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Procurement in the Age of Uncertainty: 4 Lessons from the New Forrester Study

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Ivalua Spend Management Insights [ivory-search] Procurement in the Age of Uncertainty: 4 Lessons from the New Forrester Study May 9, 2023 | | Innovation by Alex Saric In today’s age of uncertainty, procurement departments are under tremendous pressure. 45% collaborated with suppliers to launch new products.

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Automating Procurement and Supplier Relations to Alleviate ESG Concerns

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It is no secret that procurement executives are constantly seeking innovative ways to maximize efficiency and address unexpected supply disruptions. However, procurement is evolving into much more than the most cost effective option since the cheapest option often involves real world atrocities like child and forced labor.

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Market Beat. Four Thumbs Down and One Thumb Up.

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Rubikloud, with advanced analytics for trade promotions, price, and assortment, positions new solution techniques with artificial intelligence for traditional data model constructs for modeling. The combined entity listing is E2open on the New York Stock Exchange, and the trade is ETWO. The reason?

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New Report Reveals 5 Trends Reshaping Government Procurement

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National survey of state procurement officials finds states are moving toward a more modern approach to buying. The report ranks state procurement offices based on their extensive survey responses and examines some of the best practices from each state. Leading states include Michigan, Georgia, Massachusetts, Ohio and New York.

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Women in integrated supply: challenges remain, opportunities await

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She is the former Chief Procurement Office at Verizon. “In You then start to see women in the room as they grow up feeling more comfortable with taking on analytical and technical jobs.” a worldwide community for women in supply chain and procurement roles. has witnessed this increase.

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Ivalua Selected by State of Maryland to Power ‘eMaryland Marketplace Advantage’ e-procurement system

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Ivalua builds momentum as technology platform of choice for public sector procurement. eMaryland Marketplace Advantage is a technologically advanced electronic procurement system designed to make state procurement and business processes more efficient, transparent, secure, and user friendly for all stakeholders.

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Learning to Speak the Language of Demand

Supply Chain Shaman

The first step to making the shift is learning a new language. New forms of analytics make new capabilities possible. To become demand driven (or market driven), they need to learn how to speak a new language. Tonight, I am stuck at a New York airport in a snow storm. It is evolving. Demand Shaping.