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What does it take to create a top-quality supply chain experience? Companies' logistics leaders are becoming increasingly important to their organizations' strategic direction and effectiveness, but success is not guaranteed. The stakes are high and, in the years ahead, a performance gap may open between companies with great back-end operations [...]

Today, members of Source One joined other innovative professionals from across Supply Management for Day One of REV2018. Hosted by JAGGAER, the conference welcomes over 700 individuals and features an agenda focused on promoting education, innovation, and acceleration in Procurement. Since 1992, these qualities have proven central to Source One's suite [...]

Here is my interview yesterday on Daytime Ottawa talking about #ActivateDigital2018 and the digital revolution. 30 [...]

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Categories: Finance, Invoicing, Procurement, Sponsored ArticleTags: L2, Process & Best Practice, viewpointDespite their outward appearances, large and midsize companies face many similar payables challenges. The real difference between the two, however, comes from the way different companies address these challenges. Whereas a large multinational likely has the necessary resources or [...]

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They're a tool in a machine. Saying you trust a catalog to manage your spend is saying you trust a hammer to pound that loose roundhead nail back into the wall stud. It can, but only in the hands of a reasonably skilled laborer who can hit the nail on [...]

A Review of CPO Rising 2017: Tools of the Trade The CPO Rising 2017: Tools of the Trade report from Ardent Partners was a big focus last year. It was the first of their benchmark reports to explore the technology perspective of procurement, and it was revealing. Before the release [...]

Categories: Mette Villebro Sievers, Head of Category Management, Contract Management and the Operational Procurement Group at Copenhagen Airport, spoke at ProcureCon Indirect last week. The airport […](...) [...]

Today's guest post is from Tony Bridger, a veteran provider of Procurement Consulting and Spend Analysis services across the Commonwealth (as well as a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt) who has been delivering value across continents for two decades. He is currently President of UK-based TrainingWorx Ltd, a provider of [...]

Even in an era of emerging technologies and software solutions, talent is still the most important tool in Procurement's repertoire. There's no replacing the right team of dedicated subject matter experts. CPOs recognize this. PWC reports that a whopping 93% consider talent management a primary concern. Only 39%, however, believe they've [...]

True organizational transformation is about helping people change the way they do things. “You don't have to do anything but die.” This rather blunt, but deceptively motivational statement was a frequent response from my high school coach whenever we felt too apathetic towards some practice drills or other. Do we [...]

Today, Source One Analyst Kaitlyn Krigbaum will attend Day 2 of the Strategic Sourcing & Supplier Relationship Management Conference. Hosted annually by The Conference Board, the event is a favorite for Procurement professionals looking to gain a competitive advantage through more strategic supplier relationships. The two-day event features dozens of sessions [...]

Integrated contract management (CLM) turns commercial documents into leverageable assets. In planning a webinar with PayStream Advisors, From Isolated to Integrated—Removing Silos in Contract Management, their research survey revealed a lot. Most obvious (and egregious) is the continued divide between organizations that are getting maximum value out of contracts with [...]

This discussion paper examines the cultural effect or influence on the development, introduction, and successful implementation of a digital strategy from four key areas; home culture, generational culture, gender culture, and senior management culture. Through the examination of these four areas, the reader will be able to determine the alignment of [...]

Value creation by generating results Training & Development contribute to an organizations value creation by generating results. It is, therefore, essential that stakeholders and participants perceive how crucial, lifelong learning is for them. Their experiences inevitably shape their perceptions. Experiences provide added value to the individual when the following conditions occur: the intellect [...]

What is the Desired Outcome of Assessing Procurement Competencies? The desired outcome of Competency assessment is to gain a realistic view of whether your team has the necessary skills and knowledge to deliver high performance of their role-based tasks consistently. Why is Assessing Procurement Competencies Important? Assessment of procurement competencies is an essential [...]

Sitting at my desk today I find myself looking at a remodeling of some office space. It is going a revamping of 80´s style all hardwood finish, tempered glass doors and tile rugged rug floors. The type you might find in a Wall Street movie of past decades. The idea [...]

Moving on in my life, I decided to jump to a new role as Fuel and Coal Procurement manager in an energy company. The Main office was in the US and had a mayor footstep in power generation. They had a little international business in Central and South America, something [...]

Data and intelligence holds the key to procurement moving from the past to the real time and beyond There is no doubting the fact that technology is evolving at an ever faster rate, meaning that the possibilities to analyse and understand business performance is also increasing and is opening up all [...]

It's hard to argue that we are not living in some uncertain economic and political times, perhaps best demonstrated right now in the UK and US, among other nations. [...]