20 buyers, 200 projects! The end of Excel
Background A large retailer, with more than 200 stores across Europe, spending an excess of €450M on the target categories they wanted to address through… 20 buyers, 200 projects! The end of Excel
Background A large retailer, with more than 200 stores across Europe, spending an excess of €450M on the target categories they wanted to address through… 20 buyers, 200 projects! The end of Excel
Background Our client, a retail organisation active in 3 West European countries, was facing difficult trading conditions and needed to restructure its financing. One part… When procurement makes it to the annual report
Background Sharing information across 1000+ employees across Europe? A smartphone solution! Our client was keen to rapidly distribute sales and margin information to every store… Which SKUs make money?
Background A UK financial organisation decided that it was time to set up a procurement department to manage their extensive spend. Obviously, a vast majority… Helping a UK financial services business to set up their procurement function
Background A global logistics company with revenues of $7bn was arranged into local subsidiaries that followed their own processes, had their own tools, and communicated… Improving P2P process for a global logistics company
It never ceases to amaze us that most companies are still sourcing the traditional way — that is sending emails with requests for quotation (RFQs),… Why is e-sourcing better than traditional sourcing?
The impacts of Brexit for UK to EU imports and exports have been rather over-shadowed by the Covid-19 pandemic. We saw extensive press coverage of… How is Brexit impacting the haulage market for UK to EU Imports / Exports?
A lot of companies seem to think that e-sourcing isn’t a good fit forthem, but in all our experience we have not found a simple… Common e-sourcing myths – debunked
Good negotiation skills are an important part of any buyer’s toolkit. Purchasing cost reduction can be achieved by acting on 3 levers: unit price, specifications,… Negotiation & cost reduction – the 20 winning techniques
Background The client was a large retailer, with 200 stores across Europe, 3500 employees, and an annual spend of €200M in GNFR and €800M in… Not 30M EURO of “savings” but 30M of yearly budget reduction identified