Category: Enablers

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 …

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: …

The Scottish Governement has been developping for years a comprehensive Purchasing toolkit and a full suite of  Procurement tools & templates in order to streamline its Sourcing and Procurement …

In the course of my 15+ years in Sourcing & Procurement, based on my personal experience as well as leveraging market analysts reports, I came to the point of …

All of us in Sourcing and Procurement would agree: Analytics are great and required for top Performance . However, when talking of Procurement Analytics Maturity, many companies I’ve worked for believe …

Capgemini issued in 2013 their annual global CPO survey, focused on Procurement digitalization. Quite a good one to read. You’ll learn that: Procurement organizations are augmenting their practices with …