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Goodbye Spend Matters Europe – Hello the World!

- September 30, 2020 12:03 AM | Categories: Uncategorized

Some readers may have observed recently that when you click on a Spend Matters UK/Europe article to read it in full, it takes you to […]

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New! What Defines Complex Sourcing – and Why Does It Matter?
In this briefing paper, we look at the factors that contribute towards making a sourcing process or task “complex” – and explain why that matters to procurement functions and people.

New! Case Study: Procurement in SNCF demonstrates its value to the organisation
In this case study, we take an honest, detailed look at how France's giant national rail network, SNCF, implemented Sievo's spend management solution.

New! Three Occasions When Procurement Should Spend More
In this paper we look at why cost reduction isn’t always the right strategy, we introduce the concept of a Value Category and solve an age-old procurement problem (with Maths)!

New! Decoupling Creative and Production Procurement – Handle with Care!
What are the key factors to consider when deciding how to structure marketing services supply chains? Read about the opportunities – and risks – here.

Centralise or Devolve Procurement – Why Not Both?
Find out how technology is enabling procurement to keep control of what matters, whilst devolving authority to local users and budget holders.

Managing Complex Categories; Beware the Complexity of Standardisation!
Standardisation is rightly a seen as a key tool to drive CatMan benefits – but it needs to be approached carefully, particularly for complex categories. We explain how to avoid the main traps.

Contract Management – Making the business case for investment (part 3)
In the final part of this series, we look at the risks that can be mitigated through effective contract management, and pull together final thoughts on the topic.

Demonstrating Corporate Social Responsibility in the Marketing Services World
We look at buying of marketing materials, and how brand value can be tarnished if procurement and marketing don’t manage CSR issues properly.

A Seat at the Top Table
This paper discusses how procurement professionals can position themselves best to work at the highest levels of organisations, and how they can show they’re ready for the top jobs!

Contract Management – Making the business case for investment (part 2)
In the second of this three part series, we look at identifying the various opportunities that can be generated from effective contract management.

Choosing the Right Tools – How Procurement Can Better Align with Both Trade and Brand Marketing’s Needs
In this short paper we look at the particular needs of Marketing, and how procurement can help by providing the right tools that will be relevant and useful to those colleagues.

Contract Management – Making the business case for investment
In the first of a three part series, we look at why procurement should be pushing their organisations to invest in contract management, and the principals behind writing a convincing business case.

What Does Usability Really Mean? Making Software Selection Decisions and Getting Behind the Rhetoric
This Spend Matters “Perspectives” looks at what usability means to different stakeholders and how you can get beyond the increasing hype from software providers.

Putting the Supplier at the Heart of Procurement Thinking
Is it time for a change of procurement focus? Should the supplier be more central to our thinking than the category or the process? How would that benefit our organisations? Read our paper and decide!

Indirect Category Sourcing Savings: Fact or Fiction?
In this paper, co-authored by Peter Smith and Ed Cross of Xchanging, we look at what category management and sourcing programmes need to succeed, the paradox of procurement savings and how to deliver credible benefits from such programmes.

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