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Strategic sourcing: Improve your buying power

TYA Suite

What is strategic sourcing and how does it work? Strategic sourcing is a method used by businesses to buy goods and services in a way that focuses on long-term value, not just short-term savings. Strategic is about building strong, lasting relationships with suppliers that deliver the best overall value.

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The Future of Procurement

Una

Then, in the 1960s, the practice of competitive bidding became commonplace giving rise to trained procurement professionals. By the 1980s, supplier competition allowed procurement organizations to focus on supplier quality and dependability. Procurement and supply chain management have important future roles to play with ESG.

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11 Things You Can Do While a GPO Works Behind the Scenes

Una

This can include implementing a formal Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) program, sharing your strategy with key suppliers, collaborating on cost-saving initiatives, and ensuring a reliable and efficient supply chain. Upgrade your skillset Invest time in upgrading your own skillset and that of your procurement team.

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What is Virtual Procurement and Why Should You Care?

Supply Chain Game Changer

Those same companies, out of necessity, became more sophisticated and implemented Strategic Sourcing and Category Management, delivering substantial savings to their companies bottom line and even help capture innovation. If the top line isn’t growing, you need to be laser focused on the bottom line. Email info@procurepro.ca

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Services Procurement: What Is It and How To Manage It

Planergy

How strategic sourcing, cost management, and cost avoidance strategies can be applied to indirect spend. Doing Business Once you’ve started working with a vendor, having a clear statement of work and adequate contract management is key. How to gain visibility and control of your indirect spend.

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Innovative Procurement Models: Exploring Different Approaches

Empowering CPO

At its core, procurement is the process of finding, agreeing to terms, and acquiring goods, services, or works from an external source, often via a tendering or competitive bidding process. The value of using technology to track sales and inventory in real time for better supply chain management.