eWorld Procurement & Supply: why attend this event?
Since 2001, eWorld Procurement & Supply has provided unique insights about the latest innovations and cutting-edge technologies that can
Predictive maintenance: a new string to procurement’s cost reduction bow
Procurement teams in the manufacturing world are increasingly turning to predictive maintenance solutions to improve uptime and achieve significant cost reductions, the industry news outlet Supply Chain Dive reports. A 2018 PwC survey of procurement organisations in...
Tesco extends tough stance on plastic to third-party suppliers
Supplier relationship management just got a little tougher for procurement professionals at Tesco. The British supermarket giant has unveiled phase two of its ambitious ‘Remove, Reduce, Reuse & Recycle’ initiative, which aims to eliminate all the “hardest to...
Main challenges in public sector procurement
Procurement has transformed into a core and strategic department in most organisations. It is more than reducing costs of sourcing products and materials; procurement is now a process-driven and innovative profit-centre helping organisations to increase efficiency and...
Why procurement practitioners should evangelise about their profession
The online supplier discovery platform, ThomasNet, urges procurement practitioners to evangelise the indispensable new business-enhancing functions of the profession, and dispel outmoded myths that it is focused on cost reduction and impeding spending. While the...
References for benchmarking your procurement function
If you are seeking to measure procurement performance, do not hesitate to benchmark your procurement function. It will help improve spend value and also ensure optimal procurement function. You should not only look for external benchmarks to link with purchasing...
