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Lost in Public Space: Exploring the Unknown with the Norwegian Public Sector Segment

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In light of existing rules, vendors can deter competition by driving prices down in competitive tenders. However, this strategy may lead to a lack of options and price volatility within the market.

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Leveraging Data Analytics in Procurement: Unlocking Efficiency and Strategic Value

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Advanced analytics tools are being integrated into procurement operations, enabling public and private organisations to rethink procurement processes, supplier relationships and cost optimisation. Applications of Procurement Analytics Yet, procurement data analytics is not limited to just cost management.

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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: . Click here to talk to Ivalua about your Procurement strategy.

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Canada’s Federated Co-operatives Ltd. (FCL) goes live with Ivalua’s Source-to-Contract (S2C) solution with seamless integration to TealBook’s AI-powered supplier data foundation

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It also increased the efficiency and speed to market for all sourcing users, while providing visibility and ability for procurement professionals in the center-led procurement team to provide strategic support. More information is available at www.fcl.crs and www.co-op.crs. About Ivalua.

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Webinar Recap: Procurement 2022, Big Trends and Predictions

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in October 2021*, the highest in more than three decades, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI). An Ardent 2021 survey of more than 350 CPOs and other business leaders found that there’s a strong push by procurement teams to adopt suites instead of a collection of standalone or one-off solutions. More on that here.

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Procurement Rising – The Time is Now

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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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What are the Supply Chain Management Lessons to Learn from the Covid-19 Crisis

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While taking a collaborative approach with stakeholders and suppliers is increasingly accepted as the best approach, I still see many Procurement organizations resorting to the old ways – beating up suppliers. “We We are under financial stress so you need to help us out by dropping our contracted prices, and accepting later payment.”