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Spend Friends podcast discusses the human side of supplier innovation
January 14, 2021 | Sally Ehrmann
Despite its focus on technology, procurement innovation will shift the industry's attention to more of the human-centric side of doing business — specifically in supplier innovation, said Clive Heal, an innovator and keynote speaker at CRH Innovation. Heal joined Spend Matters and CIPS in the second episode of the video podcast Spend Friends. It's a…
After this college freshman spent his COVID quarantine building a $200 million PPE supply chain, he’s ready for more
January 7, 2021 | Sally Ehrmann
The whole world went into overdrive in the spring and summer to ensure proper supplies of key disease-fighting products. And although the world is shifting into a new procurement issue — the mass vaccination effort — PPE is still being relied upon to help prevent the spread of coronavirus. Since Jack Yuan's company’s inception in…
2021 Procurement and Supply Chain Predictions from the market — SAP (part 2)
January 7, 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…
2021 Procurement and Supply Chain Predictions from the market — State of Flux and Digitate
January 5, 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,…
2021 Procurement and Supply Chain Predictions from the market — Basware and Nvoicepay
December 31, 2020 | 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,…
2021 Procurement and Supply Chain Predictions from the market — GEP
December 28, 2020 | 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,…
2021 Procurement and Supply Chain Predictions from the market — Inverto
December 24, 2020 | 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 vendor market again provides its predictions for the next 12 months and…
2021 Procurement and Supply Chain Predictions from the market — EcoVadis and Ivalua
December 23, 2020 | 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…
The Gift that Keeps on Giving — Procurement Education - [Sponsored Article]
December 22, 2020 | Liz Mantovani, SIG
It’s the holiday season and I’m sure we all feel the same way as we approach the New Year — relieved that the four numbers “2020” will soon no longer show up in our calendar. With the joy that comes with the holidays and the thought of putting this year behind us, I know many…
CIPS and Spend Matters launch ‘Spend Friends’ monthly podcast — with a list of Top 10 challenges for 2021
December 18, 2020 | Sally Ehrmann
As part of a new partnership, the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS) and Spend Matters launched a video podcast this week called “Spend Friends” to discuss all things spend management, supply chain, risk and everything else under the procurement umbrella. The podcast is hosted by Bill Michels, the VP of Operations — Americas…
Supplier barriers to entry in public sector markets
December 18, 2020 | Nancy Clinton
Public Spend Forum, the market intelligence platform and community for public sector buyers and suppliers, and Govshop, its free-to-use database that houses supplier data from various markets, have been conducting a survey to explore the barriers to entry that suppliers are facing when trying to get into public sector markets. They have looked at all…
Women in Procurement Wednesday: Anne-Sophie Le Bloas on following her own path to develop a direct materials solution, tackle a huge opportunity
December 16, 2020 | Sally Ehrmann
Indirect materials procurement has dominated technology coverage and innovation for decades now. If 2020 has taught us anything, it’s that the time has come for direct materials technology to shine. The market is growing, and the opportunity is ripe for the taking. Anne-Sophie Le Bloas saw this market developing. Le Bloas has nearly 15 years…

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Supplier collaboration: Turning the dial on the innovation and sustainability agenda : Tindo James said : Supplier partnerships sounds like a great concept. Moet established players in the chemical supply c...

Delivering Value Beyond Savings — Procurement’s Role in Times of Disruption : Kapil Paliwal said : While Buyers will try to optimize the cost, Suppliers would also equally or even more keen to look f...

Delivering Value Beyond Savings — Procurement’s Role in Times of Disruption : Bhagyashree Indane said : Brilliant Article! Discovering innovative strategies in the procurement processes can help industrie...

Delivering Value Beyond Savings — Procurement’s Role in Times of Disruption : Punam Nevatia said : Very well put together. Kudos!...

Clarifying Robotic Process Automation: What It Is (and Isn’t) for Procurement : David Harris said : Companies tend to assign procurement as an expanded and more important role of a strategic partner. ...