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Procurement Strategy Case Studies — 5 Insightful Examples

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Setting the appropriate strategy in procurement is the first step to improving control and effectiveness of the overall procurement and sourcing activities. Final Deal: The first contract was issued in January 2014. The contract was reissued in April 2014. After that, the contract was awarded in July 2014. .

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Supplier Diversity: From Checking-the-Box to a C-Suite Strategy

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In 2014, the European Union (EU) took steps to encourage supplier diversity by implementing a social procurement policy. Specifically, Source-to-Pay solution providers are critical supplier diversity partners and customers should trust these partners to support their diversity initiatives. .

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This is NOT thought leadership, it’s practical talk about Supplier Value Management

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attempt to make a point about the relative value of strategic sourcing, I failed to realize that thought leadership is apparently the exclusive domain of pundits. This reminded me of a prior post I wrote about the subject and I wondered if Pierre was writing about me. If so, in my (imperfect?)

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What is a procurement platform anyway?

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In this article, prt of which originally published in 2014, our analysts explain why it does. What is the difference between an app provider and a platform provider? And does it even matter to procurement or others in general? This content is for members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read. appeared first on Spend Matters.

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Paris 2020 – EN – Steven Schumacher

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global Strategy, Sourcing & Execution's functional area reporting to the Group COO. Steven joined Credit Suisse in 2008 and was the Head of Sourcing & Vendor Management. SVM) since April 2014. Steven Schumacher is a Managing Director at Credit Suisse where he leads the Bank’s. efficiency management.

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Paris 2020 – FR – Steven Schumacher

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Steven Schumacher est Directeur Général chez Credit Suisse où il gère le département Strategy, Sourcing & Execution au niveau du groupe et reporte au COO. Steven a rejoint Credit Suisse en 2008 au poste de Head of Sourcing & Vendor Management jusqu’en 2014.

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Procurement Speakers 2022 – 10 Most Popular Experts

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In 2014, he took a new role to transform public procurement at the Health Promotion Board (HPB) which is a statutory board under the Ministry of Health, Singapore. . He is a member of the advisory board for the world’s premiere global association for sourcing and procurement professionals. Jan Francis. Want to close better deals?