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Driving Success through Effective Procurement and Category Management Organization | Webinar

Everest Group

Join this webinar as our expert analysts discuss the crucial design factors in evolving procurement and category management organizations, covering aspects such as accountability structures, emerging roles and skillsets, governance, policies, and outsourcing adoption. How are emerging technologies affecting existing procurement structures?

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Start Off on the Right Foot with Supplier Management

SIG Speaks

Since the negotiation and contracting phases are just the beginning of the relationship, significant value can be driven by incorporating a governance framework into the contracting phase and instilling a collaborative relationship early on. Then, ensure a well-designed governance framework is built into the contract.

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How to build a successful product development strategy

IBM Services

A finely tuned product development strategy is a holistic, cross-collaborative endeavor with the capacity to help any organization weather unforeseen events or market changes. During this phase, cross-collaborative efforts should focus on ideation and iteration. Why is a strong product development strategy important?

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Driving Automation and Change in Enterprises

SIG Speaks

Utilizing process documents that define the program design, business impacts, resource scheduling, and exception management can help reduce scope creep and delays during implementation. During implementation, a member of the COE should be responsible for ensuring documentation of the new processes to provide change management to end users.

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How Strategic Procurement Can Give You a Competitive Advantage

Planergy Software

How strategic sourcing, cost management, and cost avoidance strategies can be applied to indirect spend. How Strategic Procurement Can Give You a Competitive Advantage. Procurement Strategic Sourcing. You can do it by negotiating favorable terms and promoting collaboration with cross-functional teams.

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Recap of CPO & Executive Virtual Series with ProcureAbility

SIG Speaks

Virtual Organizational Design . . In the future of advanced crowdsourcing for procurement, leaders will increasingly source ideas from resources with more diverse skill sets. ProcureAbility predicts that by 2030, strategic sourcing will take no longer than two weeks, thanks to cognitive computing. Cognitive Computing.

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How to build a successful procurement strategy

IBM Services

It can nurture collaborative partnerships with suppliers and integrate ethical and environmental (green purchasing) considerations into the sourcing strategy. It should be a strategic roadmap that, when effectively designed and implemented, aligns with the mission of the organization and greatly contributes to its success.