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Find Procurement Software That Is Easy To Use | Spend Matters Whitepaper
In this report, recognize how user-friendly software encourages stakeholder participation and improves perceptions toward the procurement process. Download the Report
Understanding Procurement Technology | GovTech Whitepaper
Learn how to increase the odds of success in your organization by leveraging the appropriate technology to become more strategic. Download the Report
BDO | Building a Business Case for Procurement Technology
Procurement teams are fundamental in maintaining successful growth and a competitive edge for organizations; departments depend on timely delivery of goods and services so they can meet their strategic goals. There comes a time, however, when manual processes begin...
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2018 State of the RFP: A RFP Benchmark Study
Watch the State of the RFP Webinar On-Demand | 1 hr The complexity and scrutiny of sourcing decisions has never been higher than it is today. Procurement professionals must deliver timely, fair, high-value decisions, while balancing the needs of a growing number of...
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ERP-Based Alternative to Indirect Sourcing | ProcureCON Whitepaper
How modular sourcing solutions help large and small companies achieve profitability and cost savings ‘right out of the gate’ Indirect spend makes up as much as 20 percent of total company spend and may involve up to 80 percent of a business’ total suppliers. To make...
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Thought Leadership | The Optimized RFP
A roundtable discussion with procurement professionals about the ‘typical’ request for proposal process and how it can be advanced. The Request for Proposal (RFP) is a tried and true purchasing vehicle, used by organizations worldwide to ensure transparent, high value...
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eBook | Data Insight: Are your stakeholders ready for eSourcing?
Digital transformation is well underway in the public sector, bringing process improvements, time-savings, and better customer service to various functions across the organization. However, many procurement teams remain concerned about how their stakeholders might...
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eBook | The True Cost of your Paper RFP Process
Many procurement teams are still using paper and spreadsheets to run their competitive bidding and RFP process, even while other areas of the organization modernize. There are many reasons for keeping paper around, whether it’s lagging laws that require paper copies,...
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eBook | Driving User Adoption of Sourcing Software
Poor user adoption can derail the success of your sourcing software: the desired efficiency gains never materialize, the return on investment goes unrealized, and—let’s face it—the optics are bad. If you are considering bringing on a new procurement software solution,...
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eBook | Vendor Fees – Are they worth the risk?
For years, there has been a discussion in the public sector about the viability of vendor-funded procurement software as a method of offsetting the cost of procurement software to the organization. In this model, vendors are charged fees to access open RFPs or bids,...
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eBook | Why Better Procurement Software Matters
Public sector organizations can no longer afford to run their procurement using manual processes that have been the 'status quo' for years. Tightening compliance and the imperative to 'do more with less' make manual procurement processes increasingly fragile. In this...
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Case Study | Streamlining Your Sourcing with Smart Automation
Modern procurement teams are using sourcing automation to capture and streamline the workflows that were previously offline or manual tasks, empowering them to add value where it really matters. But what does 'automation' look like in action—and what benefits could it...
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