Analyst Reports
The year of the Supplier: Perspectives on Supplier Management 2011
This report examines the crucial set of processes that encompass supplier management by exploring the pressures.
Whitepapers
Procurement Finance Collaboration
This whitepaper provides reader with an outlook on the need for procurement and finance to unite
Case Studies
FEI Company
The world-leading producer of electronic microscopes wants procurement-led performance improvement, but not at risk of becoming distracted from its core mission
On Demand Webinars
Making savings count: Driving collaboration with finance to influence the P&L
Speakers:
Roland Verdon
Vice-President, Indirect Procurement EMEA,
Global Supply Chain,
Estée Lauder
eBooks 
Knowledge Hub eBooks
| Leveraging technology to drive business performance | |
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Procurement over the years has evolved from merely being transactional (being cost focused) to being strategic in its approach.This ebook provides an overview of the 5 key strategic imperatives focused by high performing
businesses to excel in today's competitive business environment. These imperatives are:
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| The Path to Procurement Excellence | |
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What sets mature, highly successful strategic sourcing organizations apart? Which processes matter most for strategic sourcing and procurement? How important is process maturity? How can procurement continuously make positive contributions to corporate performance? This eBOOK, with support from a new joint study by Purchasing magazine and ZYCUS, sets out to answer these questions. It focuses in detail on the practices and processes that, when embedded, appear to differentiate high performance organizations. The study tested 65 specific practices and processes often associated with strategic-sourcing maturity and success. It also identifies practices that, while still emergent in high performance procurement groups, are consistently associated with rising performance levels over time. It focuses in detail on the practices and processes that, when embedded, appear to differentiate high performance organizations. The study tested 65 specific practices and processes often associated with strategic-sourcing maturity and success. It also identifies practices that, while still emergent in high performance procurement groups, are consistently associated with rising performance levels over time. There is something here for everybody. Learn how some of the most advanced strategic sourcing and procurement management organizations are preparing to meet the challenges of the coming decade... |
