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Sustainable Procurement And Why It Matters

Barkers Procurement

In 2012 I read a life-changing book called Collapse – Why Civilisations Choose to Fail, by Jarrod Diamond. With nearly daily cases of organisations falling foul of ESG commitments, particularly surrounding supply chain management, the impact of negative publicity poses a very real risk to organisations who fall short of accepted standards.

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What the Coupa software acquisition means for procuretech

Procurement Software

Ariba was still predominantly an eAuctions platform and had yet to be acquired by their German parent company SAP, which didn’t happen until 2012. They quickly rose to be the market leader, especially in the untapped area of spend management for indirect procurement teams. It’s not as simple as changing your mobile phone supplier.