#procurement and contract management

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Chinese Semiconductor Ban To Impact Defense Contractors

The proposed FAR clause would be incorporated into “all solicitations and contracts” without regard for contract value or commercialism.

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Transforming Procurement with Data-Driven Analytics| ProcurEngine

In the fast-evolving procurement landscape, Procurement Analytics is revolutionizing traditional processes by leveraging data-driven insights. This advanced approach enhances supplier selection, demand forecasting, performance monitoring, and contract management. By utilizing historical and real-time data, organizations can optimize costs, mitigate risks, and make informed decisions. Future advancements, such as AI and blockchain integration, promise even greater efficiency and transparency. Leading the innovation in this field is ProcurEngine, impressing procurement professionals globally. Embracing Procurement Analytics is essential for organizations aiming to thrive in today's competitive business environment.

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The Complete Guide: All You Need to Know About Contractual Workforce

The blog "The Complete Guide: All You Need to Know About Contractual Workforce" from SimplifyVMS explores the rise and dynamics of the contractual workforce. It covers key aspects such as the benefits, challenges, and future trends of this work model. The guide provides insights into the roles of freelancers, consultants, and gig workers, and discusses the impact of technological advancements and economic factors. It also examines the implications for both employers and workers, highlighting the flexibility and specialized skills available through contractual arrangements.

For more details, you can read the full blog here.

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Expert Contractor’s Quantity Surveyors for Optimal Cost Management | PEJA Surveying

Maximise profitability and ensure financial control in your construction projects with PEJA Surveying's Contractor’s Quantity Surveyor services. Our experts provide cost estimates, manage budgets, handle procurement, and resolve disputes, ensuring your project stays on track and within budget. Trust our 40+ years of experience.

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Top Courses to Become a Procurement Specialist Salary Insights and Career Paths

How to Become a Top Procurement Specialist Courses and Salary Insights

Understanding the Role of a Procurement Specialist

A Procurement Specialist is pivotal within an organization, tasked with the acquisition of products, services, or materials to maintain seamless operations. Their fundamental responsibilities encompass negotiating purchase agreements, liaising with suppliers, and ensuring that the procured items adhere to the specified business standards.

The Functions of a Procurement Specialist

Often designated as Purchasing Managers, Procurement Specialists are entrusted with sourcing products or services, negotiating terms within budgetary limitations, managing contracts, and fostering supplier relationships.

Essential Skills of a Procurement Specialist

Procurement Specialists exhibit proficiency in negotiation and possess analytical acumen. Their primary objective is to secure the optimum value for money for their organization. Critical skills requisite for procurement include:

Negotiation: Indispensable for conflict management and devising mutually advantageous solutions without compromising business affiliations.

Communication: Fundamental for an efficient procurement process; clear communication aids in managing activities and resolving issues effectively.

Problem-Solving: Vital for understanding and addressing challenges, ensuring smooth business operations.

Analytical Skills: Crucial for identifying risks, evaluating pricing, and making informed decisions.

Decision-Making Skills: Essential for selecting the best options for the organization, such as pricing strategies or supplier selection.

Duties and Responsibilities of a Procurement Specialist

Procurement Specialists serve as intermediaries between the company and its suppliers. Their typical duties involve:

Researching suppliers of goods and services.

Gathering quotations and terms for acquisitions.

Managing approved purchases of products or services.

Evaluating and negotiating vendor contracts.

Monitoring stock and issuing purchase orders.

Recommending new goods, services, or resources based on market trends.

Compensation for a Procurement Specialist

The remuneration for a Procurement Specialist averages between $50,000 and $60,000 annually, contingent upon the region and organization size. Entry-level roles in smaller enterprises may earn approximately $15,080, whereas experienced specialists in larger entities may command up to $119,600.

The Imperative for Businesses to Employ a Procurement Specialist

Procurement Specialists are indispensable for making precise and strategic decisions to ensure smooth business operations. They offer:

Expertise: They ensure efficient processes, uphold supplier relationships, prevent fraud, and minimize costs.

In-Depth Knowledge: They manage the procurement process, select appropriate suppliers, and ensure specifications and expenditures are suitable.

Training: They train procurement staff, reinforce strategies, teach negotiation techniques, and guide supplier selection and inspection processes.

Obtaining a Procurement Specialist Certificate

To become a certified Procurement Specialist, enrolling in an online course is the most convenient route. Online courses provide flexibility, affordability, and globally recognized certification, allowing one to enhance skills without disrupting full-time commitments. UniAthena’s Procurement Management courses can augment your career, earning you a procurement specialist certificate and maintaining your competitive edge in the field.

Advantages for Ugandan Professionals

The Rationale for Ugandans to Pursue This Course

Uganda’s burgeoning economy and increasing engagement in international trade necessitate effective procurement practices in both the private and public sectors. Procurement Specialists can assist Ugandan businesses and governmental entities in optimizing their supply chains, reducing costs, and ensuring the delivery of high-quality products and services.

Benefits for Ugandan Professionals

Economic Growth Support: Professionals with procurement skills can contribute to Uganda’s economic development by ensuring efficient resource use and minimizing wastage.

Cost Efficiency: Trained procurement specialists can help businesses save money through effective negotiation and supplier management, enhancing overall profitability.

Career Advancement: Certified procurement specialists are highly sought after, offering significant opportunities for career growth and increased earning potential.

Global Competitiveness: With globally recognized certification, Ugandan professionals can compete internationally, opening doors to opportunities both within and beyond the country.

Conclusion

Procurement Specialists are vital to organizations by ensuring the acquisition of high-quality products at budgeted prices. Their research, negotiation, and problem-solving skills help mitigate risks and streamline the procurement process. We trust this blog has provided a clear understanding of procurement specialists and the benefits of pursuing this career, particularly for Ugandan professionals. We invite you to leave your comments below and explore UniAthena’s other complimentary learning options.

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Managing construction projects effectively requires attention to key principles. Here are six essential tips for successful project management in construction.

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Point of Total Assumption (PTA)

The Point of Total Assumption (PTA) is the point above which the seller starts assuming the cost of the contracted work The point of total assumption (PTA) is a point on the cost line of the profit-cost curve determined by the contract elements associated with a fixed price plus incentive-Firm Target (FPI) contract above which the seller effectively bears all the costs of a cost overrun.  In…

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$550 Billion Infrastructure Investment And Jobs Act (IIJA) - Immense Opportunity To Get Procurement Challenges Right

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act is more than just a lot of money. It is an opportunity to make lasting systemic changes to the economy, but procurement processes need to improve. The IIJA is the opportunity to get it right.

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 Contract Management In Procurement

any individual looking for contract management in procurement would contact the Effigo platform. We support our customers in managing the entire contract life cycle, including configuring, digital approval, compliance, managing utilisations, audits, and renewals. The clients need not worry about the process. For more information about Effigo, visit https://effigo.in/

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hey fam, welcome to the May 2024 roundup of the best hannigram fics i've read this past month! i read several million words worth of fics, and these were the cream of the crop. i also managed to rewatch the show for the fifth time!! (unemployment has its perks lmao)

as a reminder: the ingredients for a five star rating typically (but not always!!) include some combination of a.) believable characterizations of both Hannibal and Will, b.) compelling plot and/or character arcs, and c.) high quality smut.

that being said, my judgment of the aforementioned ingredients is powered almost exclusively by vibes. as such, it is incredibly subjective.

you can find past rec lists below:

February March April

and if you have any recs of your own for me, PLEASE SHARE.

anyway, in no particular order, let's go!

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Overcoming by purefoysgirl

Word Count: 547.5k Summary: A Victorian A/B/O romance in which Hannibal Lecter is the future Duke of Westvale who has been away at war for the past ten years. His Grandfather has made good on a contract made shortly after Hannibal's birth to procure him a wife. It was supposed to be easy. Naturally, with the Omega, Will, given in the place of his twin sister, it is anything but, because if there is one thing Hannibal Lecter despises, it's Omegas.

This fic had me holding back tears when it ended (after sobbing a couple different times). This was... incredible. What a fucking UNDERTAKING this author committed to, and despite this being a doorstopper of a fic, the plot did not miss a single beat. Just... wow. For the love of god, please read this.

Falls the Shadow by littlesystems

Word Count: 72.4k Summary: "You're a psychiatrist," Will says. "Between your personal and professional lives you must have met thousands of people, you must know dozens of different flavors of pathology. Do you know anyone who would take me as I am? Who would be able to love me," he gestures in a sweeping motion, from his messy hair to his stained knee, "just as I am?" "I do." Bedelia's words shock Will into stillness. “Really?” AKA an AU where Bedelia is Will’s psychiatrist instead of Hannibal, Will makes a series of increasingly questionable life choices, and no one should ever take Bedelia’s advice. Ever.

GIMME MORE STARSSSSSSSS. Bedelia as Will's psychiatrist was brilliant, holy shit. And Will understanding Hannibal and completely accepting him? This is something I see so rarely done in fics. Will always makes him be a lot less manipulative, or at least goes through heavy angst over it. But in this? Will was immediately endeared because that's just who Hannibal is.

Bram Stoker's HANNIBAL by DBMars

Word Count: 586.7k Summary: Love Never Dies. "I have crossed oceans of time to find you." Hannibal + Bram Stoker's Dracula + the classic novel = a new version of the seductive vampire legend. Count Hannibal Lecter loses the thing most precious to him -- the love of his life. God is beyond measure in wanton malice, and matchless in his irony. And so Hannibal renounces God, and becomes an immortal monster that feeds on the blood of the living. 400 years after losing his beloved, Count Lecter meets a man who looks exactly like the husband he lost -- reborn and returned. But who could learn to love a monster?

@dbmars you are a fucking genius. I am honestly still processing and figuring out how to communicate just how amazing this fic was. Do yourself a favor and go read it NOW.

the book of jonah by zipegs

Word Count: 18.1k Summary: A sudden breath of hot wind presses through the trees. For a moment, it feels fresh, alive, and then the dust—the pollen—comes along with it, a parasite hitched on the back of the breeze. Will is ravenous. --- After the fall, Will and Hannibal sojourn in a remote, decrepit cabin in South America while they await Chiyoh’s return. But something here is afflicting them, and it’s only getting worse.

Okay, bear with me. THIS WAS FUCKING AMAZING. I haven't felt this way after consuming a piece of media since I watched Guillermo del Toro's The Autopsy episode. Psychological horror mixed with body horror mixed with smut??? I guess that does it for me. I literally can't stop thinking about this fic. It's been two weeks and I am STILL thinking about it.

Wrong by HotMolasses (@snazzymolasses here on tumblr)

Word Count: 4.2k Summary: Will roughly rubbed his arm across his mouth again, trying to rub it off. Rub off the scent of Alana, after they’d kissed. After she’d kissed him. Or he’d kissed her? It was mutual. Until it wasn’t. Until Will breathed in her scent, so familiar, so Alpha, so…wrong. He’d pulled back forcibly, unable to hide the expression of revulsion on his face. “I…I need to go.” he said, sweeping his coat off the back of a chair on his way towards the door. “Lock up when you leave.” The weather was crap, and it probably wasn’t smart to drive in the snow while he was in pre-heat, but Will didn’t know what else to do. He needed to figure this out, he needed to talk to the only person who understood him. He needed to talk to Hannibal.

So ummmmmmm what do I need to do to turn this into like a whole AU?? As always, this was a total home run. Every single bit of it was perfect.

as soft, as wide as air by BlackKnightSatellite

Word Count: 193.9k Summary: After surviving the fall, Will finds he has far fewer hesitations about joining Hannibal than he would have guessed. Character death, but not Will or Hannibal.

Well shit. I read this immediately after a full rewatch of the show (in four days no less) and THIS is my new season 4 canon. It's brilliant and actually reads like a proper season would. And I love how it gives all the characters a concluded story line. Aside from Will and Hannibal. I also loved how much this explored Will's instability and how his mental state would be affected after he finally slung off all the guilt and allowed himself to fully enjoy killing. All around very good.

The Dispersal Method by @victorineb

Word Count: 16.9k Summary: It’s a normal fall day in the forest for Will Graham. Dead body in front of him, cannibal psychiatrist behind him, the usual. Then Will brushes against the wrong flower, and suddenly neither he nor Hannibal can keep their hands off each other. Now, Will must navigate his way out of the crime scene and Jack’s scrutiny while also trying not to jump Hannibal’s bones at every opportunity. Well, one out of three ain’t bad. Set nebulously in s2, post-Will's release from the BSHCI. Will’s a conflicted honeypot, Hannibal’s a (not-so) secretly-besotted asshole, and nobody has brought enough lube.

THIS IS THE BEST SEX POLLEN I'VE EVER READ. Seriously. The BEST out of pretty much any fandom (at least so far).

Between the Shadow and the Soul by raiast

Word Count: 48.7k Summary: When Will decides to stop taking his suppressants neither he nor Hannibal can deny the attraction between them. After nearly a decade of running from his biology, Will is faced with his primitive Omega urges full force. As if navigating his hormones wasn't enough, there is a killer at large with a very specific motive that seems to only be targeting preteen boys.

This might be my new favorite ABO fic? And one of the better case fics out there.

Sleepover by EarthsickWithoutYou

Word Count: 70k Summary: Set in Season 1, after "Fromage." Will is still confused about his kiss with Alana and seeks romantic advice on how to date and be more "smooth" from Hannibal. Little does he know that Hannibal is madly, passionately obsessed with him, and desperately jealous. Needless to say, Dr. Lecter is all too happy to teach Will everything he knows about love and dating.

This was pretty fluffy, tender, and fun, and it was exactly what I needed after finishing a heavier fic

Alana Finds Out by @victorineb

Word Count: 32.1k Summary: A series of one-shots in which Alana Bloom discovers, in the midst of various tropes, that her boyfriend Hannibal Lecter's feelings for Will Graham run far deeper than friendship. Basically a chance for Alana to shout at the pair of emotionally-repressed idiots whilst still indulging in much Hannigram loveliness.

Oh I loved all of this. This scratched that itch in my brain that loves when Alana realizes that Hannibal has wanted Will all along. And some of these one-shots are genuinely hysterical. Love.

Doctor's Orders by JSinister32

Word Count: 29.2k Summary: “He’s dead on his feet, Jack. I do not understand how you allowed him to come when he’s so obviously ill. There have been too many hours in service of your needs, so many that it seems to have affected any sleep that he may have gotten over the past few weeks. From what you and I have discussed, he has a difficult time shutting his mind down under the best of circumstances and this case today has clearly gotten to him.” The doctor stepped closer to the profiler, peering into his eyes as Will tried to focus. “Will? Can you hear me?” Will Graham has never been particularly good at taking care of himself. When he comes down with a severe cold while working on a string of murders, the new psychiatrist on retainer, Doctor Hannibal Lecter, offers to care for him. Will he be able to keep his feelings in check while Hannibal is in his home? Hannibal Lecter can't get the profiler working for the Violent Crimes unit out of his mind. When given the opportunity to care for him when he's ill, will his feelings for the other man come to light?

TENDER. I want like 70k more words of this. Especially Hannibal putting Jack in his place. Especially Hannibal washing Will's hair. Mmm. There's just something so good about Will letting Hannibal take care of him.

The First Condition of Immortality is Death by OneHandedBooks

Word Count: 92.5k Summary: Hannibal’s heart stopped for the first time after he’d dragged himself and Will out of the frigid ocean onto the rocky shore at the bottom of the bluff.

Oh this was GOOD. Very tender, good characterizations, and loved how Will's hallucinations were portrayed. This was just all a really good exploration of how their relationship could have progressed. This author also is incredibly good at showing the scenes in a way that I could watch them unfold in my head. This felt like a crystal clear movie.

What Do The Dead Know? by OneHandedBooks

Word Count: 7.6k Summary: He looks up at her, haloed by the sun. She could be anyone. No one. St. Abigail, patron of lilies and last chances. AU: What if Will joined Hannibal willingly after the Uffizi Gallery and they shared a few tense weeks in the world before Mason's men finally ran them down? In which Will writes, hallucinates, and succumbs to the dark side and Hannibal is a manipulative, brainwashing, bastard.

cw: Abigail/Will. But does it really count if it's a dream sequence? Regardless, this was something else, off the charts, big fan. The author NAILED the hallucinatory vibe that made this entire fic work so so well. Also, just Will working through his grief for Abigail this way made it that much more intense.

chimera of the chapel by bleakmidwinter

Word Count: 211.5k Summary: When Will Graham wakes up from a coma three months after the fall, Jack reveals that Hannibal Lecter didn't survive. Outside the realm of Hannibal's influence, Will decides to discover the full truth behind the world's sudden and seeming falsehood. Everybody seems to hold their own opinion on Hannibal's fate, but Will knows better than anyone that trust and honesty are as elusive as death.

The "presumed dead" trope might just be my new obsession. I adored this fic so much, the plot was incredible, the development of their relationship was spot on, and there were just some very tender moments.

wear my silence like a mask by bleakmidwinter

Word Count: 32.k Summary: After running into Hannibal at a Bass Pro Shop, Will is invited to a Masquerade Ball at his estate. Jack encourages him to attend for an opportunity to catch the Ripper. Extenuating circumstances tempt Will down an even graver path; Romance with the Ripper.

Three words: masked anonymous sex. That's all.

The Voices and the Shadows by darlinghogwarts, MaddyHughes

Word Count: 114.6k Summary: “The Chesapeake Ripper? The serial killer? That's a grisly thing to find at the bottom of a drink. Most people say oblivion ...or possibly sex.” Hannibal sips his wine again. “Why are you thinking about a murderer on your birthday, Will? Is it part of your degree?” “He is a part of my degree by my own choice. My supervisor didn’t approve, but…” He sighs. “I insisted.” AU where Will—a Masters student studying the Chesapeake Ripper—gets drunk on his birthday and meets an intriguing man at the bar.

Man, I wish I had had Hannibal as my thesis supervisor in grad school, hot damn. (Mine was pretty much too busy to help with anything, ended up doing it all myself – would not recommend.) This was was damn near perfect. I needed some good old fashioned angst. With a good and fluffy ending. This was a good AU!

Chasing Thoroughbreds by HigherMagic

Word Count: 42.8k Summary: After the fall, Chiyoh rescues Will and Hannibal and takes them to the Lecter home in Lithuania. When Hannibal wakes up, his memories of everything - Will, being the Ripper, everything since Mischa's death - are gone. Will's only problem with that is that killing Hannibal won't be nearly as satisfying if he doesn't understand why. Wrestling with his own feelings, or what's left in the tattered mess of them after the fight with Dolarhyde, Will stays, hoping that Hannibal will recover and give him the opportunity he's waiting for. But there are others who remember what Hannibal did, all those years ago, and they have their own bone to pick.

Ugh pretty sure I love almost everything HigherMagic writes and this did not disappoint. This was fantastic. I was absolutely captivated by Will's development through this and Hannibal was just as good.

Volto Larva by TreacleA

Word Count: 39k Summary: Will is having trouble unwinding after work. Hannibal helpfully suggests somewhere that may assist with that, with absolutely no ulterior motive whatsoever.

So ummmm I'm still blushing (in the best way) over parts of this fic because FUCK this is scorching. Anyway. That's all I've got to say LOL.