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Global Sourcing – Is It Suitable For Your Business?

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Global sourcing, overseas buying, international trading? Global sourcing usually attracts procurement professionals and other industry workers due to the perceived saving of money. Global sourcing more often than not delivers a price saving – but at what cost?

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5 Steps Towards Modernizing Supplier Management

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When it comes to the nature of buyer-supplier relationships, we’re entering a brave, new world. Organizations are increasingly dependent on suppliers to successfully bring innovative goods and services to market on time, improve ESG performance, and meet other objectives. Gain control of your supplier data.

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Procurement in the Age of Uncertainty: 4 Lessons from the New Forrester Study

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As the lynchpin to suppliers, they play a pivotal role in combatting the effects of inflation, ensuring supply continuity, complying with regulatory requirements, improving sustainability and other top business priorities. The biggest gains in sustainability typically come from working with suppliers rather than finding new ones.

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Rev Group Partners with Consus Global to Drive Supply Chain Efficiencies

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REV Group embarked on its sourcing and procurement transformation earlier this year, which included four appointments to REV’s global sourcing and supply chain team, representing the Fire & Emergency, Commercial and Recreation segments. For more information, visit www.consus-global.com. ABOUT IVALUA .

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The Future of Procurement Is Upon Us. Are You Ready?

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Niul Burton wrote a great article in Industry Week titled “Procurement 2025: 10 Challenges that Will Transform Global Sourcing”. Challenges in this new manufacturer/supplier partnership Burton cites include: Risk management. Globalization. Burton predicts that China and Brazil will become hubs for global sourcing.

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PKP ENERGETYKA ON TRACK TOWARDS FULL PROCESS AUTOMATION

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Over the course of the year-long project, PKP Energetyka will implement the modules facilitating the registration of Contracts, e-Catalogs, Tender Management, Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) and finally, Invoice handling. The key goals are not only the safety or optimization and acceleration of the Procurement processes as such.

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ProcureCon Asia, 9th – 11th July 2019, Singapore

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Daniel Koh is currently leading a team of 130 sourcing and pricing professionals globally. He had taken on a few leadership roles in Flex such as Procurement Compliance Director, led the Global Sourcing team, and is currently member of Flex Supply Chain Council and Supply Chain Risk Management.