigid technology that is good at driving standard process efficiencies but less so in enabling analysis or connecting stakeholders, or doesn’t address all spend, will struggle to scale efforts. Digitization can save endless hours by automatically identifying such contracts.

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Supply Chain Management Supplier E-procurement 40

The Coalition for Government Procurement

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

General Services Administration (GSA) with the contractual flexibility it needs to modernize antiquated Federal procurement procedures and increase efficiency. The legislation will also maximize the Federal Government’s ability to procure modern technology and help small businesses by reducing regulatory burdens.”

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ivalua

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

For a sourcing professional who may be primarily evaluated by savings and avoidance, ESG can be seen as cumbersome or a competing workstream. For example, our integration with Tealbook can make the requirement to discover and include diverse suppliers efficiently as part of the source-to-pay process. .

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Tracker Intelligence

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Imagine a competent procurement officer surrounded by a myriad of daunting problems, including legislative procurement compliance solutions, inefficiency, and even the risk of fraudulent activity. This article will focus on tackling challenges in the public procurement process and suggests practical solutions for these challenges.

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Public Procurement Efficiency Procurement Bid Rigging 52

FedScoop

DECEMBER 19, 2024

The sheer volume of data generated and consumed by AI applications, coupled with the need for real-time processing and analysis, contributes to escalating costs, exacerbates latency concerns and hinders critical decision-making and operational efficiency. HPE also leads in energy efficiency.

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Tracker Intelligence

MARCH 12, 2025

Follow The Evaluation Criteria Like A Cheat Sheet Every tender has a scoring systemyour job is to align with it perfectly. Heres how to risk-proof your game plan: Stay Ahead of Procurement Laws The Procurement Act 2023 and Public Contracts Regulations set the legal framework for public sector contracts.

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Scottish Government Procurement

MARCH 19, 2025

Now we play a major role in this to our programmes of work on our National Collaborative Procurement, Commercial Value for Money programmes and the Single Scottish Estate programme, making a real efficiency and securingsavings for the public sector. Which are oversight and communications, policy in practice and systems and tools.

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Procurement Public Procurement Sustainability Collaboration 58

The Coalition for Government Procurement

DECEMBER 19, 2024

For additional information on MAPS, please view the links below: Draft Performance Work Statement Scope Gate Criteria Questions Past Performance Evaluation Questionnaire Form Scorecard Industry Day Slides and Participant List MAPS Insights from Baker Tilly The Coalition has established a MAPS Working Group. Listen to the full podcast here.

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