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By Kyle Wiggers
November 1, 2023
Companies are increasingly struggling with procurement — the strategic process of acquiring goods and services to execute tasks across the organization. According to a recent survey from procurement network Procurious and Ivalua, a provider of spend management solutions, 32% of procurement teams admit to having “cut corners” under executive pressure to respond to challenges “more […]
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