Category: Strategy

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 …

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 …

Roland Berger released an new version of a bi-annual study “CPO Agenda” that I would recommend reading if you want to better understand the top Procurement challenges in your industry. It is a very …

GEP, the company who’s mission is “to provide customers the most creative, most effective and highest value end-to-end procurement and supply chain solutions” , just released a white paper …

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 …

On average an organization/enterprise has: More than 3,000 indirect suppliers Not more than 250 catalogs available online through procurement application Not more than 50% of influenceable indirect spend under …

According to Roland Berger, 3 main and basic challenges are and remain high in CPO agenda in 2014: Generate and measure Savings Safeguard quality Ensure delivery availability You can …