- 11
- AUG
Procurement GPS - If you're not winning the game, then change the rules
Author: Ian George - Categories: Technology, Best Practice, Procurement Apps, Procurement Strategy, Benchmarking, Procurement Intelligence
If I'm serious about improving the performance of my organisation, then I need to get the experts in - but remember the word 'expert' is formed from the conjunction of two roots that phonetically can be represented as 'x' and 'spurt'. more
- 02
- AUG
Procurement GPS: Electronically enabling procurement thinking
Author: Jordan Early - Categories: Technology, Best Practice, Procurement Apps, Procurement Strategy, Benchmarking
The challenge we faced with building our new Procurement GPS tool was taking ten years of practical, operational procurement testing and usage, plus thirty years of academic research and a PhD on the topic into a slick, usable tool that produces actionable outputs. This was no mean feat; the sheer volume of procurement information that sits behind the GPS frame is immense. more
- 23
- JUL
Radio frequency identification in fish stock to net big savings
Author: Jonathan Webb - Categories: Technology
An experiment in the North Sea has successfully brought modern warehouse management techniques into the fisheries supply chain. Swedish fishermen attached radio frequency identification (RFID) to store, track and monitor cod deliveries. The potential savings are not just small fry. more
- 08
- JUL
How can organisations optimise spend analysis processes?
Author: Ben Ngobi - Categories: Best Practice, Technology
Spend analytics can be a major source of competitive advantage for those organisations that are able to identify existing gaps within the process and implement an effective analytics process. more
- 03
- JUN
Ariba and Salesforce integration announcement is imminent
Author: Mark Perera - Categories: Technology
Ariba will be shortly announcing its first point of integration between its new Commerce Cloud and the Salesforce.com Sales Cloud. The integration will link Ariba Contracts with Salesforce.com's Contracts module, allowing both parties to have full visibility over their commercial relationships. more
- 20
- MAY
E-lancing the TOIL
Author: Jonathan Webb - Categories: Procurement Intelligence, On Demand, Technology
Procurement departments are pioneering new recruitment strategies to generate cost savings for their companies. One of these is 'crowdsourcing', which allows staff to be re-employed on a contract basis. The in-direct costs of staff - like holidays, health costs, TOIL (time off in lieu), and even facilities costs - can be circumvented through restructuring HR's employment and recruitment patterns. more