Barkers Procurement

JANUARY 16, 2023

Barkers carried out a thorough audit of the procurement department and identified multiple areas for improvement validating ECFRS’ view that a major change was required in the way in which the procurement team operated. Strategic review of and implementing new FM service contracts – grounds maintenance and waste management.

Category management 52

Category management Procurement Contract management Procurement team 52

Spend Matters

APRIL 4, 2024

Our coverage also explores the latest thought leadership topics about procurement and supply, the technology that serves it and comparative analyses based on demos and the scoring of 500+ RFI requirements across 12 source-to-pay (S2P) categories that create our Vendor Ranking data. ‘ The major highlights are described below.

Procurement 83

Procurement Risk management Raw materials supply chain software solutions 83

ivalua

MARCH 9, 2020

Axbility Consulting is a major player in management consulting with 215 consultants for a turnover of $31 million. Axbility Consulting assists the main large companies in the digital transformation of their organizations and their information systems. – Strategic alignment of the Information System. .

Category management 100

Category management Procurement strategies Collaboration Strategy 100

Procurement Heads

AUGUST 9, 2023

For the latest of Procurement Heads‘ Futureheads series, Joe spoke to Matt Williment about his procurement career journey. What was it that lead you to pursue a career in Procurement? Who was that consultancy? I did that and then decided I needed a bit more variety so got back into consultancy again.

Sustainability 130

Sustainability Procurement Supplier relationship management Suppliers 130

Spend Matters

JANUARY 5, 2024

Our coverage also explores the latest thought leadership topics about procurement and supply, the technology that serves it and comparative analyses based on demos and the scoring of 500+ RFI requirements across 12 source-to-pay (S2P) categories that create our Vendor Ranking data.

e2e 78

e2e Procurement supply chain software solutions Contract 78

SCMDOJO

JULY 3, 2023

In today’s fast-paced and competitive business landscape, organizations across industries are realizing the immense value of effective procurement practices. Procurement professionals play a vital role in driving operational efficiency, cost savings, and strategic decision-making. But how do you get started? Do not worry!

Cost of ownership 78

Cost of ownership Procurement Category management supply chain software solutions 78

The Good Spending

JUNE 25, 2023

Chat GPT on category management I tried ChatGPT as an aid in blogging, and it works very well when you need an explanation of a generic theory or concept for your audience. Getting to more sophisticated tasks, I asked ChatGPT to explain procurement category management to a non-professional.

Contract administration 52

Contract administration Procurement Category management Strategic sourcing 52

Procurement Tactics

AUGUST 25, 2022

33 Procurement Interview Questions in 2022. Procurement Speakers 2022 – 10 Most Popular Experts. Procurement speakers share their knowledge to inspire people in procurement that they are making a difference in the world. However, not all in the field of procurement are updated as they are more focused on their work. .

Procurement 231

Procurement Supply Chain Optimization Agile and Lean Supply Chain supply chain budgeting 231

Procurement Leaders

MARCH 22, 2023

Could you share a little bit of insight about your procurement team structure, strengths and challenges? Three years ago, we finalised our structural transformation to a global category-focused team. I feel we have the right blend now between category planning, risk management and efficiency, which will position us well for the future.

Supply Chain Efficiency 130

Supply Chain Efficiency Risk Supply chain Suppliers 130

Una

JULY 19, 2022

3 Reasons to Develop a Comprehensive Procurement Strategy. Because of this, it isn’t necessarily wise to approach procurement with a one-size-fits-all mentality. Benefits of building a comprehensive procurement strategy. Aligns procurement with the company's overall objectives. By Mackenzie Oakley | July 19, 2022.

Procurement strategies 98

Procurement strategies Strategy Procurement Supplier relationship management 98

ivalua

APRIL 13, 2021

In part 1 of this blog I looked at how procurement can actually create new revenue opportunities. Here I’ll take a look at two other ways that procurement can help support growth. Incentivize procurement w/performance goals & KPIs that encourage supplier collaboration to drive meaningful changes in behavior.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 130

Agile and Lean Supply Chain Procurement Supply Chain Efficiency Collaboration 130

Procurement Software

MARCH 11, 2022

Most experienced Procurement Managers don’t enjoy performing administrative tasks and firefighting operational issues. Typically, the value that a procurement professional contributes to a business can usually be measured either in: Hard cost savings, or; Other, less tangible but equally important forms of value: Cost avoidance.

Supply Chain Efficiency 72

Supply Chain Efficiency supply chain software solutions Procurement Category management 72

Spend Matters

JANUARY 23, 2024

The distinction between traditional or mundane AI and GenAI remains blurry in the procurement industry as GenAI takes on a life of its own. We see this with the incorporation of a LLM into SAP Ariba Category Management and the increasing role of Joule across our portfolio.” So traditional AI and GenAI can complement each other.

Category management 63

Category management Data Procurement supply chain software solutions 63

Empowering CPO

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Sourcing consultants and contract staff for various services and functions is one of the most important challenges faced by category managers. Along with the wage rate category managers are also expected to review the bill rate and markups that are quoted for consultants and temporary staff.

Category management 52

Category management Contract Sourcing Negotiation 52

ivalua

APRIL 1, 2020

New York, NY March 30, 2020 – Consus , a leading procurement services provider, today announced that Intalere , a healthcare supply chain GPO based in St. Established in 2007, Consus is a leading procurement services provider operating across 9 countries. Ivalua is a leading provider of cloud-based Spend Management solutions.

Contract 147

Contract Sourcing Supply Chain Efficiency Supply chain 147

Procurement Heads

APRIL 26, 2023

For Procurement Heads ’ latest Big Interview, she spoke to Will Cooke about her career. How did you get into procurement? I studied procurement and obtained a Master’s degree in supply chain and international procurement. So, unlike many of my peers, I didn’t fall into procurement, I actually chose it.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 130

Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Efficiency Sustainability Risk management 130

Procurement Heads

APRIL 26, 2023

For Procurement Heads ’ latest Big Interview, she spoke to Will Cooke about her career. How did you get into procurement? I studied procurement and obtained a Master’s degree in supply chain and international procurement. So, unlike many of my peers, I didn’t fall into procurement, I actually chose it.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 130

Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Efficiency Sustainability Risk management 130

Positive Purchasing

JULY 10, 2023

Leading procurement and negotiation digital platform and training provider, Positive Purchasing, has attained accreditation for both ISO9001 and ISO27001. They have provided training, consultancy and digital procurement services to over 320 clients in 48 countries.

Purchasing 52

Purchasing Supplier relationship management Negotiation Category management 52

ivalua

APRIL 1, 2020

New York, NY March 30, 2020 – Consus , a leading procurement services provider, today announced that Intalere, a healthcare supply chain GPO based in St. Established in 2007, Consus is a leading procurement services provider operating across 9 countries. Ivalua is a leading provider of cloud-based Spend Management solutions.

Contract 130

Contract Sourcing Supply Chain Efficiency Supply chain 130

Empowering CPO

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

To answer these questions it is important to summarize and define Procurement Market Intelligence & Analytics Services, it is also important to summarize typical role of a category manager and KPI’s of an ideal Procurement Organization. What is procurement intelligence & analytics? Sourcing roadmap.

Category management 52

Category management Cost of ownership Procurement Strategic sourcing 52

Procurement Software

APRIL 23, 2024

Spend analytics software would be the first tech investment I’d make in a greenfield Head of Procurement role. You have to know what you’re spending your money on before you can start to transform your procurement operations. To do this quickly and efficiently, spend analytics software is your best friend.

supply chain software solutions 52

supply chain software solutions Real-time Visibility Supply Chain Efficiency supply chain budgeting 52

Positive Purchasing

JUNE 5, 2023

Leading procurement and negotiation digital platform and training provider, Positive Purchasing, has attained accreditation for both ISO9001 and ISO27001. They have so far provided training, consultancy and digital procurement services to over 320 clients in 48 countries.

Purchasing 52

Purchasing Supplier relationship management Negotiation Category management 52

Procurement Software

MARCH 11, 2022

Most experienced Procurement Managers don’t enjoy performing administrative tasks and firefighting operational issues. Typically, the value that a procurement professional contributes to a business can usually be measured either in: Hard cost savings, or; Other, less tangible but equally important forms of value: Cost avoidance.

Supply Chain Efficiency 52

Supply Chain Efficiency supply chain software solutions Procurement Category management 52

The Good Spending

MARCH 3, 2024

It all started in the attempt to understand the theoretical concept of servitization , i.e., the transformational shift from a product-centric to a service-centric business model and logic that we observe extensively in the area of IT procurement, in particular. Yet another tool for your sourcing and category management to consider applying.

Procurement 59

Procurement Sourcing Category management Procurement strategies 59

Barkers Procurement

JULY 9, 2023

The EU ban proposal initially focuses on the use of 10,000 variants of PFAS, but there is now a consultation gathering pace that focuses on the ban on production to export the chemical, which could also impact customers in higher tiers of the supply chain such as UK consumers. Do you need procurement advice and support?

supply chain budgeting 52

supply chain budgeting Supply Chain Efficiency Budget Supply chain 52

Una

MARCH 6, 2024

Your Business Guide to Outsourced Procurement A comprehensive guide to outsourced procurement and the benefits of working with a group purchasing organization to save money, time, and effort. We’ll also reveal the benefits of outsourcing procurement to a group purchasing organization (GPO).

Procurement 52

Procurement Agile and Lean Supply Chain Purchasing Supply Chain Efficiency 52

Positive Purchasing

APRIL 3, 2023

With 50-70% of all sustainability changes organizations need to make, involving the supply base in some way, procurement and supply chain functions now have a clear role to lead on this. However, many organisations have none or under-developed sustainable procurement programmes and thus are ill-equipped to achieve these ambitions.

Sustainability 52

Sustainability Supply chain Chief Procurement Officer Supplier relationship management 52

Arkestro

JANUARY 4, 2023

In 2022, procurement faced challenges on multiple fronts. Eager to reduce administrative busywork, procurement teams are treating the permacrisis as an opportunity to make long-sought changes along a digital journey. Procurement has had massive challenges and targets over the past year: Managing inflation.

Supply Chain Optimization 104

Supply Chain Optimization Procurement team Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Efficiency 104

The Procuretech Podcast

JUNE 21, 2022

Our guest today is Patrick Jonsson from Digi Procure, whose recently launched company offers a low code / no code guided category strategy creation tool. Low code / no solutions in digital procurement. Then about three years ago, he went into consulting, but then decided it was time to move into the digital procurement space. .

Strategy 52

Strategy Category management Procurement Strategic sourcing 52

The Procuretech Podcast

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Arvid stayed on post-acquisition and is now Managing Director of Onventis' operations for the UK and Nordic countries, and joins me on this week's episode. But it also allows them to be able to run queries much faster and more efficiently because their technology is specifically designed for procurement spend analytics reporting.

Category management 40

Category management Procurement team Management Procurement 40

Procurement Heads

MAY 9, 2023

For Procurement Heads ‘ latest Big Interview, he spoke with Will Cooke about his career and what he looks for when hiring. How did you get into procurement? What are the roles and responsibilities that procurement holds within your organisation and how do you split the function out? Do we have a silver bullet?

Risk 130

Risk Procurement Sustainability Supply chain 130

Procurement Heads

MAY 9, 2023

For Procurement Heads ‘ latest Big Interview, he spoke with Will Cooke about his career and what he looks for when hiring. How did you get into procurement? What are the roles and responsibilities that procurement holds within your organisation and how do you split the function out? Do we have a silver bullet?

Risk 130

Risk Procurement Sustainability Supply chain 130

The Procuretech Podcast

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

In this episode, we're going to cover some of the different use cases for AI in the procurement space, and then dive into master data as a specific case study. Using AI to Clean Procurement Data. Origins of what Creactives is today comes from some of the early stage AI utilised by their consultancy around 15 years ago.

Data 52

Data supply chain software solutions Agile and Lean Supply Chain Category management 52

The Procuretech Podcast

OCTOBER 23, 2022

We're continuing our mini series where we ask influencers and industry experts for their thoughts on everything that's happening in the digital procurement world. For anyone that didn't listen to the original episode, Melissa has 28 years of industry and consulting procurement experience. Welcome back to The Procuretech Podcast!

Strategic sourcing 40

Strategic sourcing Strategic sourcing Category management Influencing 40

Procurement Leaders

MAY 30, 2022

Like an increasing number of companies, property services giant CBRE recognises the value of using procurement to drive social impact through spending with diverse suppliers and social enterprises. However, this posed a challenge for CBRE’s Global Workplace Solutions (GWS) UK procurement team, because of its decentralised nature.

Suppliers 130

Suppliers Influencing Procurement team Procurement 130

SCMDOJO

JULY 18, 2023

Contract management plays a crucial role in the procurement process, as it helps ensure compliance, mitigate risks, and optimize supplier relationships. By effectively managing contracts, organizations can maximize the value of their procurement activities and minimize potential issues.

Contract management 93

Contract management Contract Import Management 93

Procurement Software

OCTOBER 10, 2023

” The War for Talent and its impact on Procurement However, the task of getting these exceptional individuals on board is becoming increasingly challenging. There is an ongoing battle to secure top talent in procurement. Why is there specifically a war for talent in procurement? What does the war for talent mean?

Procurement 59

Procurement Real-time Visibility supply chain software solutions Category management 59