The Dog That Didn’t Bark
What is the role of Procurement, and when should it call things out? The British Post Office Scandal hit UK headlines in […]
Categoric Failure
Has twenty years of category management been a mixed blessing for Procurement? The term was borrowed from retailing where, from the late […]
Procurement Digitisation
Low return, high risk Twenty Five Years Ago Martin was Head of Procurement and Supply Chain. His background was Operations and he […]
Dragon in the Room
Chinese Whispers There is a whispered topic that few are willing to discuss openly. Perhaps companies are embarrassed by former enthusiasms for […]
Preparing for the Future
Where to in Procurement and Supply Chain? GIBZ, Zug, Thur 26th October 2023 at 17:30 CET Five senior executives in Procurement and […]
Are You Fit to be a CPO?
CIPS Switzerland Branch Event Wednesday 6th September at 17:30 CET Europaallee, Zurich, Switzerland Do you know what your aiming point is in […]
Procurement: Profession or Trade?
Kim Myung-hwan of LG Energy Solution says that the “rising cost of construction, shortages of skilled personnel and volatility in the price of […]
Supplier Sabotage
In this week’s Economist is an article of concern to any company buying materials from China. This is the link but, if […]
Your Procurement Assistant…
…or your replacement? Judge for yourself. ChatGPT was asked to create an RFP for an international Integrated Facilities Management program in Europe. […]
Client Partnership – Urrgghh!
In Proxima’s new ‘2023 CPO Report – What’s next for procurement?’, Russ Stewart comes closest to saying what is needed, but even […]