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Strategic Sourcing Success – Techniques Deployed by Leaders in S2P

Jaggaer

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?) emergency purchases and b.) Tactical sourcing is ideal for a.)

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Let’s Get Digital: Introducing your Source-to-Pay Guide

ivalua

Downstream activities include e-procurement , purchase orders, invoice automation and accounts payable and payment processes. Purchasing is also where value is captured (i.e., Purchasing is also where value is captured (i.e.,

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The Science and the Art of Procurement

ivalua

The huge growth in the use of technology has been the most visible part of that developing picture. I first saw this term used a few years ago by Philip Ideson, as a title for his website and excellent series of podcasts, and it feels like this may be an idea whose time has come.

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Category management will fail if procurement and business stakeholders do not collaborate to agree a pipeline of projects

Future Purchasing

The real value is spending some quality time with your stakeholders to discuss potential categories to focus on and identify resources required to make the cross-functional working more effective. Procurement teams clearly appreciate why strategic alignment planning activity is such an important activity.

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Managed Procurement Services: A Strategic Approach to Cost Reduction

Empowering CPO

In essence, it’s a critical business function that ensures the right goods and services are available at the right time, in the right quantities, at the right price. It plays a vital role in ensuring smooth operational continuity by securing the required resources and managing the supply chain effectively.