Knowledge Base
Learn the principles of Category Management in procurement. Discover how segmenting spend into distinct categories can help improve supplier relationships, optimize purchasing decisions, and enhance overall sourcing efficiency across different product or service groups.
Understand the difference between spend, addressable spend, spend under management and spend under contract. Learn why procurement must define these terms before reporting savings, category opportunities or procurement influence.
This article explains procurement transformation from an advanced procurement-management perspective. It connects Stéphane Morel’s practical transformation insights with procurement maturity thinking, including the maturity ladder often associated with Van Weele’s development of the purchasing function.
A procurement innovation pipeline helps procurement departments capture ideas, develop business cases, prioritize initiatives, and turn learning into measurable business value and competitive advantage.
Maybe you are well-versed in Kraljic’s matrix for Supplier Segmentation, but on the other site of the table it is about understanding Customer Segmentation.
In procurement, the Chief Procurement Officer is not only responsible for purchasing performance. The CPO is responsible for making sure procurement helps the business solve important problems: controlling cost, securing supply, managing supplier risk, improving quality, supporting innovation, developing the procurement organization, and creating value across the company. This is why the CPO agenda must…
Sourcing case: You’re tasked with executing a strategic initiative to source 2,000 laptops in a single procurement effort for the company.
Leadership within the Procurement Function: Building Capability focusing on Category Management, PMT, and Organization & Roles
A Procurement analyst role explained. Support the operative, tactical and manager roles with price-, demand-, cost- and market data.
