American City & Country

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Strategic procurement is more than just buying goods and services—it’s about creating value, optimizing resources, and aligning purchasing decisions with organizational goals. In this blog, we’ll explore key best practices and show how leveraging group/cooperative purchasing can help you master the art of strategic sourcing.

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ivalua

AUGUST 16, 2021

A checklist guide to getting the most out of your supplier risk management program. This reliance can increase supplier risk or uncover a large source of value and supplier innovation for organizations. . Employ more structured processes around supplier risk management. Drive competition and achieve savings.

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ivalua

JULY 7, 2020

Now is the time to show the business how Procurement can add value around supplier risk management , new sources of supply, changes to contractual arrangements and much more. Technologies such as strategic sourcing, procure-to-pay or full source-to-pay that are instrumental in managing spend must empower versus limit.

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ivalua

JUNE 1, 2022

Procurement teams had to work closely with suppliers to find creative ways to solve problems, and they instantly realized the benefits of transparency in their supply chains and supplier risk management for business continuity in times of crisis. Strategic sourcing professionals may end up doing tactical work, as well.

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ivalua

MARCH 16, 2021

Procurement teams had to work closely with suppliers to find creative ways to solve problems, and they instantly realized the benefits of transparency in their supply chains and supplier risk management for business continuity in times of crisis. Strategic sourcing professionals may end up doing tactical work, as well.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

MAY 13, 2024

Day One Speakers Keynote Speakers: Christine Harada , Senior Advisor, OFPP, OMB Moshe Schwartz , President, Etherton and Associates Panelists: Bonnie Evangelista , Acting Deputy Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer for Acquisitions, DoD Polly Hall , Senior Advisor to the Chief Procurement Officer, DHS Udaya Patnaik , Chief Innovation (..)

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ivalua

MAY 1, 2020

Some lessons regarding managing supply chain risk may still help in the near term as companies struggle to reconfigure their supply base to an evolving pandemic. First, category managers should look to investment professionals and take a broad portfolio view of supplier risk management.

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ivalua

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Peter Smith, Managing Director, Procurement Excellence Ltd. The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published new guidelines on outsourcing , a document that has wide-ranging implications for every banking organisation, and requires careful consideration by procurement leaders and functions.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

The priority areas are: Asset Management Vulnerability Management Defensible Architecture Cyber Supply Chain Risk Management (C-SCRM) Incident Detection & Response Each priority area includes further alignment goals to address these variations.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

In addition, for certain systems, contractors will be required to develop a System Security Plan, implement and maintain extensive security controls, conduct annual security assessments and cyber threat hunting and vulnerability assessments, and comply with continuous monitoring and supply chain risk management requirements.

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