Welcome Friday, October 10, 2008
Services Procurement Articles
Procurement and Marketing
Marketing is one of the areas of services in which procurement is increasingly having an influence. Peter Hunt summarises some of the issues for procurement professionals.
May 08
The 21st century challenge 
The future will be marked by rising demand for skilled professionals offering services – and this has consequences for CPOs, says Andy Kyte.
Feb 08
e-Procurement riding the wave
Mark Perera looks at the latest update on how e-procurement solutions are performing – and finds a rather varied picture.
Jul 07
Procurement exerting increasing influence in T&E
Back in February a survey of more than 1000 decision makers from global companies found that over two-thirds of respondents expected procurement’s role in travel management to increase in the near future. Despite this prediction the study also established that only one in 11 companies dealt with travel management purely as a services procurement issue.
Jul 07
Companies still playing catch-up in global game
Offshoring is, without doubt, one of the fastest growing trends in the business world. Companies like the Royal Bank of Scotland, Europes third biggest banking group, recently announced plans to increase their headcount in India to 1200, and the UK’s biggest insurer, Norwich Union, proudly trumpeted their intention to move 7,800 jobs overseas by the end of 2007.
Feb 07
Scenario: You plan to appoint a candidate to a senior position, but hear a rumour about previous alleged wrongdoing.
You plan to appoint a candidate to a senior position, but hear a rumour about previous alleged wrongdoing. Do you go ahead with the appointment or take the safe option and ditch the candidate?
Nov 06
Procurement Survey: The great leap forward
There has been much talk of procurement becoming more “strategic”. But what does this mean in practice? Mark Whitehead examines the results of a survey which throws light on the changes taking place
Oct 06
The war for procurement talent
Talented people tend to make above average contributions to any organisation. Every good business has talented and motivated people at its heart, the question is how to get the best procurement talent engaged and motivated within your business?
Sep 06
Low-cost countries: Breaking the mould
Forget about buying a few goods and services from abroad. Rod Keech and Sirish Reddi argue that it’s time procurement directors started looking to tap into the brain-power readily available in low-cost countries.
Nov 05
Global Challenge
Exceeding his target of saving one global financial services business £50 million on its annual spending, procurement specialist Bob Seaman has helped Standard Chartered Bank enter the new millennium.
Aug 05
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