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The 10 Procurement Metrics that Matter in 2021

Unleashed

What is procurement? In simple terms business procurement is the process of locating and acquiring goods and services from external sources for the business to use. Procurement activities include planning, sourcing, and negotiation, along with risk management, legal and value analysis. Procurement in 2021 and beyond.

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Key Takeaways from SAP Spend Connect Live

Logistics Viewpoints

SAP is embedding its generative Joule across the SAP Ariba source-to-pay solution portfolio to make it easier for their customers to manage routine inquiries, such as status updates, summarization, and frequently asked questions. The enterprise software company also announced a new analytics solution covering external workforce management.

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What You Need to Know About Supplier Management and SRM Software

QAD

Benefits of Collaborative Supplier Relationships Increasingly, organizations are realizing the benefits of tightening relationships with suppliers to better manage the sourcing and procurement of goods and lower supply costs. So, we can not truly say that the sourcing process begins with supplier management.

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Why Procurement Management Tool is a Must for Efficient Purchasing

Precoro

Procurement is a complex and dynamic process involving strategic planning and several stages of execution, from sourcing to paying and reporting. Supply chain management, purchase requisitions and orders, budget management, and three-way matching – all these processes are integral to procurement as a whole.

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Learn How to Transform Procurement with Team Procure Cloud

Learn how Team Procure is helping companies streamline their procurement by implementing a cloud-based procurement platform across their organization. One of the key features of the platform is the custom approval workflows, which are tailored to each department within an organization.

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Procurement Analysis: a Game Changer for Purchasing Strategically

Precoro

With the global market expansion and deepening supply chain complexity, the roles of procurement leaders have evolved from tactical to strategic. Nowadays, procurement departments not only focus on the day-to-day buying operations but also search for the most efficient ways to go about them. How often do purchases happen?

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What Is PPV? Purchase Price Variance Explained

Precoro

However, only 30% of CPOs claim they have achieved their cost-saving targets in 2023. One of the ways that procurement teams improve this figure is by tracking and improving the purchase price variance (PPV) metric. Why Is Purchase Price Variance Important?