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And \u2013 if managed right \u2013 it can be a high-value opportunity for everyone involved. It is time to prepare for the technology, data, and process implications that must follow. Data quality is a particular concern, and it was one of the reasons procurement did not naturally gravitate towards self-guided buying in the first place.   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the last couple of years, self-guided buying has gone from being anxiously dismissed by procurement teams as an impractical and even risky request, to a trend that is being embraced by stakeholders and distributed buyers for the access and autonomy it affords them. 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