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It was bitterly cold, but the procurement ice warriors turned out in force yesterday at the QEII Centre Westminster for the first big international procurement event of the year - eWorld Procurement and Supply. (Good job it wasn't on today,…

As we said eWorld on February 28th, to attending many of its very useful workshops - and of course meeting old and new friends in the world of procurement. We also highlighted Bastiaan van Drempt has to say on the subject of how technology…

It seems barely a few weeks since we were last at eWorld Procurement and Supply, but here we are again with only 6 weeks to go to the first big international procurement event of the year. eWorld returns to the…

eWorld is fast approaching – February 28th to be exact. And among the prestigious speakers and stimulating topics, this year we are treated to a session by that little-known man of procurement wisdom – our very own Peter Smith. As you…

It has now become tradition for Xoomworks to attend eWorld, the leading bi-annual event for procurement innovation; and the September event was all about innovation, from procurement automation, risk management through to how the internet is affecting procurement. For us…

It's not uncommon at eWorld for exhibitors to use their speaking slot as an advertisement – but sometimes we can forgive that, as on this occasion, because a) it gave a back-to-basics look at cloud P2P for anyone today still…

At the recent eWorld event, Kavita Cooper and Rohan Yoganathan (previously Head of Procurement at Barnardo’s) ran a hands-on workshop aimed at those working in and around the charity sector. Cooper is an ex procurement practitioner (see our article here),…

At the recent Spend360, the analytics firm bought by Xoomworks, who are probably the leading implementers of large-scale Coupa programmes in the UK.

Looking ahead to after the summer holiday period, we will be back at the QEII Centre in Westminster on September 26th 2017 for the latest 

Another highlight at the recent eWorld event was Basware partner, and the firm sponsored this session). He started his career as a procurement practitioner in firms such as SmithKline Beecham and Goldman Sachs, but for some years has been advising…