Procurement & Supplier Relations
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QXO Hires Former Walmart Exec to Lead Procurement
While at Walmart Michael DeWitt oversaw $10 billion in annual purchasing across 18 countries.
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Mathnasium Taps Amazon Business to Centralize Purchasing Across 1,000 U.S. Centers
The deal underscores Amazon Business’s increasing penetration in education and other verticals traditionally served by distributors.
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Lowe’s Expands Digital Marketplace to Streamline Procurement for Contractors
The marketplace model gives Lowe’s the flexibility to quickly test new categories, respond to regional needs, and manage product availability in real-time.
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Navigating the Build America, Buy America (BABA) Act’s Requirements: Purchasing Guidelines
For infrastructure projects funded in whole or in part by federal financial assistance, “Made in the USA” is now a legal requirement.
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Amazon Report Finds 91% of B2B Buyers Prefer Online Purchasing
This year, 68% of buyers said they planned to make about 40% of their purchases online.
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Affiliated Distributors Merges with Canadian Buying Group Torbsa
The merger will create a new division: AD Canada – Building Supplies.
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Wholesale Change: How Buying Groups Help Distributors Fight Disruption (November 10, 2021)
What keeps Jennifer Murphy, President of NetPlus Alliance, up at night in a time of consolidation and disruption? The independent distributor’s relevance.
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Webinar: 10X Tech Stack: 3 Technologies That Supercharge Your Procurement-to-Payment Cycle
In this webinar, Jonathan Bein and Rob Kelley present technologies that dramatically shorten the time from procurement to payment while reducing errors, rework and eliminating unnecessary labor most payment operations require.