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The A to Z of Spend Matters Future 5 2021 — Introducing Pactum
October 28, 2021 |Nancy Clinton

在我们的努力带来新的和创新的procurement tech solution providers in front of the community of procurement professionals, our analysts have identified five young firms that they feel all CPOs should know about. These start-ups invariably take existing technologies much further to address the problems they can’t, or are introducing a new category…
Procurement with Purpose webinar series: Protecting people, the planet and profit
October 7, 2021 |Nancy Clinton

On October 21, Jaggaer, an industry leader in sourcing and procurement software, will launch the first of its four-part webinar series that is dedicated to helping procurement and supply chain professionals understand and implement environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices. The series looks at why Procurement has a great opportunity (and obligation) to lead its…
花很重要’ supplier innovation framework and analysis of 8 vendors led our PRO analyst coverage for September 2021- [PRO Content]
September 30, 2021 |Nick Heinzmann

花很重要PRO content brings you the deepest and widest variety of analyst coverage of vendors in the procurement technology space, and this monthly post will recap why the vendors and issues covered in September are important. Each month, our analyst team provides vendor-specific profiles and overviews. Using our SolutionMap benchmark data from 75 solutions,…
HGV truck driver shortage symptomatic of wider supply chain market
August 17, 2021 |Nancy Clinton

Fallout from the supply chain talent shortage in the form of HGV drivers continues to be felt acutely in the UK, across European borders and in other parts of the world like the US. Truck drivers are part of a big shift in labor. Frequently billed as “the summer of attrition” by the press, whether…
ESG and sustainability series: An index of the content to come this month and next
July 16, 2021 |花很重要Team

This summer Spend Matters is exploring the topic of environmental, social and governance (ESG) in business; in particular we have a sharp focus on sustainability — what it means for sourcing, the supply chain and procurement generally. Accompanying our analysts’ efforts to bring these important topics to the fore is a set of interviews, investigations…
Resilinc seizes the day and releases annual supply chain risk report — Carpe Diem
April 23, 2021 |Sally EhrmannandNancy Clinton

Despite popular belief, or what people might think, the Covid pandemic was not the biggest source of disruption for supply chains in 2020, according to the latest Annual Supply Chain Risk Report released this week by supply chain data monitoring, mitigation and risk analytics solutions provider Resilinc. Man-made events dominated disruption in 2020, accounting for…
How supplier collaboration can lead to growth and sustainability
April 13, 2021 |花很重要Brand Studio

Enterprises large and small are realizing the extended gains to be had from collaboration, both with suppliers and partners, to bring an opportunity to drive synergies. Those might come from joint initiatives on R&D, expanding business reach that is not possible within their own confines, or working to optimize costs for the consumer. It is…
Rising to the occasion: Procurement’s moment to shine and deliver value
February 24, 2021 |Guest Contributor

It used to be that procurement was all about cost savings and driving efficiencies. While those two mandates are undoubtedly still top objectives today, the highly complex, uncertain and dynamic world in which we now operate is calling on teams to drive even more value at the highest levels. Jim Bureau, CEO of source-to-pay specialists…
Supplier collaboration: Turning the dial on the innovation and sustainability agenda
January 20, 2021 |Brand Studio

We’ve seen from 2020 the importance of organizational resilience, both operational and strategic. The core to that resilience lies with supplier/buyer relationships and collaboration. What 2020 therefore has also highlighted is the need for nimbleness, speed and flexibility in doing that. And that is one of the reasons why supplier collaboration initiatives have become so…
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…
Silver linings from the pandemic — an analyst’s eye on procurement and supply chain predictions for 2021
January 12, 2021 |Magnus BergforsandNancy Clinton

花很重要has just finished a series of procurement and supply chain predictions for 2021, with commentary from about 20 leading procurement technology and intelligence providers. Together their foresight runs to 60+ predictions, with the majority of providers unsurprisingly backing supply chain risk mitigation as the forerunner to get firms through 2021 and beyond. Certain…
Procurement in Practice: ‘It’s always the people at the end of the supply chain that get squeezed’
January 11, 2021 |Nancy Clinton

花很重要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…

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