Welcome Saturday, July 04, 2009
Spend Management
Procurement leaders are making a step-change in spend analysis and are looking at spend management as a platform to support an analytical, data-driven approach to managing procurement and operations on a sustainable basis. Not simply about good data, successful spend management should highlight compliance leakages, be repeatable, results driven and realize savings.
Spend management is crucial for all companies, and in gaining visibility of spend across global, multi-industry company’s with big ERP systems it is hot on the agenda.
This Knowledge Group will examine all aspects of Spend Management.
If you are interested in becoming a member of the advisory board of this Knowledge Group, please contact us on +44 (0) 207 501 0538.
SPEND MANAGEMENT NEWS
- 7,000 BA staff accept pay cuts
Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:03:23 - Supplier renegotiation the name of the game in Europe
Fri, 05 Jun 2009 08:58:46 - Incoming CEO to prioritise procurement at Shell
Thu, 28 May 2009 07:58:48 - UK defence procurement "disappointing"
Mon, 18 May 2009 07:56:55 - Surprise rise in U.S. producer prices
Fri, 15 May 2009 10:24:19
SPEND MANAGEMENT COMMENT
SPEND MANAGEMENT ARTICLES
- Supply chain finance: Three’s company
Fri, 12 Jun 2009 09:48:54 - Roundtable: Indirect spend, London
Fri, 12 Jun 2009 09:25:38 - Research: New procurement strategies
Fri, 12 Jun 2009 08:58:33 - BAT’s Alan Scott-Watson’s £800m challenge
Fri, 12 Jun 2009 07:52:41 - From executive jets to waste management
Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:12:11
SPEND MANAGEMENT PRESENTATIONS
How cross-functional collaboration can help you to deliver year-over-year efficiencies and achieve Procurement Excellence
In C-level suites and boardrooms around the world, procurement is increasingly viewed as a strategic function. As CEOs and CFOs are coming to understand supply chain’s impact not only on the bottom line but in addition on the top line, cross-functional collaboration has never been more important.
How to find a positive return-on-investment for environmentally friendly purchasing
The decision to move CPO John Paterson’s office from Somers, NY, to Asia proved that in a truly globally integrated enterprise a company’s worldwide capability can be located wherever in the world. It may also make the most sense, based on the imperatives of economics, expertise and open environments.
SPEND MANAGEMENT OPINIONS
- Inside View: Pass on the knowledge
Fri, 12 Jun 2009 11:03:43 - Network view: Growing pains
Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:21:00 - Opinion: In the driving seat
Wed, 02 May 2007 07:55:29
SPEND MANAGEMENT RESEARCH
- Leverage Spend Data for increased ROI from Spend Management applications
Fri, 11 May 2007 09:33:02 - The Spend Intelligence Benchmark Report
Fri, 11 May 2007 09:33:02 - Spend Data Warehouse “on steroids”
Fri, 11 May 2007 09:33:02 - Actionable Spend Analysis - From Data to Savings
Fri, 11 May 2007 09:33:02
