Author: Jean-Philippe Massin

The rise of Procurement ecosystem apps.

Class C purchases or spot buys representing a small 5% fraction of the total spend but a big 60% amount of PO is in general a pain and not …

It is interesting to realise that Digital Procurement doesn’t mean at all the same thing for everyone. Many are considering that using Sourcing & Procurement IT systems in the …

More than we think, Technology is transforming our way of life for ever. Entertainment, Travel, professional and personal life, new generations, all of this is dramatically impacted by Digital …

“Big data” is one of the core component of the Future of Procurement and has major challenges to overcome. The meaning of the expression has been evolving since it …

The conference At the end of the month in Berlin, the 5th annual conference about innovation in Public Procurement will be held. You can access here the detailed programme of …

As illustrated in below picture, Everest Group is showing insightful trends with regards to Procurement Outsourcing adoption per Industry, between 2009 and 2013, and revealed great disparity: Strong increase in Financials Services, Manufacturing and …

Spend analysis is high on Procurement agenda since the mid 1990 but remains a challenging matter. Spend analysis is a complex topic on its own and encompasses all activities related to “the process of …

Usage of Network (hyper-connectivity), Automation and usage of data are 3 trends that will heavily transform Purchasing. On my previous post, I have been sharing my thoughts why Procurement was lagging behind …

I just went through the post from Spendmatters.com “Why Platforms are needed to accelerate Procurement agility“; if I am sharing the author’s point of view, I would even go beyond: …