Tracker Intelligence

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Procurement analytics is quickly becoming a core practice for efficient operations and effective sourcing in today’s rapidly changing business environment. contract compliance, procurement cycle efficiency). Prior purchase data is also used for demand forecasting improving resource management and operational efficiency.

Efficiency 52

Efficiency Data Procurement Supply Chain 52

WashngtonExec

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Bill Mertz Chief Procurement Officer, Peraton Bill Mertz is responsible for all aspects of the companys procurement organization, including supply chain operations, strategic sourcing and subcontractor management. Bringing nearly two [.]

Supply Chain 40

Supply Chain Chief Procurement Officer Strategic Sourcing Procurement Strategies 40

ivalua

JULY 6, 2015

The strategic sourcing technology market is a crowded space. Walk the exhibit floor at the annual ISM conference and you’ll easily find more than 40 providers offering a wide variety of e-sourcing solutions. So how do you know if you have the right sourcing technology for your business?

Strategic Sourcing 55

Strategic Sourcing Supplier Negotiation Efficiency 55

ivalua

MAY 30, 2023

Developing and executing category strategies is critical to effective strategic sourcing. That’s why it’s important to analyze spend and successfully define/execute sourcing and supplier management strategies across all spend.

Procurement 19

Procurement Supply Chain Eprocurement Manufacturing 19

ivalua

MAY 9, 2023

Prior to his time at Ivalua, Jarrod held various roles in category and supplier management—including strategic sourcing and procurement team management where he led teams to implement shared service procurement models and Source-to-Pay systems.

Public Procurement 98

Public Procurement Tender Supplier Procurement 98

ivalua

AUGUST 18, 2015

If you work in strategic sourcing and supplier management, supplier collaboration enables you to achieve (or beat!) The value created is higher customer satisfaction, greater working capital efficiency, and a lower operating cost for the supply chain. the bill-of-materials target cost through the entire product lifecycle.

Supplier 69

Supplier Manufacturing Collaboration Supply Chain 69

ivalua

JUNE 29, 2020

With rising costs and declining margins, health systems must become more efficient and productive. Quite often there can be a general lack of spend and vendor management and strategic sourcing activities. On the flip side, the pandemic has highlighted the long standing need for digital transformation within healthcare.

Supply Chain 87

Supply Chain Distribution Strategic Sourcing Quality 87

FedInsider

OCTOBER 10, 2023

But it also has value far away from the battlespace, such as 5G efficiencies in supply chain and warehouse logistics and support for open standards while maintaining secure networks. and its allies and partners.

Networking 140

Networking Participation Inventory Management Warehouse 140

ivalua

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The power of collaboration allows for more innovative solutions, improved efficiency and a reliable supply chain in even the most uncertain times. As businesses continue to pivot during the pandemic, creativity will be key.

Supply Chain 97

Supply Chain Supplier Manufacturing Procurement Team 97

ivalua

MARCH 24, 2021

Procurement needs digitization at its core to enable automation, efficiency, and innovation within the supply chain. The resulting synergies unlock value and efficiency, improve visibility of risk, and take unnecessary costs out of the supply chain. Digitization Benefit #2: Strategic Sourcing Alignment.

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain Manufacturing Collaboration Supplier 52

Bonfire

APRIL 3, 2023

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. No support for strategic sourcing: ERP systems don‘t offer support for strategic sourcing, which is critical for optimizing spend and driving savings.

Eprocurement 52

Eprocurement Strategic Sourcing Supplier Bidding 52

ivalua

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

A purpose-built solution can enforce proper governance and standards, automate master data optimization activities, identify product standardization opportunities, and automate category management for strategic sourcing in supply chain. Efficient warehouse management. Demand planning capabilities.

Supply Chain 88

Supply Chain Management Total Cost of Ownership Warehouse 88

ivalua

APRIL 2, 2019

Pacific Drilling requires a fast, efficient and automated sourcing process to support the company’s Purchasing processes. Pacific Drilling, an offshore drilling company, provides global deep water drilling services to the oil and natural gas industry through the use of high-specification drillships.

Supply Chain 11

Supply Chain Chief Procurement Officer Purchasing Strategic Sourcing 11

Bonfire

MARCH 17, 2023

Our panelists included: Hend Salem , Manager of Strategic Sourcing – Non Clinical at The Ottawa Hospital Carol Izzio , Director of Procurement at Sheridan College Christine McParland , Director of Residence and Ancillary Services at St. It’s not a procurement policy, it’s a corporate policy. Everyone has to buy in.”

Risk Management 52

Risk Management Procurement Management Strategic Sourcing 52

ivalua

APRIL 17, 2023

Ivalua Spend Management Insights [ivory-search] Source Wisely: Your Top 3 Public Procurement Software Essentials April 17, 2023 | | Public Sector by Jarrod McAdoo Today, state and local governments are tackling top priorities such as legacy modernization, cybersecurity, and cloud computing.

Public Procurement 52

Public Procurement Procurement Transparency Supplier 52

ivalua

AUGUST 18, 2015

If you work in strategic sourcing and supplier management, supplier collaboration enables you to achieve (or beat!) The value created is higher customer satisfaction, greater working capital efficiency, and a lower operating cost for the supply chain. the bill-of-materials target cost through the entire product lifecycle.

Supplier 40

Supplier Collaboration Manufacturing Supply Chain 40

ivalua

APRIL 2, 2019

Pacific Drilling requires a fast, efficient and automated sourcing process to support the company’s Purchasing processes. Pacific Drilling, an offshore drilling company, provides global deep water drilling services to the oil and natural gas industry through the use of high-specification drillships.

Supply Chain 40

Supply Chain Chief Procurement Officer Purchasing Strategic Sourcing 40

ivalua

APRIL 19, 2022

Director Strategic Sourcing Digital & Functional Transformation, . This year, we’ve invited a wide array of industry thought leaders to join 6 expert panels covering Data Integrity, Sourcing Optimization, Sustainable Procurement, Finance Procurement, Public Procurement, and Federal Procurement. .

Chief Procurement Officer 52

Chief Procurement Officer Eprocurement Supply Chain Procurement 52

ivalua

JANUARY 21, 2020

All states want to use public resources wisely and efficiently but doing so quietly is not enough to meet expectations. Modernizing procurement systems can enable states to manage their data and engage in strategic sourcing and management programs, as well as ensure compliance with these programs.

Procurement 49

Procurement Transparency Data Strategic Sourcing 49

ivalua

JANUARY 13, 2016

Time to market also improves substantially due to fewer changes in design and more efficient sourcing. When incorporated into an efficient strategic sourcing process, collaboration can result in better visibility into total costs and a better negotiation position. Collaboration around margin enhancement.

Supplier 40

Supplier Collaboration Manufacturing Finance 40

FedInsider

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

In his role he works closely with multiple government agencies to address their unique enterprise and mission enabling communications requirements, as well as commercial industry partners to identify capabilities and emerging technologies to address customers’ mobility and SATCOM requirements.

Telecommunication 98

Telecommunication Engineering Networking E-auction 98

ivalua

JANUARY 31, 2022

Last year, 62% of enterprises that made an investment in supply management technology over the past two years took the suite-based approach (strategic sourcing suite or full Source-to Settle suites. More on that here. 5 Procurement Increasing Its Focus on and Use of Data.

Procurement 52

Procurement Supply Chain Supplier Consumer Demands 52

ivalua

MARCH 4, 2016

Recently I attended a conference for Strategic Sourcing in the medical device manufacturing sector. 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.

Supply Chain 40

Supply Chain Supplier Manufacturing Strategic Sourcing 40

ivalua

JUNE 1, 2022

Strategic sourcing professionals may end up doing tactical work, as well. That collaboration leads to more innovation, greater efficiencies and a higher-performing, resilient supply chain that can weather the challenges of a crisis like Covid. . Simplify approvals with clearly defined roles and responsibilities.

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain Supplier Procurement Team Freight 52

ivalua

MARCH 16, 2021

Strategic sourcing professionals may end up doing tactical work, as well. That collaboration leads to more innovation, greater efficiencies and a higher-performing, resilient supply chain that can weather the challenges of a crisis like Covid. . Simplify approvals with clearly defined roles and responsibilities.

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain Manufacturing Supplier Procurement Team 52

ivalua

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

If you are getting started, you are likely looking to start with technology to address a specific process ( Strategic Sourcing or P2P for example). It is exactly that deeper level of integration which delivers the efficiencies and seamless access to information you need to advance fully in your journey. Plan to avoid those.

Procurement 40

Procurement Supplier Automotive Strategic Sourcing 40

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. As far as reviewing supplier performance regularly, the results were 97% versus 17%.

Supply Chain 40

Supply Chain Management Supplier E-procurement 40

ivalua

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Canada , the Middle East , South America and Asia are now using Ivalua’s procurement empowerment platform to power their digital transformations, improving efficiency, reducing costs, managing risk and growing revenue. Hundreds of the most admired companies from Europe , the U.S., ” Accelerating Innovation.

Supply Chain 14

Supply Chain Strategic Sourcing Buying Process Collaboration 14

ivalua

JULY 4, 2021

The project, which was delivered in partnership with Efficio, the leading strategic procurement and supply chain consultancy firm, was focused on STG’s strategic sourcing process as the first stage of a longer term digital transformation.

Procurement 52

Procurement Strategic Sourcing Supplier Supply Chain 52

ivalua

DECEMBER 21, 2021

As a center-led procurement function FCL used Ivalua’s solution to enable non-procurement professionals within various different business sectors to conduct sourcing activities in accordance with FCL’s procurement governance. About Federated Co-operatives Limited and the Co-operative Retailing System.

Supplier 52

Supplier Integration Integrity Retail 52

ivalua

MARCH 5, 2020

To support the company’s strategic objective to better serve its clients and members, Desjardins requires a more efficient and streamlined sourcing and contracting process. The company chose Ivalua for the strength of its technology and success in delivering efficiency improvements. REDWOOD CITY, Calif.,

Strategic Sourcing 8

Strategic Sourcing Supplier Integration Integrity 8

The Coalition for Government Procurement

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

million beneficiaries by “keeping the supply chain of medical equipment, pharmaceuticals, and other medical materiel functioning properly and efficiently.”

Price 52

Price Supply Chain Logistics Procurement 52

The Procurement School

JUNE 25, 2023

demand aggregation As one strategy for meeting this obligation, both sectors look for opportunities for volume buying or ‘demand aggregation’ wherever possible and often approach strategic sourcing from a category management perspective.

Procurement 52

Procurement Public Procurement Thresholds Transparency 52

The Coalition for Government Procurement

JANUARY 16, 2025

The Government Procurement Efficiency List On Monday, the new Administration begins with a focus on operational reform as represented by the Department of Government Efficiency (the DOGE). This focus on government efficiency provides an important opportunity for a holistic review of the procurement system.

Procurement 40

Procurement Thresholds Professional Services Efficiency 40

The Coalition for Government Procurement

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

In addition, increased efficiencies in operations led to faster award cycles, as demonstrated by a Procurement Administrative Lead Time of under 50 days. In addition, GSA received a grade of “A” or higher from the Small Business Administration for the 13 th consecutive year.

E-procurement 52

E-procurement Supply Chain Telecommunication Contract 52