Procurement Intelligence Unit

We are delighted to launch the first, annual CPO Strategy survey - 'Playing the Full Role' - from the Procurement Intelligence Unit, which provides some fascinating insights into the professional life of modern procurement leaders, their priorities and aims for today, and their aspirations for the future. more

Seen as a win-win-win trade finance solution that can solve your working capital problems as well as shore up your supply base, is supply chain finance the real deal? more

In times of economic uncertainty, market intelligence gathering and forecasting are essential to formulate effective, future-proof buying strategies. Without them, procurement executives and their companies could be taking an unnecessary gamble. more

By common consent there are two kinds of suppliers relationship management – one involves the fist and the table, the other, the outstretched hand and the voice of reason. And while procurement currently finds itself very much in a buyer’s market, the suppliers that have seen more of the former than the latter are likely to have long memories when the economy finally gets back on its feet. more

Procurement intelligence is about far more than bottom-line savings (although that’s obviously one of its most welcome by-products) it's also capable of despatching competitors “to the back of the queue”. As part of our series of interviews with Neil Deverill, former CPO and current chairman of the Procurement Leaders Network Advisory Board, he told the Procurement Intelligence Unit, that competitive advantage was one of the fundamental drivers behind the expansion of intelligence gathering in the world of procurement. more

As anyone in today's global business world will tell you knowledge is power - and no- one knows this better than the modern-day CPO. So why, in the majority of cases, isn't procurement taking advantage of the wealth of information available to it? more

Since launching the Procurement Leaders Network back in 2004, there have been a number of occasions that I have discussed the concept of building a “Bloomberg for Procurement” with my team; however it never progressed much further than a sketch in my notepad. more