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

Procurement Insights

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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15 Reasons Why Holiday 2015 Will Exceed Expectations

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Holiday 2015 will go down in the record books as a phenomenal success. Here are my top 15 reasons why: Holiday 2015 began earlier than ever before. Consider: Several retailers began promoting Holiday 2015 in July. Walmart began promoting Holiday 2015 on November 1st. Amazon began promoting Holiday 2015 on November 2nd.

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Treaties and Standards for Sustainability — Everything About Sustainability 

Procurement Tactics

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. As a result, it future-proofs the company’s sustainable purchases and investments by integrating sustainable policies.

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Sustainable Goals in Procurement — Embracing Sustainability

Procurement Tactics

Thus, you can ensure that all the goods and services that you will purchase will have no negative effect on the environment and the surrounding communities. Additionally, it can help by ensuring that no resources go to waste and by promoting sustainability with its purchasing decisions.

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

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Since its inception in the late 1980s, strategic sourcing has always been about getting the best value for the goods and services purchased from third party suppliers. Gartner’s 2015 survey of CEOs indicates that revenue growth is now five times more important than cost savings.

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IvaluaNow – the Morning After the (Louvre) Night Before

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But interestingly, firms are deluding themselves – 65% of those surveyed self-assessed themselves as “advanced purchasing organisations” while the objective analysis suggests that the true figure was more like 16%! Around 80% of the firm’s cost base is purchasing costs, so they really have to get this right!

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Public Procurement & Supporting Apprentices

Procurement Templates

Action Note 14/15 27 August 2015 Issue. Please circulate this document within your organisation, drawing it to the attention of those with a purchasing role. Timing The provisions of this Action Note will take effect for procurements advertised on or after 1 September 2015. Source: [link]. Further Guidance 12.Material