THE CHALLENGE Making Procurement Comply with Government Requirements As a result of Endo’s business with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the company had to set annual goals across diversity categories, including committing to spend based on small business attributions — HUB Zone certified, woman owned, veteran owned, service disabled and small disadvantaged. Each category required Endo to establish yearly spend goals and to report actual results versus the previous year. If progress wasn’t shown, the VA could penalize Endo through fines and loss of government contracts, resulting in lost revenues and negative publicity. Due to the technology improvements provided by Corcentric, Endo no longer worries about consistency in reporting and can now focus on

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