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Supplier Motivation, A Key Component of Supplier Management

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Convinced that their sizes and brands will attract suppliers anyway, they entrench themselves behind the gates of rigid procurement processes. This translates into a powerful lesson learned for Procurement: motivate your suppliers rather than merely manage them. As most Procurement organizations do, they evaluate their suppliers.

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3rd CEE Procurement & Supply Forum

Supply Chain Movement

3rd CEE Procurement & Supply Forum. Global sourcing and sourcing in Central-Eastern Europe (CEE) has long been state of the art for international companies. How to effectively identify and benefit from these potentials will be the main focus of the 3rd CEE Procurement & Supply Forum. Date: 19 October, 2016.

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5 Reasons to Attend 2023 Ivalua NOW Paris!

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March 6, 2023 | | Ivalua NOW by Eloise Barnum 5 Reasons to Attend 2023 Ivalua NOW Paris – Breaking New Ground We are thrilled to invite procurement leaders, innovators, customers, and colleagues to Ivalua NOW Paris. Join us as we celebrate organizations that achieved extraordinary results by taking sourcing to new levels.

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3 areas of development for Supplier Relationship Management

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More than one Procurement department has learned this the hard way. Conversely, some Procurement departments have discovered that non-strategic suppliers, or even tier two suppliers, offer them innovative solutions to alleviate the shortage. Nevertheless, an effective Procurement department doesn’t stop there.

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10th Pan-European Conference in the P2P Series

Supply Chain Movement

P2P Process Owners Strategy Workshop. This workshop stream will serve as a platform for benchmarking best practices and successful approaches to resolving key P2P goals and obstacles that are on the way to those goals. Get experience on Lean and Six Sigma in indirect procurement. 10th Pan-European Conference in the P2P Series.

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Agile Strategic Sourcing for a Resilient Supply Chain

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Procurement, activities such as strategic sourcing, are one of the main processes in the supply chains that can generate a positive impact on companies by giving them a competitive advantage in the market. Strategic sourcing can help supply chain leaders identify potential risk factors and develop procurement mitigation plans.

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Bristlecone Flash – September 2019

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SWAROVSKI, Best Procurement Transformation. BRISTLECONE IMPROVES MINING COMPANY’S PROCUREMENT OPERATIONS. With SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance (SLP), Sourcing and Contracts now in its production environment, the company has taken a major step toward realizing its strategic objectives. Our Customers. Register Now.