ivalua

APRIL 8, 2021

Supplier diversity is not a new concept. The real challenge is that supplier diversity has generally been viewed as competing with other objectives, such as cost reduction or lowering risk. Fortunately, 2021 presents the perfect environment to drive meaningful progress, without the perceived compromises. Resilience.

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Supplier Freight Transportation Transportation 52

ivalua

MAY 18, 2022

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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Supplier Management Collaboration Supply Chain 52

ivalua

DECEMBER 2, 2015

Product manufacturers have become increasingly dependent on their strategic suppliers to create a competitive advantage in the market. These collaborative supplier partnerships present manufacturers with a number of opportunities to achieve greater product success. Effective Supplier Engagement Requires a Structured Approach.

Supplier 56

Supplier Strategic Sourcing Manufacturing Demand 56

Mercell

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

On September 11, 2018, The National Institute of Governmental Purchasing (NIGP) invited Negometrix CEO, Jan Siderius, to present an hour long webinar regarding Best Value Procurement. As discussed in the webinar, Best Value Procurement is effective and efficient, while helping find the best supplier for any solicitation.

Procurement 52

Procurement Bidder Price Import 52

SmallGovCon

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Nicole Pottroff and I are excited to attend the Fall APTAC conference in Washington DC and will be presenting on legal updates on November 6. The conference gives agencies and primes the opportunity to promote supplier diversity programs and learn how the APEX Accelerators can partner and assist in meeting contracting goals.

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Government Contracts Supplier Networking Import 105

ivalua

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Supplier Relationship Management has taken on new meaning in the unprecedented times in which we find ourselves living. Now is the time to rethink supplier relationships for 2021 and beyond. Supplier Relationship Management – time to rewrite the rule-book? What does this teach us about Supplier Relationships?

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Supplier Management Supply Chain Tender 52

ivalua

JANUARY 8, 2023

For procurement organizations, the German Supply Chain Act presents both challenges and opportunities. Procurement teams will need to be prepared and equipped to conduct supplier due diligence to meet the requirements of the act. Further, it is essential that supplier management and data is holistic (i.e.,

Supply Chain 97

Supply Chain Procurement Procurement Team Ethics 97

ivalua

MARCH 30, 2022

A company’s supply chain is a key source of competitive advantage and Supply Chain Management (SCM) is designed to allow a company to monitor its suppliers and utilize the available resources to improve performance. Let’s address why having the right supplier information and supplier relationships is a must. .

Supplier 52

Supplier Supply Chain Procurement Team Tender 52

VWV

OCTOBER 8, 2024

The Procurement Act 2023 (the Act) introduces a range of reforms aimed at simplifying and enhancing transparency in the procurement process, which should be good news for suppliers. Part 2 will cover the debarment list; contract award process and what options are available to suppliers if things go wrong.

Supplier 52

Supplier Procurement Tender Transparency 52

ivalua

JUNE 28, 2021

Financial impact of COVID-19 has delayed payments and kept focus on cost, but research shows this is adversely affecting supplier relationships and access to innovation. The research, conducted by Coleman Parkes, surveyed 300 suppliers across the UK, France, Germany and Switzerland, to examine supplier relationships with their buyers.

Supplier 52

Supplier Supply Chain Buyers Collaboration 52

ivalua

OCTOBER 7, 2015

From the moment that manufacturers began outsourcing the making of parts and components that go into their products, supplier segmentation took on extreme importance. Suppliers were quickly categorized in many ways… by quality, performance, price, riskiness, and so on. What is ABC2 for supplier segmentation?

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Supplier Supply Chain Manufacturing Import 40

ivalua

DECEMBER 20, 2019

One size does not fit all when it comes to supplier onboarding. Best practices have evolved to a tiered approach that segments suppliers and adapts to dynamic business needs. . A tiered approach to supplier onboarding helps Sourcing and Procurement leaders develop a sensible list of checks and resources.

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Supplier Supply Chain Balance Manufacturing 40

Scottish Government Procurement

AUGUST 12, 2024

The Supplier Development Programme will hold the seventh annual Meet the Buyer North event on Wednesday 11 September at The Music Hall in Aberdeen. This free event will provide suppliers an opportunity to learn about upcoming contracts and opportunities in the North of Scotland.

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Buyers Supplier Supply Chain Public Procurement 70

AWS Public Sector

APRIL 3, 2025

In todays complex procurement landscape, creating comprehensive and accurate statements of work scopes can present a challenge for university procurement teams. Procurement specialists must rapidly develop expertise across multiple commodity areas while ensuring work scopes are clear, comprehensive, and fair to all prospective suppliers.

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Procurement Education Procurement Team Chief Procurement Officer 64

American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

No, you wake up thinking about how you’re going to get three kids to three different events on time, if your boss liked your presentation, or what you’re going to make for dinner. We’re here and ready to connect you with our catalogue of suppliers! Keeping our identities safe online is a big deal, but it doesn’t have to be complicated.

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Supplier Retail Accountability Data 97

ivalua

JUNE 6, 2019

If this foundation does not exist or if it is shaky, then buyers don’t know how much the company is spending with a given supplier, let alone how they can improve the efficiency or impact of a given spend category. Direct spend suppliers are large, global, and absolutely critical to the company’s operations and their competitive advantage.

Supplier 40

Supplier Automotive Supply Chain Data 40

ivalua

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

This approach may seem 100% relevant for an organisation such as Everlane , but the recent CIPS online conference that Ivalua presented at was enlightening by understanding the focus of a large organisation such as Vodafone in social equality. How can large companies address sustainable Supply Chain strategies?

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Supply Chain Supplier End to End Sustainability 75

ivalua

JUNE 26, 2023

Blog » Procurement on the Thames: Ivalua’s London Summer Symposium June 26, 2023 | | Thought Leadership by Eloise Barnum As businesses navigate through supply chain disruptions, high inflation, and sustainability initiatives, procurement, and supplier management has taken center stage in driving change. See you soon!

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Procurement Strategic Sourcing Supply Chain Sustainability 97

Scottish Government Procurement

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

New guidance, developed to assist buyers and suppliers has now been published on both the Procurement Journey and Supplier Journey websites: Artificial Intelligence (AI) | Procurement Journey What do Buyers Need to Know About AI? If you require additional information, please email scottishprocurement@gov.scot.

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Bidder Buyers Public Procurement Supplier 57

ivalua

APRIL 15, 2020

The event will feature presentations from the most innovative procurement and supply chain leaders on how they are accelerating their digital transformation journeys, and meeting today’s business challenges. to a virtual event, taking place on May 5 and 6, 2020. How to manage today’s crisis, and prepare for the next?

Supply Chain 17

Supply Chain Procurement Supplier Innovation 17

ivalua

AUGUST 21, 2022

Among these practices are supplier identification through sourcing, relationship management, and reporting. Notably, 43% of our respondents also identified visibility into their sub-tier suppliers as an important strategy. 43% of respondents mention the perennial issue of a lack of visibility into their sub-tier suppliers.

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Procurement Strategies Sustainability Procurement Supply Chain 96

ivalua

APRIL 23, 2020

The overall theme is the “Journey to Procurement Excellence”, focusing on how Procurement can deliver value through supplier collaboration, supplier risk management and more advanced strategies and capabilities to deal with Procurement and supply chain management risks and challenges – while not forgetting cost and operational perspectives.

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Supply Chain Procurement Supplier Risk Management 18

VWV

DECEMBER 18, 2024

In this festive edition of our legal insights, we highlight three festive facts about the upcoming changes and present three invaluable 'gifts' to help you prepare for the new procurement landscape. Festive Facts Countdown to change Mark your calendars - there are just 70 sleeps until 24 February 2025, the date the Act will come into force.

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Procurement Framework Agreement Public Procurement Electronics 52

Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Here is an example from BuyandSellCanada of a well-structured, orderly process with clear supplier specification of what PPE was needed. The UK bought too much, too fast We’re currently gathering and analysing all the data comparing the UK to its major European peers to present to the Covid-19 Public Inquiry.

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Procurement Transparency Buyers Corruption 116

Scottish Government Procurement

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

With a fantastic range of exhibitors to visit and speaker presentations to entice you, there is plenty you can do in advance to prepare to make your visit profitable, no matter what size your organisation is! Connect with other suppliers You never know, they could become your next customer! Do your homework!

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Buyers Supplier Tender Public Procurement 62

ivalua

JANUARY 29, 2020

And even in governments, there is a growing cadre of public servants who see opportunities being presented by digital technology and are looking to drive dramatic change. For the vast majority of organisations, suppliers must play their part when it comes to agile business and speed to market.

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Collaboration Innovation Procurement Supplier 65

Oxford College of Procurement and Supply

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Just because the purchase order is placed with the supplier , our work as procurement professionals is not done. At this stage of the procurement cycle (stage 10), our work should be focusing on the management of the contract to ensure that the supplier is delivering as per our expectations.

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Import Procurement Supplier Supply Chain 59

ivalua

APRIL 30, 2019

Digital transformation often fails because of an inability to onboard suppliers and poor user adoption. The primary reasons for switching are poor levels of supplier onboarding (30%) and poor user adoption (27%). Our platform helps organisations overcome obstacles like poor supplier onboarding and low user adoption.

Procurement 12

Procurement Supply Chain Supplier Finance 12

Open Contracting Partnership

APRIL 1, 2024

Seven suppliers were awarded contracts. Over 50% of the total award value (PHP 573 million) was awarded to one supplier (Philippine Chemsteel Industries, Inc). Competition: A total of 14 unique contractors bid on the projects. All except one contract (Metro Manila) had multiple bidders. Savings: The government saved PHP 14.7

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Budget Transportation Transportation Bidder 136

SmallGovCon

APRIL 11, 2024

Gilkison) worked at a different company (PacTec) that was the supplier of the products under the Solicitation. The big takeaway from this case is that SBA is still enforcing the full-time devotion requirement for SDVOSBs (and the rule is also present in the 8(a) Program regulations). 128.203(i).

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Consulting Government Contracts Supplier Contract 111

ivalua

MAY 30, 2023

However, implementing category strategies for successful sourcing and supplier management can be challenging without the right tools. When businesses start sourcing local goods and services, they are presented with new opportunities to network and form strong bonds with local business owners.

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Procurement Supply Chain Eprocurement Manufacturing 19

Federal News Network

DECEMBER 6, 2023

For smaller suppliers, selling to DoD still isn’t a walk in the park – but things are getting a little simpler. And of course, this presents risk for commercial products and services companies and other subcontractors. Prime contractor needs to be able to terminate subcontracts and supplier agreements for convenience as well.

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Contract Supplier Government Government 95

SmallGovCon

MAY 10, 2024

It also presents a great reminder that all of the limits and exceptions that keep people up at night worrying about compliance, do themselves often have their own limits and exceptions.

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Thresholds Manufacturing Purchasing Retail 105

Telles.eu

APRIL 13, 2023

In that article Klein presents a critique on the idea of adding absolutely disconnected objectives to the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) main intervention planks on green energy and semiconductor manufacturing, calling it 'bundling'.

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Procurement Public Procurement Manufacturing Corruption 100

ivalua

MAY 9, 2023

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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Procurement Supplier Collaboration Supply Chain 52

Tracker Intelligence

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Pre-negotiated terms are provided that reduce the complexity for contracting authorities in procurement whilst allowing suppliers to capture opportunities more efficiently. Tracker Intelligence provides businesses with the tools to find the right public procurement frameworks , and the insight to help suppliers win these valuable contracts.

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Framework Agreement Procurement Supplier Tender 52

ivalua

APRIL 20, 2021

Leveraging purchasing power to capture volume- based pricing within a competitive supply chain builds sticky relationships with healthy suppliers, keeps input costs low, and acts as a hedge against inflation. This is a great place to begin the conversation about supplier trade credits and terms. Is it worth it? Absolutely!

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Efficiency Buyers Supply Chain Supplier 52