Una

JUNE 18, 2024

Contract Management Best Practices for Procurement Pros Learn why its critical for procurement teams to have contract management best practices in place to proactively monitor promised benefits. By Hugo Britt | June 18, 2024 Search Search At what point in the contract lifecycle does procurement’s role end?

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ivalua

APRIL 6, 2020

In order to mitigate or minimize these types of disagreements and manage impacts, it is critical for organizations to be able to quickly identify contracts that are impacted as well as quickly identifying the contract language for force majeure in each of these contracts.

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Procurement Insights

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Example: A company adopts an AI-powered contract management tool , but it doesnt integrate with their sourcing or invoicing system , creating inefficiencies. Solution: Ensure integration-friendly solutions that connect procurement, finance, and supplier management functions.

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Spend Matters

APRIL 15, 2025

This capability is particularly beneficial in contract management, as it can enhance analytics for complex IT and SaaS agreements, ensuring public funds are spent wisely and efficiently. For a more in-depth exploration of AI in Procurement, read the AI Leadership Guide for Procurement.

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Spend Matters

MAY 21, 2024

If you’d like to understand more about what intake management and orchestration mean for procurement, read our Guide to Intake and Orchestration. Our first practitioner-focused viewpoint came from Sören Petsch, head of procurement at end-to-end e-commerce solution Rithum — How intake cuts to the point. “Our

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

In this session, Manulife’s procurement leadership will share the lessons learned from past struggles with disjointed solutions, their vision for the future and how they delivered rapid savings while laying the groundwork for a consistent, comprehensive transformation of vendor risk management, spend analysis, sourcing and contract management.

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Procurement Insights

APRIL 4, 2025

2 Procurement Leaders (World Procurement Congress) Procurement Leaders ranks high due to its strategic focus on procurement leadership and best practices, targeting CPOs and senior executives. Rationale for Ranking SIG (Rank 1) Strength: Deep dive into procurement executioncost savings, supplier strategies, and contract management.

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Jaggaer

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Mark also has significant private sector procurement leadership experience, including roles at, Vodafone and Anheuser-Busch InBev, where he led the Global eSourcing programme, achieving impressive results that included including executing over 30,000 eAuctions per year.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 20, 2023

Read More: Decoding the Procurement Department: A Comprehensive Guide to Roles and Responsibilities ] What does a Procurement Manager do? The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in procurement, strong negotiation skills, and the ability to effectively communicate with vendors, internal stakeholders, and senior leadership.

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SCMDOJO

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Comprehensive Curriculum: MCIPS covers a broad spectrum of topics, from procurement principles and strategies to contract management, negotiation, and ethical considerations. It can open doors to career advancement and leadership roles. Think of it as the gold standard for procurement professionals.

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ivalua

AUGUST 28, 2019

Those are just two of several findings in the Governing Institute’s newly released 2019 procurement survey, 5 Trends That Are Reshaping How Governments Buy , which highlights some of the biggest emerging trends, issues and innovative best practices in state contracts and purchasing. Contact: Justine Brown. e.Republic. 916-932-1463.

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Procurement Insights

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Under Sherkin’s leadership, ProPurchaser tracks commodity cost drivers affecting suppliers’ production costs, providing members with timely alerts to support informed negotiations. Under his leadership, Cloudia was acquired by Mercell Holding ASA, a Norwegian e-procurement company, in June 2021.

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Pipefy

APRIL 22, 2025

That includes: Strategic sourcing (finding and evaluating suppliers) Contract management Purchase requests and approvals Order issuance and receiving goods/services Invoicing and payment Its a process that crosses departments and requires smooth coordination and thats exactly where both the friction and the opportunity show up.

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ivalua

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Redwood City, CA – October 26, 2020 – Ivalua, a leading global spend management cloud provider, and Consus, a leading global supply chain solutions provider, today announced that Jollibee Foods Corporation (JFC) has successfully deployed Ivalua’s platform to empower its procurement digital transformation, with Consus leading implementation.

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Jaggaer

MARCH 19, 2025

In China, without meaningful election cycles, the political leadership can more easily take decisions for the medium and long term. Finally contracts management puts the collaboration between buyers and sellers on a firm legal basis. Of course, the political systems in each country influence what can and cannot be done.

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ivalua

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Together with its strategic partner Optis Consulting, Ivalua’s solution has digitally enabled FCL’s policies and processes for core procurement activities, including sourcing and contract management. About Federated Co-operatives Limited and the Co-operative Retailing System.

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Skill Dynamics

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Advanced Negotiation and Contract Management Advanced negotiation techniques are essential for securing better terms for your organization, but can also help develop and maintain strong supplier relationships. Get in touch with us today and let us help you take the next step in your procurement journey.

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Jaggaer

APRIL 9, 2025

Categories for the Pro-to-Know recognition include but are not limited to Supplier Management, Sourcing, Contract Management, eProcurement, Form Requests, and AP Automation. I encourage you to connect with these Pros to discover strategies for improving user adoption and maximizing solution value.

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ivalua

OCTOBER 28, 2022

This bill sends plenty of money to the state and local governments–but along with these allocations comes solicitations, procurements, contracts, deadlines, reporting requirements, and other overhead. Ready to arm your Public Procurement Professionals with the tools they need for modern challenges?

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Ivalua was also awarded the the best P2P Specialist Provider by an independent panel of industry veterans at the 2020 World Procurement Awards and This release will support extending its leadership by delivering ever greater value to customers. Specific release highlights include: Supplier Management Innovations: .

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SCMDOJO

JUNE 28, 2024

One of the primary obstacles is the lack of representation in leadership positions, limiting their visibility and opportunities for advancement. Leadership Potential: As companies recognize the importance of supply chain optimization, women have ample opportunities to rise through the ranks and take on leadership roles in the field.

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Spend Matters

JANUARY 5, 2024

Our coverage also explores the latest thought leadership topics about procurement and supply, the technology that serves it and comparative analyses based on demos and the scoring of 500+ RFI requirements across 12 source-to-pay (S2P) categories that create our Vendor Ranking data.

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Una

JULY 17, 2024

EPISODE 174 Financial Positioning for Lasting Growth with Lonnie Bloom By Kelly Barner | July 17, 2024 Fast growth company leadership teams have a lot on their plates. They are balancing building a solution or offering, building brand recognition, and closing deals. But no concern is higher priority than funding.

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SCMDOJO

JUNE 6, 2024

Start with the Basics: Master the procurement fundamentals with introductory courses in this procurement training covering key concepts like sourcing strategies, negotiation tactics, and contract management. Gain a solid foundation to excel in any procurement role.

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Procurement Leaders

JUNE 9, 2022

The procurement leadership team at PMI recognised that to support the business in making this transition, the function required an overhaul of its capability development programme. New digital tools: Dedicated project teams were set up over 2020 and 2021 to look at digital tools for spend, sustainability, and contract life-cycle management.

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ivalua

JANUARY 12, 2023

Can an organization start with a Public Portal and Supplier Management Solution and then add solicitations, contract management, and purchasing solutions as they mature or as funding becomes available ? Just because models are sold under a single logo does not ensure that they effectively integrate.

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Procurement Heads

JUNE 14, 2023

There were no category strategies in place, sourcing was often about re-tendering the same specifications again just to try and squeeze further cost out, and there was a culture of disputes in post contract management. How would you say your leadership style would attract people to your team? I want my team to take risks.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Tier-1 reporting is imperative to supply chain tier-mapping & organizational modeling, which is a priority area receiving increased attention by leadership teams. Leadership acceptance, technology budget, and enhanced procurement resources are the first steps towards addressing this not-so-secret secret. Dirty Little Secret #2–4.

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ivalua

MAY 17, 2023

This year, our discussions covered Invoice Automation, Scope 3 Emissions, Contract Management, Supply Chain Collaboration, Indirect/Services Procurement, and Supplier Management–Customer of Choice. After catching up with colleagues and acquainting ourselves with some new faces, we dove into solution breakout sessions.

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Procurement Insights

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

I am not surprised that Danone was one of the organizations on the leading edge of procurement thought leadership in 2006, discussing the following ideas: Another comment that caught my attention was the position one panel member took. They said that out of his organization’s 20,000 suppliers, only a few (i.e.,

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ivalua

DECEMBER 18, 2019

The second, authored by Andrew Bartels and published on December 18, is The Forrester Wave™: Source-To-Contract Suites, Q4 2019. It covers spend analysis, sourcing, contract management and supplier risk and performance management (SRPM), similar in scope to Gartner’s Strategic Sourcing Application Suites Magic Quadrant.

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Barkers Procurement

JANUARY 16, 2023

This required commercial and procurement advisory from Barkers to implement the transition from a tactical procurement function to a more strategic Category Management structure. In addition, Barkers mentored client resource, affected knowledge transfer and provided advice and support to the client leadership.

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Jaggaer

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

In the end-to-end source-to-pay (S2P) process, strategic sourcing is the link between spend analytics, category management and contracts management, and is supported by supplier intelligence. How Has Strategic Sourcing Evolved?

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Una

MAY 25, 2023

Feeling like the captain of a sinking ship, you summon the leadership team to your office and ask them what happened. I guess we failed to manage our procurement risk…” Below, we explore the concept of procurement risk and the challenges it poses to organizations.

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ivalua

APRIL 5, 2023

Our speakers covered: Scope 3 emissions, Invoicing, Supply Chain Resilience, Contract Management, Supplier Management, and the Procure-to-Pay Roadmap. Eloise graduated from Providence College with a dual degree in Finance and Political Science.

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ivalua

MARCH 13, 2019

Mark Gallagher is a renowned keynote speaker on a range of business topics relating to his experiences gained while working in senior leadership roles within Formula 1 motor racing over the last 30 years. Leading organizations and teams are abiding by these lessons to drive a true competitive advantage today. About Mark Gallagher.

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SCMDOJO

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Transportation Sourcing & Management: Selecting cost-effective transportation modes, evaluating factors influencing transportation sourcing, and maintaining compliance with contracts to ensure efficient logistics. Simultaneously, honing presentation skills is crucial for leadership.

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