Hello supplier – where are your innovations?

Guide

Traditional procurement levers are already often used intensively– now creativity is called for in supplier management. A guide…

Local Content in the Middle East: What you need to know

Insight

What is local content policy in Saudi Arabia and the Middle East? How does it affect procurement, supply chain, contracts and b…

Six Saving Direct Strategies for Manufacturers to Optimise Direct Spend

Insight

Mid-sized manufacturers can struggle with direct spend management – we look at six saving direct strategies for manufacturers t…

Maximum performance: Supplier relationship governance and oversight

Case study

Efficio supported the development and implementation of a new supplier relationship management tool to increase performance at …

KFC delivery partner change leaves customers wanting

Insight

Following KFC's delivery partner change from Bidvest to DHL, customers were left wanting as disrupted deliveries caused branch …

A path to better public sector supplier performance

Insight

What does best-practice supplier performance management look like in the public sector? Andy Quincey shares insights from his t…

Can public sector procurement get a grip on SRM?

Insight

Better supplier relationships and innovation are needed to transform public sector services, says DEFRA and TfL procurement exp…

Carillion: Key lessons for suppliers

Insight

Following Carillion's compulsory liquidisation what actions should procurement functions that employ these types of companies t…

How to negotiate highly engineered manufacturing products

Guide

Sourcing thousands of highly engineered components across the globe with high material and labour content, and high supplier ch…

GDPR: Key Steps to Ensuring Your GDPR Supplier Contracts are Compliant

Guide

The introduction of GDPR is imminent. Organisations need to take steps now to review and address supplier contracts to ensure t…