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In such a mature market , collaboration has , therefore , become vital to enable more effective sourcing of goods and services . 23 London boroughs have subsequently adopted the London Tender Portal , where suppliers can sign up , pick sectors of interest and will receive an alert when a local authority has an opportunity and bid for new prospects .
Bringing on board new digital tools has enabled the council to transform its spend analytics and further understand the markets in which it operates . Investing in digital product Atamis has allowed data to be explored fully to identify opportunities , where the council has looked closely at its categories and transform its supply chain management capabilities .
“ For example , we could look at price differentials for the same product or service . We might have areas where we ’ ve not got much in the way of a local supply chain , and look at what we can do to help that . We use spend analytics
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