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Seb Troz
Source-to-pay consultant, Ivalua specialist
Seb Troz is a source-to-pay consultant who implements Ivalua for buying organisations. He writes the guides on eProcurement Toolkit from that hands-on work.
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- What is category management in procurement?Category management is the continuous practice of managing everything an organisation buys in one market, such as IT, freight or facilities, as a single portfolio with its own strategy, owner and targets.
- What is e-procurement?E-procurement is the use of electronic systems to run purchasing, from identifying a need and sourcing a supplier to ordering, receiving, invoicing and payment, instead of paper and email.
- What is OCDS, the Open Contracting Data Standard?OCDS, the Open Contracting Data Standard, is a free open data standard for publishing structured data and documents on every stage of public contracting, from planning to implementation.
- What is a purchase order?A purchase order is the buyer’s numbered, written commitment to buy specific goods or services from one supplier at agreed quantities, prices and terms, issued before delivery and invoicing.
- What is spend analysis?Spend analysis is the process of collecting, cleaning and classifying an organisation’s purchasing data to see what it buys, from whom, at what price and by whom, and where savings lie.