Why and How Procurement Must Change
While ‘The Innovation Imperative’ sounds like an episode title from The Big Bang Theory, today we were told about a different sort of evolution. Alex wanted to drive home the…
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Three customer service lessons procurement can learn from Uber
Procurement should focus more on the needs of its business partners, and could look at car service Uber for tips on becoming more customer-centric. According to Chris Sawchuk, principal and…
read moreBuyers gain credibility with clinicians at Nottingham University Hospitals Trust by attending operations
Purchasers at Nottingham University Hospitals Trust (NUHT) attend surgical procedures to improve their clinical knowledge, a conference was told. Tony Stanyard, head of procurement at the NHS trust, said it…
read moreSky’s supplier relationship management programme provides ‘one-stop shop for risk and quality data’
A buyer at TV broadcaster Sky has outlined how a supplier relationship management (SRM) programme has been designed to “build a one-stop shop for business risk and quality data”. Stephen…
read moreeWorld March 2015 – A Procurement Rookie’s Perspective
As of Monday 2nd March, I became Market Dojo’s first official employee and the very next day, my knowledge and skills were put to the test as I awoke to…
read moreeWorld Procurement and Supply – Seven Observations from Yesterday’s Event
Yesterday’s eWorld conference and exhibition demonstrated both the strengths and weaknesses of its format. Here are our immediate observations following a busy day getting lifts up and down the QEII…
read moreBuyers should identify and engage with key stakeholders to increase procurement’s influence
The key to increasing the influence of procurement in an organisation is to identify key stakeholders and then actively engage with them, a conference was told. Christopher Barrat, director of…
read more‘Get stakeholders on board to introduce e-procurement’
Getting cross-functional internal support was key to
read moreCyber Essentials: What buyers need to know
In an attempt to reduce the levels of cyber security risk in its supply chain, the UK government has developed the Cyber Essentials scheme. This set of controls provides organisations…
read moreXchanging and Optimum Procurement announce outsourcing contract wins
Outsourcers Xchanging Procurement and Optimum Procurement Group have signed new deals to provide purchasing services to a logistics company and a facilities management provider respectively. Xchanging Procurement has won a…
read moreXchanging targets tail spend to provide ‘market differentiation’
Xchanging’s procurement division has had its most successful year ever by focusing on tail spend. Chirag Shah, executive director of Xchanging Procurement, said the firm had combined its e-auction technology…
read moreCapita buys Constructionline for £35 million
The government has sold the Capita for £35 million. Business minister Matthew Hancock said the sale would “cut red tape” to allow the service to “achieve its full potential”. The…
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