Can strategic procurement be a catalyst of change in business? Two enterprise practitioners believe it can, and they have seen how enabling and embracing data-driven procurement with a strategic ...
Getting the right materials at the right time and price is incredibly important for any successful business. Material procurement affects everything from product quality to company profits. Smart ...
Eldar Tuvey, is CEO and cofounder of Vertice, a spend optimization platform that saves companies up to 25% on their SaaS and cloud costs. The turbulence of recent years has underscored the critical ...
The procurement process is composed of symbiotic moving parts. When components don’t communicate efficiently, breaks in the supply chain occur, causing costly errors, lost time and missed ...
If you’re a procurement leader, developing improved business strategies should involve advancing technology, increasing digital intelligence, and improving collaboration across in-house teams. Given ...
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Borrowers are government clients of the World Bank that receive financing for public sector development projects. Borrowers are responsible for managing the procurement process, which includes ...
A five-year procurement plan is vital for fleets to navigate changing regulations and tariffs, aligning operations with financial goals. To effectively manage costs, fleet operators must establish ...
Getting inventories right is hard—but why? In this age of advanced technology, ERP systems, and AI, one would expect companies to leverage these tools as a competitive advantage or, at the very least, ...
Artificial intelligence is a hot commodity, but government agencies need to be cautious about buying it, experts say. The biggest consideration is security. “It’s a challenge. There’s no other way to ...