- 28
- OCT
- 2010
Join the Bright Green Procurement Movement
Author: Mark Perera - Categories: CSR & Green
Does green procurement mean a policy on your website, or possibly a few questions in your RFI? If so, then as professionals and as global citizens, we need to reflect on a huge opportunity missed for both our businesses and ourselves, in terms of innovation, leadership and in simply doing the right thing. more
- 27
- OCT
- 2010
From a whisper to a shout - marketing procurement
Author: Jonathan Webb - Categories: Procurement Strategy
Back in December 2009 we mooted the possibilities available to procurement if it began looking at itself less as a function and more of a brand. The question was raised after 13% of those questioned in our CPO Strategy 2010 study claimed that 'marketing procurement's value' was their highest priority. It was, in fact, the fourth lowest priority overall (alongside LCCS, Green and Procurement Outsourcing). more
- 25
- OCT
- 2010
Procurement maturity affects spend analytics performance
Author: Ben Ngobi - Categories: Best Practice & Benchmarking, Procurement Strategy, Talent
The forthcoming PIU executive research on spend analytics has yielded interesting variations on how it is executed, the diversity of challenges and how users overcome these. more
- 22
- OCT
- 2010
UK government presses the magic procurement button
Author: Jonathan Webb - Categories: Procurement Strategy, Direct Spend, Procurement Intelligence
The Coalition government's Comprehensive Spending Review has identified 8% of spending cuts over the next four years. However, many of the proposed cutbacks lack details and seem overly dependent on "procurement and back office" savings. more
- 20
- OCT
- 2010
Celtic tiger loses its stripes
Author: Jordan Early - Categories: Procurement Intelligence
There have been some unlikely headlines during the global downturn, but 'Irish sovereign debt riskier than Iraq's' is pretty hard to top. more
- 18
- OCT
- 2010
CSR – Low-impact or high-impact risk?
Author: Maggie Slowik - Categories:
In late September, I was lucky enough to attend the Procurement Leaders Forum in Boston, Massachusetts. Themed 'Innovation, Skills & Strategy: Shaping the Future of Procurement', the event featured topics ranging from organisational alignment, supply chain value creation, sourcing strategies and innovative procurement tactics to success stories of procurement transformation. more
- 11
- OCT
- 2010
Procurement GPS: Self-Assessment Doesn't Work
Author: Ian George - Categories: Technology & Apps, Best Practice & Benchmarking, Global Sourcing, Procurement Strategy, Talent
Andrew Cox has recently lambasted self-assessment in a Supply Management online article, stating that "They [procurement leaders] show you some sort of half-arsed technical and commercial evaluation methodology that has no scoring evaluation, moderation, and validation process." For us at the PIU, it's quite a relief to hear someone as eminent as Andrew thinking in a similar way to us, although our criticism would be of the industry, which up until now hasn't offered anything better. more
- 06
- OCT
- 2010
Wake up and smell the efficiency gains
Author: Jonathan Webb - Categories: Procurement Intelligence
Second to unexpectedly high credit card statements, coffee is probably the most studied thing in the world. Yet, the evidence of its effect on staff productivity is positive. more
