A great start to the World Procurement Congress. Eva Wimmers, SVP of group procurement at Deutsche Telekom kicks off the two-day event, with a call to action for taking purchasing forward in the future.

Follow this feed throughout the Procurement Leaders’ World Procurement Congress to keep up with the presentations and roundtables from the London Hilton on Park Lane. You can follow the event on Twitter using #wpc.

You never know where a good discussion can lead in business, but you can be sure that whatever direction it takes, either new insights or a different take on accepted wisdom will emerge.

Current commodity risk management practice has flaws, something we uncovered having published a comprehensive report on commodity risk management in Europe.

How much do we need to know about supply chains and how much is it practical to know?

Its time to think the unthinkable and deconstruct SRM to better understand the mistakes that get made.

The new face of Procurement Leaders is our investment in making our members’ vision happen.

innovative approaches in response to leglislation designed to tackle conflict-mineral sourcing demonstrate how very substantial obstacles can be overcome to achieve reliable supply-chain transparency.