by Ashley Brennan | Apr 30, 2019 | Blog
Supply chains can be interrupted by natural or man-made disasters, geopolitical issues, and other factors. Procurement professionals must be willing to tackle risks that could affect the organisation adversely. Ineffective risk management can cost the company, so...
by Ashley Brennan | Apr 26, 2019 | News and Media
Walmart, the world’s largest firm by revenue, and parent company of the Asda grocery chain in the UK, is partnering with London-headquartered HSBC, Europe’s biggest bank, to deliver financial incentives to suppliers for complying with the retail giant’s sustainability...
by Ashley Brennan | Apr 24, 2019 | News and Media
A chief procurement officer has urged procurement practitioners not to assume that emerging digital technologies will automatically improve their performance but to focus instead on what they need it to do to add value. Sylvie Noël, CPO at the insurance company Covéa...
by Ashley Brennan | Apr 23, 2019 | Blog
With all the uncertainty surrounding Brexit, it is anticipated that procurement will face new challenges, as supply chains will become more convoluted, and therefore the planning will also become more complex. Procurement would also have to renegotiate existing...
by Ashley Brennan | Apr 12, 2019 | News and Media
Professionals holding supply chain and procurement jobs should shun ‘vanity metrics’, such as the number of meetings they’ve had in the last six months, pursue ‘value metrics’ instead, e.g., the measurable outcomes of the meetings for, say,...
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