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February Procurement News Roundup

Kala Dikibo breaks down February’s hot procurement and purchasing trends.

Covid-19 Survival Tips for Finance Departments

The Covid-19 pandemic is affecting businesses in a variety of ways. From loss of business to remote working, businesses are being forced to adapt.

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When Is The Right Time To Make The Leap From Excel Spreadsheets To Procurement Software?

Statistically, 90% of excel spreadsheets are sensitive to human errors. Is your company part of this statistic? Even though Excel can handle a lot of

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Does Your Company Culture Help With Spend Control?

“Spend control culture this! Spend control culture that! Do you think all these buzz words will help your business grow?” Asked Zeph. He is an

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How Purchase Orders Are Helpful On Construction Sites

A lot of effort goes into planning a construction site. Just ask any construction CFO that has to submit analysis, projections and plans months before

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The Buzz about Spend Control

Who doesn’t love to spend! Who wouldn’t love to read blogs about What would be the funniest way to waste a million dollars? Or 40

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How Your Charity Can Spend Within Budget

Most times, charity funds get wasted in the purchase process. The most common examples of waste, in this case, are two people in the organization

smart toolkit you cant spend without

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The Ultimate Smart Spend Toolkit: 7 Tools You Can’t Spend Without

Have you ever hoped that someday someone would invent an app that could just do your purchase orders (POs) by itself? Having so many factors

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How NGOs Can Appeal To Millennials

It was in 1987 when researchers William Strauss and Neil Howe coined the term “Millennials”, the term refers to consumers born between the early 1980s