
Yesterday we began our conversation with Mark Webb of Future Purchasing about whether category management has had its day or is still as critical to […]
Yesterday we began our conversation with Mark Webb of Future Purchasing about whether category management has had its day or is still as critical to […]
Category Management has long been - in fact for about 30 years - referred to as the most powerful instrument in procurement’s tool box. As […]
In Europe we know the name ‘Determine’ much better than we know ‘Corcentric.’ It was a significant announcement for the procurement world when in early […]
Future Purchasing has for some years been recognised by many in the procurement world as the leading consulting firm in terms of deep, useful and […]
The power of the platform combined with external advisory is back! Typically, an organisation will go for the platform of choice for its needs, complemented […]
The news that Deliveroo is offering restaurants a procurement service is fascinating. ‘Food Procurement,’ claims to offer big savings on raw ingredients, as well as […]
As promised we have more coverage from Ivalua Now which took place in Paris last week. Peter Smith returns to share his thoughts ... Last […]
Spend Matters analyst, Michael Lamoureux, attended Ivalua's annual conference in Paris last week. Here, he shares his experience and learnings with us. I knew that […]
We are getting into procurement spring events now. We attended eWorld this month, and ProcureCon Indirect is hot on its heels. ProcureCon started up in […]
The category management experts at Future Purchasing have been busy putting together their global 2018 benchmarking survey. The previous one, in 2016, attracted more than […]
At the CIPS Fellows meeting last week, I bumped into three old friends and fine procurement people – Jason Waterman, who I worked with on […]
At some point, we suspect that artificial intelligence might have a profound effect on category management, but in the meantime, it continues to be an […]