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Procurement Strategy’s Role in Guarding Against Supply Chain Disruptions

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Why Your Procurement Strategy is More Critical Now Than Ever Before In an era of global supply chain disruptions, a robust procurement strategy is no longer optionalits essential. The right procurement strategy ensures that organizations: Mitigate risks before they escalate. Loss of revenue due to stock shortages.

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The Science and the Art of Procurement

ivalua

As we move towards a new decade is the emphasis in the procurement world changing – are we going to see a new age, where the Art of Procurement comes to the fore? Technology has radically changed procurement activities and procurement roles across virtually all our spheres of activity.

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Why Agility and Creativity are the New Vital Procurement Drivers  (but don’t sacrifice “effectiveness”)

ivalua

Peter Smith, Managing Director at Procurement Excellence Ltd. If Procurement people, functions and organisations are going to be successful, it is obvious that we have to adapt to the changing wider business and social environments. And it seems that increasingly three topics come to the fore – effectiveness, creativity and agility.

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Webinar Recap: Procurement 2022, Big Trends and Predictions

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Last week, Ivalua partnered with Ardent Partners to discuss Procurement 2022: Big Trends and Predictions. . Below, we’ve lifted the main webinar takeaways from panel contributors and Vishal Patel, VP of Product Marketing at Ivalua. Procurement 2022: Big Trends and Predictions. #1. View Webinar Replay. What can we expect in 2022?

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Supplier Collaboration: Fundamental to Elevating Manufacturing Performance

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By selecting and developing the right suppliers and establishing streamlined, transparent communication with them, manufacturers gain the agility and resilience to respond to customer demands, rise to the top, and navigate disruptions more easily. That makes agility a foundational part of your manufacturing strategy.

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Strategic Sourcing Success – Techniques Deployed by Leaders in S2P

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It is a process that creates efficiencies across all spend categories, minimizes supply chain risks through improved supplier selection and awards, while giving visibility into pricing and forecasting. Assessment of the supply market (who offers what?) However, whats really missing hereneeds analysis.

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The Big Interview with Nathalie Adotevi

Procurement Heads

For Procurement Heads ’ latest Big Interview, she spoke to Will Cooke about her career. How did you get into procurement? I studied procurement and obtained a Master’s degree in supply chain and international procurement. So, unlike many of my peers, I didn’t fall into procurement, I actually chose it.