ivalua

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

” 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. Becoming “one” with an expanded ecosystem of suppliers. Digital platforms and technologies, Accenture emphasizes, are no longer just enablers.

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Tendersinfo

MARCH 24, 2021

Ultimate Guide to the Insight of Public Procurement Professionals Public Procurement is a multi-staged activity and requires a thorough understanding of each process to be more successful with the bids. Procurement Formalization- It determines the sources, budget, and approach to formalize the requirements.

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Oxford College of Procurement and Supply

JANUARY 14, 2025

Why Benchmarking Matters in Procurement Procurement is all about achieving value for money. But how do you determine whether your suppliers are truly offering the best value? The Oxford English Dictionary defines benchmarking as: Evaluating (something) by comparison with a standard. The answer lies in benchmarking.

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Tracker Intelligence

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Advanced analytics tools are being integrated into procurement operations, enabling public and private organisations to rethink procurement processes, supplier relationships and cost optimisation. Procurement analytics is the collection, processing, and interpretation of procurement data to derive actionable insights.

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Open Contracting Partnership

APRIL 4, 2025

Currently, the Bank conducts procurement for these investment projects, putting pressure on internal procurement capacity at the Bank, and missing an opportunity for domestic procurement teams to modernise their own countrys systems and upskill procurement teams. How can the Bank leverage this opportunity?

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Oxford College of Procurement and Supply

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Just because the purchase order is placed with the supplier , our work as procurement professionals is not done. At this stage of the procurement cycle (stage 10), our work should be focusing on the management of the contract to ensure that the supplier is delivering as per our expectations.

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ivalua

MARCH 16, 2021

Sajid Kunnummal, Vice President and CPO at Navistar, was interviewed in late 2020 by Philip Ideson from Art of Procurement. 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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ivalua

JUNE 1, 2022

In fact, the pandemic spurred enormous growth and expansion for Procurement, while helping uncover hidden weaknesses in procurement processes and procedures. Focus on digital transformation and adopt procurement technology. Navistar had a jump start on putting robust systems in place, but their suppliers didn’t.

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Tracker Intelligence

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Thats exactly why this Public procurement glossary existsto make things simple. Whether you’re a supplier trying to land your first contract, a business just getting into understanding government procurement, or a pro looking to stay on top of compliance, this glossary is your go-to guide. Youre not alone!

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ivalua

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The study focuses on evaluating the initiatives, approaches, challenges, and effective strategies global business leaders are taking to improve their CSR performance, and sheds light on the role of supply chain operations to overcome the challenges that emerge – after all, how businesses spend their money can help make the world better.

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Bonfire

APRIL 3, 2023

Limited supplier reach: ERP systems don’t go far enough when it comes to reaching and managing suppliers. There’s often little visibility into supplier performance and risk, limited supplier collaboration and communication, and little or no ability to manage supplier contracts and agreements.

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Oxford College of Procurement and Supply

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Ethical procurement requires a company to understand its societal obligations, expectations and social responsibility. Why is Ethical Procurement Important? As such, today’s procurement teams must embed ethics into their processes in addition to the conventional focus on a good ROI.

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ivalua

JULY 13, 2022

Michelin Group’s Hélène Vermont joined the discussion to share how applying these practices has propelled her procurement team to emerge as a leader in sustainability a nd Corporate Social Responsibility. The percentage of purchased goods emissions by suppliers with science-based targets. Supplier Selection.

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ivalua

MARCH 9, 2023

Similar to how CRM manages everything around the customer, an S2P platform manages everything around the supplier. ​ It is a crucial process for organizations that are looking to streamline their procurement activities, better manage spend and suppliers and increase operational efficiency. What is Source-to-Pay?

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American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

The Challenge: Limited Resources, Lengthy Research, and Cumbersome RFP Process The Town of Epping faced a significant challenge in streamlining its procurement operations due to the intricate and heavily regulated nature of government purchasing. This is a widespread issue across government procurement teams.

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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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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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ivalua

JANUARY 12, 2023

As public procurement teams face increasing pressure to improve efficiency while upholding compliance and transparency, it’s essential that they have the right strategies in place. After all, how can you streamline procurement processes without sacrificing your standards? Scalability. Data Insight Strategy.

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ivalua

OCTOBER 8, 2021

During the pandemic, Procurement flexed its muscle, helping to mitigate supply chain disruptions and enable new channels for engaging with customers and fulfilling orders. Disrupted supply chains had many retailers looking for alternative local suppliers for equipment, materials, supplies, and more. . Attack GNFR Spend.

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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. Going forward, the agencies that use a patchwork approach are working towards adopting a single tool that will streamline their processes and support procurement success.

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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. Ardent found that many didn’t even know how many suppliers are high risk.

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ivalua

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

ESG initiatives significance in your Supplier Management Strategy. How to incorporate ESG data into sourcing, procurement, and supplier management decisions. For a sourcing professional who may be primarily evaluated by savings and avoidance, ESG can be seen as cumbersome or a competing workstream.

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Tracker Intelligence

DECEMBER 16, 2024

This analysis will explore the main NAO findings, look at their wider significance and propose steps to reinvigorate competition in government procurement. Public sector procurement is driven by competition to achieve economic efficiency and stimulate innovation, providing new ways to deliver vital goods and services.

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Bonfire

MAY 17, 2022

Whether the motivation is new legislation or funding requirements, increasing competition in your RFP responses, or supporting your community — there’s no wrong reason for public sector procurement teams to foster more diversity in their vendor pool. At what point did diverse suppliers or small suppliers become a priority?

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Tracker Intelligence

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Businesses must understand the key differences between the public and private procurement methods, regulations, and goals when c onsidering tender opportunities in either sector. This article, which compares public and private procurement, gives suppliers the confidence to move in both markets.

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Tracker Intelligence

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Inclusive Opportunities: Public procurement can be a tool to promote equality, diversity, and inclusion by prioritising contracts with suppliers committed to these ideals. Environmental impact Another facet of social value procurement is environmental sustainability.

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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. Software that is built for indirect spend will not function in critical areas such as breaking down bids and collaborating with suppliers at the bill of material level.

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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. There are 3 steps in the Procurement Digitization Journey. Don’t forget about suppliers.

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ivalua

MAY 1, 2020

As financing and cash flow is uncertain, cash is once again king and Procurement and AP leaders are being asked to forecast and preserve cash wherever possible. And to maximize the impact of these and other objectives, Procurement needs to be managing all spend and all suppliers. The same applies to suppliers.

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Bonfire

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

A lot of agencies view procurement as a transactional tool for negotiating with suppliers. But the truth is, making a strategic investment in procurement and sourcing can stretch dollars further and help uncover new supplier partners who ensure you’re getting the most value for the money you spend.

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ivalua

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Each process or system that is transitioned needs to be managed independently to minimize the impact to suppliers and preserve the integrity of centralized data. It is also advisable to establish a change control board for managing post-implementation enhancement requests and evaluations. Executive Level Project Sponsors.

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Select GCR

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Navigating sole source procurement? When a single supplier is the only option for your procurement needs, understanding the nuances becomes essential. This step is crucial to ensure that the selection of a single supplier is justified as the only available source for a product or service.

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Tracker Intelligence

MARCH 12, 2025

Suppliers face plenty of hurdles: Tough competition everyone wants to win. So, how do the most successful suppliers do it? They follow public procurement best practices strategies that help you not only win contracts but keep them coming. Which suppliers have secured contracts before? Youll need rock-solid security.

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Tracker Intelligence

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

By addressing these challenges, procurement teams can enhance transparency, ensure compliance, and deliver value for money. Source: [link] The Key Challenges In Public Procurement Regulatory Complexity With the Procurement Act 2023 evolving, procurement is treated with a lot of oversight.

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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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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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