Import and Trade Remedies

MARCH 29, 2024

This follows negotiations between the EU Council and Parliament which took place on 22 January 2024 and the European Council and European Parliament reaching a provisional agreement on the Regulation on 5 March 2024.

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Import and Trade Remedies

MARCH 15, 2024

This follows the Commission’s proposal of the Regulation on 14 September 2022 , and negotiations between the EU Council and Parliament which took place on 22 January 2024. data concerning the manufacturer and suppliers of these products). It is expected that the Regulation will enter into force by the summer of 2024.

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Great Government Through Technology

AUGUST 19, 2024

Today, I am excited to discuss the strides we are making under the BCI, particularly Priority 2, which focuses on negotiating common enterprise-wide software licenses. With Priority 2, we are setting new standards for how the government collaborates and negotiates in the IT realm, ensuring better outcomes for all our stakeholders.

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ivalua

APRIL 1, 2020

Healthcare supply chain GPO, Intalere, deploys an end-to-end Source to Contract solution across its purchasing functions. New York, NY March 30, 2020 – Consus , a leading procurement services provider, today announced that Intalere , a healthcare supply chain GPO based in St. To learn more, visit www.intalere.com.

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ivalua

DECEMBER 14, 2020

The pandemic wreaked havoc on businesses and their supply chains, but even in these trying times, there’s a silver lining. The job of sourcing professionals is to understand the risk in the supply chain and manage it so they can react quickly when a problem occurs.” Start by Putting the Right Technology in Place.

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ivalua

APRIL 1, 2020

Healthcare supply chain GPO, Intalere, deploys an end-to-end Source to Contract solution across its purchasing functions. New York, NY March 30, 2020 – Consus , a leading procurement services provider, today announced that Intalere, a healthcare supply chain GPO based in St. To learn more, visit www.intalere.com.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

AUGUST 15, 2024

Healthcare Spotlight: HHS Announces Medicare Part D Negotiated Prices This week, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released the final drug prices negotiated through its Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program established under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA). 5] [1] 13 CFR 126.609. [2] 27, 2024. [3]

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Select GCR

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

A sole source situation exists when specific criteria are met, emphasizing the need for thorough verification of the exclusivity of the source, especially in cases involving ‘sole brand’ or ‘sole manufacturer’ items that may have multiple distributors. This indicates the presence of competitive market alternatives.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Cybersecurity Update, October 12 In honor of Cybersecurity Awareness Month, we are happy to hold a joint virtual Business and Regulatory Issues (BRIC) and Cyber and Supply Chain Security Committee Meeting on October 12 at 11 AM ET. Keep reading for more details on the upcoming schedule for 2023 and beyond!

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ivalua

AUGUST 17, 2021

It includes internal and external stakeholders, such as those from procurement, engineering, logistics, accounts payable, the supply chain management team, as well as the suppliers that make up the supply chain. One of the key challenges organizations face is ensuring that indirect spend is compliant.

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The Procurement School

JANUARY 12, 2023

How many vendors supply each commodity? What’s happening industry-wide that may impact the supply chain or pricing? Are there buying groups that you could join who have already done this research and have established supply arrangements? Strategic items are both costly and can only be purchased by one or few vendors (e.g.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JUNE 11, 2024

CAI manufactured shoes in Asia. Despite negotiations, GBO notified CAI that the agreement was terminated, alleging several breaches. CAI , the exclusive distribution agreement between the parties granted GBO exclusive distribution rights for the products manufactured by CAI. Turning back to GBO v.

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Distribution Price Negotiation Manufacturing 59

ivalua

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

This deployment is another significant step forward in the digital transformation of their overall supply chain processes, a journey that started last year with the successful rollout of Ivalua Sourcing solution for direct materials. . billion ($2.2

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

OCTOBER 19, 2023

In turn, this will lead to more consistent and sound negotiation and administration of MAS contracts. In the past, the regional structure gave rise to differing cultures, negotiation approaches, and interpretations of applicable regulations and solicitation provisions. We look forward to seeing you all there!

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ivalua

JANUARY 13, 2016

As manufacturing executives continue to chart the future course of their companies, they often focus on reinventing the production line, improving the speed of innovation, evolving the skill sets of their labor force, achieving operational excellence, and so forth. Recognition and reward systems need to be tied in.

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ivalua

MARCH 15, 2016

The conference is dedicated to supply chain topics primarily focused on Advanced Planning and Scheduling Through Logistics. The first one I attended was a topic on supply base management. The first one I attended was a topic on supply base management. This week I attended the Logimed 2016 conference in New Orleans.

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ivalua

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

Which got me to thinking… If you are a manufacturer, what supplier management practices might you eliminate if you had a clean slate? If something goes wrong with this supplier and you can’t find an alternative supplier quickly, you have a weak spot in your supply chain.

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ivalua

JULY 21, 2020

Procurement has been uniquely placed on the business front line of this crisis in helping to pivot supply chains from producing make-up to face masks and to finding thousands of items of remote working equipment overnight, or from manufacturing parts for car engines to ventilators. We all know these stories.

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Kluwer Arbitration

APRIL 10, 2024

He detailed the strategic adjustments Chinese companies have made in response to heightened tariffs and geopolitical tensions, including diversifying their investments and manufacturing operations to countries like Mexico and Vietnam, as well as to lower-cost regions within China.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

JULY 25, 2024

The RFI included 13 questions on infrastructure/supply chain resilience, workforce, innovation, acquisition, policy, and regulatory environment. manufacturers. Manufacturing USA is a “national network of institutes that brings together people, ideas, and technology to solve advanced manufacturing challenges.”

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

AUGUST 1, 2024

Contractors should also be aware of the following opportunities that the Government is considering to reduce plastics in the Federal supply chain: The fact sheet touts past Federal accomplishments, including the FSS Single Use Plastics Final Rule that the Coalition commented on in February. Reporting should begin by September 1, 2025.

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ivalua

MARCH 30, 2022

Supply chains are complex and varied; to manage them effectively, you need to understand exactly what’s happening in both your supply chain and your customers’ end markets. These teams were able to quickly communicate and negotiate with their key suppliers to establish a “supplier of choice” solution. .

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

JULY 18, 2024

GSA identified that small businesses could not participate because they did not have the required letter of supply from Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs). To facilitate discussion, please provide questions or topics you would like addressed at the meeting to Joseph Snyderwine at JSnyderwine@thecgp.org. To register, click here.

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Federal News Network

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Manufacturers of platforms and ammunition must deal with a list of regulatory and legal challenges. Interview Transcript: Tom Temin And we think of the defense industrial base has strained in terms of capacity to manufacture what’s needed around the world and, you know, missile systems and ammunition and so forth. supply chains.

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ivalua

DECEMBER 1, 2022

The results were segmented to isolate perspectives for both manufacturing and services-based organizations, here we’ll focus on the later. . The main categories of risk are covered in Figure 1 to include supply chain, information security, location, CSR or ESG, financials, regulations, quality and reputation.

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ivalua

DECEMBER 5, 2019

This means moving away from supplier relationships that only focus on negotiating lower prices, which can financially stress suppliers and cause them to think twice about working with cost-focused organisations.”. The more innovative suppliers are in a position where they can now pick and choose who they work with. About the study.

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Procurement Notes

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Take, for example, a DoD supply contractor that is working under a fixed-price contract/order that presumes 70% of the unit price being the cost of materials, and 10% being labor/fringe. manufacturing sector ( National Compensation Survey Code 300000; NAICS Code Series 31-33 )). [43] 43] And assume the ECI shows a 5.1%

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Import and Trade Remedies

APRIL 25, 2024

.” These measures are said to burden US commerce by increasing China’s excess shipbuilding capacity and market share, artificially depressing prices, impeding US investment and production, reducing the numbers of US-produced crafts in merchant fleets, and providing unfair advantages to Chinese manufacturers and suppliers that restrict trade (..)

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Naomi Clews Consultancy

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

How I got into procurement My peers all have a 'story' about how they got into procurement without knowing they were actually working in a Supply Chain Management (SCM) role. ​I've never met anyone who studied supply chain management at university because they knew that's what they wanted to do. Read on to find out.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

DoD’s efforts to improve small business participation include the recently awarded defense industrial base consortium agreement which gives industry partners, including non-traditional contractors and small businesses, the opportunity to work with DoD on defense supply chain technology projects and potential research through prototype development.

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Inside Government Contracts

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

opposition to granting China “developing nation” status in treaties under negotiation and by international organizations of which the U.S. Indeed, these provisions may be far more disruptive than requirements imposed by prior year NDAA China provisions that contractors have navigated by reassessing supply chains and increasing due diligence.

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Procurement Notes

OCTOBER 13, 2021

This compliance headache is shared by procuring Agencies, prime contractors, subcontractors, and supply chain vendors, among others. But, what if the procuring Agency unilaterally imposes the deviation clause, without economic adjustment, without negotiation, and when the Agency issues a unilateral mod., the “Vaccine Mandate”).

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

DECEMBER 14, 2023

percent pay raise for service members, millions of dollars in military aid to Ukraine (a sliver of the separate $105 billion supplemental that is currently being negotiated to support Ukraine and Israel), and funding for competition with China in the Indo-Pacific. million or $7 million for orders with a manufacturing NAICS code).

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

During the training, Jason, Lorraine, and Addie will cover the following topics and more: Pricing – Transactional Data Reporting (TDR)/Commercial Sales Practices (CSP); Domestic Preferences; Supply Chain; Enforcement/Mandatory Disclosure/Ethics; Sustainability Requirements/Policy; and Bid Protests Update.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

OCTOBER 12, 2023

The objective of the interim rule is to “…address risks in supply chains by reducing or removing threats and vulnerabilities that may lead to data and intellectual property theft, damage to critical infrastructure, harm to Federal information systems, and otherwise degrade our national security.”

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

The pandemic disrupted many supply chains,” Bartolini said. “In Our supply chains became resilient. In the immediate aftermath of the global pandemic, there’s been a shift to prioritizing cash management and improving supply chain visibility,” he said. “We There are many in the U.S.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

The four priorities of the BCI include: Leveraging Data Across Federal Agencies to Get Lower Prices and Better Terms; Negotiating Common Enterprise-Wide Software Licenses; Saving Money and Avoiding Waste by Getting Contract Requirements Right the First Time; and Getting Better Value from Sole Source and Other High-Risk Contracts.

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