Category: Processes

“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 …

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 …

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 …

You can segment Spend Content in 3 main buckets: Simple catalogs, Good & Services and Contract driven Content Simple Catalogs : Many small value transactions Lists of items with …

Where to start is always the question, for those who are initiating their journey or for those who are on their way and working on continuous improvement. This post shall help you to …

Working on many different Business cases every year, I noticed a general trend in getting a grip on tail spend management. The main issue is always the same and in a …

Are you fishing ideas for setting-up  a Category Management framework ? I believe the below graphic can be a good foundation to start with. Category management process is splitted in 6 Pieces segments and …

Really nice infographic job from Sutherland to describe in simple terms what is Procure to Pay (P2P),  P2P value, key Performance metrics, key challenges and “What if” if not optimised. For …