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Procurement in Practice: ‘It’s always the people at the end of the supply chain that get squeezed’
January 11, 2021 | Nancy Clinton
Spend Matters is running a series of interviews with senior procurement and supply chain practitioners to highlight and share common experiences with their peers. We are discussing their challenges, their thoughts on people, process and technology, and their concerns or hopes for the future, across many industries. The publishing industry, like all industries in recent…
2021 Procurement and Supply Chain Predictions from the market — Tradeshift
January 6, 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 and beyond,…
The CPO’s Conundrum (Part 4): Economic Instability - [PRO Content]
August 29, 2019 | Nick Heinzmann
In the first three installments of this Spend Matters PRO series (see Part 1A, Part 1B), we noted that a number of pressing issues are shaping procurement from the outside in, yet chief procurement officers (CPOs) are still primarily concerned with issues set by an inside-out agenda — that is, cost-cutting and supply assurance targets mandated by…
After EcoVadis’ Sustain 2019: How Its Offering Fits With Supplier Management, Risk Management Solutions (Part 2) - [PRO Content]
March 21, 2019 | Jason Busch
Last week, I represented the Spend Matters analyst team at EcoVadis’ Sustain 2019 customer event in Paris. In between lessons on sustainable supply chains, vendor CSR ratings and French labor unions I never knew existed — thank goodness for British Airways when the Eurostar shuts down because a handful of customs workers at Gare du…
Trade War or No, Local Sourcing with Maker-to-User Model has Advantages
February 26, 2019 | Guest Contributor
Spend Matters welcomes this guest post from Jason Middleton, Ray Products vice president of sales and development. Our trade deficit with China surpassed $301 billion in 2018 — and it’s no mystery why. Thanks to cheap labor and fewer regulations there, it tends to be more cost-effective to have “Made in China” stamped on your…
Commodities Roundup: Palladium Shines, China Decreases Auto Tariff
December 21, 2018 | Fouad Egbaria
For the buyers and category managers out there, especially those of you deep in the weeds of buying and managing commodities, here’s a quick rundown of news and thoughts from particular commodity markets. From price movements to policy decisions, our MetalMiner editors scour the landscape for what matters. Here's what mattered this week.
Study: Conflict gold from Africa may be in U.S. markets, passing through major companies
November 6, 2018 | Kyra Senese
An October 2018 study released by a watchdog group that focuses on Africa has highlighted concerns that gold mined from conflict areas in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is making its way into international markets and becoming integrated in the supply chains of major U.S. companies. Documents reviewed and interviews carried out by The…
Direct Material Sourcing and Supplier Management Platforms (Part 2) - [Plus + Content]
October 12, 2018 | Jason Busch
In the first installment of this series, I introduced six distinct platform areas that manufacturers are making investments in as part of core efforts to drive more successful savings, efficiency, compliance, collaboration and supplier engagement programs. The first, design/engineering and sourcing enablement solutions, represents a new class of direct materials e-sourcing toolsets that attempt to…
South America’s Gold Supply Chain Poses Big Risks for Procurement, Report Says
October 9, 2018 | Taras Berezowsky
If your company sources and buys gold, then the message from some recent research is loud and clear: Watch your step in South America. The market there and its role in the global gold supply chain is a tremendous cause for corporate concern, according to a Thomson Reuters white paper. Evidently, the promise of huge…
Commodities Roundup: Excess Steel Capacity, Oil Prices and U.S.-China Trade
September 28, 2018 | Fouad Egbaria
For the buyers and category managers out there, especially those of you deep in the weeds of buying and managing commodities, here’s a quick rundown of news and thoughts from particular commodity markets. From price movements to policy decisions, our MetalMiner editors scour the landscape for what mattered this week.
How Can Procurement Find Savings When Commodity Prices Are Going Up, Up, Up?
September 27, 2018 | Spend Matters Team
Editor’s note: This is part of the Ask Spend Matters series, where readers send in their burning questions about procurement and supply chain. While going through questions that our readers have sent us, we came across one regarding how and where procurement practitioners can find savings when commodity prices are going up. The reader, a…
Commodities Roundup: Catalytic Converter Thefts, A $200 Billion Tariff Announcement
September 21, 2018 | Fouad Egbaria
For the buyers and category managers out there, especially those of you deep in the weeds of buying and managing commodities, here’s a quick rundown of news and thoughts from particular commodity markets. From price movements to policy decisions, our MetalMiner editors scour the landscape for what mattered this week.

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E-procurement as a strategic weapon — With BuyerQuest acquisition, ODP preps for war in omnichannel B2B : Jason Busch said : From an antitrust standpoint, I wonder if this makes ODP + Staples look like less of a competitor by...

Procurement in Practice: Sustainability — Getting from the pledge to action at Bayer : Fabian Lampe said : Having worked for Bayer and Unilever I really must say that the pledge and the ambition is bold and ...

Demystifying the role of technology in supply chain finance: Blockchain : Riya Kaif said : Insightful article on the role of blockchain technology in supply chain finance. Looking forward to ...

Study Finds Nascent Adoption of AI and Robotics in Retail and Manufacturing Supply Chains : Elena said : As robots increasingly move from warehouses to shopfronts, embedding Artificial Intelligence (AI) in...

Afternoon Coffee: November PMI registers seventh consecutive month of growth; US Supreme Court hears suit on child labor in cocoa supply chain; Medius announces partnership with Changepond : Oliver Harris said : Indeed, RPA is the primary factor and an entry-level strategy to digitally transform your business e...