- 24
- DEC
- 2010
Good spend analysis adoption improves performance
Author: Ben Ngobi - Categories: Spend Analytics
Businesses are all jumping on the exciting journey of spend analysis. They are either buying new systems, developing existing ones or offshoring parts of the process to improve the visibility of spend under management. more
- 14
- DEC
- 2010
What if China really was communist? The biggest supply chain shock of them all...
Author: Jonathan Webb - Categories: Risk, Global Sourcing
The industrialised world has spent the last decades offshoring its manufacturing base to the East, but has anyone considered the repercussions of China nationalising these factories? more
- 09
- DEC
- 2010
Unilever: changing the perception of procurement
Author: Jonathan Webb - Categories: Talent
A short time ago we featured an interview with Neil Deverill on the importance of marketing procurement as the function looks to build on the giant strides forward it has taken in recent years. more
- 08
- DEC
- 2010
HR and procurement: should kindred spirits work closer?
Author: Jonathan Webb - Categories: Procurement Strategy, Outsourcing
I was talking to a senior HR manager the other day about the costs of grievance procedures. In one episode, he related to me a case where one employee was on sick leave for six months for stress, costing the company huge amounts in time and money. Perhaps procurement can add value here? more
- 02
- DEC
- 2010
Procurement is on its way to becoming a collaborator
Author: Maggie Slowik - Categories: Supplier Relationship Management, Risk
I recently attended Europe's largest annual congress for decision-makers in procurement, supply chain management and logistics in Berlin. Hosted by the German Association of Materials Management, Purchasing and Logistics (AMMPL), this year's event was themed "confidence wins". more
