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or else you will just stagnate .”
Essential to the university ’ s procurement transformation was the introduction of a procurement modernization working group , which has collected representatives from across campus . Through collaboration with the university ’ s Information and Communications Technology ( ICT ) group , the team has been able to better collect and store financial data . With greater access to data , the university has noticed an increase in efficiency and improved objectives with clear targets . “ They ’ ve managed to pull all this information together for us and make it easy to gather a complete picture , and then analyze that . They ’ ve been working on improving some of the systems that we do use to make the team ’ s job easier and more efficient .”
With key targets in sight , it is easy to keep members of staff motivated , LeBlanc reveals . The department has identified 15 categories for improvement , with staff constantly highlighting developments that could be made within their operations . LeBlanc notes the importance of ensuring any new processes or technologies that are introduced are compatible with the department remarking that a fundamental aspect of his role it to “ make sure the team feel like changes
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