Una

MARCH 1, 2023

Shifting Procurement's Mindset to Face the Challenges of 2023 and Beyond Advice for shifting procurement’s mindset to face current-day challenges head on and how to continue driving change, solving problems, and creating value amidst adversity. Every business is looking at cashflow.”

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Raw materials Purchasing Procurement Sourcing 97

Una

MARCH 30, 2023

Pain Points in Procurement Series Focusing Beyond Cost in Procurement to Drive Value Practitioners who are focusing beyond cost in procurement are shifting stakeholder mindsets about the value the function can bring to the organization. Two that really stood out were “ bean-counters ” and “ penny-pinchers ”.

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Una

MARCH 14, 2023

Characteristics of a Procurement Intrapreneur Discover the characteristics of a procurement intrapreneur, and explore why intrapreneurship and group purchasing go so well together. By Hugo Britt | March 14, 2023 Search Since Una launched nearly 10 years ago, we’ve had conversations with every type of procurement professional.

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Procurement Purchasing Innovation Risk 97

Spend Matters

JUNE 22, 2023

This content does not express the views or opinions of Spend Matters In the world of procurement, the only constant is change. Amid the disruption, leading procurement teams have demonstrated an immense capability to help businesses weather the storm – picking up a whole host of new responsibilities in the process.

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Procurement Agile and Lean Supply Chain Procurement team Innovation 74

Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

IKEA article originally published by, and permission to publish here provided by, Sam Jenks at [link] . Then again, we didn’t approach this whole dog ownership business with a ‘wilyl-nilly’ mindset. In 1995 IKEA faced an organizational shift in purchasing and sourcing methodology. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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Procurement Supplier relationship management Suppliers Supply Chain Efficiency 54

Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Check out Procurement Report Card: Most Executives Think Procurement Isn’t Strategic Enough! Then again, we didn’t approach this whole dog ownership business with a ‘wilyl-nilly’ mindset. In 1995 IKEA faced an organizational shift in purchasing and sourcing methodology. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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The Good Spending

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Modern trends in the procurement of business services Long ago, I wrote a post about XaaS – Everything-as-a-Service, where I tried to cover general tendencies in the outsourcing market and hailed the service-minded approach of modern business. We recognized this trend in procurement long ago and happily embraced it.

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