Oxford College of Procurement and Supply

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Watch our latest Procurement on Demand webinar that provides an interactive review on how to assess risks and ways we might respond within an open and interactive forum. This exclusive webinar delves into the impact of Risk within an interactive forum where individuals could come and discuss ideas and their experiences within this theme.

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Management Supply Chain Retail Demand 52

ivalua

MARCH 30, 2022

Reviewing pandemic responses and strategies, some CPOs and Procurement teams managed a bit better than their peers as uncertainty and change mounted. These teams were able to quickly communicate and negotiate with their key suppliers to establish a “supplier of choice” solution. . Why is Supplier Information so important?

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Supplier Supply Chain Procurement Team Tender 52

ivalua

MAY 6, 2020

The key to Zara’s ability to establish an agile Supply Chain rests on the following unique approaches: Procurement Methodology: Zara’s Procurement team doesn’t work on the number of finished clothes but on the quantity of raw materials needed to manufacture the clothes. Zara’s Supply Chain Approach.

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Supply Chain Procurement Retail Sustainability 15

ivalua

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

11, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Ivalua, a global leader in spend management , today announced that it was selected as the winner of both the Innovations in Third Party Management and Innovations in Digitization awards, presented at the Future of Sourcing Awards event in Carlsbad, CA. Ivalua is the Procurement empowerment platform.

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Procurement Chief Procurement Officer Transparency Innovation 60

ivalua

OCTOBER 18, 2022

By taking steps now to improve supply chain visibility, procurement teams can position their organizations for success in the years to come. Build a Data-literate Team. Data-driven supply chain transparency is essential for procurement teams that want to stay ahead of the curve. Below, Improve Data Quality.

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ivalua

MARCH 21, 2022

Our first day will feature Ivalua’s Founder and CEO, David Khuat-Duy , offering his reimagined vision in a post-pandemic world, leveraging digital transformation to restore growth, and igniting new opportunities for procurement teams and suppliers. Breakout Sessions.

Vendor Management 52

Vendor Management Finance Supplier Procurement 52

ivalua

MAY 9, 2019

Because of the key contributions these supply partners make to corporate performance, Procurement needs to pay far more attention to risk and quality issues – whether they are present in the supplier or in their supply chain. Healthcare. The primary exceptions are the equipment and facilities that patients come into contact with.

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Supplier Management Supply Chain Procurement 58

ivalua

APRIL 19, 2022

Kicking off the day with our first keynote, Ivalua’s Founder and CEO David Khuat-Duy will present his reimagined vision in a post-pandemic world, leveraging digital transformation to restore growth, and igniting new opportunities for procurement teams and suppliers.

Chief Procurement Officer 52

Chief Procurement Officer Eprocurement Supply Chain Procurement 52

Oxford College of Procurement and Supply

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

The benefits of KPIs are vast and include the fact that it gives the procurement team early indication of any potential issues. If a supplier that was once performing well in relation to delivering excellent quality suddenly starts to present with many defects or lower quality items, this would raise concern.

Import 59

Import Procurement Supplier Supply Chain 59

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. This spend area still presents a huge opportunity for procurement. Attack GNFR Spend. About half of U.S.

Retail 52

Retail Procurement Supply Chain Supplier 52

ivalua

APRIL 27, 2023

Procurement’s Role in Sustainability White pointed out that Procurement teams have a big role to play in helping businesses address inflation and determine countermeasures, while meeting sustainability requirements and goals. Roach believes that when it comes to ESG, there’s no time like the present.

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain Sustainability Supplier Balance 52

ivalua

APRIL 27, 2023

Procurement’s Role in Sustainability White pointed out that Procurement teams have a big role to play in helping businesses address inflation and determine countermeasures, while meeting sustainability requirements and goals. Roach believes that when it comes to ESG, there’s no time like the present.

Balance 52

Balance Sustainability Supply Chain Management 52

ivalua

JUNE 6, 2019

He gave a keynote presentation about his company’s procurement and supply chain transformation journey – one that is still underway.

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Supplier Automotive Supply Chain Data 40

ivalua

JULY 26, 2022

During the COVID-19 pandemic, procurement teams rose to the challenge for the benefit of their organizations and society. To tackle climate change and other ESG-related challenges, we need procurement to rise up again. Key Takeaways.

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain Sustainability Supplier Collaboration 52

The Procurement School

APRIL 17, 2023

Finding the 2nd right answer requires stirring up the procurement team membership and looking at the issues from other perspectives. Bringing a team together is like having the right ingredients for a recipe. Form a diverse team where opinions can be presented without fear of criticism.

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Procurement Inventory Competitive Bidding Influencing 52

VWV

OCTOBER 8, 2024

For suppliers, this will hopefully provide an increased opportunity to showcase their skills as the procedure can include a negotiation, dialogue or demonstration (for example, a site visit or presentation) stage. What about the procurement process for light touch services such as health and social services, catering and recruitment?

Supplier 52

Supplier Procurement Tender Transparency 52

Bonfire

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

He’s also a big proponent of ensuring the citizens absorbing rate increases clearly understand the value proposition of the additional cost, something he personally presented at more than 65 rate hearings during his tenure. I had two justifications I had to make every time I was presenting a rate increase,” says Hawkins.

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Finance Management Utilities Procurement 59

ivalua

JANUARY 31, 2022

During the webinar, Ardent Partners highlighted a series of market trends and predictive scenarios for 2022, focusing on massive challenges brought on by the global pandemic that procurement organizations are facing today and present a thoughtful discourse on the road ahead. Digital Transformation is the Top CPO Priority.

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Procurement Supply Chain Supplier Consumer Demands 52

Scottish Government Procurement

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

A really good regional event and an opportunity to connect buyers and procurement teams from across the public and private sector as they prepare for upcoming contract opportunities. We’ve seen a number of developments across construction procurement policy recently with the publication of three new construction policy notes.

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Procurement Buyers Public Procurement Supplier 57

ivalua

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Having more information earlier, and having it presented in a straightforward way at regular intervals, increases everyone’s confidence. This may include posters with project progress, presentations, and the mobilization of internal influencers. The same thought process should be extended to the larger procurement team.

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Eprocurement Change Management Influencing Procurement 40

ivalua

APRIL 7, 2022

Doug Keeley , Senior Product Marketing Manager at Ivalua , Jan Koch , Senior Project Manager and Michael Stietz , Senior Vice President & Chief Procurement Officer at Körber asked: Is your procurement team prepared to respond to unexpected supplier chain issues with speed and agility? Day 2 Ivalua NOW Paris.

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain Sustainability Supplier Procurement 52

ivalua

DECEMBER 8, 2020

As organizations look beyond the panic and shocks created by Covid-19, procurement leaders must show that they can contribute to restoring growth and supporting a broader list of objectives. The reality is that too few procurement teams have experience here. A core goal of Ivalua’s in 2021 is to help more leaders do so.

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Procurement Supplier Price Leadership 52

ivalua

MARCH 4, 2016

About 60 Procurement Managers, Directors, and Executives attended from top medical device manufacturing companies. Each of their presentations was on-point and contained valuable insight by openly sharing best practices and candid conversations about their maturity journey. It was wonderful.

Supply Chain 40

Supply Chain Supplier Manufacturing Strategic Sourcing 40

ivalua

MAY 6, 2021

According to Jones, the original vision for AI in sourcing and procurement was that it would tell procurement what they needed when, automatically contact the sellers for pricing and award the contract without human involvement. The Future of Procurement is Digital.

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Procurement Supply Chain Supplier Collaboration 52

FedScoop

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Identifying your agency’s position and mapping out an AI roadmap will be increasingly crucial to guiding your hardware investment strategy and ensuring your agency is prepared for the future, not just the present. One thing will become clear: A one-size-fits-all approach to hardware simply won’t cut it in the AI era.

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Tracker Intelligence

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Clear policies serve as a roadmap in guiding procurement teams and suppliers toward achieving meaningful and measurable outcomes that benefit society. Market engagement Interacting with the market is necessary so that social value is integrated into the procurement processes.

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Public Procurement Procurement Supply Chain Tender 52

The Coalition for Government Procurement

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

GSA is also looking to reduce PALT through oral and video presentations for technical evaluations. According to Lee, “the use of oral and video presentations ha[s] dramatically streamlined the source selection process.” Guest presenters include Mayer Brown attorneys Luke Levasseur and Evan Williams. Comments are due on Oct.

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E-procurement Procurement Price Buyers 52

The Procurement School

MARCH 22, 2024

This prompted the procurement team to dig deeper and figure out what that barrier was, and why it was difficult for these businesses to get bonding. After engaging with our First Nations Partners, we discovered that Indigenous businesses, the market we were targeting with the policy, historically have struggled to get bid bonding.

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Procurement Public Procurement Collaboration Bidding 52

ivalua

MAY 21, 2020

New leadership skills and traits will be necessary to ensure business continuity, and to inspire teams to work together to support each other and remain productive. Dawn will be presenting a thought-leader keynote titled “Leadership in Uncertain Times” at Ivalua NOW , the premier virtual event for procurement leaders, on May 5.

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain E-procurement Supplier Leadership 52

ivalua

MAY 1, 2020

The total costs, in terms of human lives, disrupted supply chains, ruined businesses and GDP impact, are still just projections in the array of charts presented daily by statisticians and data modelers. There are, however, already some clear lessons to be learned by Procurement and Supply Chain leaders.

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Supply Chain Management Supplier E-procurement 40

ivalua

OCTOBER 1, 2019

User experience is a consequence of brand image, presentation, functionality, system performance, interactive behaviour and assistive capabilities of the interactive system. Human intervention at certain steps in the procurement process would thus be totally modified, necessarily shaking up the user’s experience with the software solution.

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Procurement E-catalogue E-procurement Supplier 40

Kluwer Arbitration

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Rodrigo Bahia explained these put them ‘in line’ with the principles of the rest of the industry internationally which supports levelling the playing field for negotiations, even though the templates still present important concerns. Rodrigo added that the enforceability of these clauses is yet to be tested.

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Negotiation Public Private Partnership Insurance Procurement Team 52

AWS Public Sector

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Government procurement professionals are tasked with balancing the need for innovation while adhering to strict regulations. The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and emerging technologies, such as generative AI, presents both opportunities and challenges in this delicate equilibrium.

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Procurement Government Government Public Private Partnership 59

Oxford College of Procurement and Supply

MARCH 24, 2025

For procurement professionals, this development presents new challenges in cost management, supplier relationships, and regulatory compliance. In this blog post, well explore in detail the impact of US tariffs on UK supply chains and outline actionable steps procurement teams can take to adapt.

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Supply Chain Export Automotive Supplier 52

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. The number of supported businesses has increased during the year from 16 to 23.

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Procurement Public Procurement Sustainability Collaboration 57

The Coalition for Government Procurement

DECEMBER 19, 2024

We were thrilled to be joined by Paws for Purple Hearts at the Fall Conference for a special presentation and to learn more about their efforts. During the interview, Jackson shares her management priorities for NASA procurement and reflects on how her 30-year career has influenced her approach to acquisition policy development.

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