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One surefire way to derail your procurement digital transformation - [Sponsored Article]
May 11, 2021 | Alpar Kamber, WNS Denali
Alpar Kamber, head of Procurement Services at WNS, gives two very good reasons why procurement digital transformation planning and implementation fail. "Too often, we are required to spend time upfront unraveling past failed attempts before we can dig in and offer workable digital solutions for our clients," he explains. Many firms are convinced that the…
Procurement in Practice: American Red Cross CPO tells how he crafts a ‘shared vision’ with his team, stakeholders (part 2)
May 4, 2021 | Nancy Clinton
In part two of a very candid and informative interview, Tom Nash, CPO of The American Red Cross — a nonprofit humanitarian organization, America’s largest blood provider and an organization with the size and scope of a Fortune 500 company — talks openly to Spend Matters about lessons from his experiences. Having been a Chief…
Procurement in Practice: American Red Cross CPO has key request for each stakeholder — ‘Come to me directly with any problems’ (part 1)
April 28, 2021 | Nancy Clinton
In a very candid and informative interview, Tom Nash, CPO of The American Red Cross — a nonprofit humanitarian organization and America’s largest blood provider and an organization with the size and scope of a Fortune 500 company — talks openly to Spend Matters about lessons from his experiences. Having been a Chief Procurement Officer…
Public Spend Forum: Riskiest smart city techs and Moth+Flame VR for emotional distress
April 16, 2021 | Nancy Clinton
Public Spend Forum (PSF) is a public sector procurement global community and market intelligence platform dedicated to improving public buying everywhere. GovShop is its free-to-use global government market research tool for finding and connecting with suppliers. Here's the latest from PSF ...
Talent trends: Incorporating talent diversity into your contingent workforce management program improves business performance
March 16, 2021 | Elaine Morris Roberts, Spend Matters Brand Studio
As the global economy continues to react to recent economic- and pandemic-related shocks, organizations must shift how they define, find and retain talent. In many cases, this means incorporating more remote work and using more contingent labor, like temporary workers, contractors, gig workers and freelancers. Talent management technology also has evolved to meet market demands,…
UK government gets vaccine procurement right — What can we learn?
February 23, 2021 | Guest Contributor
Spend Matters welcomes this post from Peter Smith, procurement expert and author. The UK government has taken a lot of flack over the past year in terms of its Covid pandemic-related procurement. However, in one spend area, the UK appears to have outperformed most countries, including the member states of the European Union. That is…
Procurement in Practice: Sustainability — Getting from the pledge to action at Bayer
February 1, 2021 | Nancy Clinton
Bayer Chief Procurement Officer Thomas Udesen joins us for this month's Procurement in Practice interview, which gives procurement professionals insights into how major players in the market handle issues that affect all procurement practitioners. Today, Thomas makes the case for why companies should see sustainability as good business, not just a buzzword to throw around.…
Getting to a global procurement function with Fujitsu at eworld 2021
January 28, 2021 | Nancy Clinton
The opening keynote at eworld March 2021 will be from Dr. Clive Rees, Vice President, International Chief Procurement Officer at Fujitsu. He will be talking about his experience of moving towards a global procurement function in “The Good, the Bad and the Global.” Clive has responsibility for all indirect spend at Fujitsu globally. In a…
2021 Procurement and Supply Chain Predictions from the market — Fairmarkit
January 8, 2021 | Nancy Clinton
Last year at the end of December 2019, we ran a series of predictions about procurement and supply chain trends for 2020 from expert tech and service providers in the market. But who could have foreseen what happened in 2020! This year, the market again provides its predictions for the next 12 months, using learnings…
Let the bots battle to their elimination. They won’t help you either! - [PRO Content]
December 14, 2020 | Michael Lamoureux
Editor’s note: This Spend Matters PRO post has been unlocked to continue our exploration of how to get the most value out of your procurement technology and to provide a sample of the depth we go into in our PRO material. In our piece titled “Have You Mastered the Procurement Basics yet?” we explained how…
Public Spend Forum: Market intelligence superheroes, barriers to entry and finding PPE suppliers
December 11, 2020 | Nancy Clinton
Public Spend Forum (PSF) is a public sector procurement global community and market intelligence platform dedicated to improving public buying everywhere. GovShop is its free-to-use global government market research tool for finding and connecting with suppliers. Here's the latest from PSF ...
Have you mastered the procurement basics yet? AI won’t save you if you haven’t!
December 4, 2020 | Michael Lamoureux
In this missive, Spend Matters analyst and futurist Michael Lamoureux argues that you must master the procurement basics before artificial intelligence can help you. He says, "We're not downplaying the usefulness of RPA, ML, or AI (it can automate and eliminate the majority of tactical work), of advanced analytics (which can identify trends, opportunities, or…

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