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Procurement Teams Forced to Cut Corners as External Challenges Bite and Investments in New Technology Don’t Keep Pace

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Nearly a third (32%) of procurement teams concede to cutting corn ers with their sourcing criteria for suppliers to secure supply. 81% of procurement teams feel pressured by executive teams to respond more quickly and effectively to challenges such as inflation, disruptions, and shortages. About the study.

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Webinar: Managing Risks, An Interactive Review

Oxford College of Procurement and Supply

She has led procurement teams in the UK, Europe and in the Americas, focusing on the retail and media sectors, working on strategic projects involving construction, IT, logistics, marketing and financial services.

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What’s the Difference Between Direct vs Indirect Procurement?

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Procurement can and should be a significant value generator for the larger organization. There are, in fact different phases of procurement value creation that tie into the Source-to-Pay process: . Creating Value occurs when sourcing and procurement uses relevant sourcing processes and tools to engage and select the best fit supplier.

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Using Digitization to Unlock Supply Chain Value for Manufacturers

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Most of the benefits that can be realized by manufacturing procurement organizations are gained through external collaboration with suppliers and partners – which ERP systems, internal portals, and Excel spreadsheets are not designed to handle. . There is only so much value that can be harnessed from digitizing this type of spend.

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2023 – A year in review with the Public Procurement Group

Scottish Government Procurement

Julie: So our councils are facing massive financial gaps in their budgets and I’m really proud that over the last year local council procurement teams are stepping up to help them with that. I’m also really proud that at Scotland Excel, we’ve put in place a national savings team. So a lot of hard work there.

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Thank you for an Outstanding Fall Training Conference!

The Coalition for Government Procurement

VA Allen Smith , Division Chief, Acquisition Service 2, VA Katie Hulse , Director, Acquisition Services 3 (Med/Surg Prime Vendor), VA Julian Thrash , Director, Acquisition Services 5 (NX, Telehealth, VHA Medical Furniture), VA Laura Scott , Director, Acquisition Services 6 (Community Care Network, etc.),

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How Procurement Can Add Value To Supplier Master Data Management

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Inside the modern enterprise, a variety of groups use supplier master data, including not just Procurement, but also: . 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. Risk management. Operations.