A CPO’s story of strategic sourcing
Steve Hall
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I thought it was worth picking up on a storm of responses we’ve had on LinkedIn to a post recently about the ‘death of strategic sourcing’. I had a really fascinating chat this afternoon with a European CPO from a global entertainment giant about just how valuable strategic sourcing has been to his organisation, which put the idea in perspective.
Procurement outsourcing and the public-sector deficit
Louisa Boyle
in Outsourcing, Procurement Outsourcing, Services Procurement, Supplier Relationship Management, Supply Chain Management
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It’s no secret that UK public-sector spending is big news. With a newly elected government announcing plans to cut spending by £6bn, the debate has been raging ever since over the effectiveness and role of procurement and procurement outsourcing in achieving the targets.
Commodity Watch: Tightening supply pushing prices across the board
Steve Hall
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There's nothing new in the volatility of soft commodities at the present – but in the current market, still shaky from the tremors caused by the European public debt crisis and the plummeting American housing market, every fluctuation can have massive influence. Recent incidents of tightening supply has brought this into sharp focus.
Last week's most popular articles
David Rae
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Were you away last week? Or a bit pressed and didn't have time to keep an eye on developments? Well, fear not - here's a roundup of last week's most popular articles on ProcurementLeaders.com.
Where procurement technology fits best
There are technophobes and there are techno, well, maniacs. But how they are grouped among the procurement community continues to surprise me. Talking to Ilkka Sihvo, CEO of Basware, yesterday about the growth of e-invoicing through the various markets really shed some light on this landscape.
Rumours of the death of strategic sourcing
Steve Hall
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‘Strategic sourcing is dead!!’ yells a guest post on Sourcing Innovation blog by Dalip Raheja, President and CEO of the MPower Group. The argument, if I have it right, roughly follows that in a transformation process, strategic sourcing doesn’t include working with stakeholders and ends up as simply ‘supplier-bashing’. Ring of truth?
The quest to align Scope 3 standards
Steve Hall
in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
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The emerging global standard for companies to measure and track Scope 3 (which includes supply chain) greenhouse gases may be due to be finalised in December, but the response of companies will be crucial to its value. Right now, that picture is unclear.
Just what is procurement 2.0?
David Rae
in Leadership, Strategic Sourcing, Supplier Relationship Management, Technology, Value Creation
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For those of you who haven't read the latest issue of Procurement Leaders (you can subscribe to the magazine here), you missed a fascinating piece by our regular columnist Neil Deverill who used his latest article to lay out his vision of procurement 2.0.
Commodity Watch: Energy on the wane; softs volatile
David Rae
in Global Sourcing, Procurement News, Risk Management
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Another week, another set of surprising commodity-price movements. While softs - particularly coffee - remain volatile (coffee and sugar reached highs, while cocoa and orange juice fell back), it was in the energy markets that most activity occurred.
Last week's most popular stories
David Rae
in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Global Sourcing, Governance, Leadership, Procurement News, Risk Management, Supplier Relationship Management, Supply Chain Management
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Were you away last week? Or a bit pressed and didn't have time to keep an eye on developments? Well, fear not - here's a roundup of last week's most popular stories on ProcurementLeaders.com.
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