Only three weeks to go for the eWorld Procurement and Supply conference this year. September 24th at the De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms, London, will […]
eWorld – Some Sessions Not To Be Missed!
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Public Spend Forum – Public Procurement Highlights from this Week
Public Spend Forum (PSF) is a public sector procurement global community and market intelligence platform dedicated to improving public procurement and the public sector market. It […]
How Does UK Procurement Perceive the Impact of Automation, Digitisation and Trade Patterns?
On June 5th The Economist Intelligence Unit in conjunction with Basware published a new report called “What’s Now and Next for Finance and Procurement?” It […]
Six Procurement Truths for the New Year (Part 2)
Continuing with some “final” high-level thoughts from me – points one to three are here. If you remember nothing of my writing but these six […]
Six Procurement Truths for the New Year
I wanted to write something deeply meaningful here before I go and pack up my Managing Editor of Spend Matters UK/Europe kitbag … but this […]
Three Occasions when Procurement Should Spend More – Spend Matters Top Papers
In the run up to Christmas and my passing over the Spend Matters UK/Europe reins, we’ve been featuring some of the briefing papers I’ve written […]
Chris Bell at Basware Connect – Police Horses and Ringing Bells!
We’re still catching up on the round of autumn conferences, and one noteworthy session came from Chris Bell at the Basware Connect event in London […]
Another Brexit Referendum? Yet Another Scenario For Procurement to Consider!
We’ve stayed off the politics of Brexit here, in part because I was lucky enough personally to forget to register for a postal vote, hence […]
Brexit is Coming! What Does Procurement Need to be Doing Now?
One fears that the reaction to any mention of Brexit today (in the UK at least) will either be a sigh or perhaps a diatribe, […]
Is Fairness A Good Basis For Commercial Relationships?
We often hear comments along the lines of this – “we are happy for our suppliers to make a fair return”. That comes from procurement […]
Procurement Value – It’s Not All About Savings
We’re less than a week away from our webinar in conjunction with Coupa Software, on Tuesday September 25th, titled "Procurement Delivers Value in Eight Ways […]
Cost Reduction Is Not Enough – Defining Procurement and Corporate Value
I’ve been thinking and writing about “procurement value” in the past few weeks, lining up a new briefing paper and webinar that we’ll tell you […]