Procurement Heads

APRIL 4, 2023

This year’s tournament, which will be the fourth time the event has been held, provides an excellent opportunity for procurement professionals to come together and raise funds for Macmillan Cancer Support. The event promises to be a great evening of sporting competition and networking, all in the name of a fantastic cause.

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Procurement Heads

APRIL 4, 2023

This year’s tournament, which will be the fourth time the event has been held, provides an excellent opportunity for procurement professionals to come together and raise funds for Macmillan Cancer Support. The event promises to be a great evening of sporting competition and networking, all in the name of a fantastic cause.

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Spend Matters

OCTOBER 31, 2024

A common thread among the conversations we’ve had recently with senior procurement practitioners tells of the extent to which attitudes towards risk have changed over the past decade. According to one procurement leader we spoke to, all that changed around 2020. That statement couldn’t be less true today.

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Spend Matters

DECEMBER 30, 2024

In readiness for our Q1 2025 theme of Procurement Transformation, which will include how to even start your digital journey, how to make the case for it, how to shape your digital roadmap and how to survive it, we have received input from some solution providers on their own customers journeys.

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Procurement Leaders

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Last week, Procurement Leaders landed in the “live music capital of the world” for our latest event, Tomorrow’s Procurement Leader. The event offered an opportunity for senior practitioners to explore the hallmarks of successful strategy execution. Which takes us neatly to Austin, Texas. Why Austin?

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supply chain software solutions Leadership Strategy Supply chain 130

Procurement Tactics

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

33 Procurement Interview Questions in 2022. World Sustainable Procurement Day — The Ultimate Guide. World Sustainable Procurement Pay is an important event that is attended by many procurement professionals all over the world. However, why is it significant for people who are in the procurement industry?

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Procurement Heads

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

In advance of the new financial year, this will be an opportunity for networking and discussion around all things procurement and interim management. If interim management within procurement is your specialism, or indeed if your business has had requirements for quality interim managers in this space, then please join us for a drink or two!

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ivalua

JUNE 26, 2023

Blog » Procurement on the Thames: Ivalua’s London Summer Symposium June 26, 2023 | | Thought Leadership by Eloise Barnum As businesses navigate through supply chain disruptions, high inflation, and sustainability initiatives, procurement, and supplier management has taken center stage in driving change.

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ivalua

APRIL 23, 2020

Like every industry Procurement & Supply Chain software vendors are having to find new approaches in the pandemic world, and firms are coming up with ways of holding events virtually, some of which work better than others. Ivalua’s events have been consistently strong for several years now.

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Spend Matters

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Despite the cold weather, the room was filled with passionate public procurement practitioners and suppliers who were eager to chat and learn. Recent successes include: In 2024, 321 new government procurement teams were onboarded. The State of New York is adopting SOVRAs fee optimization program via the Reconciler tool.

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Procurement Tactics

JANUARY 13, 2023

Procurement success in 2023 with our Strategy Course. Procurement Conference — 10 Best Procurement Conferences. Attending a procurement conference allows you to meet like-minded professionals and industry peers in procurement. However, what are the reasons why procurement professionals attend a conference?

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Procurement Chief Procurement Officer Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply chain 159

Procurement Tactics

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

33 Procurement Interview Questions in 2022. Corporate Social Responsibility in Procurement — Everything a Procurement Professional Should Know. However, what is its impact on procurement? . In this article, we will discuss what corporate social responsibility and sustainable procurement are.

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Procurement Ethics Sustainability Supply Chain Efficiency 206

Procurement Insights

APRIL 5, 2025

Estimating the cost for an average procurement professional to attend the five conferencesDigital Procurement World (DPW), ISM Annual Conference, Procurement Leaders (World Procurement Congress), SIG (Global Executive Summit), and Supply Chain Canada National Conferencerequires factoring in registration fees, travel, and accommodation expenses.

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ivalua

JULY 14, 2022

Ivalua study finds 97% of procurement leaders see significant disruption in direct materials supply chain; 67% not confident in existing technology; 84% consider modernization a ‘strategic priority’. A full 84% of procurement leaders agree that dealing with supply chain disruptions has been their biggest career challenge to-date.

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Spend Matters

DECEMBER 19, 2023

With another busy year of procurement and supply chain events tidily packed away behind us, Spend Matters is pleased to provide a round-up of the main events we attended in 2023, with a short recap of each and key takeaways. Read his recommendations in eWorld: first dispatch.

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Procurement Supply Agile and Lean Supply Chain supply chain software solutions 103

The Procuretech Podcast

DECEMBER 17, 2024

In this episode of The Procurement Software Podcast, host James Meads welcomes Gregory Vider, co-founder and CEO of Apadua, to discuss their recent Indirect Procurement Days invite-only mini conference held near Frankfurt, Germany. 00:04:11] Procurement and stakeholder collaboration. [00:11:41] Another advantage?

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ivalua

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

A procure-to-pay solution offers a seamless process from point of order to payment. At Ivalua, we’ve seen how a Procure-to-Pay business process ensures sustained benefits through good buying practices, improves visibility and swifter issue resolution, and enables proactive management of suppliers. Reduced errors, fraud and risk.

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Procurement Insights

MARCH 31, 2025

In late 1998, with funding from the Government of Canada’s Scientific Research & Experimental Development (SR&ED) program, I converted my “strand commonality” theory into one of the industry’s first web-based procurement platforms. of the time. Hansen in 1998. success rate. success rate.

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Spend Matters

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

While the local impact to humans, property and the wider ecosystem caused by floods, fires and other catastrophic events can be devastating, the ripple effects can reach across the globe and affect business everywhere. Besides natural hazard events, catastrophes caused by disease can also be debilitating.

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Spend Matters

JUNE 19, 2024

While ESOMAR’s conference is not procurement-oriented, which is different from many of the events we cover, there are still plenty of good reasons why our readers might consider attending its future conferences. Secondly, the insights on research methods are applicable to many in procurement.

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Spend Matters

OCTOBER 1, 2024

During the week of September 9th, I attended the Basware Premier Event in Memphis — a fantastic gathering that delved into several key topics, including touchless invoice processing to accelerate workflows, the importance of ROI assessments and how AI can enhance AP outcomes. Thanks for having me!

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Spend Matters

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Going all the way back to the philosopher Heraclitus, the only constant has been change, a fact that has only intensified in recent years with global events and technological innovations. The characteristics of procurement organizations that succeed with change management programs and the cost of change management failure.

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Procurement Change management Influencing Innovation 70

Procurement Tactics

JANUARY 4, 2023

33 Procurement Interview Questions in 2023. Best Legal Procurement Practices for Successful Workflow. Effective procurement process management will lead to a successful procurement cycle. Here are some of the best procurement policies and procedures that will get your business on the right track. Due Diligence.

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Procurement Contract Negotiation Quality 195

ivalua

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Moreover, 80% of UK businesses say that Black Swan events such as Brexit, COVID-19 and the War in Ukraine have “left supply continuity on life support”. These findings lay bare the significant toll of supply chain disruption on UK businesses,” comments Alex Saric, smart procurement expert at Ivalua. added Saric.

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Procurement Software

MARCH 16, 2025

Digital procurement tools offer both immediate benefits and long-term returns. Below are ten areas where digital procurement can deliver almost immediate improvements. Better Data One of the biggest advantages of digitising your procurement operations is improved data quality.

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Procurement Real-time Visibility Supply Chain Efficiency Purchase orders 52

Spend Matters

MARCH 6, 2025

In a world increasingly driven by the rapid developments within Artificial Intelligence (AI), procurement has the potential for enormous leverage using cutting-edge technology to become a powerhouse for generating efficiency, expanding margins, reducing risk and delivering solutions which the human mind is unable to see.

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Supply Chain Efficiency Procurement Chief Procurement Officer Stakeholder engagement 73

Spend Matters

OCTOBER 3, 2024

The appetite for third-party risk management (TPRM) within procurement and the supply chain is keener than ever before — risks are more numerous and complex in what is an increasingly fast-paced and global business environment. These highly newsworthy events serve to highlight why businesses are nervous about this risk.

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Procurement Insights

APRIL 4, 2025

Below is a ranking from highest to lowest focus on procurement and supply chain practices, as of April 4, 2025, based on their stated missions, agendas, and historical emphasis. CPO roundtables, SIG University workshops) and real-world procurement execution (e.g., Its emphasis on actionable strategies (e.g.,

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ivalua

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

As global risk factors evolve, organizations could leave themselves unprepared, creating unnecessary disruptions that are largely predictable — and in many cases avoidable,” comments Alex Saric, smart procurement expert at Ivalua. About the research. The study was conducted by Forrester Consulting in March 2022 on behalf of Ivalua.

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Spend Matters

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Spend Matters has been speaking with procurement practitioners and solution providers to get a wide view of how procurement and digital transformation is happening in the real world. We wanted to ask her what she has witnessed as the main motivator for procurement transformation.

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Procurement Real-time Visibility Change management Data 73

Spend Matters

OCTOBER 30, 2024

It’s possible, for example, for a business to be vigilant, see signs of a labor dispute and take action to make sure that doesn’t transpire into a full-scale factory walk-out, but more often this type of risk event comes as a surprise to the supplier and its customers. Some suppliers don’t make it through at all.

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Procurement Tactics

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

33 Procurement Interview Questions in 2022. MRO in Procurement — Everything You Should Know. MRO is one of the frequent words that you will encounter in the procurement industry, especially within its operations. What is MRO in Procurement? Integrate a procurement software solution. Download Free Whitepaper ?. ?.

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Procurement Heads

JANUARY 4, 2023

For Procurement Heads ‘ latest Big Interview, Rebecca spoke to Will Cooke about her career, SRM and sustainable procurement. How did you get into procurement? I got into procurement through a graduate procurement programme at British Airways in 1997. Our organisation has adopted agile ways of working.

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Supply Chain Efficiency Agile and Lean Supply Chain Sustainability Suppliers 246

Procurement Heads

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

The same questions can be asked of a career in procurement. With advancements in automation and artificial intelligence, many industries are seeing a shift in how work is performed, and procurement is no exception. However, despite these changes, a career in procurement can still be considered future proof for several reasons.

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Procurement Strategic sourcing Strategic sourcing supply chain budgeting 130

Arkestro

DECEMBER 5, 2024

So it’s no surprise that the future of manufacturing now lies in a technology that combines all of those high-end innovations: Predictive Procurement. What Is Predictive Procurement and How Is It Reshaping High-Tech Manufacturing? Predictive Procurement is the latest evolution in digital procurement processes.

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Procurement Leaders

MAY 20, 2024

An incredible three days of inspiration, collaboration and networking saw the World Procurement Congress 2024 bring together more than 1,000 procurement rockstars in London, culminating in the glamour of the World Procurement Awards. Like he says, it’s the responsibility of procurement to do so.

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Procurement Tactics

APRIL 19, 2023

18 Must-Have Negotiation Skills For Procurement Professionals Download Course Details →  Or receive our famous weekly newsletter Sustainable Goals in Procurement —Embracing Sustainability Sustainable goals in procurement help it to stay on track with its sustainability objectives in its activities. Why is it Important?

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