ivalua

MAY 9, 2023

A frequent thought leadership contributor for the Ivalua Blog, Jarrod has worked across multiple industries, including higher education, public sector, retail, manufacturing, and engineered products.

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Art of Procurement

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

“If you look at the strategic sourcing process, I think it was made for complex categories. That’s one of the. The post [Pod] Adopting a Challenger Attitude in Complex Spend Categories appeared first on Art of Procurement.

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FedInsider

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Having over 15 years of experience in the IT industry, with 7 years focused on large/complex enterprise transformations, he has been consistently recognized for his leadership and innovation in transformation programs that deliver breakthrough enterprise business results.

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FedInsider

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

He provides technical leadership and guidance for the NG911 Interoperability and Compliance Program designed to ensure that NG911 solutions built by industry will be evaluated for compliance to standards and demonstrated interoperability.

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Federal News Network

OCTOBER 3, 2023

“Clearly, there was insufficient market research conducted to understand how many contractors would propose, and how fully qualified they would be based on the selected source selection strategy,” said Mike Smith, former director of strategic sourcing at the Homeland Security Department and now executive vice president at GovConRx.

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

A frequent thought leadership contributor for the Ivalua Blog, Jarrod has worked across multiple industries, including higher education, public sector, retail, manufacturing, and engineered products.

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ivalua

DECEMBER 8, 2020

This helps organizations avoid supply disruptions in times of crisis such as during Covid-19, support strategic objectives such as increasing spend with diverse suppliers and improve quality and savings from strategic sourcing, especially for new categories where there is less knowledge of the market.

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ivalua

AUGUST 18, 2015

The value created here is a higher return on innovation investments, product leadership in the market, and top-line revenue growth. If you work in strategic sourcing and supplier management, supplier collaboration enables you to achieve (or beat!) the bill-of-materials target cost through the entire product lifecycle.

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ivalua

APRIL 17, 2023

Our experts at Ivalua are here to provide guidance and assist in your selection process through their extensive knowledge of providing thought leadership advice around procurement technology solutions. Integration When selecting a procurement software, integration is essential to ensure the product meets your business needs. .”

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ivalua

DECEMBER 21, 2021

“We’d like to thank FCL for their trust and our partners for a rapid deployment of this innovative solution that helps avoid supply disruptions in times of crisis, improve the quality and efficiency of savings from strategic sourcing, but also drives supplier innovation and enhances ESG programs“, said Dan Amzallag, Ivalua’s COO.

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ivalua

DECEMBER 8, 2020

CPOs will have to become better sales people, educating their leadership and convincing them to provide the required resources to execute. Effectively engaging executive leadership is critical, but insufficient. Sprint’s strategic sourcing transformation, presents a great example, in multiple ways.

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ivalua

MAY 15, 2020

He focused initially on sourcing and category management, because that would give the biggest return on investment as the firm moved from contract administration, to tactical sourcing, to true CatMan and strategic sourcing. Simplification of systems and tools was a key part of the programme. Rogers had no less than 10 (!)

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FedInsider

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Having over 15 years of experience in the IT industry, with 7 years focused on large/complex enterprise transformations, he has been consistently recognized for his leadership and innovation in transformation programs that deliver breakthrough enterprise business results.

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ivalua

JANUARY 21, 2020

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. Talent Management : Talent is a challenge in all sectors and industries and at all levels. Even lower level positions can be challenging to fill.

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ivalua

MARCH 4, 2016

Recently I attended a conference for Strategic Sourcing in the medical device manufacturing sector. Leadership has nothing to do with titles; it has to do with vision and moxie. About 60 Procurement Managers, Directors, and Executives attended from top medical device manufacturing companies. Settle no more!

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Supply Chain Supplier Manufacturing Strategic Sourcing 40

ivalua

DECEMBER 18, 2019

The second, authored by Andrew Bartels and published on December 18, is The Forrester Wave™: Source-To-Contract Suites, Q4 2019. It covers spend analysis, sourcing, contract management and supplier risk and performance management (SRPM), similar in scope to Gartner’s Strategic Sourcing Application Suites Magic Quadrant.

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ivalua

MARCH 15, 2016

Like most thought leadership conferences, there were round-table discussions facilitated by a seasoned industry veteran. This week I attended the Logimed 2016 conference in New Orleans. The conference is dedicated to supply chain topics primarily focused on Advanced Planning and Scheduling Through Logistics. Tha-Tha-That’s all Folks!

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ivalua

MAY 6, 2020

The second, authored by Andrew Bartels and published on December 18, is The Forrester Wave : Source-To-Contract Suites, Q4 2019. It covers spend analysis , sourcing, contract management and supplier risk and performance management (SRPM), similar in scope to Gartner’s Strategic Sourcing Application Suites Magic Quadrant.

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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). For advanced respondents looking to build a competitive advantage, the top obstacles are integration of S2P tools followed by Procurement’s change resistance (13%). Plan to avoid those.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

AI leadership, including the creation of a task force focused on datacenter infrastructure. This year’s event will feature VA leadership from the VA Federal Supply Schedules (FSS) program as well as the National Contract Service (NCS). There will also be time to network with leadership of these contracting programs.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

JANUARY 16, 2025

AI leadership, and provides clarity to allied and partner nations about how they can benefit from AI. Army contracts: the Information Technology Enterprise Solutions 3 Services (ITES-3S) and the Responsive Strategic Sourcing for Services (RS3).

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

The full agenda explores the theme of “What is Fair and Reasonable,” with acquisition leadership from multiple agencies, including the VA, Defense Health Agency (DHA), and Defense Logistics Agency (DLA). Leadership Connect – Platinum Sponsor of the Fall Training Conference Don’t miss out!

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