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Speeding Up Government Buying – Some Different Approaches
We know that Buying, when done properly, is an involved task, requiring skill, knowledge, integrity and more if you want to deliver value. It's even harder to do this when you are spending public money. Following all the right procedures, rules and staying compliant often makes public procurement a lengthy process - so in this article, 11 public sector procurement leaders give some short and useful on advice on how they changed their approach to tech buying.
How Technology Can Transform Your Procurement Performance
Public Spend Forum has created the Procurement Technology Market Intelligence Report to help governments understand and deploy procurement technology in an accelerated manner. It explains what procurement technology is and why is it important; the types of procurement technology that exist and how they can help buyers; how the supplier landscape is segmented, and which procurement technology vendors are likely to meet your needs. It can be downloaded free following the link above.
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