Procurement Leaders

APRIL 2, 2024

An exercise we’ve carried out on a few occasions over the years at Procurement Leaders has been to ask chief procurement officers to share the value propositions they have in place for their function. A value proposition, or value statement if done properly, is not an easy thing to produce and even more challenging to agree and implement.

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Supply Chain Queen

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Garry Copper, neuroscientist turned sustainability technologist and circularity advocate had a pivotal moment - that our field is one-noted and we need to build a reuse bridge to capture value left in materials to transition to a sustainable world, a fly-wheel of wealth for communities who have been left out in the linear economy.

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Procurement Heads

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Our spend is predominantly on Supply Chain Services, IT, Marketing and Corporate Services as well as a number of significant outsourcing deals. I was brought in after the new CFO had identified that we weren’t getting value out of our approach to the procurement of what in Retail is called “Goods not for resale”.

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Procurement Heads

MARCH 27, 2023

After I graduated, I did struggle to find out what I wanted to do, so I went through a few temporary roles and at the same time I actually met a woman who worked in marketing for Peel Holdings in Manchester, and we walked our dogs at the same time in the same place. And what is your team doing in terms of sustainable procurement?

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Procurement Tactics

APRIL 17, 2023

18 Must-Have Negotiation Skills For Procurement Professionals Download Course Details →  Or receive our famous weekly newsletter Sustainable Government Procurement — Shifting to Sustainability Sustainable government procurement is the commitment of the government to achieve sustainability in its purchases. However, what is it? Enroll now!

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ivalua

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Ivalua employs over 800 people worldwide who are united by an empowering vision, mission and five core values that underpin the company’s culture. Culture & Values: Customer-centric, Collaboration, Results-oriented, Care for and Grow people, and Integrity. “We Awards Methodology. 27, 2021 through Nov. About Ivalua.

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ivalua

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

Additionally, a crucial part of the selection process was finding partners who shared values of customer centricity and quality, which are central to the company’s identity, to be able to build a long-standing relationship. About Ivalua. Ivalua is a leading provider of cloud-based Spend Management software.

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Procurement Heads

AUGUST 2, 2023

For our latest CPO Spotlight, Ian spoke with Dan Goodson , Head of Industrial Practice, about his career with J. Our current CEO is John Murphy, who is the grandson of the original founder. The previous fully centralised model just does not work in our industry. Please introduce yourself and an give an overview of Murphy Group.

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Supply chain Real-time Visibility Sustainability Procurement strategies 130

ivalua

MARCH 18, 2021

The platform was configured in 10 business days to deliver rapid value in the sourcing of direct materials. Ultimately, the buyer can efficiently compare offers and select the optimal supplier(s) according to a best value/best price logic or lower total cost of ownership.

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Procurement Leaders

JANUARY 16, 2023

So, how we manage risk is what keeps me up at night… We try to be robust as a procurement organisation because, as a commodities company, risk is a part of our everyday life: we can have a crop failure, we can have a delivery failure, we can have a quality failure, so how do we handle that?” How do we keep our rockstars?

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Procurement Heads

OCTOBER 17, 2022

I lived in Cheshire and ICI was a big manufacturer in our area, I was successful and they placed me in procurement. That is not just financially, but the impact of our spend goes far wider than we possibly are aware. Technology also adds a lot of potential bias to our sourcing choices. So, they are to blame for my career!

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Procurement Leaders

DECEMBER 31, 2023

By engaging with our members and partners, we will create opportunities for the community to connect, share besand debate how to deliver this future. 2024 focus: Creating agile operating models for enhanced value delivery. A focus on total, sustainable value creation. Procurement Leaders wants to help you on this journey.

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Procurement Tactics

MAY 4, 2023

18 Must-Have Negotiation Skills For Procurement Professionals Download Course Details →  Or receive our famous weekly newsletter Challenges in Sustainability Faced by Procurement Teams Adopting sustainability in procurement has many challenges that the procurement team must address to aim for sustainability. Enroll now!

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World of Procurement blog

APRIL 24, 2024

Value Maximization : By fostering informed decision-making, it leverages the best value for the organization. Communicating Your Policy The creation of a procurement policy is a feat of strategic importance, but its value is actualized in its communication and adherence.

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Procurement Heads

JUNE 27, 2022

“We share the ethos that our clients are at the heart of everything we do and both organisations are set up to provide a depth and breadth of expertise and capabilities that ensure we can meet their needs.” Our vision at Procurement Heads is to deliver recruitment as a professional service.

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Procurement Insights

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

A huge thanks to all Danoners, and in particular, to the #Operations teams, for all your hard work – driving the transformation of our end-to-end #supplychain , across our ecosystem, to deliver greater impact and value! Sustainable value creation Would these be the key objectives on your list?

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Our purpose is to be the catalyst that makes the world work better—and our partners are key to this mission. Together with our partners and clients, we work to solve the most complex challenges with AI and hybrid cloud. This Common Grounds season, we’re keeping our partners in the spotlight. Take Intel.

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Procurement Heads

DECEMBER 7, 2022

We have three key areas: strategic sourcing, category management and vendor management, which is the onboarding and management of our suppliers and so on. Paysafe is a leader in payment solutions and these partnerships are important for the business to grow by expanding our presence. Then we also have vendor management.

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Procurement Leaders

AUGUST 15, 2022

We are living through an inflection point in history, and in many regions of the world, business leaders are driving decisions and adopting positions before and, sometimes, in place, of our politicians. So, where’s your designer and how much time are you spending on the design of value-generating supply networks?

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Spend Matters

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Join our webinar on October 31 to discover the methodology behind the selection process of these providers. So we are delighted to introduce you to our Future 5 as we capture their voices. As the name implies, its founders’ vision is to literally “de-silo” organizations so they can realize the value in their existing data.

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Spend Matters

MARCH 11, 2024

We use solution provider and practitioner intelligence, alongside our first-hand knowledge from endless demos within the tech industry (culminating in our Vendor Analyses ) to steer our research and analysis which informs the best decisions of the best decision makers. Supplier Master Files have changed, he said.

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Procurement strategies Innovation Strategy Procurement 94

IBM Supply Chain Blog

MARCH 15, 2024

Migrate, modernize and build capabilities: Migrate workloads to the cloud or develop new applications natively on the cloud with our automation-first, journey-based approach with low-touch factory squads to deliver predictable outcomes. We believe that this engagement reflects the IBM values of client dedication and innovation that matters.

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Spend Matters

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Our series runs from mid-December to mid-January, then our senior analysts will wrap up with their own take on the key themes that emerge. In no order of preference, other than by the date they arrived in our inbox, today let’s hear from: Raj Aggarwal, Director of Product Marketing at GEP.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

MAY 9, 2023

As a result, businesses have focused mainly on automating tasks with abundant data and high business value, leaving everything else on the table. It’s part of our ongoing work at IBM to accelerate our customers’ journey to derive value from this new paradigm in AI. But this is starting to change.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The key thing to remember is that premium DNS services deliver more business value—you’re upgrading because basic solutions no longer fit your requirements. Paying for business value Nobody upgrades their DNS service just for fun. It pays to find the capabilities that truly add value to your type of business.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Top of mind for me are three key challenges, and opportunities, to which we must all pay attention, should we expect our industry to remain healthy. Our vision is to prepare telco leaders and practitioners for the AI-era by equipping members with skills and knowledge to help effectively leverage gen AI technologies.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

MAY 25, 2023

Our CoE is ready to help accelerate our clients’ business transformations with enterprise-grade AI, including the newly announced IBM watsonx , as well as technology from our ecosystem of business partners. The CoE is off to a fast start.

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Spend Matters

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Spend Matters is delighted to announce the 2023 roster for our ‘Future 5’ list. For the fifth year in a row, our analysts have highlighted five start-ups that excite them the most. In no order of preference, today we are sharing the reasoning behind our selection of Calculum. Any threats or challenges ahead?

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

APRIL 15, 2024

It is crucial to understand employees’ behaviors Nearly 95% of human thinking and decision making is controlled by System 1, which is our habitual way of thinking. Humans are faced with thousands of tasks and stimuli per day, and a lot of our processing is done automatically and unconsciously through biases and heuristics.

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Una

JANUARY 25, 2023

Introduction to Una's Food Category Experts Meet our team of food category experts, combining over 20 years of experience working in the foodservice and food distribution industries. We recently announced a brand merger with our sister company, Culinary Consultants Purchasing Alliance. What does a foodservice GPO do?

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Spend Matters

MARCH 20, 2024

Generative AI (GenAI) represents another step in realizing AI’s power and opening the door to new or enhanced possibilities in general for driving more value into processes in terms of user experience, efficiency and effectiveness. For example, large language models (LLMs) are a central component of GenAI.

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World of Procurement blog

APRIL 29, 2024

Procurement Legends by World of Procurement At the pinnacle of our list is Procurement Legends by World of Procurement, a podcast that serves as a testament to our commitment to being at the forefront of thought leadership within the procurement community.

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Spend Matters

JANUARY 16, 2024

Our series runs from mid-December to mid-January, then our senior analysts will wrap up with their own take on the key themes that emerge. In no order of preference, other than by the date they arrived in our inbox, today let’s hear from Ron Emma, CEO of Simfoni.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

MARCH 25, 2024

The company has lived the value of “respect for the individual” by championing employment practices that reward ability over identity and that make work more attainable for all. This combination is exactly what we need now, to design and build a future with purpose, where technology supports human values rather than the opposite.

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Barkers Procurement

MARCH 14, 2024

Others would question the value of ESG and what tangible benefits a company can derive through engaging in ESG principles, behaviours and action. To understand the true value of ESG let’s start by defining what ‘value’ is. “They internalise their parents’ rules and values” Verb Estimate the monetary worth of.

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Positive Purchasing

JANUARY 11, 2024

Written by Guy Battle , the CEO of Social Value Portal. What is Social Value? Let me start with a quick definition of Social Value. It is about social, economic and environmental impact and most importantly, Social Value focusses on people – putting society at the centre of everything. What Does “Value” Mean?

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Positive Purchasing

APRIL 3, 2024

With over 10,000 attendees from 50 different countries, 200 unmissable seminars and 200 international exhibitors expected this year, this event continues to grow in importance, value and attendance year after year. For more information and to book your FREE place please visit the event website here.

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