SRM at LinkedIn – multiple perspectives

These are the post recently (second half 2025) about SRM.

How AI Is Changing Buyer–Supplier Negotiations: Insights from a New Study

Source: Brave New Procurement Deals: An Experimental Study of How Generative Artificial Intelligence Reshapes Buyer–Supplier Negotiations (2025)https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1478409225000214 Artificial intelligence is no longer just a support tool in procurement—it is stepping into the negotiation room....

Change management in procurement

Being a category manager is 10 % analytics and 90 % persuasion. You can build a advanced well thought-out strategy, a bullet‑proof cost model, but if engineering ignores the dual‑source policy, or if suppliers...

WTO and Procurement

Executive Summary WTO and Procurement professionals, a complex landscape of international trade rules, legal frameworks, and sourcing strategies. The World Trade Organization (WTO) plays a pivotal role in shaping this environment. This...

Global vs. Local Sourcing: Which Strategy Powers Your Procurement Success? Both!

Procurement teams face a pivotal choice in their Category Strategies in terms of local sourcing: Both options have clear benefits and hidden pitfalls. To navigate this, Ahmed El‑Marashly’s recent LinkedIn break-down offers...

The Procurement maturity model

Arjan van Weele’s Procurement Maturity Model provides a clear roadmap for evolving procurement from a transactional, back-office function into a strategic, value-creating partner. Through six stages—ranging from basic order processing to full...

Creating usable spend data

Procurement teams are under pressure to optimize costs, improve supplier performance, and ensure compliance. Central to meeting these objectives is spend analysis, a systematic approach for evaluating an organization’s historical expenditure data. Equally...

Linking Procurement Strategy with Operation Strategy

This blog leverages Nigel Slack’s operation strategy framework to illustrate how modern CPOs align procurement functions with corporate goals. Specifically, it explores how procurement leaders can operationalize strategic objectives through clear competitive...

ChatGPT Apps has helped you improve your productivity

I know ChatGPT Apps – what is next?

In the journey from “What are ChatGPT Apps?” to “I’ve built half a dozen that save me hours each week,” the modern procurement professional has already taken giant strides. But for the...

Strategic SRM Software tools

Integrating SRM Software into Strategic, Tactical, and Operational Procurement. This blogpost is part of the Know You Suppliers course. Strong Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) transforms procurement by moving beyond transactional tasks to...

Procurement blog - LHTS

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