Supply Chain Dive

MARCH 22, 2023

The dispute highlights how operating without a contract leaves West Coast ports exposed to local labor disagreements, even if union leadership and port employers have pledged to avoid wide-scale disruption.

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Procurement Heads

MARCH 15, 2023

In addition to the day job, I have had the honour of being made a Fellow of CIPS, World Commerce & Contracting and the Royal Aeronautical Society. I am also privileged to have been recognised as one of World Commerce & Contracting’s Inspiring Women in Commercial 2023 alongside other amazing commercial and procurement leaders.

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SCMDOJO

JULY 18, 2023

Contract management plays a crucial role in the procurement process, as it helps ensure compliance, mitigate risks, and optimize supplier relationships. By effectively managing contracts, organizations can maximize the value of their procurement activities and minimize potential issues.

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SCMDOJO

JULY 24, 2023

Contract Logistics is a critical aspect of the supply chain that often remains behind the scenes but plays a significant role in ensuring the efficient movement and management of goods. Read More: 6 Logistics KPIs Attributes That are Essential ] What is Contract Logistics?

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ivalua

JUNE 29, 2020

Shift towards self-contracting and self-distribution: With health systems gaining significant scale and wanting more control over their supply chain, this shift is accelerating. Perhaps an increase in self-contracting activities to provide more visibility into and control of vendor relationships. . Share on Twitter.

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Spend Matters

MARCH 25, 2025

Internally, procurement teams must collaborate closely with finance, IT, legal and operational leadership, each with distinct priorities and decision-making authority. Legal teams emphasize regulatory compliance, contract enforcement and risk mitigation. IT departments prioritize system integration, security and usability.

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Stakeholder engagement Management Procurement Influencing 71

Skill Dynamics

JANUARY 14, 2025

A typical procurement competency framework covers several key areas, including but not limited to strategic sourcing, supplier management, risk management, and contract negotiation. Finally, strong leadership and people management skills are extremely important for procurement professionals.

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Spend Matters

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Due to the external-facing nature of risk, leadership must recognize that there will always be problems. Therefore, to do risk management well requires constant gathering of data on new risks. And we must remember that one cannot escape supply chain risks. Risk impact assessment carried out by internal functions along with suppliers.

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ivalua

JUNE 14, 2023

Ivalua Spend Management Insights [ivory-search] Get Ready for Success! Contact Sales The post Get Ready for Success! 4 Critical Workstreams for Successful Procurement Implementation appeared first on Ivalua.

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ProcurePort

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

It involves identifying, evaluating, negotiating, selecting, managing contracts, and maintaining supplier relationships. Strategies include cost leadership, managing supplier relationships, diversifying risk, focusing on […] The post What is Procurement Sourcing?

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ivalua

APRIL 6, 2020

Intermixed with the enormous human tragedy, business disruption, and economic impacts, we are seeing some rarely used and often overlooked contract clauses triggered to help organizations protect themselves and minimize losses. In these cases, the value of having a contract management process that has been completely digitized is evident.

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Una

JULY 3, 2023

Procurement-Specific Leadership Skills Along with thorough understanding and experience, here are eight procurement-specific leadership skills that will make you a better leader. Procurement-specific leadership skills We disagree.

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Leadership Procurement Ethics Supply Chain Optimization 52

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. It also paves the way to possible improvements. e.Republic.

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Procurement Contract Contract management Purchasing 124

ivalua

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Flexibility: Another way to reduce risk is to build flexibility into your supply contracts. This way, you’re not locked into long-term contracts with suppliers who may not be able to meet your needs in the event of a disruption. This way, if one supplier is impacted by a disruption, you can source goods from another supplier.

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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

MAY 13, 2020

And the second big theme is beefing up the contract lifecycle management solution with more AI, including capability on contract capture, authoring, change tracking, integration with Adobe sign and more. She talked about leadership style and the need for leaders to be empathetic at the moment, even more so than usual.

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Jaggaer

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Roberts was previously Commercial Director for the Metropolitan Police Service in London, the largest Police Force in Europe, with income contracts of £300m and an expenditure budget of £850m. Prior to this, he was the Commercial Continuous Improvement Director for the Government Commercial Function.

Leadership 52

Leadership Budget Supplier relationship management Collaboration 52

Barkers Procurement

APRIL 11, 2024

IT Service contracts form a core element of most organisation’s spend. In this thought leadership piece, IT Procurement expert, Mark Elkington reveals top tips on how to negotiate an IT service contract successfully. This will enable pricing challenges to be assessed based on the size of overall change.

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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. Lack of Organizational Buy-In Issue: If leadership and procurement teams dont fully embrace digital transformation , AI adoption will fail.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 20, 2023

Within this department, the procurement manager plays a key role in overseeing the entire process, from identifying the need for goods or services to negotiating contracts with suppliers. Read More: Decoding the Procurement Department: A Comprehensive Guide to Roles and Responsibilities ] What does a Procurement Manager do?

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Management Procurement Contract management Supply Chain Optimization 116

Spend Matters

MARCH 6, 2025

AI-enhanced procurement efficiency: From generating content for contracts to summarizing sourcing events to help with executive review and approvals, Raindrop leverages AI to eliminate inefficiencies and improve outcomes. The CPOs perspective For CPOs, adopting a digital front door isnt just about technology; its about leadership.

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Supply Chain Efficiency Procurement Chief Procurement Officer Stakeholder engagement 74

ivalua

APRIL 12, 2019

That is the data around spend, suppliers, contracts and so on that provides the ammunition or the fuel for AI to work on. Soft skills and leadership are key enablers for procurement teams and are as important as technological competence. One key to changing that is getting the basis (and basics) right in terms of AI.

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Spend Matters

MAY 21, 2024

As part of our research, we are conducting analyst-led analysis / thought leadership , solution provider deep-dive analyses , webinars and interviews with both the practitioners who use this technology and the vendors who sell it.

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e2e Procurement Contract management Leadership 111

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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ivalua

JUNE 29, 2021

Government, which has been sponsoring diversity programs since 1969 on government contracts. With all these discussions, research, and brainstorming, many things were a blur and much of the research and thought leadership has melded together in my mind. This mainstream awareness is directly attributable to the U.S.

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Procurement Heads

JANUARY 4, 2023

I look after our supplier relationship management team which is focused on post-contract supplier relationships. On our large change programmes, my contract managers track the deliverables with suppliers and ensure that our colleagues understand their dependencies, to make sure that suppliers deliver what they need to do.

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Supply Chain Efficiency Agile and Lean Supply Chain Sustainability Suppliers 246

Spend Matters

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Success depends on leadership alignment, effective communication and empowering teams to embrace the transformation journey. Change management encompasses all of the above (and more), and it is not just about teaching people how to use the new solution. It is as much about people and culture as it is about technology.

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Barkers Procurement

DECEMBER 12, 2024

In practice, these businesses are liable to drop out before bidding or contract negotiations can be completed. Make the relationship a priority For suppliers who progress to the contract negotiations, Procurement can set the tone for a strong relationship. Its crucial, therefore, to understand their situation.

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Spend Matters

JULY 10, 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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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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Supply Chain Efficiency supply chain software solutions supply chain budgeting Supply Chain Optimization 52

Procurement Templates

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Procurement Policy Note – Taking Account of Carbon Reduction Plans in the procurement of major government contracts Action Note PPN 06/21 05/06/2021 Issue. This Procurement Policy Note (PPN) sets out how to take account of suppliers’ Net Zero Carbon Reduction Plans in the procurement of major Government contracts. Source: [link].

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ivalua

OCTOBER 27, 2020

The comprehensive project spanned Supplier Information, Risk, & Performance Management, eSourcing, Contract Management, Catalog management, Spend Analysis, Savings Tracking, Category Management & overall change management. Ivalua’s platform empowers us with the leading technology needed to deliver on our vision.”. “My

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Procurement Heads

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

From personal experience, I still feel the benefits of the Leadership for High Performing Women training programme I was lucky enough to be selected for back in 2018 at LV=. What do you think the procurement industry as a whole needs to improve upon?

e2e 246

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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. Lets now break that down into the various stages in the traditional upstream source-to-contract (S2C) processes. Of course, the political systems in each country influence what can and cannot be done.

Contract management 52

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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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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. Its also vital that you effectively manage supplier contracts to reduce risk and maximize supplier value.

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ivalua

MAY 21, 2020

If you’re interested in reading more on leadership in sourcing, the future of work or just want to learn more about SIG, feel free to subscribe at sig.org/subscribe. New leadership skills and traits will be necessary to ensure business continuity, and to inspire teams to work together to support each other and remain productive.

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