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What does a 2015 article have to do with Hershey’s 2025 acquisition of LesserEvil for $750

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EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is a reprint of the March 25th, 2015 article The Impact Of An M&A On The Procurement Department This morning I read a post by Roz Usheroff regarding the just announced merger between Kraft and Heinz, and how an employee can both survive and thrive when an M&A occurs.

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Treaties and Standards for Sustainability — Everything About Sustainability 

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In doing this, Companies must integrate CSR concepts into their procurement processes while ensuring a long-term plan to meet functionality demands. As sustainability is a growing focus in the world, many businesses are integrating it, especially consumers who are demanding to know where the products they purchase come from.

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Strategic sourcing enters a new age. Are you keeping up? (Part 1)

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Gartner’s 2015 survey of CEOs indicates that revenue growth is now five times more important than cost savings. Regular face time with internal stakeholders is very important to gaining and maintaining a pulse on customer needs, market demand, country strategies, product development plans, and any expected headwinds.

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Will 2021 be about Cost Reduction or Strategic Supplier Relationships?

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PWC has been publishing the annual procurement survey since 2015, capturing many of the trends in procurement that we now see in organisations, such as the focus on supplier risk management. Ivalua was honoured to provide some commentary on the survey results during a webinar with PWC in Sweden, as the 2020 survey is even more fascinating.

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What is Economic Order Quantity & its Advantages

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What is Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) Equation & Graph: The basic formula is as follows: EOQ = Economic Order Quantity, C = Cost of the item, I = Annual inventory carrying cost, D = have different names: “Annual anticipated demand”, or “annual sales volume/ unit”, “forecasted demand”, and “annual usage rate”. Boston: Pearson, 2015.

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Public Procurement & Supporting Apprentices

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Action Note 14/15 27 August 2015 Issue. Timing The provisions of this Action Note will take effect for procurements advertised on or after 1 September 2015. Public procurement, utilising the greater flexibilities provided under The Public Contracts Regulations 2015, provides a valuable lever to achieve this step change.

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Demand Sensing Round-Up (Blog Posts, White Papers, and Webinars!)

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Demand sensing has been a hot topic in the SCM community in 2015, and we’ve covered many aspects. Why Demand Sensing is Value-Based Performance Management. How to Interpret Demand Sensing Data . How to Interpret Demand Sensing Data . Can Demand Sensing Really Work in Today’s Confusing IT Landscape?

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