Is procurement a blocker, enabler or pioneer to start-ups?

Blog

When collaborating with new start-up suppliers, can procurement be an enabler, a blocker or a pioneer?

Innovation: It’s an edge thing

Blog

In a time of increasing change, where can companies look for innovation to gain those advantages? The answer lies within the su…

Five lessons on reducing the risk of supplier scandals

Insight

How to avoid a supplier-related scandal with five easy steps.

What are the dos and don’ts to improving your working capital?

Insight

Getting the right approach to improving your working capital is essential if you are to achieve the quick wins you desire.

Achieving the five-year digital transformation vision

Insight

If strategic suppliers are to play an increasingly important role, selecting these partners through high-quality strategic sour…

How to win buy-in for supplier relationship management

Insight

With the right approach towards SRM, both stakeholders and suppliers can focus on delivering benefits across the supply chain, …

Tesco and Carrefour to combine purchasing power

Insight

French supermarket giant Carrefour and Tesco have announced plans to form a long-term strategic alliance to leverage their join…

Three key strategies to deploy in a demerger

Guide

What is the role of procurement in a demerger? Is it to manage operational risks, reduce costs or both?

Driving value at an advanced equipment manufacturing business

Case study

The merger of two advanced equipment manufacturing companies presented significant procurement opportunities – and challenges. …

Watch out for cosy deals and handshakes

Insight

Published in Raconteur's Future of Procurement, Ian Bolger is quoted on the importance of balancing personal business relations…